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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02949 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1837 |
| Title | James Buchanan to Peter Wager regarding the price of wine and the abolition of slavery |
| Date | 23 December 1837 |
| Author | Buchanan, James (1791-1868) |
| Recipient | Wager, Peter |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Buchanan writes as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania. Discusses a possible mistake regarding the price of wine he ordered from Wager. Writes, "We have nothing new here except what you see in the papers. I think a deeper & stronger feeling exists among the southern men, than at any former period, on the subject of the abolition petitions. I begin to fear that the question may prove dangerous to the Union." |
| Subjects | African American History Slavery President Alcohol Finance Merchants and Trade Commerce Abolition Congress |
| People | Wager, Peter (fl. 1837) Buchanan, James (1791-1868) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Buchanan served as President of the United States 1857-1861. Peter Wager was the son of Philip Wager, a Philadelphia wine merchant. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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