LIFE OF JAMES BUCHANAN FIFTEENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BY GEORGE TICKNOR CURTIS IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. II. NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE 1883 CONTENTS. Purchase of Wheatland-Nomination and Election of General Taylor- His Death and the Accession of President Fillmore-The Compromise Measures of 1850-Letters to Miss Lane-Public Letters on Political The Presidential Nominations of 1852-Election of General Franklin Pierce to the Presidency-Buchanan's Course in regard to the Nomina- tion and the Election-His Efforts to defeat the Whig Candidate..... 34 |