I have received your favor of the 12th instant, and always rejoice to hear of your good health and prosperity.
I have been absent for a few days on a visit to a friend in Chester county, and on my return home I was rejoiced to find Governor Porter. We passed a very pleasant time together, talking of old times, and of the present as well as the past.
Miss Lane has not been at home for several weeks. She has been on a visit to her uncle and his family at Oxford Church.
I wish I had some news to communicate which would be interesting to you. I have almost ceased to speculate upon the future condition of our country, and yet I entertain much hope that all will yet be well. I cannot entertain the idea of a division of the Union. May God, in His good providence, restore it!
From your friend, as ever,
James Buchanan.
[TO MISS LANE.]
Wheatland, March 20, 1863.
My Dear Harriet:—
I send you a letter just received from Mrs. Roosevelt in the very condition it came to hand, and yet I scarcely believe it has been violated. The envelope directed to me was open just as I send it.