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Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 to James William Denver

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04695 Author/Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 March 1858 Pagination: 6 p. : envelope : free frank Height: 20.4 cm, Width: 16 cm Order a Copy

Writing as President of the United States, Buchanan congratulates Denver, Governor of the Kansas Territory, on his excellent standing with the Territory's citizens. States that the issue of admitting Kansas to the Union will be addressed the following week by the Senate and House of Representatives. Declares that the defeat of the Lecompton Bill, admitting Kansas as a slave state, "would alarm the fears of the Country for the union, reduce the value of property, and injuriously interfere with our reviving trade." Reports that Georgia and Alabama will hold state conventions if Kansas is admitted (to discuss possible secession). Marked private and confidential.

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Denver, James William, 1817-1892

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