Found 3 collections related to Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

James Buchanan was the fifteenth President of the United States. Approximately fifty letters and documents written or signed by James Buchanan. Most of the letters predate his presidency. Correspondents include Royal Phelps, Virgil Maxcy, Gordon L. Ford, and Peter Wager. less

David Conner (1792-1856) was a United States naval officer. He served as Navy Commissioner; chief of the Bureau of Construction, Equipment and Repair; commander of the U.S. naval force in the Gulf of Mexico during the war with Mexico; and commandant of the naval base at Philadelphia. Collection consists of correspondence and official papers of Conner. Bulk of the collection is correspondence, mostly incoming, from Secretaries of the Navy, naval bureaucrats, ships' officers, crew members, U.S. consuls, foreign diplomats, and captains of ships in Conner's squadron. Also, official Navy Dept. instructions, sailing orders, diplomatic papers, instructions, secret intelligence reports, records of courts-martial, crew lists, and other papers concerning preparation for combat, deployment of ships, political conditions, and naval routines. less