Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Franklin Buchanan” in chapter 204 of Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 3.:
...rly forty-seven years of my life, in the faithful performance of duty — as the records of the Navy Department will prove.
I am ready for service.
Respectfully, sir, your obedient servant, Franklin Buchanan . The Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C. --New York, Nov. 1861.
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