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Mirror, Wall

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1935.042.001

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Collection: Wheatland

Description: Sheraton/Empire Tabernacle style mirror. Gilt mirror with a flat molded cornice with projecting breaks at the corners and fourteen pendent sphere. Double pilasters have decorative captials, beaded reeds and a rope motif terminating with urn-shaped bases. Frieze has foliate carvings.

Provenance: James Buchanan; To - Annie Buchanan (Niece); To - Robert K. Cassatt (Nephew to Annie B.); To - James Buchanan Foundation; LancasterHistory

Year Range From: 1800

Year Range To: 1820

Last Owner: Buchanan, James

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Second Floor Hall

Storage Wall: East Wall

People: Buchanan, James; Buchanan, Annie; Cassatt, Robert K.

Subcategory: Furniture

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name: Mirror, Wall

Material: Brass/Glass

Height (in): 41

Width (in): 17

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2023-06-16

Condition Notes: Bottom mirror's silvering is delaminating from exposure to moisture; some chipping on the gilt frame.

Object ID: W.1935.042.001

Notes: Mr. Robert K. Cassatt's (donor) aunt was Miss Annie Buchanan. Annie was Robert's mother's sister and niece to James Buchanan. This mirror formerly hung at Wheatland.

Accession Number: W.1935.042

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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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Desk

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1945.005.001

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Collection: Wheatland

Description: School Masters Desk. Turned legs, slantied hinged desk top, panel in center of interior, three drawers, three open pigeon holes, pigeon holes are topped by two small drawers on either side.

Provenance: Howland, Elizabeth; To Buchanan, James; To Un-named Domestic Maid; To Un-named Domestic Maid's Aunt; To Mrs. Gardner; To John Keller; To Roy D. Weaver; To Dr. J.H. Esbenshade; To James Buchanan Foundation; LancasterHistory

Year Range From: 1800

Year Range To: 1830

Last Owner: Buchanan, James

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Library

Storage Wall: West Wall

People: Buchanan, James

Subcategory: Furniture

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name: Desk

Material: Maple

Height (in): 33

Width (in): 37.5

Depth (in): 22.25

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2023-06-02

Object ID: W.1945.005.001

Notes: James Buchanan was the second owner of this desk; he gifted the desk to a domestic servant (name unknown) who was the third of eight owners not counting the museum.

Accession Number: W.1945.005

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Desk, Slant-Top

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1995.037.001

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Collection: Wheatland

Description: Federal style desk with a slant top. Top of desk is leather. Shelves on two sides, four drawers.

Provenance: Eaby , Mrs. Carl R. (Emily C. Eaby); In memory of Carl Reese Eaby, Jr.' (donor's husband)

Year Range From: 1800

Year Range To: 1830

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Center Attic West Room

Storage Wall: West Wall

People: Buchanan, James

Subcategory: Furniture

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name: Desk, Slant-Top

Material: Leather, Cherry

Height (in): 36.563

Width (in): 59.375

Depth (in): 25.75

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2022-01-07

Object ID: W.1995.037.001

Notes: At the time of the donation (1973), Mrs. Eaby resided in Brewster, Mass. By 1988, she resided in Stewart, Florida.

Credit: Given in memory of Carl Reese Eaby, Jr.

Accession Number: W.1995.037

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Archive

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Collection: Harry Lincoln Long Collection

Title: Harry Lincoln Long Collection

Object ID: MG0380

Date Range: 1739-1883

• www.LancasterHistory.org Folder 2, Insert 2 Land draft for Hugh Long of a piece of land in Drumore Twp. Surveyed by Hugh Long. 18 November 1826. Folder 3 Land Measurements Measurement of land sold by Elijah Worrell. No date. Land survey records for the heirs of Robert Lamborn. Record of four surveys: James Robinson

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Collection: Harry Lincoln Long Collection

Title: Harry Lincoln Long Collection

Description: The Harry Lincoln Long Collection contains documents of the Long family of Drumore Twp. Most papers pertain to property of the Long and Worrell families, and the estate of Robert H. Long. The documents include a broadside, deeds, land drafts, receipts, insurance policies, and correspondence.

Date Range: 1739-1883

Year Range From: 1739

Year Range To: 1883

Date of Accumulation: 1739-1883

Creator: Long, Harry Lincoln, 1865-1948

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 09

People: Ball, John; Ball, Joseph; Barclay, James; Barclay, Mary; Black, James; Boyd, Ann Margaret; Boyd, Hugh; Boyd, Isabella R.; Boyd, Samuel; Buchanan, James; Calvert, John; Churchman, George; Churchman, John; Clark, Nathaniel; Clerk, Nathan; Collins, Cornelius; Crawford, David; Crawford, Edward; Crawford, Robert; Dickson, Samuel; Ensminger, Samuel; Fairman, George Walter; Findlay, William; Forsh, Jonathan; Gardner, Valentine; Gill, George; Gryder, Jacob; Harrah, Patrick; Hecket, Frank; Hibshman, Jacob; James, John; King, Robert; Lamborn, Robert; Long, Harry Lincoln; Long, Hugh; Long, James; Long, Robert H.; Martin, Hugh; McElray, John; McPherson, James; McPherson, Martha; Mitchell, John; Mitchell, Samuel; Moore, Alexander; Neel, Thomas; Pennepacker, Henry W.; Penny, Hugh M.; Penny, John Joseph; Porter, Thomas; Quin, Bryan; Rippey, Matthew; Robertson, James; Robinson, James; Seiple, Samuel; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Smith, Howard; Smith, Joseph; Stevens, Thaddeus; Walker, John; Warner, Rily; White, William; Widmyer, C.; Worrell, Elijah; Worrell, Elizabeth; Worrell, Joseph; Yost, Jacob

Subjects: Deeds; Letters; Real property surveys; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Accounts; Agreements; Altick and McGinnis; Baltimore, Maryland; Bank of the United States; Barns; Broadsides; Correspondence; Deeds; Drumore Twp.; Estate settlement; Finding aids; Fishing Creek; Independent Whig Steam Press; Insurance policies; Invoices; Land drafts; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mortgages; Promissory notes; Real estate; Real property surveys; Receipts; Southern Mutual Insurance Company of Lancaster County; Surveys

Extent: 1 box, 9 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0380

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2005.MG0380

Other Numbers: MG-380

Classification: MG0380

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Harry Lincoln Long was the donor's maternal grandfather; he kept these documents for the family.; Added to database 20 February 2022.

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Mirror, Wall

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Chest of Drawers

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Desk

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