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Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789

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Date of Publication: 1959-

Call Number: Drawer 15, Sec. 3

Place of Publication: Washington

Publisher: National Archives and Records Service,

Date of Publication: 1959-

Physical Description: 204 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Series: National Archives microfilm publications ; microcopy no. 247

Notes: Library owns: Roll 9, Item No. 1, Rough Journals 1774-1789 -- Roll 13, Item No. 1 Rough Journals 1774-1789 -- Roll 60, Item No. 46, Proposals on locating the seat of government and printing the journals -- Roll 83, Item No. 69, Pennsylvania State Papers 1775-1791 -- Roll 178, Item Nos. 159 and 160, Letters from Generals Putnam, Mercer, Lewis, Thompson, Ward, Weedon, Hand, Conway, Sullivan, and Howe 1775-1785 -- Roll 183, Item No. 166, Letters and Papers Relating to Canadian Affairs, Sullivan's Expedition, and the Northern Indians 1775-1779.; Listed in "Microfilm resources for research," 1986 as: M247.; Indexes compiled by John P. Butler.; "The records reproduced in the microfilm publication are from Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention record group 360 in the National Archives."; Reproduced from original documents issued under the title Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.

Subjects: United States. - Continental Congress - Indexes.; Constitutional history - United States - Sources.; United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783.; United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783 - Sources.; United States - Politics and government - 1783-1789 - Sources.; United States - History - Revolution - Sources.

Additional Author: Butler, John P.,

Additional Corporate Author: United States. Continental Congress.

Additional Title: Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 15, Sec. 3

The Jacksonian heritage; Pennsylvania politics, 1833-1848

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Author: Snyder, Charles McCool.

Date of Publication: 1958.

Call Number: 974.80321 S675

Author: Snyder, Charles McCool.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,

Date of Publication: 1958.

Physical Description: x, 256 p. ports., map. 24 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 231-241.

Subjects: Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.; United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.80321 S675

The life of Gouverneur Morris : with selections from his correspondence and miscellaneous papers ; detailing events in the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and in the political history of the United States

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Author: Sparks, Jared,

Date of Publication: 1832.

Call Number: 923.2 M875s

Responsibility: by Jared Sparks.

Author: Sparks, Jared,

Place of Publication: Boston

Publisher: Gray & Bowen,

Date of Publication: 1832.

Physical Description: 3 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Bruntjen and Bruntjen 14802.; Sabin 88990.; "Publications, by Gouverneur Morris" vol. I, p. [519-520]; "Index of letters" vol. III, p. [501]-506.; LCHS has vol. I and vol. II.

Subjects: Morris, Gouverneur, - 1752-1816.; United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783.; France - Politics and government - 1789-1799.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 923.2 M875s

Civil War in the making, 1815-1860

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Author: Craven, Avery,

Date of Publication: [1959]

Call Number: 973.7 C898

ISBN: 0807101311; 9780807101315

Author: Craven, Avery,

Place of Publication: Baton Rouge

Publisher: Louisiana State University Press

Date of Publication: [1959]

Physical Description: 115 p. 21 cm.

Series: The Walter Lynwood Fleming lectures in southern history

Contents: The Republican Party and slavery -- The conservative Southerner -- The democratic process on trial -- The first cold war.

Subjects: United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Causes.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7 C898

Correspondence

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers

Title: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 7 Papers of Jonathan Messersmith Foltz, Series 1 Correspondence

Object ID: JBFP Part 7 Series 1

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers

Title: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 7 Papers of Jonathan Messersmith Foltz, Series 1 Correspondence

Description: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 7 Papers of Jonathan Messersmith Foltz, Series 1 contains the correspondence of Jonathan Messersmith Foltz, from 1831 to 1858.; This collection contains correspondence from Dr. Jonathan M. Foltz-the majority of which are addressed to James Buchanan. There are no items from Foltz's childhood or later years (after retirement), nor materials from the early parts of his Naval career. The collection documents two of Foltz's deployments in some detail-his time on the Mexico-Texas border and the three years spent in South America. When writing to Buchanan, Foltz focused more on the political details he observed, rather than military activities. Some letters in the years and months leading up to the 1848 election document Foltz's involvement in the selection of a Democratic candidate for President. The materials do not include much about Foltz's family life, other than a few mentions of his wife and their wedding.

Admin/Biographical History: Jonathan Messersmith Foltz was born in Lancaster in 1810, the son of Jonathan and Elizabeth Messersmith Foltz. He studied medicine with Dr. William Thompson in Lancaster before attending Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. He was commissioned as an assistant naval surgeon in 1831. He reached the rank of surgeon in 1838.; As Naval Surgeon, Dr. Foltz served on the Raritan at the beginning of the Mexican-American War, where he witnessed battles at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma. About five years later, Foltz was deployed again-this time to South America aboard the Jamestown. He arrived in South America during the second half of the Platine War, fought by Brazil and Uruguay against the Argentine Confederation, from August 1851- February 1852. He also watched as the United States and Great Britain exerted their influence on the new nations and their often corrupt and ineffective governments. Through his service in the Navy and his trips to remote places (at that time), Foltz became an expert on exotic diseases. He published a number of articles on the subject. Prior to his service in Mexico and South America, Foltz also spent time in Asia, Europe and Northern Africa. Foltz served during the Civil War, participating in a number of campaigns and battles. Specifically, he served as Fleet Surgeon under Admiral David Farragut. He continued to serve in the Navy, eventually rising to the positions of Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and Surgeon General of the Navy. In 1872, Foltz was put on the retired list, but continued to serve as Inspector General of Hospitals and Fleets, as well as Chief Surgeon of the Philadelphia Naval Hospital. Officially, he retired in 1873, after serving for forty-two years. He had reached the rank of Commodore.; Foltz married Rebecca Steinman (1830-1904), also from Lancaster, in 1854. They had three sons: Frederick Steinman (born Frederick Buchanan), Charles Steinman, and Jonathan Clinton Foltz. He lived with his family in Philadelphia. Foltz died at the age of 66 in 1877.; Not much is known about Foltz's relationship with James Buchanan, especially its origin. However, Foltz often called Buchanan his best friend and seemed to be a constant support of Buchanan for President, campaigning heavily for him leading up to the 1848 and 1856 elections (Foltz was stationed in South America in 1852).; Works Cited:; Franklin and Marshall College Archives and Special Collections. Jonathan Messersmith Foltz Papers, MS 21 Finding Aid. Lancaster, PA: Franklin and Marshall College, 2013. Accessed June 9, 2015. http://library.fandm.edu/archives/mscoll/jmfoltz.pdf.; Foltz, Charles S. Surgeon of the Seas: The Adventurous Life of Surgeon General Jonathan M. Foltz In the Days of Wooden Ships, Told from His Notes of the Moment Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1931.; "Foltz, Jonathan Messersmith." In Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, edited by James Grant Wilson and John Fiske. New York: D. Appleton, 1900. Accessed June 9, 2015. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Appletons%27_Cyclop%C3%A6dia_of_American_Biography/Foltz,_Jonathan_Messersmith.

System of Arrangement: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 7 Papers of Jonathan Messersmith Foltz is arranged in one series. The series and subseries have been used to keep the consistency with cataloging throughout the James Buchanan Family Papers.; JBFP Part 7 Series 1 Correspondence; Subseries 1 Letters from Jonathan Messersmith Foltz

Year Range From: 1831

Year Range To: 1858

Creator: Foltz, Jonathan Messersmith, 1810-1877

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

People: Buchanan, James; Foltz, Jonathan Messersmith

Other Creators: James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)

Subjects: Ship physicians; United States--Navy--Surgeons; United States--Politics and government--19th century; Mexican War, 1846-1848; South America--Politics and government--19th century

Search Terms: James Buchanan; Buchanan collections; Mexican War; Politics; United States Navy; Ship physicians; Surgeons; South America; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 box, 49 folders, 58 items, .5 cubic feet

Object Name: Correspondence

Language: English

Object ID: JBFP Part 7 Series 1

Associated Material: Jonathan Messersmith Foltz Papers (MS 21), Archives and Special Collections, Franklin and Marshall College; http://library.fandm.edu/archives/mscoll/jmfoltz.html; [J. M. Foltz Medical lecture notes, 1825-1829], Health Sciences Library Historical Collections, Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.; http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb1976055; Jonathan Messersmith Foltz papers, 1829-1871, Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, DC.; James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries, https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Family Papers; James Buchanan Collection, MG0096; Coleman Papers Collection, MG0275 Series 1; Andrew J. Steinman Collection, MG0066; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion; Charles S. Foltz, Surgeon of the Seas: The Adventurous Life of Surgeon General Jonathan M. Foltz In the Days of Wooden Ships, Told from His Notes of the Moment. Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1931. Call # 923.5 F671f

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Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Thomas Mifflin and the politics of the American Revolution

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Author: Rossman, Kenneth R.

Date of Publication: [1952]

Call Number: 923.2 M633r

Author: Rossman, Kenneth R.

Place of Publication: [Chapel Hill]

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press

Date of Publication: [1952]

Physical Description: 344 p. illus. 22 cm.

Notes: "Bibliographical note": p. [326]-330.

Subjects: Mifflin, Thomas, - 1744-1800.; United States - Politics and government - Revolution.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.2 M633r

When Lancaster was Pennsylvania's capital

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Author: Heiges, George L.

Date of Publication: 1951

were found those men who detested any signs of aristocracy; men who feared that mon- archy might find its way into the structure of the government of the United States. The Republican party was the party of Thomas Jefferson and those who believed with him that the political salvation of the republic

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Responsibility: by George L. Heiges.

Author: Heiges, George L.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1951

Physical Description: [1]-48 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 55, no. 1; Copy of entire series bound at LC 09 H465.

Subjects: Mifflin, Thomas, - 1744-1800.; McKean, Thomas, - 1734-1817.; Jefferson, Thomas, - 1743-1826.; Elections - United States.; Elections - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - Capital and capitol.; Pennsylvania - History - 1775-1865.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 55, number 1 (1951), p. 1-48Lancaster History Library - Lancaster CountyLancaster History Library - Journal974.815 LACI H465974.9 L245 v.55