I have received yours of the 10th instant, and annex a receipt. I had not thought of charging interest.
Should you need one or two thousand dollars in the fall, I shall be happy to accommodate you. Please to give me notice as long in advance as may be convenient.
My health is as usual.
I begin to doubt seriously whether President Johnson will do, but still hope for the best.
Your friend,
James Buchanan.
[MR. BUCHANAN TO MR. LEIPER.]
Wheatland, June 19, 1865.
My Dear Sir:—
I was glad to perceive, from the Jeffersonian, that you were well enough to preside and to speak at your late Democratic county meeting. From the tenor of your last letter, I was fearful you would not be able to perform this duty. I am truly thankful that I was mistaken. Our thread of life is already so long that the Fates cannot have much of it in reserve. May God grant that we shall both be ready to welcome our Saviour at His coming, whensoever He may arrive.