President Andrew Jackson mocks them both. The phrase Miss Nancy and Aunt Fancy is applied. Some gossip is even more direct, using the term Mr. Buchanan and his wife. When separated, Buchanan and King exchange long letters, with orders that they later be burned. But that is not always the case. One carefully worded missive, written by King as he departs for a diplomatic mission in France, states, “I am selfish enough to hope you will not be able to procure an associate who will cause you to feel no regret at our separation.” Other letters survive to this day, portraying some intimacy.
