- Author
- Rosenberger, Homer Tope,
- Date of Publication
- 1970.
dated December 2 and 19, 1861, and January 3, 1862, to
Harriet, he discussed the then current delicate international ques-
tion, the "Trent Affair," involving the Confederacy and British neu-
trality early in the Civil War. In the letter of January 3 Buchanan
gave his views about an indiscretion of