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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 5 Other Members of the Buchanan Family

Title: Excerpts of correspondence from James Buchanan, Sr. and Elizabeth Speer Buchanan to their son James Buchanan

Object ID: JBFP 5.1.2.001

Date Range: 1809-1826

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 5 Other Members of the Buchanan Family

Title: Excerpts of correspondence from James Buchanan, Sr. and Elizabeth Speer Buchanan to their son James Buchanan

Description: Excerpts of correspondence from James Buchanan, Sr. and Elizabeth Speer Buchanan to their son James Buchanan from 1809 through 1826 regarding Buchanan’s early political career. Letters from 1809 through 1813 are written out twice. There are also two envelopes where the excerpcts were kept. 1809-1826.

Date Range: 1809-1826

Year Range From: 1809

Year Range To: 1826

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1761-1821

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 5, Box 1

People: Buchanan, Elizabeth Speer; Buchanan, James Sr.; Buchanan, James

Other Creators: Speer, Elizabeth, 1767-1833

Subjects: Personal correspondence; Letters

Search Terms: Correspondence; Correspondence, Personal; Letters; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 3 items, 52 pages to scan, 19.5 x 30.5 cm., 16 x 20.5 and 24 x 11 cm.

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 5 Series 1

Object ID: JBFP 5.1.2.001

Associated Material: 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; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1995.256a-d

Other Number: JBFP Part 5, Series 1, Subseries 2, Folder 1

Description Level: Item

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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Collection: George Steinman Papers, Series 2 Documents, Images, Ephemera

Title: Letter from Jasper Hand to Jasper Yeates

Object ID: MG0184_S02_F008_In03_It02

Date Range: 1806/04/27

1 document

Collection: George Steinman Papers, Series 2 Documents, Images, Ephemera

Title: Letter from Jasper Hand to Jasper Yeates

Description: Letter from Jasper Hand to his uncle, Jasper Yeates, explaining that he has applied for the position of ship's surgeon on the ship Richmond which will be sailing for Calcutta, India.

Date Range: 1806/04/27

Creation Date: 27 April 1806

Creator: Hand, Jasper Yeates, 1784-1828

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

Storage Container: Series 02, Box 0001

People: Bethel, Samuel; Brien, Edward; Coxe, John Redman; Hand, Jasper Yeates; Waln, Robert; Yeates, Jasper

Subjects: Letters

Search Terms: Correspondence; Letters; Ship physicians

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages scanned

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0184_S02_F008_In03_It02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: 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

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Other Numbers: MG-184, Series 2

Other Number: MG-184, Series 2, Folder 8, Insert 3, Item 2

Classification: MG0184

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 3 November 2023.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # C980002119, 2021-2024.

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Letter from James Gibbons to Christian Stauffer

Object ID: MG0846_F002

Date Range: 1800/07/02

Society of Friends Westtown Boarding School Search Terms: Business records Correspondence Deeds Diaries Lampeter Twp. Leacock Twp. Letters Mills Philadelphia Quakers Society of Friends Westtown Boarding School �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Letter from James Gibbons to Christian Stauffer

Description: Letter from James Gibbons to Christian Stauffer, charging him with making certain his swine are secured because someone's hogs have been eating Gibbons' grain and stating that if he finds the culprit, he will sue for damages.

Date Range: 1800/07/02

Creation Date: 2 July 1800

Creator: Gibbons, James, 1735-1810

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Gibbons, James; Stauffer, Christian

Subjects: Letters

Search Terms: Correspondence; Letters

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0846_F002

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records (MG0846), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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Accession Number: 2021.008

Other Numbers: MG-846

Other Number: MG-846, Folder 2

Classification: MG0846

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 21 July 2021.

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Letter from [Sharpley] to James Gibbons

Object ID: MG0846_F003

Date Range: 1805/11/03

Society of Friends Westtown Boarding School Search Terms: Business records Correspondence Deeds Diaries Lampeter Twp. Leacock Twp. Letters Mills Philadelphia Quakers Society of Friends Westtown Boarding School �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Letter from [Sharpley] to James Gibbons

Description: Letter from [Sharpley] in Downingtown to James Gibbons in Mill Creek, Lancaster County regarding business and family news. To the care of William Brinton, Soudersburg.

Date Range: 1805/11/03

Creation Date: 3 November 1805

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Gibbons, James; Brinton, William

Subjects: Letters

Search Terms: Correspondence; Health; Letters

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0846_F003

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records (MG0846), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2021.008

Other Numbers: MG-846

Other Number: MG-846, Folder 3

Classification: MG0846

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 21 July 2021.

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Receipt

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Collection: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection

Title: Receipt for items given to Sall from the estate of Lydia Chambers

Object ID: MG0205_F046_It07

Date Range: 1802/01/16

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Collection: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection

Title: Receipt for items given to Sall from the estate of Lydia Chambers

Description: Receipt for Sall, a woman of color, indicating that she and her children had received clothing and a chest from the estate of Lydia Chambers. Jasper Yeates and Robert Coleman, executors.

Date Range: 1802/01/16

Creation Date: 16 January 1802

Creator: Yeates, Jasper, 1745-1817

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 05

People: Chambers, Lydia; Coleman, Robert; Sall; Yeates, Jasper

Subjects: African Americans--History; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Estate settlement; Persons of color; Receipts

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan

Object Name: Receipt

Language: English

Object ID: MG0205_F046_It07

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection (MG0205); https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/cd817511-4306-430b-9f8f-242553026746

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection (MG0205), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

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Other Numbers: MG-205

Other Number: MG-205, Folder 46, Item 7

Classification: MG0205

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to PP on 26 March 2022.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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Index

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Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Index to Unsettled Suits

Object ID: RG 01-00 [2329]-005

Date Range: 1790-1818

Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Index to Unsettled Suits

Description: This hardbound volume lists unsettled suits. They are entered chronologically by the date of the case, and alphabetically by the surname of the plaintiff, including the case number and name of the defendant. Handwritten.

Date Range: 1790-1818

Creation Date: 1790-1818

Year Range From: 1790

Year Range To: 1818

Creator: Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Subjects: Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Search Terms: Court cases; Court of Common Pleas

Extent: 1 volume

Object Name: Index

Language: English

Object ID: RG 01-00 [2329]-005

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please request at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.

Copyright: Copies of historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania government records held by LancasterHistory may be published without special permission. There is no fee for publication. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 [2329]

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 03 Feb 2024.

Docket

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Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Unsettled Suits Docket

Object ID: RG 01-00 [2329]-010

Date Range: 1792-1818

Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Unsettled Suits Docket

Description: This hardbound volume lists unsettled suits. Listed are the plaintiffs and defendants, lawyers, amount due to Prothonotary Passmore, topic of the civil suit, and handwritten case update. Handwritten. Cases begin May 1792, No. 63.

System of Arrangement: Cases are entered chronologically by the date of the case and then by case number.

Date Range: 1792-1818

Creation Date: 1792-1818

Year Range From: 1792

Year Range To: 1818

Creator: Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Subjects: Court calendars; Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Search Terms: Court calendars; Court cases; Court of Common Pleas; Dockets

Extent: 1 volume

Object Name: Docket

Language: English

Object ID: RG 01-00 [2329]-010

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; The front cover and multiple pages are missing.

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Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 03 Feb 2024.; This docket was transferred from the Lancaster County Archives on 22 February 2019.

Record, Judicial

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: NOV 1804 F026 QS

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Year: 1804

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Corbman, Mary; Barber, Thomas; Jefferies, Emmor; Kennedy, Joseph; Evan, Charles; Lloyd, Israel; Burk, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Recognizance; Charge: bastardy; Charge: assault and battery; Charge: obstructing the legal process; Constables

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: NOV 1804 F026 QS

Additional Notes: List of recognizance.; Thomas Barber, charged with bastardy against Mary Corbman.; Emmor Jefferies, charged with assault and batter on Joseph Kennedy.; Charles Evan, charged with obstructing the Constable in his legal duty.; Additional names: John Burk, Israel Lloyd.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

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