[MAJOR EATON TO MR. BUCHANAN.]
| (Private.) | Washington, May 31, 1831. |
Dear Sir:—
Where are you, and what doing? I cannot tell, having heard nothing from you since the adjournment of Congress. That you are doing well, though, I have no doubt and earnestly hope.
I introduce myself to you now at the request and by the direction of the President. The Mission to St. Petersburg is expected shortly to become vacant. It will afford the President pleasure to confide this trust to you, if it shall suit your convenience to accept it. He desires me to make known his wishes to you and to solicit an answer. It is at the present an important and a highly interesting part of the world. For reasons not material now to be explained, the President desires that you will consider this communication entirely of a confidential character.
With great respect,
J. H. Eaton.
[MR. BUCHANAN TO MAJOR EATON.]
Lancaster, June 4, 1831.
Dear Sir:—