Release of City of Lancaster, one of the legatees in the will of James Buchanan
Description
Release of City of Lancaster, one of the legatees in the will of James Buchanan has received $2,000 in full satisfaction of the terms of the will. 14 October 1869. Lancaster. Recorded 5 May 1870.
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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May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
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Accession Number
JBMS1995.225i
Other Number
JBFP Part 6, Series 2, Subseries 1, Folder 55
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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.
Encased ambrotype, circa 1865, of Rosine Etta (Hubley) Herr (1850-1889). Seated in plaid dress by a column, in a composition case with gold trim and lined with red velvet.
Hong Neok Woo in religious clothing - Hong Neok Woo, a young Chinese immigrant who lived in Lancaster from 1855 to 1864. He was brought here by Dr. John S. Messersmith, naval surgeon on the frigate Susquehanna, flagship of the squadron which had opened the ports of Japan to the world's commerce. Commodore Peary's vessels had stopped at Shanghai during their voyage. Woo lived for a time with Dr. Messersmith at his home, 40 North Lime Street. He learned the printing trade at the Lancaster Examiner and Herald office. There he met Walter Kieffer, a reporter on the paper (and later City Editor), and became a friend of him an dof the Kieffer family. On Sept. 22, 1860, Woo became an American citizen, the first Asian to be naturalized in Lancaster. He served briefly as a member of Comapny I, 50th Regiment, PA Volunteers. In 1864, Mr. Woo returned to China and was ordained to the diaconate and priesthood in China. While in Lancaster he had been a faithful attendant at the sevices of St. James Episcopal Church. He died on August 18, 1919, and was buried in Westgate Cemetery, the oldest Christian burial ground in Shanghai.
Photograph- Thomas Strawbridge Dickey and Letitia Ann Wilson Dickey and their ten children. All are numbered and are identified as: 1. David Dickey. 2. Jennie Patterson Dickey Hastings. 3. Harriet Dilworth Dickey Wright. 3. Mary Jackson Dickey Armstrong Wright. 4. Margaret Ann Dickey Boyles. 6. James Wilson Dickey. 7. Ann Maffitt Dickey Gerry. 8. Thomas Strawbridge Dickey. 9. Letitia Ann Wilson Dickey. 10. Letitia Strawbridge Dickey Lysle. 11. Rebecca Dickey Rubincam. 12. Hannah Dickey White.
Photograph- Thomas Strawbridge Dickey and Letitia Ann Wilson Dickey and their ten children. All are numbered and are identified as: 1. David Dickey. 2. Jennie Patterson Dickey Hastings. 3. Harriet Dilworth Dickey Wright. 3. Mary Jackson Dickey Armstrong Wright. 4. Margaret Ann Dickey Boyles. 6. James Wilson Dickey. 7. Ann Maffitt Dickey Gerry. 8. Thomas Strawbridge Dickey. 9. Letitia Ann Wilson Dickey. 10. Letitia Strawbridge Dickey Lysle. 11. Rebecca Dickey Rubincam. 12. Hannah Dickey White.
Description
Thomas Strawbridge Dickey and Letitia Ann Wilson Dickey and their ten children. All are numbered and are identified as: 1. David Dickey. 2. Jennie Patterson Dickey Hastings. 3. Harriet Dilworth Dickey Wright. 3. Mary Jackson Dickey Armstrong Wright. 4. Margaret Ann Dickey Boyles. 6. James Wilson Dickey. 7. Ann Maffitt Dickey Gerry. 8. Thomas Strawbridge Dickey. 9. Letitia Ann Wilson Dickey. 10. Letitia Strawbridge Dickey Lysle. 11. Rebecca Dickey Rubincam. 12. Hannah Dickey White.
