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Sale 2
Lot 93
THREE JAMES BUCHANAN'S. 15th President of the United States, 1857-1861.
Collection of One Autograph Letter Signed and Two Documents Signed, all as Secretary of State, and Two Cut Signatures. This large framed ensemble of Buchanan items includes:
A. Autograph Letter Signed. One page, Quarto, Washington, February 5, 1848. Being a letter of introduction for Colonel John J. McCahen, Buchanan writes, in full: "I am intimately acquainted with Colonel John J. McCahen of Philadelphia, the bearer hereof. He informs me that he is about to proceed to Jackson, Mississippi, on business of importance to him. Col. McCahen is a gentleman of high character & much intelligence & has numerous devoted friends in the City of Philadelphia & throughout Pennsylvania. I cordially commend him to the kindness & attention of all those who may consider my recommendation of any value. James Buchanan." A small red stain has bled from the verso of the integral blank, leaving a small spot on the recto, which does not affect the text. Otherwise the letter is Fine.
B. Partially Printed Document Signed. Accomplished in manuscript, One page, Quarto, Washington, December 9, 1847. With a second document, being a land deed, Three pages, Folio, of the same place and date. This State Department document deals with the authorizing parties capacities as Justice of the Peace: "…That Robert White and Henry Weaver … are now, and were, at the time of subscribing the same, Justices of the Peace, in and for the Country of Washington, in the District of Columbia, to whose acts as such full faith and credit are due." Embossed wafer seal of the Department of State at lower left, with Buchanan's signature opposite. Moderate foxing, else fine.
C. Partially Printed Document Signed. Four pages, Quarto, Washington DC, November 22, 1847. Document certifies that "…the papers hereto attached are true copies of original papers on file in this Department …in virtue of the act entitled 'An act to carry into effect the convention between the United States and the Republic of Peru concluded at Lima the seventeenth day of March eighteen hundred and forty one,' approved 5th August 1846… " In 1845, General Ramon Castilla became President of Peru, developing the guano industry and opening trade with Europe and the United States. This document hails from Castilla's reign and concerns trade between the two countries. Moderate age-toning, with a large water stain affecting nearly all the right side of the document's first page. All writing is still quite legible, and the signature is unaffected. White wafer seal of the State Department at lower left.
Two Cut Signatures, measuring approximately 4 x 1," matted above and below a bronze Presidential medallion and inscribed plaque, together with a striking steel engraving of President Buchanan standing, book in hand, in his study. The Cut Signatures are Fine. The entire ensemble is framed to an overall size of 33½ x 28." There is a blank matted opening in the frame for yet another item.
Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000.
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