WASHINGTON 12 January 1860 [1861].
MY DEAR SIR:
I have received your letter of yesterday resigning the office of
Secretary of the Treasury, to take effect when your successor shall be
appointed & qualified.
I very much regret that circumstances, in your opinion, have rendered
it necessary. Without referring to those circumstances, I am happy to state, in
accepting your resignation, that during the brief period you have held this
important office, you have performed its duties in a manner altogether
satisfactory to myself.
Wishing you
health, prosperity, & happiness, I remain
Very respectfully
your friend,
JAMES BUCHANAN.
HON: PHILIP F. THOMAS.
SOURCE: John Bassett Moore, Editor, The Works of
James Buchanan, Comprising his Speeches, State Papers, and Private
Correspondence, Volume 11: 1860-1868, p. 106
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