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James Buchanan and his family at Wheatland

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Author: Cahalan, Sally Smith.

Date of Publication: c1988.

Call Number: 728.37 C132j

Alternate Title: James Buchanan's Wheatland

Responsibility: by Sally Smith Cahalan ; [photography by John P. Herr].

Author: Cahalan, Sally Smith.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: James Buchanan Foundation,

Date of Publication: c1988.

Physical Description: 100 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Notes: Cover title: James Buchanan's Wheatland.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Homes and haunts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Family.; Buchanan family.; Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.); Presidents - United States; Lancaster (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 728.37 C132j

James Buchanan : fifteenth president of the United States

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Author: Brill, Marlene Targ.

Date of Publication: c1988.

Call Number: 923.173 B918br

Responsibility: by Marlene Targ Brill.

ISBN: 0516013580; 9780516013589

Author: Brill, Marlene Targ.

Place of Publication: Chicago

Publisher: Childrens Press,

Date of Publication: c1988.

Physical Description: 98 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: Encyclopedia of presidents

Notes: Includes index.

Summary: Describes the early life and political career of the man who served as president in the years just before the Civil War.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Presidents - United States - Biography - Juvenile literature.; Presidents.; United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861 - Juvenile literature.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918br

At home with James Buchanan

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Author: Cahalan, Sally Smith.

Date of Publication: c1989.

Call Number: 728.37 C132

Responsibility: Sally Smith Cahalan.

Author: Cahalan, Sally Smith.

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Science Press,

Date of Publication: c1989.

Physical Description: 120 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: Science Press Keepsake ; no.20.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Homes and haunts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.); Presidents - United States

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 728.37 C132

Harriet Lane, First Lady of the White House

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Author: Shelley, Mary Virginia.

Date of Publication: c1980.

Call Number: 920.7 L265s 1980

Responsibility: Mary Virginia Shelley & Sandra Harrison Munro ; with ill. by Regina Weatherlow.

ISBN: 0915010291 :

Author: Shelley, Mary Virginia.

Place of Publication: Lititz, PA

Publisher: Sutter House,

Date of Publication: c1980.

Physical Description: 48 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Summary: Presents a biography of James Buchanan's niece who was the White House hostess during her uncle's presidency, helped create the National Gallery of Art, and started the first pediatrics hospital.

Subjects: Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903. - Juvenile literature.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868. - Family - Juvenile literature.; Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868. - Family.; Presidents - United States; Presidents

Additional Author: Munro, Sandra Harrison,; Weatherlow, Regina.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 920.7 L265s 1980

James Buchanan ancestry

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Author: Jackson, Ronald Vern.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 1980.

Call Number: 929 B918a Oversize

Responsibility: Ronald Vern Jackson ... Altha Polson ... Shirley Pearl Jackson.

Author: Jackson, Ronald Vern.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Bountiful, Utah

Publisher: Accelerated Indexing Systems,

Date of Publication: 1980.

Physical Description: [54] ; 23 x 36 cm.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Buchanan family.; Genealogy.

Additional Author: Polson, Altha.; Jackson, Shirley Pearl.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 B918a Oversize

The life and times of James Buchanan

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Author: Zook, David.

Date of Publication: 1985.

Call Number: 905.748 JHM v. 4

Responsibility: by David Zook.

Author: Zook, David.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Student Historians of Pennsylvania, Inc. ;

Date of Publication: 1985.

Physical Description: p. 51 - 58. : 19 cm.

Notes: In: The Junior Historian magazine, v. 4 (1984-1988).; Bibliography: p. 56 - 58.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 905.748 JHM v. 4

Lancaster's star-crossed lovers

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Author: Stoltzfus, Thelma

Date of Publication: 1981

Call Number: 905.748 SM (Feb.1981)

Responsibility: by Thelma Stoltzfus.

Author: Stoltzfus, Thelma

Date of Publication: 1981

Physical Description: 18-19 p.

Notes: In: Susquehanna Magazine, Feb. 1981.

Summary: The story of president James Buchanan's lost love. He was engaged to be married to Ann Coleman in 1819. She broke off the engagement and told Buchanan she never wanted to see him again. Within a few months she died suddenly. Buchanan never married and kept her portrait in his bedroom until his death.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Coleman, Ann Caroline, - 1796-1819.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 SM (Feb.1981)

This land is your land, this land is my land : a brief introduction to historic Pennsylvania land records

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Author: Rineer, A. Hunter

Date of Publication: 1985

the county office of recorder of deeds. It is important to keep several points in mind about deeds. First, a deed is just that; it is a legal ac- tion or document describing a legal event. The items recorded as deeds are most often documents conveying property of land from one person, group of persons

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Responsibility: by A. Hunter Rineer, Jr.

Author: Rineer, A. Hunter

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1985

Physical Description: 99-105 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 89, no. 3

Subjects: Land tenure.; Land settlement - Pennsylvania.; Deeds - Pennsylvania.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 89, number 3 (1985), p. 99-105Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.89

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Index and summary to connected draft maps : West Manheim and Penn Townships, York County, Pennsylvania

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Author: Hively, Neal Otto.

Date of Publication: 1989.

Call Number: 974.841 H676mp

Responsibility: Neal Otto Hively ; [with an introduction by Charles H Glatfelter].

Author: Hively, Neal Otto.

Place of Publication: [Wilbraham, Me.]

Publisher: N.O. Hively,

Date of Publication: 1989.

Physical Description: 95 p. : maps ; 21 cm.

Series: York County original land records, v.3.

Notes: Ask research staff for accompanying connected draft map in map drawer 15. (Map 974.841 H676 map # 9-11); Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Mary Ann Furnace (York Co., Pa.).; Mason and Dixon Line.; Deeds - Pennsylvania - York County.; York County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; York County (Pa.) - Maps - Indexes.; York County (Pa.) - Surveys.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.841 H676mp

York County, Pennsylvania, deeds

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Author: Alguire, Joan L.

Date of Publication: 1982-<1984 >

Call Number: 974.841 A396

Responsibility: compiled by Joan L. Alguire.

Author: Alguire, Joan L.

Place of Publication: South Holland, IL. (765 E. 170th Pl., South Holland 60473)

Publisher: Alguire Abstracts,

Date of Publication: 1982-<1984 >

Physical Description: v. <1-3 > : maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes indexes.

Contents: v. 1. 1749-1758 -- v. 2. 1758-1761 -- v. 3. 1762-1763.

Subjects: Deeds - Pennsylvania - York County; York County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.841 A396

Homage to Amanda : two hundred years of American quilts from the collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd & Gail Binney-Winslow

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Date of Publication: c1984.

Call Number: 746.47 H763

ISBN: 0961370807 (pbk.); 9780961370800 (pbk.)

Place of Publication: San Francisco

Publisher: R K Press,

Date of Publication: c1984.

Physical Description: 96 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Catalog of an exhibition prepared cooperatively by the San Diego Museum of Art under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.; Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Binney, Edwin, - 1925- - Art collections; Binney-Winslow, Gail - Art collections; Quilts - United States - Exhibitions.; Quilts - Massachusetts - Exhibitions.

Additional Corporate Author: San Diego Museum of Art.; Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 746.47 H763

The intellectual heritage of the constitutional era : the delegates' library

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Author: Greene, Jack P.

Date of Publication: 1986.

Call Number: 016.32 G811

Responsibility: Jack P. Greene.

Author: Greene, Jack P.

Place of Publication: [Philadelphia]

Publisher: Library Co. of Philadelphia,

Date of Publication: 1986.

Physical Description: 64 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-60).

Contents: Chapters: The liberal tradition -- The English jurisprudential tradition -- The literature of political economy and improvement -- The civic humanist tradition -- The literature of enlightenment -- The Scottish moral and historical tradition -- American voices

Summary: This publication shows the importance of "The Library Company" in Philadelphia and its books during the formation of the United States. The books were used by the men who gathered in Philadelphia in 1787 to create a constitution for the nation. The library held books of all political theories of the time,as well as books about law, history, etc. This book describes the various bodies of knowledge available there to the founders.

Subjects: Library Company of Philadelphia - Catalogs.; USA - Constitutional Convention; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Library Company; Political science - Bibliography - Catalogs.; Constitutional history - United States - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs.

Additional Corporate Author: Library Company of Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 016.32 G811

A historical and genealogical essay upon the family and surname of Buchanan

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Author: Buchanan, William,

Date of Publication: 1984.

Call Number: 929 B918

Responsibility: by William Buchanan.

ISBN: 0912951184; 9780912951188

Author: Buchanan, William,

Place of Publication: Morgantown, W. Va

Publisher: Scotpress,

Date of Publication: 1984.

Physical Description: 102 pages ; 22 cm

Notes: William Buchanan of Auchmar.; Originally published: 1723.; Copy 2 from the Preident James Buchanan Collection. Front cover detatched, back cover missing. Inscribed on flyleaf Harriet Jane Johnston, Wheatland 1868. B96.164.1.

Subjects: Buchanan family.; Clans - Scotland.; Clans.; Scotland.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book; Lancaster History Library - Buchanan Collection

Call Number: 929 B918

Proceedings in the House of representatives of the United States of America : respecting the contested election for the eastern district of the state of Georgia

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Corporate Author: United States. Congress House.

Date of Publication: M. DCC. XCII [1792]

Call Number: Yeates Book 459 1792

Corporate Author: United States. Congress House.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by Parry Hall, no 149, Chesnut street, between Fourth and Fifth streets,

Date of Publication: M. DCC. XCII [1792]

Physical Description: 71 pages ; 22 cm

Notes: This is the case of the election of Anthony Wayne contested by James Jackson.; Erratum p. 71.; "The reason page 45 follows that of 40, is that Mr. Lewis's defence was not printed in the regular course of the work; and did not make as many pages as were allotted for it."--Page 40.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 459 as assigned byYeates.; Bound with An address, etc. recommendations to the states, by the United States in Congress assembled. Philadelphia: Printed by David C. Claypoole, 1783; -- An examaination of the Constitution for the United States of America, submitted to the people fy the General Convention....Philadelphia: Printed by Zacharariah Poulson, Junr...1788 -- A calm appeal to the people of the State of Delaware. ... Philadelphia: Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junr... date not specified -- An enquiry into the principles and tendency of certain public measures. Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson... 1784; -- A vindication of Mr. Randophs's resignation. Philadelphia: printed by Samuel Smith...1795 -- The pretensions of Thomas Jefferson to the presidency examined; and the charges against John Adams refuted...United States, October 1796 -- Observations on the speech of Albert Gallatin, in the House of Representatives of the United States, on the foreign intercourse bill. Washington: Printed by John Colerick, 1798 -- The speech of Mr. Bayard on the foreign intecourse bill delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States on the third day of March 1798. -- The address of the minority in the Virginia Legislature to the people of that state; containing a vindication of the constitutionality of the alien and sedition laws Printer not specified, date not specified -- Letter from the Secfretary of State enclosing the reports of the late and present director of the mint....Philadelphia: Printed by Francis and Robert Bailey...1795 -- Analysis of the report of the committee of the Virginia Assembly, on the preceedings of sundry of the other States in answer to their resolutions. Philadelphia, printed by Zachariah Poulson, junior, 1800 -- Proceedings of the Virginia Assembly, on the answers of sundry states to their resolutions, passed in December, 1798. Philadelphia, printed by James Carey, 1800.; Evans

Subjects: Wayne, Anthony, - 1745-1796.; Jackson, James, - 1757-1806.; Jackson, James, - 1757-1806; Wayne, Anthony, - 1745-1796; United States. - Congress. - House - Contested elections.; United States. - Congress. - House.; Contested elections - Georgia.; Contested elections.; Politics and government; Georgia - Politics and government - 1775-1865.; Georgia.; Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)

Additional Author: Hall, Parry,; Yeates, Jasper,

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Yeates Book 459 1792

Administration of photographic collections archives and manuscripts

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Author: Ritzenthaler, Mary Lynn.

Date of Publication: 1984

Call Number: 770.286 R615

Responsibility: Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler, Gerald J. Munoff, Marjorie S. Long

ISBN: 0931828619

Author: Ritzenthaler, Mary Lynn.

Place of Publication: Chicago

Publisher: Society of American Archivists

Date of Publication: 1984

Physical Description: 173 p. ill. 28 cm.

Series: SAA basic manual series

Subjects: Photographs; Photograph collections

Additional Author: Munoff, Gerald J.; Long, Marjorie S.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 770.286 R615

Farming, always farming : a photographic essay of rural Pennsylvania German land and life

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Author: Fegley, H. Winslow

Date of Publication: 1987.

Call Number: 905.748 TPG v. 20 1986

Responsibility: made by H. Winslow Fegley ; [introduction, Scott T. Swank ; captions, Alan G. Keiser, Frederick S. Weiser].

Author: Fegley, H. Winslow

Place of Publication: Birdsboro, Pa

Publisher: Pennsylvania German Society,

Date of Publication: 1987.

Physical Description: vi, 312 p. : ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.

Series: Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society ;

Notes: "Photographs from the collection of the Schwenkfelder Library, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania."; Bibliography: p. 30.

Subjects: Fegley, H. Winslow - 1871-1944 - Photography collections.; Pennsylvania Dutch; Pennsylvania Dutch - Pennsylvania - Berks County; Pennsylvania - Social life and customs - Pictorial works.; Berks County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - Pictorial works.; Pennsylvania - Pictorial works.; Berks County (Pa.) - Pictorial works.

Additional Author: Swank, Scott T.; Keyser, Alan G.; Weiser, Frederick Sheely,

Additional Corporate Author: Schwenkfelder Library.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 905.748 TPG v. 20 1986

The patchwork quilt

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Author: Sater, Joel.

Date of Publication: 1981.

Call Number: 746.46 S253

Responsibility: by Joel Sater.

Author: Sater, Joel.

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Science Press,

Date of Publication: 1981.

Physical Description: 130 p., [7] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 x 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 125-127.

Subjects: Sater, Joel - Art collections.; Quilts - United States.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 746.46 S253

Pennsylvania Power & Light Company : a guide to the records

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Corporate Author: Hagley Museum and Library.

Date of Publication: c1985.

Call Number: 350.872 N252

Alternate Title: Pennsylvania Power and Light Company

Responsibility: by Michael Nash, John Rumm, and Craig Orr.

ISBN: 091465022X

Corporate Author: Hagley Museum and Library.

Place of Publication: Wilmington, Del

Publisher: Hagley Museum and Library,

Date of Publication: c1985.

Physical Description: xxiv, 226 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Series: A Hagley collections guide

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. xv.

Subjects: Pennsylvania Power & Light Company - Archives - Catalogs.; Hagley Museum and Library - Catalogs.; Public utilities - Pennsylvania

Additional Author: Nash, Michael,; Rumm, John.; Orr, Craig.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 350.872 N252

Ethnic genealogy : a research guide

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Date of Publication: 1983.

Call Number: 929.1 E84

Responsibility: edited by Jessie Carney Smith ; foreword by Alex Haley.

ISBN: 0313225931 (lib. bdg.)

Place of Publication: Westport, Conn

Publisher: Greenwood Press,

Date of Publication: 1983.

Physical Description: xxxix, 440 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.; African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society

Contents: Librarians and genealogical research / Russell E. Bidlack -- Basic sources for genealogical research / Jean Elder Cazort -- Library records and research / Casper L. Jordan -- Researching family history / Bobby L. Lovett -- The national archives and records service / James D. Walker -- The genealogical society of Utah library / Roger Scanland -- American indian records and research / Jimmy B. Parker -- Asian-American records and research / Greg Gubler -- Black American records and research / Lyman De Platt.

Subjects: African Americans; Asian Americans; Hispanic Americans; Indians of North America; United States - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; United States - Genealogy - Library resources.; United States - Genealogy.; United States - Ethnic groups - Genealogical sources

Additional Author: Smith, Jessie Carney.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.1 E84

Genealogical resources in Pattee Library, the Pennsylvania State University : with special reference to Pennsylvania

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Date of Publication: 1979 (1980 printing)

Call Number: 016.929 G326

Responsibility: edited by Leon J. Stout.

Place of Publication: Boalsburg, Pa. (P.O. Box 403, Boalsburg 16827)

Publisher: Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society,

Date of Publication: 1979 (1980 printing)

Physical Description: 159 leaves ; 28 cm.

Series: Publication / Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society ; no. 2

Subjects: Pennsylvania State University. - Library - Catalogs.; Genealogy - Bibliography - Catalogs.; Pennsylvania - Genealogy - Bibliography - Catalogs.; Pennsylvania - History, Local - Bibliography - Catalogs.

Additional Author: Stout, Leon J.

Additional Corporate Author: Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 016.929 G326

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