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Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan
Title
Letters from James Buchanan
Object ID
JBFP 1.1.1.015
Date Range
1849-1851
  9 documents     14 images  
Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan
Title
Letters from James Buchanan
Description
Note: This group of six photocopied letters to Rev. Eugene A. Freauf were generously provided by Linden Hall School, which retains the originals.
Letter 1 Letter concerns the bill of Miss Yates in the amount of 8½ cents. No date.
Letter 2 Letter making arrangements to send Miss Hobbs, Miss Dow, and the Misses Laumans for a Saturday appointment. Miss Lane will not be going, but Mr. John Ford, the driver of the carriage, is a careful driver. Wheatland, 26 September 1849.
Letter 3 Letter regretting not attending a musical presentation because of bad weather. Wheatland, 6 March 1850. Letter 4 Letter offering to send a carriage for Miss Theodora, the Misses Laumans, and his niece if they have permission to visit him. Wheatland, 13 August 1850. Letter 5 Letter announcing that Harriet Parker, sister of Miss Hetty, will accompany a pupil for the school. Wheatland, 18 November 1851.
Letter 6 Letter regretting that he cannot attend a function at the school tomorrow because of bad weather and because he has already accepted an invitation to attend the opening of the plank road between Lancaster and Petersburg. Wheatland, 7 December 1851.
Date Range
1849-1851
Year Range From
1849
Year Range To
1851
Creator
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Container
JBFP Part 1, Box 1
People
Freauf, Eugene A.
Johnston, Harriet Lane
Ford, John
Parker, Harriet
Parker, Esther "Miss Hetty"
Subjects
Letters
Turnpikes
Plank roads
Weather
Invoices
Linden Hall (Lititz, Pa.)
Search Terms
Buchanan Collections
Correspondence
Harriet Lane Johnston
Invoices
James Buchanan
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Letters
Linden Hall
Manheim, Petersburg and Lancaster Plank Road
Manheim, Petersburg and Lancaster Turnpike
Plank roads
Roads
Turnpikes
Weather
Extent
6 items, 14 pages to scan, 8.5 x 11 in.
Object Name
Letter
Language
English
Parent Object ID
JBFP Part 1 Series 1
Object ID
JBFP 1.1.1.015
Location of Originals
Photocopies of six items. Originals at Linden Hall.
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
Notes
May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
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. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.
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.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
JBMS1995.405
Other Number
JBFP Part 1, Series 1, Subseries 1, Folder 15
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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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1844 F052 QS
Date Range
1844/08
  1 document  
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1844/08
Year
1844
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Buch, Elias
Hornberger, Mary
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Charge: fornication and bastardy
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1844 F052 QS
Additional Notes
Fornication and bastardy with Mary Hornberger.
3 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1886 F107 QS
  1 document  
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1886
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Overly, Mary
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1886 F107 QS
Additional Notes
Adultery.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Case Number
104.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1889 F259 QS
  1 document  
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1889
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Walter, Samuel E.
Ritz, Martha
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1889 F259 QS
Additional Notes
Fornication and bastardy
Mother of child: Ritz, Martha
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Case Number
254.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Liquor License Papers
Title
Tavern petition of John Bower
Object ID
Tav 1844 F08 I01
Date Range
1844
  1 document  
Collection
Liquor License Papers
Title
Tavern petition of John Bower
System of Arrangement
Arranged by municipalities by year.
Date Range
1844
Year
1844
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0016
People
Bower, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Buck Tavern
Drumore Twp.
Liquor License
Petitions
Sign of the Buck
Taverns
Place
Drumore Twp.
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Condition
Excellent
Object ID
Tav 1844 F08 I01
Box Number
016
Additional Notes
Sign of the Buck.
Lately kept by Gordon, [ ].
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: David Bair, John Bair, George Clark, Alexander Gordon, John W. Kennedy, Charles T. Todd, William E. Smith, William Northamer, William R. Ralston, Jacob Leaman, Gardner Furness, T. W. Housekeeper, William W. Steele, Joshua M. Deaver.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0602
Description Level
Item
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James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan
Title
Deed between William M. and Catherine H. Meredith and the Honorable James Buchanan
Object ID
JBFP 1.2.2.002
Date Range
1848/12/02
  1 document     2 images  
Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan
Title
Deed between William M. and Catherine H. Meredith and the Honorable James Buchanan
Description
Deed between William M. and Catherine H. Meredith of Philadelphia and the Honorable James Buchanan, Lancaster County, for a three-story brick messuage or tenement with barn and other buildings and three tracts of land in Lancaster Township for $6750. Lancaster. (copy and photostatic negative)
Date Range
1848/12/02
Creator
Meredith, William M.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Container
JBFP Oversized Box 1
People
Buchanan, James
Meredith, William M.
Meredith, Catherine H.
Smith, Thomas D.
Other Creators
Meredith, Catherine H.
Subjects
Deeds
Search Terms
Deeds
Lancaster Twp.
Buchanan Collections
James Buchanan
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Extent
1 item, 2 pages to scan, 14 x 16.25 in.
Object Name
Deed
Language
English
Parent Object ID
JBFP Part 1 Series 2
Object ID
JBFP 1.2.2.002
Location of Originals
Housed in JBFP Oversized Box 1. copy; photostatic negative
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
Notes
May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
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. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.
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.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
JBMS1989.095
Other Number
JBFP Part 1, Series 2, Subseries 2, Folder 2
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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Liquor License Papers
Title
Tavern petition of Gerhard Brandt
Object ID
Tav 1843 F05 I20
Date Range
1843
  1 document  
Collection
Liquor License Papers
Title
Tavern petition of Gerhard Brandt
System of Arrangement
Arranged by municipalities by year.
Date Range
1843
Year
1843
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0015
People
Brandt, Gerhard
King, Thomas
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Place
Columbia
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Condition
Excellent
Object ID
Tav 1843 F05 I20
Box Number
015
Additional Notes
Known as the Spread Eagle.
Formerly occupied by Thomas King.
Located on Front Street.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of petition: James Fulton, John Fryberger, Joseph T. Sample, J. F. Miller, R. E. Cochran, John Felix, Evan Green, Peter Haldeman, J. W. Cottrell, Michael Strein, W. F. Caruthers, Thomas V. Caldwell, John H. Brooks, William Atkins, John Arms, Henry B. Eagle, John Evans, Jacob [Luthmore], Christian Mayer.
1 item, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0602
Description Level
Item
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Liquor License Papers
Title
Tavern petition of John C. Watson
Object ID
Tav 1843 F08 I18
Date Range
1843
  1 document  
Collection
Liquor License Papers
Title
Tavern petition of John C. Watson
System of Arrangement
Arranged by municipalities by year.
Date Range
1843
Year
1843
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0015
People
Watson, John C.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Place
Drumore Twp.
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Condition
Excellent
Object ID
Tav 1843 F08 I18
Box Number
015
Additional Notes
Detailed description of location included.
January term.
Signers of petition: G. Morison, Samuel Morisson, James Barnes, [ ] Bair, John Watson, Joseph Elliott, John B. McCrabb, Peter Sides, James M. Hopkins, David Bair, Philip Housekeeper, J. W. Housekeeper, Gardner Furness, John McSparran, James M. Steele, Joseph P. Hutton, Fleming McSparran.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0602
Description Level
Item
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Liquor License Papers
Title
Tavern petition of John McCardle
Object ID
Tav 1848 F08 I02
Date Range
1848
  1 document  
Collection
Liquor License Papers
Title
Tavern petition of John McCardle
System of Arrangement
Arranged by municipalities by year.
Date Range
1848
Year
1848
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0018
People
McCardle, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Place
Drumore Twp.
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Condition
Excellent
Object ID
Tav 1848 F08 I02
Box Number
018
Additional Notes
April term.
Signers of petition: Joseph Earnhart, William E. Ramsay, William Northemer, [G. Clark], Benjamin Blatcher, Henry Rush, J. M. Deaver, E. B. Jefferis, William Phillips, John A. Moore, William Bear, Israel Penrose.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0602
Description Level
Item
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