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Visitation of American vessels by officers of the British navy : message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives calling for information in reference to reported acts of visitation by officers of the British navy of American vessels in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19081
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Date of Publication
1858]
Call Number
923.173 B918 1858 Oversize
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Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives calling for information in reference to reported acts of visitation by officers of the British navy of American vessels in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Place of Publication
[Washington? D.C
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1858]
Physical Description
16 p.
Series
Doc. / 35th Congress, 2d session, House of Representatives. Ex. Doc ; no. 11.
Notes
Caption title.
"December 16, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and orderd to be printed."
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - Foreign relations, - 1857-1861.
United States - Foreign relations - United Kingdom..
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918 1858 Oversize
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Message from the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress at the commencement of the first session of the thirty fifth congress

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Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Date of Publication
1857.
Call Number
923.173 B918 1857 v.2
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Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
Cornelius Wendell, Printer,
Date of Publication
1857.
Physical Description
572 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Ex. doc. / House of Representatives, 35th Congress, 1st session ; no. 943
Notes
Entire volume is dedicated to Report of the Secretary of War, 1857.
Includes accompanying documents and reports.
Library has Vol. II
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Utah Expedition, 1857-1858.
United States - Politics and government - 1849-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918 1857 v.2
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Buchanan's campaign in Lancaster County

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Author
Brady, Gerard.
Date of Publication
1949
throughout the United States swung its support to Mr. Buchanan. On January 8 there appeared on her masthead: For President JAMES BUCHANAN (subject to the decision of the Democratic National Convention)3 1 Auchampaugh, "Buchanan a Political Portrait," p. 12. 2 Minnigerode, "Presidential Years," p. 321. 3
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by Gerard Brady.
Author
Brady, Gerard.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1949
Physical Description
[97]-135 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 53, no. 4
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Politics, Practical - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Elections - United States
Presidents - United States
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 53, number 4 (1949), p. 97-135Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.53
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The life and public services of James Buchanan : late minister to England and formerly minister to Russia : Senator and Representative in Congress, and Secretary of State : including the most important of his state papers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1046
Author
Horton, R. G.
Edition
Authorized ed.
Date of Publication
1856.
Call Number
923.173 B918h
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Responsibility
by R.G. Horton.
Author
Horton, R. G.
Edition
Authorized ed.
Place of Publication
New York : Cincinnati
Publisher
Derby & Jackson ; H.W. Derby & Co.,
Date of Publication
1856.
Physical Description
xi, 13-428 p. : port. ; 20 cm.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Campaign literature, 1856
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918h
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Secret history of the American revolution, an account of the conspiracies of Benedict Arnold and numerous others, drawn from the Secret service papers of the British headquarters in North America, now for the first time examined and made public

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5621
Author
Van Doren, Carl,
Date of Publication
1941.
Call Number
973.381 V246
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by Carl Van Doren.
Author
Van Doren, Carl,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
The Viking press,
Date of Publication
1941.
Physical Description
3 p. l., [v]-xiv p., 2 l., [3]-534 p. illus. (map) ports., facsims. 24 cm.
Notes
Based largely on the Clinton papers in the William L. Clements library at the University of Michigan. Other sources cited are the Washington papers and the Papers of the Continental Congress at the Library of Congress. cf. Pref.
"This first edition is limited to five hundred ninety numbered copies signed by the author." This copy not numbered.
"Appendix ... Arnold-André correspondence [and] Clinton's narrative": p. [437]-495.
"General bibliography": p. [496]-499. "Chapter references": p. [500]-512.
Subjects
Arnold, Benedict, - 1741-1801.
Treason - United States.
Secret service - Great Britain.
United States. - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Additional Author
Clinton, Henry,
André, John,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.381 V246
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Brief replies to several charges against James Buchanan, Democratic candidate for president

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17499
Date of Publication
1856.
Call Number
923.173 W317 1856
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Responsibility
Comp. by a North Carolinian.
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
Capital City Press,
Date of Publication
1856.
Physical Description
16 p. 25 cm.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
North Carolina - Campaign Literature, 1856.
Additional Author
North Carolinian.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 W317 1856
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The life and public services of James Buchanan

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Author
Horton, R. G.
Date of Publication
1857.
Call Number
923.173 B918h 1857
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Responsibility
President of the United States ; including his inaugural address, and the most important of his state papers, by R.G. Horton.
Author
Horton, R. G.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Derby & Jackson,
Date of Publication
1857.
Physical Description
450 p. : port. ; 19 cm.
Notes
Bound in half leather and marbled papers with marbled endpapers.
Bookplate of Redmond Conygnham, No. 3429.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918h 1857
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Matthias Gish of White Oak; the history of an American family

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3093
Author
Hamaker, J. I.
Date of Publication
1940.
Call Number
929 G532h
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by J. I. Hamaker. Lynchburg, Va.
Author
Hamaker, J. I.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Science Press Print. Co.,]
Date of Publication
1940.
Physical Description
367, [1] p. 20 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 323-330.
Subjects
Gish, Mathias, - d. 1757.
Gish family.
Germans - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 G532h
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The army and navy of America : containing a view of the heroic adventures, battles, naval engagements, remarkable incidents, and glorious achievements in the cause of freedom, from the period of the French and Indian Wars to the close of the Mexican War : independent of an account of warlike operations on land and sea : enlivened by a variety of the most interesting anecdotes and embellished with engravings

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19365
Author
Neff, Jacob K.
Date of Publication
1856.
Call Number
090 L244p 1856
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Army & Navy of America
Responsibility
by Jacob K. Neff.
Author
Neff, Jacob K.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
John H. Pearsol,
Date of Publication
1856.
Physical Description
viii, 687 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Military art and science - United States
United States - History, Military - To 1900.
United States - History, Naval - To 1900.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244p 1856
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002061262961;view=1up;seq=7
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The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America : together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20564
Corporate Author
Episcopal Church.
Date of Publication
[1850?]
Call Number
283 B724 1850
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Alternate Title
Common prayer
Corporate Author
Episcopal Church.
Uniform Title
Book of common prayer
Place of Publication
New-York
Publisher
New-York Bible and Common Prayer Book Society,
Date of Publication
[1850?]
Physical Description
682 pages ; 15 cm
Notes
From the James Buchana Collection. Bound in vellum with monogram hLJ on cover [Harriet Lane Johnston]. ROMA on cover, cover color in blue and gold. B 04.3.1. Red silk moire on inside front and back covers.
Selections from the Psalms of David in metre and Hymns each have special title page with imprint: Printed by G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode.
Includes indexes.
Subjects
Episcopal Church - Liturgy - Texts.
Episcopal Church
Anglican Communion - United States - Texts.
Anglican Communion
Liturgics
United States
Liturgical books - United States - 19th century.
Texts
Additional Corporate Author
New York Bible and Common Prayer Book Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Buchanan Collection
Call Number
283 B724 1850
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James Buchanan, the conservatives' choice, 1856 : a political portrait

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Author
Auchampaugh, Philip Gerald.
Date of Publication
c1945.
Call Number
923.173 B918aj
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Responsibility
Philip G. Auchampaugh.
Author
Auchampaugh, Philip Gerald.
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.]
Date of Publication
c1945.
Physical Description
p.77-90 ; 24 cm.
Notes
Reprinted from Spring, 1945, Historian.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918aj
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Country life in America as lived by ten presidents of the United States. John Adams, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16338
Author
Booth, Edward Townsend,
Edition
[1st ed.].
Date of Publication
1947.
Call Number
923.173 B725
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Author
Booth, Edward Townsend,
Edition
[1st ed.].
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
A.A. Knopf,
Date of Publication
1947.
Physical Description
xviii, 264 p., xii p. 22 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. [249]-264.
Subjects
Presidents - United States - Biography.
Country life - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B725
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Buchanan and Breckinridge. The democratic hand-book

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Author
Cluskey, M. W.
Date of Publication
1856.
Call Number
324.9 W317w 1856
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Alternate Title
Democratic electoral hand-book
Responsibility
compiled by Mich. W. Cluskey, of Washington City, D.C. Recommended by the Democratic National Committee.
Author
Cluskey, M. W.
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
Printed by R.A. Waters,
Date of Publication
1856.
Physical Description
26 pamphlets in 1 volume 23 cm
Notes
Binder's title: Democratic electoral handbook.
Signature of H. B. Swarr, 1856 on back of front cover.
Marbled boards bound in three-quarters leather, gold-stamped title on spine.
Subjects
Campaign literature, 1808
Campaign literature, 1856
Political science.
United States - Politics and government - 1853-1857.
United States.
Additional Corporate Author
Democratic Party. National Committee, 1852-1856.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
324.9 W317w 1856
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Handcar White a history of the Second Battalion, 328th Infantry European Theatre of Operations

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Author
Anderson, Ralph A.
Date of Publication
1945
Call Number
940.5421 A549
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Author
Anderson, Ralph A.
Place of Publication
Czechoslovakia
Publisher
Information Services Branch
Date of Publication
1945
Physical Description
71 p. ill. 30 cm.
Subjects
United States. - Army. - Infantry Regiment, 328th. - Battalion, 2nd - History.
World War, 1939-1945.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
940.5421 A549
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The diplomatic correspondence of the American revolution: being the letters of Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, John Adams, John Jay, Arthur Lee, William Lee, Ralph Izard, Francis Dana, William Carmichael, Henry Laurens, John Laurens, M. Dumas, and others, concerning the foreign relations of the United States during the whole revolution; together with the letters in reply from the secret committee of Congress, and the secretary of foreign affairs. Also, the entire correspondence of the French ministers, Gerard and Luzerne, with Congress

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12887
Corporate Author
United States. Dept. of State.
Edition
New ed.
Date of Publication
1857.
Call Number
973.32 U58
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Responsibility
Pub. under the direction of the President of the United States, from the original manuscripts in the Department of State, conformably to a resolution of Congress, of March 27th, 1818. Ed. by Jared Sparks.
Corporate Author
United States. Dept. of State.
Edition
New ed.
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
J.C. Rives,
Date of Publication
1857.
Physical Description
6 v. 24 cm.
Notes
The same correspondence, with Sparks' omissions supplied, was published under direction of Congress by Francis Wharton as "The revolutionary diplomatic correspondence of the United States", Washington, 1889.
Each volume autographed by Thaddeus Stevens.
Subjects
United States - Foreign relations - 1775-1783.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources.
Additional Author
Sparks, Jared,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.32 U58
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History of the formation of the Union under the Constitution : with liberty documents and report of the Commission

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1470
Corporate Author
United States.
Date of Publication
1943]
Call Number
973.4 B655
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Responsibility
Sol Bloom, Director General.
Corporate Author
United States.
Place of Publication
[Washington
Publisher
U.S. Govt. Print. Off.,
Date of Publication
1943]
Physical Description
x, 885 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Cover title: Formation of the Union under the constitution.
Summary
The book was written as part of the National celebration of the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the U.S. Constitution.
Subjects
United States.
United States - Constitutional history.
United States - Politics and government.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.4 B655
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015050625170&view=1up&seq=7
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A history of Maryland; from its settlement in 1634 to the year 1848, with an account of its first discovery, and the various explorations of the Chesapeake Bay, anterior to its settlement; to which is added, a copious appendix, containing the names of the officers of the old Maryland line: the lords proprietary of the province, and the governors of Maryland, from its settlement to the present time ... For the use of schools

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20682
Author
McSherry, James,
Date of Publication
1852.
Call Number
975.2 B197 1852
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Responsibility
By James McSherry, esq.
Author
McSherry, James,
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
J. Murphy & Co.; Cushings & Bailey [etc]
Date of Publication
1852.
Physical Description
418 pages 20 cm
Notes
Lists of Maryland officers in service during the revolution, 1776-1781: p. 381-393.
Discarded from the Pennsylvania Farm Museum, Lancaster, :Pa.
Subjects
Maryland. - Militia.
Maryland - History.
Untied States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Regimental histories.
History.
Annotations (Provenance)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
975.2 B197 1852
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x000547419;view=1up;seq=9
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The Congressional Glove : containing the debates and proceedings of the second session of the thirty-fifth Congress also of the special session of the senate / by John C. Rives

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Author
Rives, John C.
Date of Publication
1859.
Call Number
328.7302 W317 1859 Oversize
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Author
Rives, John C.
Place of Publication
City of Washington
Date of Publication
1859.
Physical Description
xliv, 1042-1692; iii-xii; 1-364 p. 30 cm.
Dates of Publication
February 17, 1859 - March 11, 1859.
Notes
Includes index.
Estate of Simon Cameron.
Subjects
Political Science.
United States - Politics and government.
United States.
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Congress
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
328.7302 W317 1859 Oversize
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The presidents of the United States : from Washington to Pierce, comprising their personal and political history

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Author
Frost, John,
Date of Publication
1857.
Call Number
923.173 F939
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by John Frost.
Author
Frost, John,
Place of Publication
Boston
Publisher
Phillips, Sampson,
Date of Publication
1857.
Physical Description
455 p. : ports. ; 20 cm.
Subjects
Presidents - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 F939
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Battles of the United States, by sea and land: embracing those of the revolutionary and Indian wars, the war of 1812, and the Mexican war: with important official documents

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Author
Dawson, Henry B.
Date of Publication
[1858]
Call Number
973 D272
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By Henry B. Dawson. Illustrated from original paintings by Alonzo Chappel.
Author
Dawson, Henry B.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Johnson, Fry, and Company,
Date of Publication
[1858]
Physical Description
5 v. fronts., plates, ports. 28 cm.
Notes
Title pages, preface, and content for the 2v. issue bound at the end of division 5.
LCHS has vols. 1 and 2 only.
Summary
Volume I - Covers the Revolutionary War from Lexington to Yorktown surrender
Volume II - Begins with the defeat of General Harman by native Americans in the Ohio Territory in 1790 and concludes with General Scott's campaign in 1847 in the Mexican War.
Subjects
Battles - United States.
United States - History, Military.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973 D272
Websites
https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002370650v?urlappend=%3Bseq=8
https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002370651t?urlappend=%3Bseq=10
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