Auction Date:2011 Jul 13 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Printed circular, signed at the conclusion in ink, “James Buchanan,” one page, 8 x 11.5, dated March 10, 1845. Sent to A. D. Mann, the US Consul in Bremen, circular reads, in full: “I have the honor to inform you that the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate has appointed me Secretary of State of the United States and that I have this day entered upon the duties of that office.” Nicely signed at the conclusion by Buchanan. In very good condition, with horizontal folds, scattered light toning, several areas of paper loss to top and bottom edges (easily matted out), and some light creasing.
Buchanan had fervently hoped for the White House in 1844...only to see the Democratic nomination go to James Polk of Tennessee. After Polk’s election to the presidency, he offered Buchanan a ‘consolation prize’ of sorts by tapping him as secretary of state. It was the occasion of that appointment that Buchanan dispatched this printed circular to Ambrose Dudley Mann. The year 1845 would prove to be a hectic one for the diplomat, as it saw him negotiate commercial treaties with Hanover, Oldenburg, and Mecklenburg, followed two years later by treaties with all of the German states except Prussia before becoming commissioner to Hungary and later US Minister to Switzerland. A great document from Buchanan’s pre-presidential political career.
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