Journal Entry of Montgomery C. Meigs, February 17, 1857, written in shorthand by Meigs. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division. The Papers of Montgomery C. Meigs.

Inaugural Address, March 4, 1857. Transcription from The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut.

An ode in honor of the inauguration of Buchanan & Breckinridge, President and Vice President of the United States. March 4, 1857. by Col W. Emmons. F. H Sage's Machine press. Columbia Place. [1857]. Library of Congress. Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Printed Ephemera Collection. Online in An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera.

The Inauguration Procession in Honor of President Buchanan Passing through Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington City, March 4th, 1857. Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-327 (b&w film copy neg.).

Inauguration of James Buchanan, President of the United States, at the east front of the U. S. Capitol, March 4, 1857. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division. The Papers of Montgomery C. Meigs.

Inauguration Ball in the immense building erected for the purpose in Judiciary Square, Washington City, March 4th, 1857. Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-4188 (b&w film copy neg.).

Grand national inauguration ball. March fourth [1857] The honor of Company is requested .... Philadelphia. Toppan, Carpenter & Co. [1857]. Library of Congress. Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Printed Ephemera Collection. Online in An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera.

Journal Entries of Montgomery C. Meigs, March 4, 5, and 6, 1857, written in shorthand by Meigs. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division. The Papers of Montgomery C. Meigs.