Lot 75
Buchanan, James. Autograph letter signed ("James Buchanan"), 1½ pages, 9¾ x 8 in, "Wheatland near Lancaster", March 11, 1853. To Anson Herrick. Buchanan rejects giving advice to the president about an appointment: "I should most gladly serve you in any manner in my power, but have never in my life interfered in the local appointments for the Port of New York or any other port beyond the limits of my own state. It would certainly be thought strange, if I, a mere outsider, in another state, should address a letter to the president recommending a surveyor for the Port of New York. I have a nephew by marriage at San Francisco, now Recorder of the City, & I have declined to recommend him for Navy agent on the principle I have stated…".
Estimated Value $650 - 750.
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