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Letter

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: Invitation for a ceremony at Ephrata (Camp Brandywine) in memory of two-hundred soldiers of the American Revolution

Object ID: MG0096 F023 It02

Date Range: 1845/05/29

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: Invitation for a ceremony at Ephrata (Camp Brandywine) in memory of two-hundred soldiers of the American Revolution

Description: An invitation to James Buchanan from a committee appointed to organize a military encampment at Ephrata (Camp Brandywine) for a ceremony to lay a cornerstone of a monument erected in memory of two-hundred soldiers of the American Revolution. The soldiers were “buried in the vicinity of the village, wounded at the Battle of Brandywine…died in the hospitals at Ephrata.” Lancaster.

Date Range: 1845/05/29

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Buchanan, James

Subjects: Ephrata (Pa.); Brandywine, Battle of, Pa., 1777; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Monuments; Rites and ceremonies; Cornerstone laying; Soldiers' monuments; War memorials; Military hospitals; Letters

Search Terms: Correspondence; Letters; Ephrata; Camp Brandywine; Battle of Brandywine; Revolutionary War; Monuments; Ceremonies; Cornerstone laying; Soldiers' monuments; War memorials; Military hospitals; James Buchanan; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 25 x 18.5 cm

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Parent Object ID: MG0096

Object ID: MG0096 F023 It02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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 Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760; James Buchanan Family Papers; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph Collection; Curatorial Collection; Wheatland Collection; Wheatland Mansion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.

Other Number: MG-0096, Folder 023, Item 02

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Digitization of the James Buchanan Collection was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Collection: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers

Title: Letter from Thomas Welsh to an unidentified addressee

Object ID: MG0828_SeriesB_F14

Date Range: 1848/09/00

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Collection: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers

Title: Letter from Thomas Welsh to an unidentified addressee

Description: Handwritten letter from Thomas Welsh to an unidentified addressee. Letter contains a detailed description of Welsh's experiences in the war and his wound at Buena Vista along with an objective analysis of the relative strengths and weaknesses of the US and Mexican armies in general and in the battles of Buena Vista and Molino Del Rey. It is unclear whether this letter was written in September 1847 or 1848, but contents indicates that it was most likely written in 1848.

Admin/Biographical History: Thomas Welsh (1824-1863) was a Lancaster County native (born and raised in Columbia), who rose from hardscrabble origins to local fame, first as a Mexican War hero, and then as a brigadier general during the Civil War. He was well known and well respected as a no nonsense officer, for his leadership and gallantry in battle, for his dedication to the service of his country, and for his concern for the welfare of his men. See MG0828 for more biographical information.

Date Range: 1848/09/00

Creation Date: 1848/07/01

Creator: Welsh, Thomas, 1824-1863

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de; Taylor, Zachary; Welsh, Thomas

Subjects: Agua Nueva (Saltillo, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico); Buena Vista, Battle of, Mexico, 1847; Buenavista (Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico); Letters; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Molino del Rey, Battle of, Mexico, 1847; Wounds and injuries

Search Terms: Aqua Nueva, Mexico; Battle casualties; Battle of Buena Vista; Battle of Molino del Rey; Buenavista, Mexico; Correspondence; Letters; Mexican War; Molino del Rey, Mexico; Saltillo, Mexico; Wounds and injuries

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Condition: Good

Condition Notes: Very good condition, with some discoloration along fold lines and along the edge.

Parent Object ID: MG0828_SeriesB

Object ID: MG0828_SeriesB_F14

Notes: Added to PP 12/21/2020 by HST; Provenance: Passed down through the family, Blanton Charles Welsh to Emilie Benson (Welsh) Wiggin to Nancy Jane (Wiggin) Townsend. Acquired from: Chuck Townsend, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2016/05/15.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: TW-B-48-09

Classification: MG0828

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by Richard C. Wiggin prior to donation.

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Letter from James Buchanan to Harriet Lane

Object ID: JBFP 1.1.1.019

Date Range: 1845/10/14

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Letter from James Buchanan to Harriet Lane

Description: Letter from James Buchanan to Harriet Lane giving advice on coming of age, especially at Bedford while in the company of another family and that she left as a school girl, but will return as a lady. With envelope and wax seal. Washington, D.C.

Date Range: 1845/10/14

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 1, Box 1

People: Buchanan, James; Johnston, Harriet Lane

Subjects: Letters; Coming of age; Bedford Springs (Pa.)

Search Terms: Letters; Correspondence; Coming of age; James Buchanan; Buchanan Collections; Harriet Lane Johnston; Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 2 items, 6 pages to scan, 8 x 10 in. and 3.5 x 6 in.

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 1 Series 1

Object ID: JBFP 1.1.1.019

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

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1995.036

Other Number: JBFP Part 1, Series 1, Subseries 1, Folder 19

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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Letter

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: James Buchanan to John Black

Object ID: MG0096 F009 In01

Date Range: 1847/01/19

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: James Buchanan to John Black

Description: Private and confidential letter from James Buchanan to John Black of the U.S. Department of State. Buchanan thanks Mr. Black for all of his hard work and informs him he is sending this letter with an important dispatch he had sent to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Mexico. He also informs Mr. Black that Colonel A. J. Atocha will be delivering these things to him, and if asked he should give any advice regarding Mexico to Colonel Atocha. Washington, D.C. 19 January 1847.

Date Range: 1847/01/19

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Atocha, Alexander Jose; Black, John; Buchanan, James

Subjects: Letters; Mexico. Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores; United States. Department of State; Mexico; Mexican War, 1846-1848

Search Terms: Correspondence; Letters; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mexico; United States Department of State; Mexico; James Buchanan; Buchanan Collections; Mexican War, 1846-1848; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 25.5 x 21 cm

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Parent Object ID: MG0096

Object ID: MG0096 F009 In01

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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 Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760; James Buchanan Family Papers; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph Collection; Curatorial Collection; Wheatland Collection; Wheatland Mansion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.

Other Number: MG-0096, Folder 009, Insert 01

Classification: MG0096

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Digitization of the James Buchanan Collection was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Collection: Thaddeus Stevens Collection

Title: Letter from Thaddeus Stevens

Object ID: MG0115_P01_F002_In05

Date Range: 1848/10/26

MG0115_F002_In03_It01 Lancaster October 26. 1840 Dear sir I think you did not receive my evening addition of letters on the 24. But as you have [posted] me for Kennett Square I will come—I will lodge at Downingtown evening before—you need make no provision for my transportation as I can doubtless

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Collection: Thaddeus Stevens Collection

Title: Letter from Thaddeus Stevens

Description: Letter from Thaddeus Stevens stating that he did not receive his evening letters on the 24th and that he will go to Kennett Square and lodge in Downingtown. He asks for no provisions and states that he must leave in time for Morgan's Corner. Lancaster.

Date Range: 1848/10/26

Creation Date: 26 October 1848

Creator: Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Stevens, Thaddeus

Subjects: Letters

Search Terms: Correspondence; Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Letters; Morgan's Corner, Radnor Twp., Delaware County, Pennsylvania; Stevens and Smith Center

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0115_P01_F002_In05

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115_P01) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/fc4d62c6-ef85-4f0f-bfb8-361140325885

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115), Part 1, Folder # or Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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Other Numbers: MG-115

Other Number: MG-115, Part 1, Folder 2, Insert 5

Classification: MG0115

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 14 April 2022.; Old # MG-115, Part 1, Folder 2, Insert 3, Item 1; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: Letter to Martin Van Buren from James Buchanan

Object ID: MG0096 F005 It02

Date Range: 1840/07/01

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: Letter to Martin Van Buren from James Buchanan

Description: A letter to Martin Van Buren from James Buchanan regarding the successor of Major Lynch and the possible appointment of Major John K. Moorhead to Postmaster of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh.

Date Range: 1840/07/01

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Buchanan, James; Lynch, David; Moorhead, John K.; Van Buren, Martin

Subjects: United States. Post Office Department; Pittsburgh (Pa.); Postmasters; Appointment to office; Employment references; Letters

Search Terms: Correspondence; Letters; James Buchanan; Buchanan Collections; Postmasters; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Political appointments; Letters of recommendation; Post offices; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 25 x 20 cm

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Parent Object ID: MG0096

Object ID: MG0096 F005 It02

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 Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760; James Buchanan Family Papers; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph Collection; Curatorial Collection; Wheatland Collection; Wheatland Mansion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.

Other Number: MG-0096, Folder 005, Item 2

Classification: MG0096

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Digitization of the James Buchanan Collection was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: Letter from James Buchanan regarding his recommendation of Major John K. Moorhead to Postmaster of Pittsburgh

Object ID: MG0096 F005 It03

Date Range: 1840/07/02

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: Letter from James Buchanan regarding his recommendation of Major John K. Moorhead to Postmaster of Pittsburgh

Description: A letter from James Buchanan regarding his recommendation of Major John K. Moorhead to Postmaster of Pittsburgh. Washington.

Date Range: 1840/07/02

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Buchanan, James; Moorhead, John K.

Subjects: United States. Post Office Department; Pittsburgh (Pa.); Postmasters; Appointment to office; Employment references; Letters

Search Terms: Correspondence; Letters; James Buchanan; Buchanan Collections; Postmasters; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Political appointments; Letters of recommendation; Post offices; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 25 x 20 cm

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Parent Object ID: MG0096

Object ID: MG0096 F005 It03

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 Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760; James Buchanan Family Papers; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph Collection; Curatorial Collection; Wheatland Collection; Wheatland Mansion

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Other Number: MG-0096, Folder 005, Item 3

Classification: MG0096

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Digitization of the James Buchanan Collection was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: Transcription of letter from James Buchanan to John Black

Object ID: MG0096 F009 In02 It02

Date Range: 1847/01/19

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: Transcription of letter from James Buchanan to John Black

Description: Transcription of MG0096 F009 In01: private and confidential letter from James Buchanan to John Black of the U.S. Department of State, regarding Mexico. Washington, D.C.

Date Range: 1847/01/19

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Black, John; Buchanan, James

Subjects: United States. Department of State; Mexico; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Letters

Search Terms: Correspondence; Letters; United States Department of State; Mexico; James Buchanan; Buchanan Collections; Mexican War, 1846-1848; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan, 28 x 22 cm

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Condition Notes: Brittle, carbon copy

Parent Object ID: MG0096

Object ID: MG0096 F009 In02 It02

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 Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760; James Buchanan Family Papers; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph Collection; Curatorial Collection; Wheatland Collection; Wheatland Mansion

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Other Number: MG-0096, Folder 009, Insert 02, Item 02

Classification: MG0096

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Digitization of the James Buchanan Collection was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Letter from James Buchanan to Samuel Edwards

Object ID: JBFP 1.1.1.037

Date Range: 1848/02/09

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Letter from James Buchanan to Samuel Edwards

Description: Letter from James Buchanan to Samuel Edwards, Esq. extracting from a letter of Colonel Emory, head of the Officers of the Topographical Corps charged with surveying the Mexican boundary, offering Mr. Edwards an assistantship in the expedition in charge of the instruments which he will accompany around Cape Horn. With envelope. Washington.

Date Range: 1848/02/09

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 1, Box 1

People: Buchanan, James; Edwards, Samuel; Emory, William Hemsley

Subjects: Letters; United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers; Appointments, Military; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Surveying; Topographical surveying; Mexico

Search Terms: Buchanan Collections; Cape Horn; Correspondence; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library; Letters; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Mexico; Military appointments; Surveying; United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers

Extent: 2 items, 6 pages to scan, 8 x 10 in. and 3.5 x 5.5 in., wax seal

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 1 Series 1

Object ID: JBFP 1.1.1.037

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

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1995.209a-b

Other Number: JBFP Part 1, Series 1, Subseries 1, Folder 37

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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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e21c3361-bb08-4ba0-8b66-436759197519

Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: Letter from James Buchanan to Mr. William M. Wiley

Object ID: MG0096_F089

Date Range: 1849/11/05

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: Letter from James Buchanan to Mr. William M. Wiley

Description: Letter from James Buchanan to Mr. William M. Wiley. "I now enclose for you a letter for Mr. McGrann. I met him today in Lancaster and expressed a strong desire that you should obtain the place. I would send the letter to him directly, but I know not where he is. He told me he would leave Lancaster today, I think informed me where he was going, but I do not recollect the place." Wheatland, 5 November 1849.

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.

Date Range: 1849/11/05

Creation Date: 5 November 1849

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Buchanan, James; Wiley, William M.; McGrann, Bernard

Subjects: Politicians--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; Correspondence

Search Terms: Letters; Correspondence

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0096_F089

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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 Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760; James Buchanan Family Papers; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph Collection; Curatorial Collection; Wheatland Collection; Wheatland Mansion

Notes: Preferred Citation: James Buchanan Collection, MG0096_F089, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Accession Number: 2024.019

Other Numbers: MG-96

Other Number: MG-96, Folder 89

Classification: MG0096

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to collection 19 April 2024

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