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BUCHANAN, JAMES, President . Autograph letter signed ("James Buchanan") as Minister to Great Britain, to Isaac G. McKinley, Wheatland, 13 June 1853. 2 pages, 4to . Fine. BUCHANAN ON AN APPOINTMENT: "I HAD NOTHING MORE TO DO IN PROCURING IT THAN THE MAN IN THE MOON" Buchanan vociferously explains his efforts to secure an appointment: "...In regard to yourself, beginning, middle & end I pressed your appointment with all the influence I could exert. I never have a second man, whilst the first is in the field. When I left Washington in April I had no doubt of your appointment...still...the President [Franklin Pierce] made me no absolute promise. Before I got to Washington...W. Parke's appointment was announced; & I had nothing more to do with procuring it than the man in the moon...I greatly preferred you to all other men for the Post Office at Harrisburg...and used my best efforts to procure it for you...I endeavored to serve you with as much earnestness, sincerity & energy as I ever attempted to serve any friend in my life..."