This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
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Additional Notes
Prisons.
Payment for lumber for the use of the jail.
Smith, Stephen. Person of color.
1 item. 1 piece.
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Obituaries of Abraham R. Breneman, a friend of James Buchanan, and a newspaper advertisement of his haberdashery business with three brief obituaries attached. A.R. Brenemen, Hats and Caps and Furnishings. Columbia, Pennsylvania. The Columbia Herald [Pa.], Weekly Courant [Columbia, Pa.], and The Daily Examiner and Express [Lancaster, Pa.], 14, 19 and 20 December 1877.
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
Notes
May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
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Accession Number
JBMS1995.338a-b
Other Number
JBFP Part 8, Series 4, Subseries 1, Folder 6
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.
Two carte de visite images glued to notebook paper. Photo at top is Lillie Moore, at bottom is Julia Moore. The two were sisters and teachers at the Mount Joy Soldiers' Orphans Home in the early 1870's. Their father, John Moore, was steward of the Mount Joy Soldiers' Orphans Home.
Provenance
From the Sixteeners information file in the LCHS Library.
Photograph- The Cornelius Triplets, W. T. Sherman, U. S. Grant and J. W. Cleary, aged 7 years. Written on back: "Nephews of my Grandmother C. Davis." Printed on the back: "Duplicates can be had of Mrs. M. J. Cornelius, Saltillo, Huntingdon Co., Pa."
Photograph- The Cornelius Triplets, W. T. Sherman, U. S. Grant and J. W. Cleary, aged 7 years. Written on back: "Nephews of my Grandmother C. Davis." Printed on the back: "Duplicates can be had of Mrs. M. J. Cornelius, Saltillo, Huntingdon Co., Pa."
Description
The Cornelius Triplets, W. T. Sherman, U. S. Grant and J. W. Cleary, aged 7 years. Written on back: "Nephews of my Grandmother C. Davis." Printed on the back: "Duplicates can be had of Mrs. M. J. Cornelius, Saltillo, Huntingdon Co., Pa." The triplets were born c. 1869, sons of Isaac and Margaret Cornelius.
Photograph- Elam E. Kling and wife Amanda Bair. Carte de visite.
Description
Elam E. Kling and wife Amanda Bair. Carte de visite.
Provenance
From an album of members of his parish at Salem Heller's Reformed Church in Upper Leacock Twp. , Zeltenreich Reformed Church in New Holland, and possibly a parish he served in McConnellsburg, PA.
