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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Object ID: MG0166

Date Range: 1738-1920

. Muhlenberg, Reading to his uncle Dr. F. A. Muhlenberg, Lancaster with reference to will of Rev. G. H. E. Muhlenberg. 1846. Insert 11 Statement of John Warfel, Recorder of Deeds, regarding mortgage against James Cameron. 1837. Folder 16 Letters, Receipt Insert 1 Letter. Thomas Doyle, Cincinnati to Adam

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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Description: The Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection contains documents collected by Mr. Diffenderffer. These documents are primarily from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and include letters, legal and court papers, indentures, receipts, property and probate records, and financial and military papers. The people and businesses represented include George Ross, Jasper Yeates, A. Herr Smith, Timothy Matlack, Mount Hope Furnace, and the Lancaster, Elizabethtown & Middletown Turnpike Road Company.

System of Arrangement: Collection retains original arrangement.

Date Range: 1738-1920

Year Range From: 1738

Year Range To: 1920

Date of Accumulation: 1738-1920

Creator: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Adams, John Quincy; Adreas, Agnes; Albright, W.; Anderson, James; Andrews, Jacob W.; Andrews, James P.; Ashbridge, Elizabeth; Ashbridge, J. H.; Ashbridge, Sarah; Ashbridge, Sidney; Atlee, Samuel; Attlee, Samuel; Autstch, Adam; Bare, Martin; Barlow, Thomas; Barnitz, Joseph; Barr, John; Barton, David R.; Barton, W.; Bauer, Adam; Beams, Jacob; Beard, Robert; Bearn, John; Beck, Martha; Beck, Paul; Beck, Samuel; Bender, Leonard; Benezet, Daniel; Benner, Henrich; Berntheisel, Henry; Berry, William; Bickham, F. A.; Bickman, George; Bletz, Jacob; Blumer, Abraham; Bollinger, Esther; Bombarger, Martin; Bomberger, John; Bower, Samuel P.; Bowman, Henry; Bowman, J.; Bowman, Samuel; Bowman, W.; Boyd, James; Boyd, Samuel; Bradford, Samuel J.; Breck, Samuel; Bredenstein, Philip; Brown, David; Brown, Matthew; Brown, William; Broud, Bill; Bruener, G.; Bryan, George; Bryan, George I.; Burd, Edward; Burkholder, E.; Burt, Nathaniel; Caldwell, James; Caldwell, Oliver; Caldwell, Robert; Calhoun, John C.; Cameron, James; Cameron, John; Campbell, Sarah; Carpenter, Abraham; Carpenter, Daniel; Carpenter, Jacob; Carpenter, William; Cather, Robert; Chambers, Stephen; Chambers, W.; Charlton, Thomas; Clark, Brice; Clark, John; Clark, Washington; Clemson, Joseph; Cochran, A.; Cochran, William; Coleman, William; Connor, Kitty; Cookson, Thomas; Cooper, William; Creasy, Solomon; Creasy, Solomon M.; Crone, Robert; Cunningham, Hugh; Cunningham, Thomas; Damant, James; Damisch, Fred; Davis, Zaccheus; Deckert, Jacob; Dederick, Henry; Dering, Henry; Derward, Jonas; Detrick, P.; Dickert, Jacob; Dieterick, Jacob; Diffenderffer, David; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diffenderffer, Harold F.; Diffenderfer, Michael; Diffenderfer, Philip; Diller, Peter; Doerses, Frederick; Dougherty, William; Douglass, George; Douglass, James; Doyle, Thomas; Dryer, Andrew; Dubbs, Joseph H.; Duck, Geotge; Duncan, Daniel; Eagen, James; Eagen, Thomas; Eberman, John; Eberman, Philip; Eckert, George; Eckman, John; Eftwein, Johannes; Eichholtz, H.; Eichholtz, Leonard; Eliot, Daniel; Emanuel, John; Ench, Jacob; Espy, George R.; Evans, Frances; Evans, Isaac; Evans, James C.; Evans, Samuel; Ewing, John; Faghterin, Mary; Fahnestock, Samuel; Fehl, Andrew; Feltman, George; Ferree, Conrad; Ferree, Polly; Fissel, Michael; Flowers, Christian; Foltz, Bernard; Fordney, Casper; Fouts, Martin; Franklin, Thomas; Franklin, Thomas E.; Franklin W. B.; Frantz, Phil; Frey, J.; Fultz, John; Galbraith, Bertram; Galloway, Joseph; Geddis, Samuel; Gibble, L. W.; Gibbons, William; Gildersleve, Jonathan H.; Gildersleve Sarah; Gill, Deborah; Gill, Eramus; Gill, James; Gill, Matthew; Givler, Mary; Golden, Jeffery; Graass, Jacob; Graeff, Matthias; Graeff, W.; Graff, Benjamin; Graff, Henry; Graff, Jacob; Gratz, Hyman; Groff, Abraham; Groff, David; Groff, Isaac; Gross, Michael; Grove, Abraham; Grubb, Baird; Grubb, Curtis; Grubb, Henry; Habacker, George; Habacker, Wager; Hartz, John; Hake, Elizabeth; Hake, Jacob; Hale, Charles; Hambright, Henry; Hamilton, James; Hamilton, William; Hand, Edward; Hart, Elizabeth; Hartand, John; Hartmyer, Frederick; Haton, James; Hatz, John; Hayn, Christopher; Hehl, Matthew; Henderson, Mary; Henry, Christopher; Henry, Elizabeth; Henry, Joseph; Henry, Josiah; Henry, John Joseph; Henry, Mary; Herr, Christian; Hensel, William Uhler; Hibshman, Henry; Hoff, John; Hoofnagle, P.; Hoover, Jacob; Host, Catharine; Host, Michael; Howell, William H.; Howell, William Wilson; Huber, J.; Huber, John; Hubley, Adam; Hubley, John; Hubley, Joseph; Hubley, M.; Hubner, Nathanael; Huston, Alex; Hutchinson, E.; Jacks, James; Jenkins, Ron; Johns, Elizabeth; Johns, Jacob; Johns, Paul; Johnston, Sam; Jones, John; Jones, Owen; Jones, Paul T.; Jordan, J.; Kauffman, Abraham; Kauffman, Joseph; Kehler, Andrew; Kelly, Joseph P.; Kelly, William; Kenedy, John; Kittera, John Wilkes; Kittera, Thomas; Kline, David; Kline, George; Kline, Michael; Kling, M.; Konigmaker, James; Krebil, John; Krieg, Philip; Krug, Edward; Krug, H. V.; Krug, Jacob; Krug, Valentine; Kuhn, Frederick; Kuhn, Jacob; Lanck, Jacob; Landes, John; Lauman, Ludwig; Lechler, John; Leman, H. E.; Lewis, Abraham; Lewis, Ellis; Liews, Eliza; Lightner, Nathaniel; Likens, James; Lind, John; Long, Charles E.; Long, Jacob; Longenecker, David; Lowery, Alexander; Lowery, Lazarus; Lowman, Ludwig; Lutz, Peter; Lynch, Thomas; MacGonigle, Jonathan T.; MacGregor, John; MacGregor, Peter; Machold, Lewis Frederick; Marshall, Christopher; Matlack, Timothy; Mattes, George; Mauer, Peter; Maus, Peter; Mayer, John; Mayer, Lewis; McGown, William; McClure, David; McClure, Randle; McKim, James; McKinney, Mordecai; Mease, James; Mease, John; Mercer, John Q.; Messersmith, George; Metzer, Jonas; Metzer, Norman; Miller, David; Miller, Harry; Miller, Henry; Miller, James; Miller, John; Miller, T. H.; Minnich, Lizzie; Mohler, Henry; Montgomery, Jane; Montgomery, S. H.; Moore, James; Moore, John; Musser, John; Myer, John; Myer, John P.; Myer, Josephine; Myers, Christian; Myers, Eckert; Myers, Henry; Myers, Jacob; Myers, John; Myers, Joseph; Myers, Josephine; Myers, S. H.; Myers, Sidney; Muhlenberg, F. A.; Muhlenberg, G. H. E.; Muhlenberg, Henry; Muhlenberg, Henry A.; Munster, Paul; Nager, Ben Willis; Nagle, John; Neal, John; Nees, Adam; Neisser, G. Br.; Nelson, William; Nicholson, John; Norgrave, H.; Odonel, Charles; Old, James; Parvin, Francis; Passmore, John; Patton, James; Pendleton, George H.; Pennypacker, Samuel W.; Penrose, Clement; Petersby, Richard; Physick, Edmund; Pine, Michael; Pohlman, Abraham; Price, Eli K.; Purviance, Samuel; Ralston, Robert; Ramsay, Catharine; Ramsay, David; Ramsay, James; Ramsay, Nathaniel; Ramsay, William; Randall, Samuel; Rank, Samuel; Redsecker, Jacob; Reed, E. L.; Reed, George; Reedly, George; Reedly, John; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Jacob; Riche, Thomas; Rieger, Ann; Rohrer, John; Ross, George; Ross, James; Roth, Jacob; Schaum, Philip; Scheaffer, John; Schnierer, John, Mrs.; Schweinhaupt, Br.; Sell, Henry; Seward, Hugh; Shafer, John; Shaffer, Jacob; Sharer, David; Shearer, Jacob; Sheef, William; Sheldon, William; Shippen, Edward; Shireman, Jacob; Shol, Peter; Shware, Peter; Simon, Joseph; Simon, William; Sindersmith, S. V.; Singer, Casper; Singer, Emanuel; Skiles, William; Slaugher, Hiram; Slaymaker, Amos; Slaymaker, Henry; Slough, Matthias; Smith, A. Herr; Smith, Eliza; Smith, Joanna; Smith, Thomas; Smith, William; Snapp, Samuel; Solomon, Myer; Spencer, S. S.; Sprecher, Frank L.; Stauffer, Henry; Stedman, Alex; Stedman, Charles; Steinert, Christian; Steinman, Charles; Steinman, Frederick; Steinman, George; Steinman, John F.; Stevens, R. S.; Stevenson, George; Stone, John; Stoneman, Tobias; Stones, John; Stuart, Robert; Swan, John G.; Swain, R.; Swentzel, H. Y.; Swift, Joseph; Tanger, David R.; Titball, Joseph; Trimble, James; Trissler, John; Trissler, Joseph David; Turner, Ambrose; Turner, Catharine; Wagen, Philip; Walk, Deetrick; Walker, John; Wallace, John; Wallace, William; Warden, M.; Warfel, John; Washington, Samuel; Watson, David; Webb, James; Weber, Adam; Wegman, Mary; Weitzel, George; Wenger, Roland; Werner, Jacob; Wertsburger, Henry; West, William; Wetherill, Samuel P.; White, George; White, T.; Whitaker, George; Wildred, Daniel; Williams, Evans P.; Williams, John; Wistar, Thomas; Witlow, Hugh; Witman, John; Witman, Michael; Witmer, Abraham; Witmer, Benjamin; Witmer, David; Witmer, Henry; Wolford, Ludwig; Wood, George; Work, Joseph; Wright, James; Wright, John; Wright, S. W.; Yaner, Jacob; Yeates, Jasper; Yeates, John; Young, Henry; Young, Mattias; Zahm, Godfrey; Zantzinger, Adam; Zantzinger, Ester; Zeigler, George; Zimmer, Henry

Subjects: Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Court records; Finance, Personal; Invoices; Letters; Lotteries; Minutes (Records); Probate records; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Schools; Stocks

Search Terms: Accounts; African Methodist Episcopal Church; Armor's Old Bookstore; Articles of agreement; Beaver Creek; Black Horse Farm; Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Charles E. Wentz and Bros.; Christ Lutheran Church; Cocalico Creek; Conestoga Steam Mills; Constables; Correspondence; Court records; Farmers Bank of Lancaster; Farmer's Hay and Straw Market Association; Finance, Personal; Finding aids; Franklin Savings and Building Association; Grosh and Levering; Hamilton Lots; Indentures; Indian Queen Hotel; Invoices; Lancaster Cemetery; Lancaster County Agricultural Park; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster, Elizabethtown and Middletown Turnpike Company; Letters; Lotteries; Manuscript groups; McDowell's Mill; Minutes; Mount Hope Furnace; Northern Central Railway Company; Pennsylvania Council; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Probate records; Protestant Episcopal Church; Receipts; Sam Wetherill and Sons; Schools; Shaffner and Ziegler; St. James Episcopal Church; Steinman and Son; Stocks; Trinity Lutheran Church; W. Kirkpatrick and Company; Zahm and Jackson Jewelers

Extent: 1 box, 27 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0166

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Frank R. Diffenderfer Collection (MG0166), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 1964.013

Other Numbers: MG-166

Classification: MG0166

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 September 2021.; Accession # L64-13

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Pin, Fraternal

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.89.173

Date Range: pre-1907

Collection: Wheatland

Description: Pin is in shape of sideways Latin cross with crown around it. 'Lancaster Comy. No. 13 K.T.' Hanging from pin front, connected by two metal links is a flat oval with relief on one side of large capit L-like building and 'K.T.'. Around edge is 'Grand Comma

Date Range: pre-1907

Made By: Whitehead & Hoag Company

Subcategory: Personal Symbol

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name: Pin, Fraternal

Material: Metal

Height (in): 2.25

Width (in): 1.813

Depth (in): 0.313

Object ID: W.89.173

Place of Origin: Newark, New Jersey

Accession Number: W.89.173

Bellpull

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1989.025.001

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Collection: Wheatland

Description: Remains of green silk at both ends over linen. Backing appears to be natural color linen with an open weave wool decorated with needlepoint floral-design repeated about ten times down length. Red rose/lavender rose/blue violets, with green leaves also shadings of brown.

Provenance: James Buchanan; To - Harriet Lane Johnston; To - Willson Family; To - James Buchanan Foundation; LancasterHistory

Year Range From: 1860

Year Range To: 1900

Last Owner: Buchanan, James

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Second Floor Hall

Storage Wall: West Wall

Storage Cabinet: Linen Closet

Storage Shelf: Shelf 2

Storage Container: Box 001W

People: Buchanan, James; Johnston, Harriet Lane

Subcategory: Household Accessory

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name: Bellpull

Material: Silk, Wool, Brass

Length (in): 119

Width (in): 4.125

Dimension Details: Brass plate: Height 2.0625' Width 3.5'

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2023-07-22

Condition Notes: Green silk at both ends is extensively deteriorated exposing the linen backing.

Object ID: W.1989.025.001

Notes: Likely found in the Mansion during 1936 Deed transfer between the Estate of Mary Willson Rettew and the James Buchanan Foundation.

Accession Number: W.1989.025

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Quilt

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1989.154.001

Date Range: 1850-1900

Collection: Wheatland

Description: All cotton quilt, on point blocks have pieced 8-point star blocks that alternate with blocks of a woven pattern blue with a grid of white lines. Stars are small scale floral print of pink with tiny white flowers. White ground is a very loose weave composed of multiple pieced panels. White outside border is 11" wide on one end and 7.5" wide on the other three.; Hand-quilted with white thread in a small scale grid aligned with blocks.; Back is a loose weave arranged with wide strips of white alternating with strips of a large, bold red print of branches and large flowers. Six white strips are 8.5 - 9" wide; 5 printed strips and 7.5" wide. Back is brought forward to front to created binding. Thin battiing.; Inscription: On front quilt corner is "HM6? handwritten in ink.

Provenance: No records

Date Range: 1850-1900

Year Range From: 1850

Year Range To: 1900

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 39

Subcategory: Bedding

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name: Quilt

Material: Cotton

Length (in): 95

Width (in): 92

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2016-02-18

Condition Notes: Overall fading and deterioration, especially in pink floral print which is consistently riddled with small holes where white flowers have deteriorated. Some small holes in blue fabric, 1/8"-1/4" big with fraying. General soil, scattered stains and acid burn, especially at fold lines and borders, as well as sections of back..

Object ID: W.1989.154.001

Accession Number: W.1989.154

Coin

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1989.170.001

Collection: Wheatland

Description: Three gold coins. #1. $5.00 piece. Front has Indian head with 13 stars, 'Liberty', '1912' around edge. Reverse side has 'United States of America', 'Five Dollars' around edge. Eagle, 'E. Pluribus Unum', 'In God We Trust'.

Year Range From: 1886

Year Range To: 1912

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 3

Storage Cabinet: Unit 17

Storage Shelf: Shelf 4

Storage Container: Box W016

Subcategory: Exchange Medium

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name: Coin

Material: Gold

Width (cm): 1.6002

Width (ft): 0.0525

Width (in): 0.63

Diameter (cm): 2.06502

Diameter (ft): 0.06775

Diameter (in): 0.813

Object ID: W.1989.170.001

Notes: History of ownership is unknown. Coins were found inside the Shreiner tallcase clock at Wheatland that was donated by the Cameron E. Lane Estate in 1965.

Credit: Cameron E. Lane Estate

Accession Number: W.1989.170

Teacup

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1935.010.010

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Collection: Wheatland

Description: One of two teacups. Inside of cup is lined with gold. Gilt decor forms a wide band on the exterior around the rim that and connects to and covers the handle and a vertical gilt band that connects to the flared foot. The body of the bowl is white with a flower and landscape hand-painted scene.; Nast or Darte Freres factory, Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.

Provenance: James Buchanan; To Edward Y. Buchanan; To Maria Lois Buchanan Cassatt; To Lois Cassatt Thayer; To James Buchanan Foundation; LancasterHistory

Year Range From: 1817

Year Range To: 1934

Made By: Feuillet, Jean-Pierre

Last Owner: Buchanan, James

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Dining Room

Storage Wall: Southwest Wall

Storage Cabinet: Built-in Cupboard

Storage Shelf: Shelf 2

People: Buchanan, James; Buchanan, Edward Y.; Cassatt, Maria Lois Buchanan; Thayer, Lois Cassatt

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Inscription Position: Bottom

Inscription Technique: Pen and Ink

Inscription Text: Fiuillet rue de la Paix no. 20.

Inscription Type: Signature

Object Name: Teacup

Material: Porcelain

Makers Mark: Mark applied over glaze, therefore some of the ojects no longer have the designer's signature

Height (cm): 6.35

Height (ft): 0.2083333333

Height (in): 2.5

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2023-04-03

Object ID: W.1935.010.010

Notes: In 1995 the JBF staff assigned the Object ID W.95.69.2 to this Compote as a FIC probably because original paper records were not found.; In March 2023 the paper file has been found that identifies Lois Cassatt Thayer as the donor in 1935. Mrs. Thayer was the daughter to Alexander Cassatt and his wife, Maria Lois Buchanan Cassatt. Maria Lois Buchanan was the daughter to Rev. Dr. Edward Y. Buchanan, the youngest sibling to President James Buchanan.

Place of Origin: Paris, France

Accession Number: W.1935.010

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Cup, Demitasse

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1963.002.025

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Collection: Wheatland

Description: One of three demitasse cups. Inside of cup is lined with gilt decor that extends over the cup's rim. The rim gilding connects to two vertical gilt bands and a band around the base forming a frame around varied handpainted landscape scenes; the cup handle is also gilded. The remainder of the outer body has a solid pink hue.; Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.

Provenance: Buchanan, James; To Johnston, Harriet Lane; To Fay, Patty Lane; To Eldridge, Patty Lane Fay; To James Buchanan Foundation; LancasterHistory

Year Range From: 1817

Year Range To: 1934

Made By: Feuillet, Jean-Pierre

Last Owner: Buchanan, James

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Dining Room

Storage Wall: Southwest Wall

Storage Cabinet: Built-in Cupboard

Storage Shelf: Shelf 3

People: Buchanan, James; To Johnston, Harriet Lane; To Fay, Patty Lane; To Eldridge, Patty Lane Fay

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Inscription Position: Bottom

Inscription Technique: Pen and Ink

Inscription Text: Fiullet rue dela Paix no 20

Inscription Type: Signature

Object Name: Cup, Demitasse

Material: Porcelain

Makers Mark: Mark applied over glaze, therefore some of the ojects no longer have the designer's signature

Height (cm): 6.35

Height (ft): 0.2083333333

Height (in): 2.5

Depth (cm): 5.3975

Depth (ft): 0.1770833333

Depth (in): 2.125

Diameter (cm): 6.35

Diameter (ft): 0.2083333333

Diameter (in): 2.5

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2023-04-14

Condition Notes: Inside lip of the cup has a large chip missing.

Object ID: W.1963.002.025

Notes: In 1995 the JBF staff assigned the Object ID W.95.69.2 to this Compote as a FIC probably because original paper records were not found.; In March 2023 the paper file has been found that identifies Patty Lane Fayer Eldridge as the donor in September 1963. Mrs. James W. Eldridge was the daughter to Patty Lane Fay and the great niece to Harriet Lane Johnston. Patty Lane Fay was daughter to James Buchanan Lane, the first-born to Jane Buchanan Lane, President James Buchanan's sister.

Place of Origin: Paris, France

Accession Number: W.1963.002

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Coin

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1989.170.002

Date Range: 1886-1912

Collection: Wheatland

Description: Three gold coins. #1. $5.00 piece. Front has Indian head with 13 stars, 'Liberty', '1912' around edge. Reverse side has 'United States of America', 'Five Dollars' around edge. Eagle, 'E. Pluribus Unum', 'In God We Trust'. Diameter is .813'. Width is .063.

Date Range: 1886-1912

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 3

Storage Cabinet: Unit 17

Storage Shelf: Shelf 4

Storage Container: Box W016

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name: Coin

Material: Gold

Object ID: W.1989.170.002

Notes: History of ownership is unknown. Were found in tallcase clock (Shreiner) at Wheatland. Donated by Cameron Lane estate in 1972.

Credit: Cameron E. Lane Estate

Accession Number: W.1989.170

Coin

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1989.170.003

Date Range: 1886-1912

Collection: Wheatland

Description: Three gold coins. #1. $5.00 piece. Front has Indian head with 13 stars, 'Liberty', '1912' around edge. Reverse side has 'United States of America', 'Five Dollars' around edge. Eagle, 'E. Pluribus Unum', 'In God We Trust'. Diameter is .813'. Width is .063.

Date Range: 1886-1912

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 3

Storage Cabinet: Unit 17

Storage Shelf: Shelf 4

Storage Container: Box W016

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name: Coin

Material: Gold

Object ID: W.1989.170.003

Notes: History of ownership is unknown. Were found in tallcase clock (Shreiner) at Wheatland. Donated by Cameron Lane estate in 1972.

Credit: Cameron E. Lane Estate

Accession Number: W.1989.170

Quilt

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1989.260.001

Date Range: 1850-1900

Collection: Wheatland

Description: Floral applique block quilt of cotton. Sixteen 15" floral applique blocks of flowers on white ground. Flowers have blooms of various greens & browns appliqued together to create two different designs that alternate block by block. Flowers branch out in curves with leaves of black & green print and intricate flower buds.; Sashing, 2.5" wide, separates blocks with white strips edged with thin green strips. Inner border of 1-inch wide brown strip encloses blocks. In large outer border of white with mitered corners are graceful grapevines of grape clusters, leaves of the same green & black print as leaves in centerfield,and tendrils of chain stitch embroidery. Wide red binding w/ mitered corners wraps to back and is hand stitched. White cotton back of four panels. Thin cotton batting.; Hand-quilted with a grid in centerfield except for bold cable that is superimposed on sashing and brown inner border. Outer border has slanting parallel lines. One distinctive round flower 2.5" in diameter with 10 petals is found in outer border near one corner, near edge.; Card originally sewn on quilt (handwritten in ink): "Quilt made by Rebecca Rynard of Line Lexington Penna. 90 yrs ago - it has taken many 1st prizes at the State Fairs in both Montgomery Co & Bucks Co - Penna." Below is "Property of M.D.S. Elwell 524 Cedar Lane Swarthmore(?)"

Provenance: Wheatland record states history of ownership is unknown between maker and donor. Research shows most Rynards lived in Cumberland Co.

Date Range: 1850-1900

Year Range From: 1850

Year Range To: 1900

Made By: Rynard, Rebecca

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 39

Subcategory: Bedding

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name: Quilt

Material: Cotton

Height (in): 85

Width (in): 85

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2016-02-19

Condition Notes: Soil and multiple scattered stains overall, esp. on back. Significant holes on front. Wide binding is worn at edge and fraying. Many seams deteriorating and separated.

Object ID: W.1989.260.001

Place of Origin: Line Lexington, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Accession Number: W.1989.260

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Archive

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Pin, Fraternal

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Bellpull

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Quilt

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Coin

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Teacup

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Cup, Demitasse

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Coin

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Coin

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Quilt

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