Letter from James Buchanan to Stephen Pleasonton

Secretary of State James Buchanan writes to Stephen Pleasonton, an auditor, and approves John Randolph Clay's expenses related to attending the marriage of the daughter of the Emperor of Russia. Clay was the Secretary of Legation for the United States in Russia. Buchanan, who served as the United States Minister to Russia in the early 1830s, describes Russia as "one of the most expensive Courts in the World." Transcript included.