Letter from James Buchanan to Asbury Dickins

Letter from James Buchanan to Asbury Dickins
Number of Pages: 
3
Date: 
March 16, 1848

Secretary of State James Buchanan writes Asbury Dickins, Secretary of the United States Senate, and requests access to several letters held by the Senate. "To enable [President James K. Polk] to answer the call of the House [of Representatives]," Buchanan asks that a Mr. Appleton be allowed "to withdraw these letters from your files." Transcript included.

Time Period: 
Location: 
MC 1998.10, B2, F18
Origin: 
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr