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Reply of John Davis, of Massachusetts, to Mr. Buchanan, of Pennsylvania on the reduction of wages and of the value of property : delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 23, 1840. Together with extracts from the speeches of Messrs. Buchanan, Walker, Benton and Calhoun

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Author
Davis, John,
Date of Publication
1840.
Call Number
923.173 B918da
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Author
Davis, John,
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
Printed at the Madisonian Office,
Date of Publication
1840.
Physical Description
31 p. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Currency question - United States - Speeches in Congress.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918da
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Wheatland, 1848-1868; the home of James Buchanan

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Author
Butler, Joseph Thomas.
Date of Publication
1957.
Call Number
728.37 B985
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Author
Butler, Joseph Thomas.
Place of Publication
Delaware
Publisher
Univ. of Delaware,
Date of Publication
1957.
Physical Description
57 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Bibliography:
. 53-57.
Contents
2 pgs missing; pages from unknown document in their place.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.37 B985
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Wheatland centennial celebration : commemorating the 100th anniversary of the election of James Buchanan 15th president of the United States 1856-1956

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Date of Publication
1956?]
Call Number
728.37 W557c
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Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
S.n.,
Date of Publication
1956?]
Physical Description
[10] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. + reprint ([8] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.)
Notes
Cover title.
Includes the Wheatland commemorative stamp.
"Reprint from American Heritage, Volume 5, number 3, published by the American Association for State and Local History"--P. [8] of reprint.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Postage stamps - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Additional Corporate Author
James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.37 W557c
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James Buchanan, "Big wheel" of the railroads

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Author
Sprout, Oliver S.
Date of Publication
1952.
-ordinators of traffic, of their times. �BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Achievements of Americans, Henry Howe, 1858. 2 Annals of Old Harrisburg, George Morgan, 1858. 3 History of Lancaster County, Rev. J. I. Mombert, 1868. 4 The Pennsylvania Railroad, William B. Sipes, 1875. 5 History of Lancaster County, Ellis and Evans
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by Oliver S. Sprout.
Author
Sprout, Oliver S.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1952.
Physical Description
[21]-34 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 56, no. 2
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Columbia, Lancaster and Philadelphia Railroad (Pa.)
Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mt. Joy and Lancaster Railroad Company (Pa.)
Pennsylvania Railroad.
Canals - Pennsylvania
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 56, number 2 (1952), p. 21-34Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.56
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Alta California : embracing notices of the climate, soil, and agricultural products of northern Mexico and the Pacific seaboard : also, a history of the military and naval operations of the United States directed against the territories of northern Mexico, in the year 1846-'47 : with documents declaratory of the policy of the present administration of the national government in regard to the annexation of conquered territory to this union, and the opinion of the Hon. James Buchanan on the Wilmot Proviso, &c

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Author
Captain of volunteers.
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
979.4403 C254
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Responsibility
by a Captain of volunteers.
Author
Captain of volunteers.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
H. Packer & Co. ...,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
[2], 5-64 p. (first leaf blank) ; 25 cm.
Notes
This copy is a reproduction ISBN 0548410593.
Description of area: p. 9-12; history and documentation: p. 13-64.
Anti-annexation tract.
Summary
The 1847 publication briefly address climate soil and agriculture in Alta and Baja California in chapter I. The following eight chapters consist of communications from the U.S. Government consisting of instructions in the event Mexico declared war, justification of and motives for war, various reports to Washington, communications with Mexican officials in Alta California, accounts of the military operations in California, the articles of capitulation entered into at Rancho of Cowanga on January 13, 1847, all of which are interspersed with personal observations and comments by the author. The final chapter deals with the question of whether slavery would be allowed in California, the policy of the South and its motive for a slave market and emigrants to California and Northern Mexico [from California State University's Digital Commons]
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Mexican War, 1846-1848.
California - Description and travel.
California - History - 1846-1850.
Mexico, North - Description and travel.
California - Annexation to the United States.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
979.4403 C254
Websites
https://archive.org/details/altcaliforniembr00strerich/page/n7/mode/2up
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John W. Forney, journalist and politician

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Author
Dowdell, George R.
Date of Publication
1951
Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania, published in Philadel- phia, Oct., 1874, pp. 23 and 24. 2 A Biographical History of Lancaster County, compiled by Alex. Harris and published in Lancaster in 1872, p. 207. �Without money — without friends — and without subscribers — we started it on its career. It has succeeeded
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Responsibility
by George R. Dowdell.
Author
Dowdell, George R.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1951
Physical Description
[49]-67 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 55, no. 2
Subjects
Forney, John W. - 1817-1881.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Journalists.
Politics, Practical.
Politicians - Pennsylvania.
United States - History - 19th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 55, number 2 (1951), p. 49-67Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.55
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