Number of Pages
10
Date
August 7, 1883
Jeremiah Sullivan Black writes Alexander Kelly McClure and criticizes George Ticknor Curtis' 2 volume biography of President James Buchanan, Life of Buchanan (1883). Black, who served as Attorney General and Secretary of State during President James Buchanan's administration, writes this letter on his sick bed twelve days before he died. McClure is editor of The Philadelphia Times. Transcript included.
Format
Time Period
Location
I-BeachW-2003-1
Origin
Gift of Walter E. Beach
