[ Autograph ] James Buchanan D.S. "James Buchanan' as President, lp. 4to., Washington, Feb. 26, 1861 Just days before the inauguration ofAbraham Lincoln, and as southern states commenced their secession from the Union, Buchanan signs an order that the Secretary of State affix the Seal of the United States to Buchanan's ratification of a Convention between the United States and Venezuela. Light toning at folds and margins, otherwise very good.