Buchanan, James 1791-1868 creator mixed material monographic eng 1,600 6 1 4 3 Correspondence, notes, drafts of remarks, commissions, land patents, and other papers relating chiefly to Buchanan's career in the Senate, as U.S. secretary of state, and as minister to Great Britain prior to his presidency in 1857. Subjects include Democratic politics in Pennsylvania and the U.S.; presidential politics including the elections of 1852 and 1856; the Democratic convention of 1852 held in Baltimore, Md.; the Know Nothings (American Party); the Whig Party; Afro-Americans in the Republican party; sectional strife between North and South; Missouri compromise; Kansas and Nebraska; nullification; abolitionists; the National Bank; Cumberland Road; Delaware Canal; transcontinental railroad; and notice of Buchanan in the New York Herald. Other subjects include Joel R. Poinsett's negotiations with Mexico; blockade of Mexico; Oregon question; British attempts to obtain a marine postal monopoly; trade treaties; tariffs; Ostend Manifesto; and the Crimean war. Includes a version of the 1858 State of the Union message. Correspondents include J. Glancy Jones. Johnston's correspondence relates primarily to ladies' fashions, social affairs, romantic ventures, and selection of a biographer of James Buchanan. Includes correspondence with her husband, Henry Elliot Johnston. Restrictions apply. Microfilm edition available, in part, no. 16,939. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1977. In part, typewritten transcripts. [S.l.]. U.S. president, secretary of state, and representative and senator from Pennsylvania. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010009 Index published by the Library of Congress in 1979 available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and on Internet. Cataloged in record 78027313. Johnston, Henry Elliot -1884 Correspondence Jones, J. Glancy (Jehu Glancy) 1811-1878 Correspondence Poinsett, Joel Roberts 1779-1851 United States. Department of State. American Party. Democratic Party (Pa.) Democratic Party (U.S.) Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Whig Party (U.S.) Democratic National Convention (1852 : Baltimore, Md.) Abolitionists United States African Americans Politics and government Canals Delaware Crimean War, 1853-1856 Diplomatic and consular service, American Great Britain Fashion International trade Missouri compromise Monopolies Great Britain National banks (United States) Nullification (States' rights) Oregon question Presidents United States Messages Presidents United States Election 1852 Presidents United States Election 1856 Political conventions Maryland Baltimore Postal service International cooperation Railroads United States Slavery United States Tariff United States Cumberland Road Northwest boundary of the United States Cuba Foreign relations United States Great Britain Foreign relations United States Kansas History 1854-1861 Mexico Foreign relations United States Nebraska History 19th century Pennsylvania Politics and government 1775-1865 United States Foreign relations Cuba United States Foreign relations Great Britain United States Foreign relations Mexico United States History 1815-1861 United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes United States Politics and government 1815-1861 Washington (D.C.) Social life and customs Cabinet officers Presidents Representatives, U.S. Congress Senators, U.S. Congress Johnston, Harriet Lane, 1830-1903 mm 76014258 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010009 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010009.3 hdl:loc.gdc/scd0001.20101124003ja.1 hdl:loc.gdc/scd0001.20101124003ja.2 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010009 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010009.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.20101124003ja.1 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.20101124003ja.2 Restrictions apply. DLC 770112 20260227111616.0 mm 76014258