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Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 to Robert Tyler

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00260 Author/Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 Place Written: Wheatland, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 25, 1850 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 26 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

James Buchanan discusses the Compromise of 1850, the Wilmot Proviso, which he notes "is dead," and the issue of California statehood as it relates to slavery. He notes some of the measures that might make sectional compromise possible. He indicates his belief that Congress will pass the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, and speculates that California could be admitted along with one of the states from the land won in the Mexican War. He also writes that he has "been maturing a project for the settlement of the Slavery question." Docketed: "As to the Union Question." Marked as "Private."

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Tyler, Robert, 1816-1877

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