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Collection
Wheatland
Object ID
2016.002.1
Date Range
1854
Collection
Wheatland
Description
Page 192 of "Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion" from 1854. Includes an article on James Buchanan with images of him as Minister to England and of Wheatland. Also includes musings on "What is the hardest mode to die?"
Date Range
1854
People
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Buchanan Collections
Gleason’s Pictorial
James Buchanan
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Object Name
Newspaper
Height (in)
14.825
Width (in)
10.75
Condition
Good
Object ID
2016.002.1
Accession Number
2016.002
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Collection
Wheatland
Object ID
W.1937.001.001
Date Range
1851
  1 image  
Collection
Wheatland
Description
Oval picture in rectangular frame with velvet backing. Buchanan facing almost front, dark suite, white tie. Back of frame 'Daguerreotype presented to President Buchanan by J. Henry Brown-1851'
Provenance
James Buchanan
To - J. Henry Brown
To - J. Howard Brown (son to J. Henry Brown)
To - Donnell Marshall
To - James Buchanan Foundation
LancasterHistory
Date Range
1851
Creator
Brown, John Henry
Last Owner
Buchanan, James
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 18
Storage Container
Box 0007
People
Buchanan, James
Brown, J. Henry
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Object Name
Daguerreotype
Material
Glass/Velvet
Height (cm)
12.065
Height (ft)
0.3958333333
Height (in)
4.75
Width (cm)
9.2075
Width (ft)
0.3020833333
Width (in)
3.625
Dimension Details
Frame measurements:
Height - 7.062"
Width - 6.062"
Depth - 0.437
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2023-07-26
Object ID
W.1937.001.001
Role
Artist
Accession Number
W.1937.001
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Wreath laying at Buchanan's grave, 1982. Officers and military band seated at graveside.
Object ID
1-08-01-06
Date Range
1982
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Wreath laying at Buchanan's grave, 1982. Officers and military band seated at graveside.
Description
Wreath laying at Buchanan's grave, 1982. Officers and military band seated at graveside.
Provenance
From photo albums of Clyde Groff, donated by Ruth Groff.
Date Range
1982
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Woodward Hill Cemetery
Graves
Cemeteries
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3.5 x 4.5 inches
Object ID
1-08-01-06
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Wreath laying at Buchanan's grave, 1982. Officers and military band seated at graveside.
Object ID
1-08-01-07
Date Range
1982
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Wreath laying at Buchanan's grave, 1982. Officers and military band seated at graveside.
Description
Wreath laying at Buchanan's grave, 1982. Officers and military band seated at graveside.
Provenance
From photo albums of Clyde Groff, donated by Ruth Groff.
Date Range
1982
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Woodward Hill Cemetery
Graves
Cemeteries
Bands
Music
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3.5 x 4.5 inches
Object ID
1-08-01-07
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Wreath laying at Buchanan's grave, 1982
Men in Revolutionary uniforms.
Object ID
1-08-01-19
Date Range
1982
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Wreath laying at Buchanan's grave, 1982
Men in Revolutionary uniforms.
Description
Wreath laying at Buchanan's grave, 1982
Men in Revolutionary uniforms.
Provenance
From photo albums of Clyde Groff, donated by Ruth Groff.
Date Range
1982
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Woodward Hill Cemetery
Graves
Cemeteries
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3.5 x 4.5 inches
Object ID
1-08-01-19
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Wheatland - James Buchanan Home.
Object ID
1-09-01-71
Date Range
July 1986
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Wheatland - James Buchanan Home.
Description
Wheatland - James Buchanan Home.
Provenance
From the collection of Howard Bare
Date Range
July 1986
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Wheatland
Place
Lancaster Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3.5 x 5 inches
Object ID
1-09-01-71
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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1828 #489
Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Description
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.
Date of Accumulation
1810-1901
Creator
County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0009
People
McCullough, Hugh
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Lancaster
Courthouses
Elections
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Place
Lancaster
Extent
70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1828 #489
Box Number
009
Notes
Entered into Q & A Jul 5, 2001.
Additional Notes
Courthouse.
Payment to one of the Return Judges on the part of Lancaster County for the Congressional District.
Includes a charge for "notifying Mr. James Buchanan of his Election." Reelection to the US House of Representatives, 21st US Congress.
McCullough, Hugh.
1 item. 1 piece.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
Description Level
Item
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- James Buchanan - political cartoon - "Buchanan Rides into Power on Pierce's Shoulders"
Object ID
1-08-07-82
Date Range
1856
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- James Buchanan - political cartoon - "Buchanan Rides into Power on Pierce's Shoulders"
Description
James Buchanan - political cartoon - "Buchanan Rides into Power on Pierce's Shoulders"
Date Range
1856
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Classification
Government & Politics
Search Terms
Political Cartoons
Object Name
Negative
Film Size
4.5 x 3.5 inches
Object ID
1-08-07-82
Negative Number
yes
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Collection
James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection
Object ID
JB-03-20-01
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection
Description
Photograph of James Buchanan. Oval print.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
Year Range From
1857
Year Range To
1861
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Buchanan family
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
6.75 x 9.75 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
JB-03-20-01
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Collection
James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection
Object ID
JB-04-03-09
Date Range
March 1983
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection
Description
Log cabin birthplace of James Buchanan at Mercersburg, Franklin County, PA.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
Date Range
March 1983
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Log cabins
Cabins
Place
Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3.5 x 5 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
JB-04-03-09
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