Photostatic copy of a letter from Thaddeus Stevens stating that he had expected to be back sooner, but had a touch of rheumatism; mentions that humiliations go on and states that Buchanan is a traitor. Caledonia.
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Letter from George Powell, York School of Business, to Lottie Bausman at the [Lancaster County Historical Society] with reminiscences of Stevens and Buchanan and inquiring about a portrait of Stevens. York.
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Other Numbers
MG-115
Other Number
MG-115, Part 1, Folder 14, Insert 4
Classification
MG0115
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Item
Custodial History
Added to database 13 November 2022.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
Letter from Horatio King to Clarence W. Bowen, publisher of The Independent, thanking Bowen for a review of his book, "Turning on the Light: A Dispassionate Survey of President Buchanan's Administration from 1860 to Its Close." King also refers to Buchanan's final State of the Union address in 1860 in which Buchanan wrestled with the Constitution--no state had the right to secede and the federal government had no recourse if that happened. Washington, D.C.
Admin/Biographical History
Horatio King (1811-1897) was appointed Postmaster General in January 1861, during the last month of President James Buchanan's administration. He published "Turning on the Light," an account of the final months of Buchanan's administration, in 1895.
Clarence W. Bowen (1852-1935) was the owner and publisher of The Independent magazine.
James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
Related Item Notes
James Buchanan Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760
James Buchanan Family Papers
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph Collection
Curatorial Collection
Wheatland Collection
Wheatland Mansion
Notes
Preferred Citation: James Buchanan Collection, MG0096_F086, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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Letter from James Buchanan to Joseph R. Ingersoll, Ambassador to Great Britain, concerning Buchanan's appointment as successor to the post and stating that his plans for voyage to England to assume the post are indefinite.
James Buchanan Presidential Library https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/list?q=identifier_free%3AJBPrezLib&p=1&ps=20
George Steinman Papers, Series 1 (MG0184_S01) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/786b3ffc-7908-40de-9362-817467455650
George Steinman Papers, Series 2 (MG0184_S02) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6c7e11c6-f3ca-469c-891a-145832196710
Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115)
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Other Numbers
MG-184, Series 2
Other Number
MG-184, Series 2, Folder 21, Item 7
Classification
MG0184
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Added to database 14 October 2022.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
Copy of a letter from James Buchanan who is declining an invitation
Description
Handwritten copy of letter by James Buchanan to Committee of Invitation, offering his regrets at not being able to attend Centennial Celebration of Capture of Fort Duquesne. 22 November 1858.
Note from William F. Worner, Jr., who states that the letter is a copy and that the original is at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 1 April 1928. Worner was the librarian for Lancaster County Historical Society from 1923-1935.
James Buchanan Presidential Library https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/list?q=identifier_free%3AJBPrezLib&p=1&ps=20
George Steinman Papers, Series 1 (MG0184_S01) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/786b3ffc-7908-40de-9362-817467455650
George Steinman Papers, Series 2 (MG0184_S02) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6c7e11c6-f3ca-469c-891a-145832196710
Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115)
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Other Numbers
MG-184, Series 2
Other Number
MG-184, Series 2, Folder 21, Item 9
Classification
MG0184
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Added to database 12 December 2023.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # C980002119, 2021-2024.
