Hello Friends, i felt like this would be the right place to ask.
I am having a competition in my "presidents we love to hate" course to see who can find and analyze the most obscure primary source from any US president. It does not have to be about anything in particular, just written by a president and not too well known! Any help would be much much appreciated, TIA!
One possible source online would be William McKinley's speeches, like the one at Fargo ND on Oct 13, 1899. , #164, where he speaks with some sorrow at the ingratitude of the inhabitants of the Philippines, who have not welcomed the US taking control of their country (what Peter Finley Dunne's Mr Dooley aptly called "hands across the water and into someone's pocket") There are plenty of others there, most of them obscure, but many revealing.
McKinley, W. (1900). Speeches and addresses of William McKinley: from March 1, 1897, to May 30, 1900. New York: Doubleday & McCure co..
The Works of James Buchanan Volumes 1-12 https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000367615
Or, Mr Buchanan's Administration on the Eve of the Rebellion https://archive.org/details/mrbuchanansadmin00buchrich/page/n5/mode/2up
They are interesting looks into President Buchanan's thoughts and opinions.