Washington, 10 December, 1860.
My Dear Sir: I
have received your communication of Saturday evening resigning the position of
Secretary of the Treasury which you have held since the commencement of my
administration. Whilst I deeply regret that you have determined to separate
yourself from us at the present critical moment, yet I admit that the question
was one for your own decision. I could have wished you had arrived at a
different conclusion, because our relations both official and personal have
ever been of the most friendly and confidential character. I may add that I
have been entirely satisfied with the ability and zeal which you have displayed
in performing the duties of your important office.
Cordially reciprocating your sentiments of personal regard,
I remain, very respectfully, your friend.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Hon. HOWELL COBB.
SOURCE: Ulrich Bonnell Phillips, Editor, The Annual
Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1911, Volume 2: The
Correspondence of Robert Toombs, Alexander H. Stephens, and Howell Cobb, p.
518; “The
Resignation Of Secretary Cobb. The Correspondence,”
The New York Times, New York,
New York, December 14, 1860.
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