Number of Pages
3
Date
October 18, 1842

Senator James Buchanan responds to P. G. Washington's request for a recommendation for a political appointment. "I have recommended no friend for office," as Buchanan explains, "since the present administration came into power." Transcript included.

Time Period
Location
MC 1998.10, B2, F2
Origin
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr
Letter from James Buchanan to P. G. Washington