- COVID-19 Project
- Home
- Archival Material
- College History Projects
- Subject-Based Digital Projects
- Carlisle Indian School Resources
- LGBT History Project
- Three Mile Island (TMI) Resources
- Civil War Resources
- James Buchanan Resources
- Slavery and Abolition in the U.S.
- Russian and Slavic Resources
- AIFS / AIFS Foundation Collection
- Books of Isaac Norris
- Writings by Dickinsonians
- Digital Images on Flickr
- Dickinson @ Internet Archive
Letters from James Buchanan to Henry Shippen

View Item:
Number of Pages:
8
Date:
1819-1838
James Buchanan writes two letters to Henry Shippen regarding purchasing land out west, a judicial appointment in Iowa, Pennsylvania politics, the financial system, and the Deposit Law of 1836. "I have been accustomed to witness many humbugs," but as Buchanan explains, Pennsylvania "Governor [Joseph] Ritner's late proclamation exceeds them all." Transcripts included.
People:
Format:
Time Period:
Location:
MC 1998.10
Origin:
Gifts of Various Donors
Collection: