James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 3 Papers of James Buchanan Henry,
Series 2 Financial and Legal Documents
Description
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 3 Papers of James Buchanan Henry, Series 2 contains the financial and legal documents of James Buchanan Henry.
Subseries 1 includes bills, receipts, ledgers, and accounts with F. P. Freeman & Co., New York, Joseph Schell for footwear, and Lehigh University.
Subseries 2 contains the legal papers including a summons, deeds, and the marriage license of James Buchanan Henry and Mary Hagner Nicholson. The dates on these documents range from 1794 to 1905.
Admin/Biographical History
James Buchanan Henry, also known as Buck, was born on March 1, 1833. Just like his cousin, Harriet, Buck lost both of his parents and was taken in as James Buchanan's ward in 1840. During his early years, he attended several boarding schools and eventually graduated from the College of New Jersey. Though his interests remained with the arts, Buck went on to read law under an attorney named John Cadwalader. When James Buchanan assumed the presidency, he called for Buck to join him as his private secretary, a position known today as the Chief of Staff. While Buck worked at Washington, he found himself in frequent conflict with his Uncle. This conflict came to a head in 1858 when Buck proposed to his sweetheart, Mary Nicholson. Upset that Buck hadn't consulted him on the proposal, James Buchanan disapproved of the match. Buck left his position as private secretary and went on to marry Miss Nicholson. The couple would have two children, one of whom would survive into adulthood.
Soon after the birth of their second child, Mary Nicholson died of consumption, leaving Buck a widower. Later on, he married Louisa Anderson, and the two had six sons. After fourteen years of marriage, Louisa died. Buck would marry for a third time much later in his life to a woman named Margaret Grote Elliman. Buck was 71 and Margaret was 24. The two had no children and enjoyed 11 years of marriage before Buck died on February 17, 1915. [https://www.lancasterhistory.org/about-wheatland/, accessed 10/24/2019]
System of Arrangement
JBFP Part 3, Series 2 Financial and Legal Documents
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
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph collections
Curatorial collections
Wheatland Mansion
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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.
Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Lancaster, the sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and three, and of the independence of the United States of America the twenty-eighth. : Volume XIV
Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Lancaster, the third day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and five, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirtieth. : Volume XVI
Journal of the session which began Dec. 3, 1805 and concluded Mar. 31, 1806.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Signature of Yeates at top of title page.
Book number 28 as assigned by Yeates.
"Appointments made by the governor of Pennsylvania, since March seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred, (the date of the last report of the secretary of the commonwealth, to the legislature) with the dates of their commissions, and the names of their sureties ..."--Page 423-461.
"Expiration of the appointments of the members of Senate."--Page 478.
Report of a committee 21 pages printed by William Hamilton.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Full tooled leather binding with maroon title on spine.
Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Lancaster, the third day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and five, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirtieth. : Volume XVI
Journal of the session which began Dec. 3, 1805 and concluded Mar. 31, 1806.
"Appointments made by the governor of Pennsylvania, since March seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred, (the date of the last report of the secretary of the commonwealth, to the legislature) with the dates of their commissions, and the names of their sureties ..."--p. 423-461.
"Expiration of the appointments of the members of Senate."--p. 478.
Copy 1 "Jacob Weaver 1827" and Copy 2 inscribed "Amos Slaymaker" on cover.
Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Lancaster, on Wednesday the fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred, and of the independence of the United States of America the twenty-fifth. : Volume XI
Printed by William Hamilton, Franklin's Head, West King-Street, Lancaster.,
Date of Publication
1800 [i.e. 1801]
Physical Description
356, 19 66, 13-21, [1] pages ; (fol.)
Notes
Through Feb. 27, 1801.
"Receipts and expenditures in the Treasury of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, from the first of January to the twenty-ninth of November, 1800--both days inclusive."--66 p., 2nd count, with separate title page, dated 1800. Also issued separately (Evans 38219).
"Report of the comptroller general of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania."--6 p., 3rd count, with separate title page, dated 1800. Also issued separately (Evans 38221).
"Report of the register general, of the state of the finances of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the year 1800"--16, 13-21 p., 4th count, with separate title page, dated 1800. Also issued separately? (Not in Evans.).
Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Lancaster, the fourth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and four
. - Report of the Register-General on the state of the finances of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, from the first deay of December, one thousand eight hundred and three, until the thirtieth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and four--both days inclusive Lancasater: printed by M'Dowell & Greear 1804. -Receipts and expenditures \in the treasury of Pennsylvania, from the first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and three, to the thirtied of Novembaer, one thousand eight hundred and fourm, indclusive. Lancasater: Printed by Burnside and Smith, 1804.
Jasper Yeats's Colonial Law Library.
Signature of Yeates at top of title page.
Book number 27 as assigned by Yeates.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Full leather tooled binding with maroon spine label.
Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Lancaster, the second day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and six
Includes appendix [27p.]- To the Senate and House of Representatiaves of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the memorial of the president and directors of the Bank of Pennsylvania [12 p.] -Memorial of the several insurance companies of the state of Pennsylvania, February. 6, 1807 [13 p.].
Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced on Tuesday, the first day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seven
Journal of the Senate, of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Lancaster, the sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirty-third. : Volume XIX
Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Lancaster, the fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirty-fourth. : Volume XX
Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the first day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and one
Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Lancaster, the seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and two
