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Chest of Drawers

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1995.111.107

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Collection: Wheatland

Description: Bowfront mahogany veneer chest of drawers in the Hepplewhite style. Four drawers have progressing depths from the top to the bottom, each with overpressed drawer pulls two per drawer. At the top center of each drawer is a brass escutcheon keyhole. The top of the chest and each drawer are decorated with satin wood inlay. Chest is supported at its base by four french feet which feature a slightly outswept bracket foot combined with a valence skirt.

Provenance: Dr. Alexander Speer (James Buchanan maternal cousin); To: Katherine Speer Powell (granddaughter)

Year Range From: 1780

Year Range To: 1810

Last Owner: Speer, Alexander

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: South Middle Bedchamber

Storage Wall: South Wall

People: Speer, Alexander

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name: Chest of Drawers

Material: Mahogany

Height (cm): 104.14

Height (ft): 3.4166666667

Height (in): 41

Width (cm): 118.11

Width (ft): 3.875

Width (in): 46.5

Depth (cm): 62.865

Depth (ft): 2.0625

Depth (in): 24.75

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2022-08-04

Condition Notes: Front left leg broken

Object ID: W.1995.111.107

Accession Number: W.1995.111

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Chest of Drawers

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1939.015.001

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Collection: Wheatland

Description: Bow front chest of drawers, 4 drawers, brass hardware. Hepplewhite Style, Old accession form dates artifact as being 1850

Provenance: James Buchanan; To Edward Y. Buchanan; To Alice Cunygham Buchanan Ewing; To Cornelia Lausdale Ewing Brooke; To Jack Brooke; To James Buchanan Foundation; LancasterHistory

Year Range From: 1785

Year Range To: 1810

Last Owner: Buchanan, James

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Northwest Bedchamber

Storage Wall: Northeast Wall

People: Buchanan, James

Subcategory: Furniture

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name: Chest of Drawers

Material: Brass/Mahogany

Height (in): 38

Width (in): 42.5

Depth (in): 21.75

Condition: Excellent

Condition Date: 2023-01-26

Object ID: W.1939.015.001

Accession Number: W.1939.015

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The Presidency of James Buchanan

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13891

Author: Smith, Elbert B.

Date of Publication: [1975]

Call Number: 923.173 B918s

Responsibility: by Elbert B. Smith.

ISBN: 0700601325

Author: Smith, Elbert B.

Place of Publication: Lawrence

Publisher: University Press of Kansas,

Date of Publication: [1975]

Physical Description: xiii, 225 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 25 cm.

Series: American Presidency series

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 209-217.

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

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918s

Pennsylvania Hall of Fame honor for James Buchanan

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo385

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Date of Publication: 1977

Responsibility: by John Ward Willson Loose.l

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1977

Physical Description: [96]-100 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 81, no. 2

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 81, number 2 (1977), p. 96-100Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.81

Monuments marking the graves of the Presidents; a collection of photographs and inscriptions

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1797

Author: Laird, Archibald.

Date of Publication: [1971]

Call Number: 917.304 L188

ISBN: 0815802501

Author: Laird, Archibald.

Place of Publication: North Quincy, Mass

Publisher: Christopher Pub. House

Date of Publication: [1971]

Physical Description: 213 p. illus., map (on lining papers) 25 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 213.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, Pres. U.S., 1791-1868.; Presidents - United States.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 917.304 L188

Papers of James Buchanan and Harriet L. Johnston

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2283

Author: Buchanan, James,

Date of Publication: 1977.

Call Number: Drawer 17, Sec. 1

Author: Buchanan, James,

Place of Publication: [Washington, D.C.]

Publisher: Library of Congress Photoduplication Service,

Date of Publication: 1977.

Physical Description: 4 reels ; 35 mm.

Notes: Labeled on box #340-343; "Mss. 16,968."; Includes index: reel 1.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Presidents - United States; United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861 - Sources.

Additional Author: Johnston, Harriet Lane,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 17, Sec. 1

Military Masonic Hall of Fame, first one hundred, 1975

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2644

Corporate Author: National Sojourners, Inc.

Date of Publication: National Sojourners, 1976]

Call Number: 366.1 B317

Responsibility: editor: R.E. Bassler.

Corporate Author: National Sojourners, Inc.

Place of Publication: [Alexandria, VA

Date of Publication: National Sojourners, 1976]

Physical Description: 284 p.

Notes: "A collection of biographies of the first 100 elected to the National Sojourners Military Masonic Hall of Fame."

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Freemasons - Biography.

Additional Author: Bassler, Robert E.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 366.1 B317

Wheatland, home of James Buchanan : 15th President of the United States, 1857-1861

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15575

Author: Klein, Frederic Shriver,

Date of Publication: 1970.

Call Number: 728.37 K64

Author: Klein, Frederic Shriver,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Penna

Publisher: Stel-mar,

Date of Publication: 1970.

Physical Description: [28] p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Notes: "Text by Frederic S. Klein; Color Photography by Marshall Dussinger; Cover from an Original Painting by Florence Starr Taylor; Copyright by M. A. Dussinger."

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

Additional Author: Dussinger, Marshall..; Taylor, Florence Starr..

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 728.37 K64

Buchanan dying

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8602

Author: Updike, John.

Date of Publication: [1974]

Call Number: 812.5 U66

Responsibility: a play.

ISBN: 0233965645

Author: Updike, John.

Place of Publication: [London]

Publisher: A. Deutsch

Date of Publication: [1974]

Physical Description: 262p. 21cm.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - Pres. U.S., - 1791-1860 - Drama.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 812.5 U66

Guide to the microfilm edition of the James Buchanan papers at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14620

Date of Publication: 1974.

Call Number: 923.173 B918g

Responsibility: Lucy Fisher West, editor.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Historical Society of Pennsylvania,

Date of Publication: 1974.

Physical Description: 55 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Manuscripts

Additional Author: West, Lucy Fisher.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918g

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