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BUCHANAN, JAMES

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BUCHANAN, JAMES
(1791 - 1868) Fifteenth President of the United States whose hands-off attitude toward states' rights directly contributed to the start of the Civil War. A.L.S. 1p. 8vo., Wheatland, June 17, 1862 to Pierrepont Edwards (1817-1892), Attorney General, 1875-76 and thence Minister to Great Britain. In part: "… I addressed a note…covering a letter to the Prince of Wales in acknowledgement of the receipt of his Portrait…Miss [Harriet] Lane now informs me that Mr. Archibald is in England. Will you be kind enough to inform me what has become of my note to him?…". Very light dampstain is barely noticeable, else very good.