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Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 South Carolina. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence in relation to Fort Sumter, &c.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08438 Author/Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: January - February 1861 Pagination: 17 p. : Height: 22 cm, Width: 15 cm Order a Copy

Marked House Executive Document, No. 61, 36th Congress, 2nd Session. Buchanan transmits to Congress correspondence concerning Fort Sumter. Printings of seven letters, including ones by or to Jefferson Davis, John Slidell, Colonel Isaac W. Hayne, Secretary of War ad interim Joseph Holt, and Francis W. Pickens among others.

Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894
Pickens, Francis Wilkinson, 1805-1869

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