Skip header and navigation

Revise Search

10 records – page 1 of 1.

Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers
Title
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 Papers of James Buchanan, Series 6 Miscellaneous Materials
Object ID
JBFP Part 1 Series 6
  1 document  
Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers
Title
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 Papers of James Buchanan, Series 6 Miscellaneous Materials
Description
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1, Papers of James Buchanan, Series 6 is arranged into three subseries of miscellaneous materials.
Subseries 1 is sheet music dedicated to James Buchanan, including the Wheatland Polka, The Schottisch, and Buchanan's Union Grand March.
Subseries 2 is published and print materials, including newspaper cartoons and illustrations, pamphlets for the 1824 election of John Quincy Adams, a tourist card, and meeting minutes.
Subseries 3 includes government documents, an act to alter and amend the several acts imposing tariffs, commercial treaties, supplementary acts, a document signed by Secretary of State William L. Marcy, a passport signed by James Buchanan, land grants, and other government documents, including some in French, Spanish, English, and German.
Admin/Biographical History
James Buchanan was born on April 23, 1791 to James Buchanan and Elizabeth Speer. He was the second child born out of ten children, and he would go on to outlive all but one of his siblings. Most popularly remembered as Pennsylvania's only President and as a lifelong bachelor, Buchanan committed a lifetime to politics. In 1821, he left his law practice and embarked on his political career after having been voted into the U.S. House of Representatives. He would remain in the House for five consecutive terms before serving as the U.S. Minister to Russia, a Senator in the U.S. Senate, the U.S. Secretary of State, the U.S. Minister to Great Britain, and finally, the 15th President of the United States. He died in his bedchamber at Wheatland at 8:30 AM on June 1, 1868. He was 77 years old. [https://www.lancasterhistory.org/about-wheatland, accessed 10/24/2019]
System of Arrangement
JBFP Part 1 Series 6 Miscellaneous Materials
Subseries 1 Sheet Music
Subseries 2 Published and Print Materials
Subseries 3 Government Documents
Year Range From
1813
Year Range To
1929
Creator
James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
People
Buchanan, James
Pierce, Franklin
Jackson, Andrew
Lincoln, Abraham
Other Creators
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Subjects
Land grants
Political cartoons
Sheet music
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Search Terms
Bounty land warrants
Buchanan Collections
Civil War
Finding aids
James Buchanan
Land grants
Manuscript groups
Political cartoons
Sheet music
Wheatland
Newspaper clippings
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Extent
1 box, 65 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Clipping, Newspaper
Music, Sheet
Language
English, German
Object ID
JBFP Part 1 Series 6
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
James Buchanan Collection, MG0096
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph collections
Curatorial collections
Wheatland Mansion
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available.
Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
Copyright
Images have been provided for research purposes only.
LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Description Level
Series
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.
Documents
Less detail

Sidelights on an early political campaign

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo994
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1914
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.18
  1 website  
Responsibility
by W. U. Hensel, Esq.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1914
Physical Description
90-95 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 4
Summary
This article features letters from James Buchanan to Henry A. Muhlenberg and letters from Simon Cameron to Muhlenberg indicating their support for him in the upcoming election for governor of Pennsylvania in 1844. Muhlenberg was nominated by the Democratic party for that position, but he died prior to the election.
Subjects
Muhlenberg, Henry Augustus Philip, - 1782-1844.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Correspondence.
Cameron, Simon, - 1799-1889 - Correspondence.
Electioneering - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.18
Websites
Less detail

Report of the committee on the W. U. Hensel tablet unveiling

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4566
Date of Publication
1915
family of the late W. U. Hensel, for- mally presented to Mr. Paul Heine, owner of the magnificent hostelry, a marble tablet to commemorate the visit to the old Cadwell House of Abraham Lincoln, James Buchanan, Horace Greeley, General Winfield S. Hancock and Theodore Roosevelt. These distinguished
  1 document  
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1915
Physical Description
[88]-120 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 19, no. 4
Subjects
Hensel, W. U. - 1851-1915.
Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Greeley, Horace, - 1811-1872.
Hancock, Winfield Scott, - 1824-1886.
Roosevelt, Theodore, - 1858-1919.
Grant, Ulysses S. - 1822-1885.
Washington, George, - 1732-1799.
Hotel Brunswick (Lancaster, Pa.)
Hotels - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 19, number 4 (1915), p. 89-120Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.19
Documents

vol19no4pp89_120_827867.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Less detail

The religious convictions and character of James Buchanan, fifteenth president of the United States - a citizen of Lancaster County - a member of the Presbyterian church

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15767
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1912.
Call Number
923.173 B918he
Responsibility
a paper by W.U. Hensel in the course of "Profitable Evenings," Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Gap, Pa., November 10, 1911.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Intelligencer Print,
Date of Publication
1912.
Physical Description
34 p. 23 cm.
Notes
"A considerable part of this paper has been published heretofore as an address on 'A Pennsylvania Presbyterian president, ' before the Presbyterian social union, at Philadelphia, November 25, 1907. Since that time much new matter has been found and added."
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918he
Less detail

The Attitude of James Buchanan : a citizen of Lancaster county ; towards the institution of Slavery in the United States

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16219
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1911.
Call Number
923.173 B918ha
  1 website  
Responsibility
by W.U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Press of the New Era Printing Co.,
Date of Publication
1911.
Physical Description
20 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Slavery - United States.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.).
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918ha
Websites
Less detail

James Buchanan as a lawyer : an address before the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania on Wednesday, March 28, 1912

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16445
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1912?]
Call Number
923.173 B918hj
Responsibility
by W.U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia, Pa.?
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1912?]
Physical Description
36 p. ; 27 cm.
Notes
"Reprinted from the University of Pennsylvania law review and American law register, 1912."
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Lawyers - Pennsylvania - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918hj
Less detail

The attitude of James Buchanan (a citizen of Lancaster County) towards the institution of slavery in the United States

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7814
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1911
The Attitude of James Buchanan (a Cit- izen of Lancaster County) towards the Institution of Slavery in the United States It is the happy and appropriate function of an historical society, with even the local limitations of ours, to fearlessly explore and faithfully chron- icle the events of general
  1 document  
Responsibility
by W. U. Hensel, Esq.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1911
Physical Description
142-159 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 5
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Views on slavery.
Slavery - United States
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 5 (1911), p. 142-159Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15
Documents

vol15no5pp142_159_474368.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Less detail

The universal letter writer or complete art of polite correspondence

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1626
Author
Cooke, Thomas,
Date of Publication
1816
Call Number
395.4 C773
Author
Cooke, Thomas,
Place of Publication
Phila
Publisher
D. Hogan
Date of Publication
1816
Physical Description
iv, 227 p. 19 cm.
Subjects
Letter writing.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
395.4 C773
Less detail

The confidential correspondence of Robert Morris, the great financier of the revolution and signer of the Declaration of Independence

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1163
Author
Morris, Robert,
Date of Publication
[1917?]
Call Number
973.3 H513
  1 website  
Responsibility
embracing letters of the most vital historical importance from signers of the Declaration of Independence (many of them written in 1776) members of the Continental Congress, generals, commodores, other officers and patriots in the revolution ... to be sold Tuesday afternoon and evening, Jan. 16th, 1917.
Author
Morris, Robert,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
S. V. Henkels
Date of Publication
[1917?]
Physical Description
xvi, 208 p. illus. 28 cm.
Subjects
Morris, Robert, - 1734-1806.
Autographs
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources - Bibliography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.3 H513
Websites
Less detail
Collection
History Collection
Title
Poultry Show Ribbon, 1916
Object ID
1987.998.25
Date Range
Sept. 26-29, 1916
  1 image  
Collection
History Collection
Title
Poultry Show Ribbon, 1916
Description
1916 Blue Satin Ribbon, "Lancaster Fair Poultry Show", First place.
Date Range
Sept. 26-29, 1916
Year Range From
1916
Year Range To
1916
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 2
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Storage Container
Box 0525
Subcategory
Personal Symbol
Object Name
Ribbon, Prize
Material
Satin
Length (cm)
18.415
Length (ft)
0.6041666667
Length (in)
7.25
Width (cm)
5.08
Width (ft)
0.1666666667
Width (in)
2
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2023-10-05
Condition Notes
Silver lettering in mint condition.
Object ID
1987.998.25
Accession Number
1987.998
Images
Less detail

10 records – page 1 of 1.