BIB_ID
107482
Accession number
MA 22379
Creator
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868, sender.
Display Date
Washington, D.C., 1859 August 25.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 20.4 x 12.4 cm
Notes
Medary was the territorial governor of Kansas.
On verso written in pencil: "Benjamin, 1912 (10)."
From page 12 of James Buchanan album.
On verso written in pencil: "Benjamin, 1912 (10)."
From page 12 of James Buchanan album.
Summary
Saying that he forgot to obtain information from Medary on one subject while the latter was in Washington; writing "To my knowledge there never has been an attempt even in Kansas to interfere with the right of a master over his slave. Masters have held their slaves peaceably so far as I have ever been informed. What the President states, however, ought to be true to the letter & therefore I write. Either confirm my impression or tell me how I am wrong."
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