Letter from Richmond

[Mark Wadsworth]

When an emergency letter from Richmond comes to the White House at 3:00 in the morning, who do you trust to pick up the quill?

An unknown golden-tongued trial lawyer from Illinois, who's only served in Congress for one 2-year term?

Or James Buchanan, a man with 40 proud years of service to his country under his belt?

SAY NO TO LINCOLN. RE-ELECT JAMES BUCHANAN IN 1860.

"In a difficult time, the experience we need."

I'm James Buchanan, and I approved this lithograph.

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"Other than the Executive Mansion itelf, the president spent more time in the telegraph office than ny other place during his term." - Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails: How Abraham Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Win the Civil War

"Hour after hour of the long night passed with no news from the front until just before dawn, when the following was received:"
-what follows is a telegram from Herman Haupt with the date/time :
"August 27, 1862 4:25 A.M." - Lincoln In The Telegraph Office: Recollections Of The United States Military Telegraph Corps During The Civil War

(Funny looking lawyers from Illinois should always be favored over ambitious New York senators.)


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Mark Wadsworth,



Thanks, I needed that!

Sincerely,
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