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1856 James Buchanan autograph letter,

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ALS, to General Robert Patterson from James Buchanan (15th President of the United States, 1857-1861), pre-presidential letter dated November 17, 1856, sent from Wheatland, James Buchanan's rural home in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 12 lines responding to a dinner invitation at General Patterson's Philadelphia home, "I received your kind invitation to dinner and regret to say that…I cannot do myself the pleasure of accepting it", 8 x 6-1/2 in. Folds, fading, toning. Provenance: Descended through the Family of General Robert Patterson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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