Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 to Peter Wager
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02949 Author/Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 23 December 1837 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket : free frank Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 19.6 cm Order a Copy
Buchanan writes as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania. Discusses a possible mistake regarding the price of wine he ordered from Wager. Writes, "We have nothing new here except what you see in the papers. I think a deeper & stronger feeling exists among the southern men, than at any former period, on the subject of the abolition petitions. I begin to fear that the question may prove dangerous to the Union."
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