Letter from Edwin Stanton to James Buchanan (Copy)

Letter from Edwin Stanton to James Buchanan (Copy)
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Number of Pages: 
4
Date: 
March 14, 1861

Edwin McMasters Stanton writes former President James Buchanan to discuss possible nominations to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court and comment on resolutions in the Senate that might end the secession crisis.

People: 
Buchanan, James
Stanton, Edwin McMasters
Grier, Robert Cooper
Taney, Roger Brooke
Crittenden, John Jordan
Douglas, Stephen
Subject: 
Legal Affairs
Politics and Government
Format: 
Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 
1860-1879
Location: 
I-SpahrB-1959-9
Origin: 
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr