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James Buchanan and the coming of the Civil War

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17417
Date of Publication
c2013.
Call Number
973.68 B918
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edited by John W. Quist and Michael J. Birkner.
ISBN
9780813044262 (alk. paper)
081304426X (alk. paper)
Place of Publication
Gainesville
Publisher
University Press of Florida,
Date of Publication
c2013.
Physical Description
x, 289 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Notes
Papers from a conference held at LancasterHistory.org in 2008. Presentation copy from the editors.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Bum rap or bad leadership? -- James Buchanan, Dred Scott, and the whisper of conspiracy / Paul Finkelman -- Prelude to armageddon: James Buchanan, Brigham Young, and a president's initiation to bloodshed / William P. MacKinnon -- General Jackson is dead: James Buchanan, Stephen A. Douglas, and Kansas policy / Nicole Etcheson -- In defense of doughface diplomacy: a reevaluation of the foreign policy of James Buchanan / John M. Belohlavek -- President James Buchanan: executive leadership and the crisis of the democracy / Michael A. Morrison -- The South has been wronged: James Buchanan and the secession crisis / Jean H. Baker -- "In the midst of a great revolution": the northern response to the secession crisis / William G. Shade -- Joseph Holt, James Buchanan, and the secession crisis / Daniel W. Crofts -- A conversation with William W. Freehling and Michael F. Holt, September 19, 2008 / Moderated by John W. Quist -- Epilogue: James Buchanan's Civil War / Michael J. Birkner.
Summary
An edited volume examining the presidency of James Buchanan and his role engaging the complexities of the debate surrounding the president immediately before Lincoln.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.
Additional Author
Quist, John W.
Birkner, Michael J.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.68 B918
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Bosom friends : the intimate world of James Buchanan and William Rufus King

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22229
Author
Balcerski, Thomas J.
Date of Publication
2019.
Call Number
973.68 B174
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Thomas J. Balcerski.
ISBN
9780190914592 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Author
Balcerski, Thomas J.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication
2019.
Physical Description
x, 337 pages : Illustrations, maps : 25 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Remembering -- Leavening, 1786-1819 -- Hardening, 1820-1834 -- Messing, 1834-1840 -- Wooing, 1840-1844 -- Ministering, 1844-1848 -- Running, 1848-1853 -- Presiding, 1853-1868 -- Epilogue: Preserving -- Washington residences of James Buchanan and William Rufus King (1834-1853) -- Percentage correlation of roll call votes of James Buchanan with senators of the Bachelor's Mess, 23rd to 28th Congresses (1834-1844) -- Calendar of correspondence of James Buchanan / Harriet Lane Johnston and William Rufus King / Catherine Margaret Ellis (1837-1868.
Summary
"Politicians James Buchanan (1791-1868) of Pennsylvania and William Rufus King (1786-1853) of Alabama has excited much speculation through the years. Why did they never marry? Might they have been gay, or was their relationship a nineteenth-century version of the modern-day 'bromance'? Then, as now, they have intrigued by the many mysteries surrounding them. In Bosom Friends : the Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King, Thomas Balcerski explores the lives of these two politicians and discovers one of the most significant collaborations in American political history. Unlikely companions from the start, they lived together as messmates in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse. There developed a bosom friendship that blossomed into a significant political partnership. Before the Civil War, each man was elected to high executive office, William Rufus King the vice-presidency in 1852 and James Buchanan as the nation's fifteen president in 1856. This book offers a dual biography of James Buchanan and William Rufus King. Special attention is given to their early lives prior to elected office, the circumstances of their boardinghouse friendship, and the juicy political gossip that has circulated about them ever since. In addition, the author traces their many contributions to the Jacksonian political agenda, manifest destiny, and the debates over slavery, while finding their style of politics to have been disastrous for the American nation. Ultimately, Bosom Friends demonstrates that intimate male friendships among politicians were, and continue to be, an important part of success in American politics"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects
King, William R. (William Rufus), - 1786-1853.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Male friendship - United States
Presidents - United States
Legislators - United States
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.68 B174
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In search of Buchanan : 'Clarior hinc honos' : the stories of some Buchanan ancestors before and after the emigration of James Buchanan of Ramelton, County Donegal, Ireland, in 1783

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19670
Author
Martin, Irene.
Date of Publication
2011.
Call Number
923.173 B918ma
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Irene Martin.
ISBN
9780956797902
0956797903
Author
Martin, Irene.
Place of Publication
[Ireland]
Publisher
Rossnashannagh,
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
iii, 152, [17] pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits (some color), facsimiles ; 25 cm
Notes
Sub-title on cover: from Anselan to President James Buchanan.
"Some of these stories are incorporated in the BBC1 TV documentary, 'Are you related to an American President?', produced by Big Mountain Productions."
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Buchanan family.
Scotland - Genealogy.
Ireland - Genealogy.
United States - Genealogy.
Ireland.
Scotland.
United States.
Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918ma
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Harriet Lane, First Lady of the White House

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17138
Author
Shelley, Mary Virginia.
Date of Publication
2011.
Call Number
920.7 L265s 2011
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Mary Virginia Shelley & Sandra Harrison Munro.
Author
Shelley, Mary Virginia.
Place of Publication
Charleston, S. C
Publisher
The Authors,
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
42 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Summary
Presents a biography of James Buchanan's niece who was the White House hostess during her uncle's presidency, helped create the National Gallery of Art, and started the first pediatrics hospital.
Subjects
Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903. - Juvenile literature.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868. - Family - Juvenile literature.
Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868. - Family.
Presidents - United States
Presidents
Additional Author
Munro, Sandra Harrison,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
920.7 L265s 2011
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Buchanan's campaign in Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1833
Author
Brady, Gerard.
Date of Publication
1949
, and again in 1852, he had been one of the major contenders for the Democratic nomination for President. The year 1856 finds Buchanan, now sixty-five years old, as Ambassador to Great Britain. Nevertheless his candidacy is actively supported by friends in the United States. Quite early it became
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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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Alexander James Dallas, lawyer, politician, financier, 1759-1817

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3904
Author
Walters, Ray,
Date of Publication
1943.
Call Number
923.4 D145
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by Raymond Walters, Jr.
Author
Walters, Ray,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press,
Date of Publication
1943.
Physical Description
vi p., 1 β., 251 p. front. (port.) 21 cm.
Series
Pennsylvania lives
Notes
Without thesis note.
"Bibliographical note": p. 239-243.
Subjects
Dallas, Alexander James, - 1759-1817.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 1789-1809.
United States - Politics and government - 1809-1817.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.4 D145
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Old Buck's Lieutenant: Glancy Jones, James Buchanan, and the Antebellum Northern Democracy

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21171
Author
Landis, Michael Todd
Date of Publication
2016.
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.140
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by Michael Todd Landis
Author
Landis, Michael Todd
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
Date of Publication
2016.
Physical Description
183-210 p.
Series
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography ; v. 140, no. 2
Summary
Abstract: Partisan relationships have always been fundamental to American politics. In antebellum Pennsylvania the personal and political partnership of Democrats James Buchanan and Jehu Glancy Jones was absolutely critical to state and national events. While much scholarship exists on Buchanan, few historians have examined the life of Jones, a man of undeniable importance to Buchanan's rise to the presidency, the passage of now-infamous antebellum legislation, and the fracturing of the Democratic Party. By studying Jones's career, we can better appreciate the role of political underlings, dispel myths about the motives and principles of antebellum Democrats, and clarify the links between state and national politics.
Subjects
Jones, J. Glancy (Jehu Glancy), - 1811-1878.
United States - Politics and government - 1849-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.140
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The James Buchanan log cabin

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19684
Author
Guzy, Dan.
Date of Publication
2015.
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Author
Guzy, Dan.
Date of Publication
2015.
Physical Description
41-60 p.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Buchanan family.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Cove Gap (Franklin County).
Contained In
A Journal of Franklin County History v. 27, 2015.Lancaster History Library - Book728.37 G993
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James Buchanan, the conservatives' choice, 1856 : a political portrait

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15113
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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A dendrochronological investigation of the James Buchanan birthplace cabin, Mercersburg, PA

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19685
Author
Young, Amanda D.
Date of Publication
2011.
Call Number
728.37 Y68
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Responsibility
by Amanda B. Young and R. Stockton Maxwell.
Author
Young, Amanda D.
Place of Publication
[Pennsylania State University]
Publisher
Department of Geography,
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
18 [2] p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Summary
A study was made of the wood in the log cabin which is said to be the birthplace of President James Buchanan. Since there is no proof that he was born in that particular cabin, the researchers wished to know if this cabin could have been his birthplace. They concluded that the " largest portion of the cabin beam samples were cut at or before 1785, six years before the birth of President Buchanan." This showed that the cabin existed at the time of his birth.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Cove Gap (Franklin County).
Dendrochronology - Pennsylvania - Franklin County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
728.37 Y68
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James Buchanan : a political portrait, 1856; according to his friends and enemies

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18916
Author
Auchampaugh, Philip Gerald.
Date of Publication
c1946.
Call Number
923.173 B918au
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by Philip G. Auchampaugh.
Author
Auchampaugh, Philip Gerald.
Place of Publication
[Reno, Nev.?
Publisher
s.n.]
Date of Publication
c1946.
Physical Description
42 p. : port., ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
This copy is a reproduction ISBN 0548387745
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918au
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James Buchanan and some far western leaders, 1860-1861

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19133
Author
Auchampaugh, Philip Gerald.
Date of Publication
1943]
Call Number
923.173 B918auc
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Author
Auchampaugh, Philip Gerald.
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1943]
Physical Description
p. 169-180 ; 23 cm.
Notes
Reprint: The Pacific historical review, v. 12, no. 2. June 1943.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918auc
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The counter-revolution in Pennsylvania, 1776-1790

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4549
Author
Brunhouse, Robert Levere,
Date of Publication
1942.
Call Number
974.8029 B895
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Responsibility
[by] Robert Levere Brunhouse.
Author
Brunhouse, Robert Levere,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Date of Publication
1942.
Physical Description
viii, 368 p. incl. maps. 23 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 299-318.
Contents
The Background -- The Rise of the Radicals (1776-1778) -- Triumph of Radicalism (1778-1780) -- The Conservatives Emerge (1780-1782) -- Conservatives Ride to Power (1782-1784) -- Counter-Revolution Halter(1783-1786) -- Triumph of the Counter-Revolution (1786-1790).
Summary
From the Preface: "Only with the detailed story of the struggle between radical and conservative forces in each state can one gain a more complete understanding of the history of the Revolution and the Confederation."
Subjects
United States - Politics and government - Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States - Politics and government - 1783-1789.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8029 B895
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004303635;view=1up;seq=7
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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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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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  1 website  
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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Keystone state in crisis : the Civil War in Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20530
Author
Giesberg, Judith Ann,
Date of Publication
2013.
Call Number
974.8033 G455
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  1 website  
Alternate Title
Civil War in Pennsylvania
Responsibility
Judith Giesberg.
ISBN
193230441X
9781932304411
Author
Giesberg, Judith Ann,
Place of Publication
Mansfield, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical Association,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
96 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Series
Pennsylvania history studies series
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Something in that Declaration -- The Republican revolution: Pennsylvania picks Lincoln -- Mobilizing for war -- We will die in defense of our right to liberty: the Civil War on Pennsylvania's border -- Combating the threat without and within -- Pennsylvania and the second American Revolution -- A day long to be remembered.
Summary
This book takes you to and beyond the battlefield at Gettysburg, to cities and towns throughout the state where Pennsylvanians fought over the meaning of the Union even as they fought for it. By the time the Civil War began in 1861, white and black Pennsylvanians along the state's southern border-in towns like Sadsbury, Coatesville, and Christiana-had been fighting with slave owners and catchers for a decade. And, more than a year after Lee's Army of Northern Virginia left southcentral Pennsylvania, the town of Chambersburg survived another, even more devastating Confederate invasion. For much longer than four years, Pennsylvanians waged war at home and abroad, to save the Union and to rethink its founding principles. Keystone State in Crisis tells that story. [from the publisher]
Subjects
Politics and government
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1861-1865.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Political aspects.
Pennsylvania.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical Association.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8033 G455
Websites
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=41570
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General John Fulton Reynolds : his biography, words and relations

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19538
Author
Berger-Knorr, Lawrence,
Edition
2nd Sunbury Press ed.
Date of Publication
2013.
Call Number
923.5 R462k
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Responsibility
Lawrence Knorr, Michael A. Riley, Diane E. Watson.
ISBN
9781620061817 (pbk.)
1620061813 (pbk.)
Author
Berger-Knorr, Lawrence,
Edition
2nd Sunbury Press ed.
Place of Publication
Mechanicsburg, PA
Publisher
Sunbury Press,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
312 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Notes
Rev ed. of: General John Fulton Reynolds / compiled by Lawrence Knorr. Camp Hill, PA : Sunbury Press, c2010.
Includes: Kinship of John Fulton Reynolds (p. 250-291).
Genealogy.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
pt. 1. For God's sake forward! / by Michael A. Riley -- pt. 2. Reynolds, the last six miles / by Diane E. Watson -- pt. 3. Reynolds, his own words before Gettysburg / by Diane E. Watson -- pt. 4. The relations of John Fulton Reynolds / by Lawrence Knorr.
Subjects
Reynolds, John Fulton, - 1820-1863.
Reynolds, John Fulton, - 1820-1863
Reynolds, John Fulton, - 1820-1863 - Family.
Reynolds family.
United States. - Army - Biography.
United States. - Army.
Generals - United States - Biography.
Families.
Generals.
Military campaigns.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
United States.
Personal narratives.
Records and correspondence.
Additional Author
Riley, Michael A.
Watson, Diane E.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.5 R462k
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Diplomatic dispatches of the Dept. of State, 1833-1864 : Russia, v.14

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13549
Date of Publication
1946.
Call Number
Drawer 1, Sec. 5: #425
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Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
The National Archives of the United States ,
Date of Publication
1946.
Physical Description
1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Notes
Used as research material for MU Thesis "Simon Cameron's Political Exile as United States Minister to Russia" by Lamar Landon Libhart.
Subjects
United States - Politics and government - 1783-1865.
United States - Foreign relations - Russia - 1783-1865.
Additional Corporate Author
Buchanan, James ,
Cameron, Simon,
Taylor, Bayard ,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 1, Sec. 5: #425
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The responsibilities of victory/ by H. W. Prentis, Jr

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9162
Author
Prentis, H. W.
Date of Publication
1945.
Call Number
814 P927
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Author
Prentis, H. W.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Newcomen Society of England, American Branch,
Date of Publication
1945.
Physical Description
24 p. illus. 23 cm.
Series
Newcomen address,
Subjects
United States - Politics and government.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
814 P927
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A faithful and duty-bound servant

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18423
Author
Clarke, Patrick.
Date of Publication
2013.
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Responsibility
Patrick Clarke.
Author
Clarke, Patrick.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
pp. 26-31.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Franklin, Walter.
Wright, Ebenezer.
Frazer, William C.
Reynolds, John
Rogers, M. C.
Porter, George B.
Keffer, Henry.
Freemasons. - Lodge, No. 43 (Lancaster, Pa.)
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 115, number 1/2 (2013), pp. 26-31Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.115
Websites
https://lancasterh.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=5af9e2535717992f34e2a9fa52413ac9
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