Letter from James Buchanan to Lewis Cass, John B. Floyd, and Jeremiah S. Black

President James Buchanan writes to Secretary of State Lewis Cass, Secretary of War John B. Floyd, and Attorney General Jeremiah S. Black regarding orders that they need to send to federal officials in Utah. "The State of Affairs in Utah renders it necessary that new & harmonious instructions should be sent to our officials, Civil & Military, in that Territory," as Buchanan explains. Transcript included.

Although the letter itself is not dated, it is docketed on the back with the date May 4, 1859, so it was likely authored on that date or just a day or two before.