DEPARTMENT OF STATE, February 26, 1853
MY DEAR COLLEAGUE, I
informed General Pierce that you propose to tender your resignation on the 4th
of March, but that if he desires it, you are willing to continue to act till
your successor is appointed. He stated in reply that he would be gratified to
have you pursue this course.
Having been
requested to prepare a form of resignation to be used by all the members of
President Fillmore's cabinet, I transmit you the inclosed. If it meets your
approbation, please sign and return it to me. I will see that it is placed in
General Pierce's hands at the proper time.
SOURCE: Ann Mary
Butler Crittenden Coleman, Editor, The Life of John J. Crittenden: With
Selections from His Correspondence and Speeches, Vol. 2, p. 58
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