Number of Pages
4
Date
April 26, 1845

Secretary of State James Buchanan writes former Representative Caleb Cushing and offers him an appointment as "the chief clerkship in the Department of State." "Your services in this position, in the present state of our foreign relations might be of much advantage to your country," as Buchanan explains. Transcript included.

Time Period
Location
MC 1998.10, B2, F9
Origin
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr
Letter from James Buchanan to Caleb Cushing