Transcriber’s Note:

Footnotes have been gathered at the end of the text, and are linked for convenience by hyperlinks.

Please consult the [note] at the end of this text for a discussion of any textual issues encountered in its preparation.

The cover image was fabricated from the title page and is placed in the public domain.

LIFE
OF
JAMES BUCHANAN

Fifteenth President of the United States

GEORGE TICKNOR CURTIS

IN TWO VOLUMES

Vol. I.

NEW YORK

HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE

1883

Stereotyped by Smith & McDougal.

LIFEOFJAMES BUCHANAN