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JAMES BUCHANAN
LIFE
OF
JAMES BUCHANAN
Fifteenth President of the United States
BY
GEORGE TICKNOR CURTIS
IN TWO VOLUMES
Vol. II.
NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE
1883
Copyright, 1883, by George Ticknor Curtis.
All rights reserved.
Stereotyped by Smith & McDougal.