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This category houses historical documents penned by James Buchanan, including private letters, public documents, and speeches.
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/presidents/james-buchanan/
Inaugural address and State of the Union for 1857-60.
http://books.google.com/books?id=VH0SAAAAYAAJ
E-text of 1910 collection edited by John Bassett Moore covering the years 1860-1868.
http://www.archive.org/details/buchananjames01buchrich/
E-text of 1908 collection edited by John Bassett Moore covering the years 1813-1830.
http://www.archive.org/details/buchananjames10buchrich/
E-text of 1909 collection edited by John Bassett Moore covering the years 1856-1860.
http://www.archive.org/details/buchananjames12buchrich/
E-text of 1911 collection edited by John Bassett Moore containing biographical materials.
http://www.archive.org/details/buchananjames02buchrich/
E-text of 1908 collection edited by John Bassett Moore covering the years 1830-1836.
http://www.archive.org/details/buchananjames03buchrich/
E-text of 1908 collection edited by John Bassett Moore covering the years 1836-1838.
http://www.archive.org/details/buchananjames04buchrich/
E-text of 1908 collection edited by John Bassett Moore covering the years 1838-1841.
http://www.archive.org/details/buchananjames05buchrich/
E-text of 1908 collection edited by John Bassett Moore covering the years 1841-1844.
http://www.archive.org/details/buchananjames06buchrich/
E-text of 1909 collection edited by John Bassett Moore covering the years 1844-1846.
http://www.archive.org/details/buchananjames07buchrich/
E-text of 1909 collection edited by John Bassett Moore covering the years 1846-1848.
http://www.archive.org/details/buchananjames08buchrich/
E-text of 1909 collection edited by John Bassett Moore covering the years 1848-1853.
http://www.archive.org/details/buchananjames09buchrich/
E-text of 1909 collection edited by John Bassett Moore covering the years 1853-1855.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/AMALL:@field(DOCID+@lit(d1257100))
Letter dated October 21, 1861 mentions some books left at the Executive Mansion. Also states "Sincerely desiring that your administration may prove successful in restoring the union and that you may be more happy in your exalted station than was your immediate predecessor."
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/AMALL:@field(DOCID+@lit(d0547700))
Letter dated December 31, 1860 appointing Joseph Holt as the Secretary of War. Library of Congress.
http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres30.html
Complete text of the speech given Wednesday, March 4, 1857, along with a brief summary of the circumstances surrounding the inauguration.
http://books.google.com/books?id=XHAFAAAAQAAJ
E-text of President Buchanan's own account withheld from publication until 1866. Google Books.
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