Title

Letter, James Buchanan to Riggs and Co., June 29, 1855

Authors

James Buchanan

Files

Contributor

Frank and Virginia Williams

Description

This letter, dated June 29, 1855, is from James Buchanan, an American lawyer, diplomat and politician who served as the 15th president of the United States from 1857 to 1861, to Riggs and Co., asking them to purchase a Bill of Exchange. This note was found tipped into volume three, between pages 152-153 of Abraham Lincoln : A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.

Publication Date

6-29-1855

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Publisher

New York : The Century Co

Subjects

Buchanan, James, 1791– 1868

Geographic Location

London, (England)

Object Type

text

Format (original)

correspondence: 1 leaf

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

FVW_NH_V3_1855-06-29_Letter_001

Source

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 3, page 152-153

Repository

The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana Repository

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Recommended Citation

E457 .N653 2011 V.3, pages 152-153, Original Documents and Original photographs in Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln , Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries