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BUCHANAN, JAMES. Autograph Letter Signed, as President, to James Landy, letter of introduction on behalf of Mrs Bache, who seeks a midshipman's appointment for her son. 1 1/2 pages, 4to, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; folds with two affecting signature, mounting traces at edges. Washington, 22 October 1857
". . . Mrs Eliza Bache, widow of George M. Bache Esquire, late a Lieutenant in the Navy. Mrs Bache is anxious to have her son George M. Bache appointed a Midshipman in the Navy, and he has strong claims for this appointment. His father & uncle were both lost in the services: & he is a direct descendant of Dr. Franklin . . . ."
