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Wheatland centennial celebration : commemorating the 100th anniversary of the election of James Buchanan 15th president of the United States 1856-1956

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19364
Date of Publication
1956?]
Call Number
728.37 W557c
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Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
S.n.,
Date of Publication
1956?]
Physical Description
[10] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. + reprint ([8] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.)
Notes
Cover title.
Includes the Wheatland commemorative stamp.
"Reprint from American Heritage, Volume 5, number 3, published by the American Association for State and Local History"--P. [8] of reprint.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Postage stamps - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Additional Corporate Author
James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.37 W557c
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Wheatland, 1848-1868; the home of James Buchanan

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Author
Butler, Joseph Thomas.
Date of Publication
1957.
Call Number
728.37 B985
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Author
Butler, Joseph Thomas.
Place of Publication
Delaware
Publisher
Univ. of Delaware,
Date of Publication
1957.
Physical Description
57 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Bibliography:
. 53-57.
Contents
2 pgs missing; pages from unknown document in their place.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.37 B985
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James Buchanan, "Big wheel" of the railroads

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Author
Sprout, Oliver S.
Date of Publication
1952.
Susquehanna Rivers," without mentioning the Conestoga, Swatara, or any other particular route. They, if you please, were planning a state-wide arch for traffic; but, omitting the keystone. While bewildered solons debated, James Buchanan was born at Stony Batter, near Mercersburg, Pa. He finished at
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Responsibility
by Oliver S. Sprout.
Author
Sprout, Oliver S.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1952.
Physical Description
[21]-34 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 56, no. 2
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Columbia, Lancaster and Philadelphia Railroad (Pa.)
Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mt. Joy and Lancaster Railroad Company (Pa.)
Pennsylvania Railroad.
Canals - Pennsylvania
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 56, number 2 (1952), p. 21-34Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.56
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Orange street

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Author
Reninger, Marion Wallace,
Date of Publication
1954.
Call Number
974.815 LACI R413o
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Responsibility
Marion Wallace Reninger.
Author
Reninger, Marion Wallace,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Rudisill & co.,
Date of Publication
1954.
Physical Description
82 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Chapters : " Panorama " --- " Peggy Shippen " --- " Properties " --- "Processions " --- " Presidential Romance " --- " People " --- "Prisoner and Counterfeiter " --- " Philanthropists "
Summary
The book is written about an old street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on which many historic and interesting events took place - from before the Revolutionary War up to the present time. This series of sketches recounts stories of national interest as well as local tradition. [from the foreward]
Subjects
Kepler family.
North family.
Shand family.
Kendig, William.
Arnold, Margaret Shippen
Shippen family.
Passmore, John.
Andre, John.
Marshall, Christopher.
Coleman, Ann
Jacobs, William.
Reilly, Richard M.
Smith, Amos Herr.
Henry, Ann Wood.
Stevens, Thaddeus
Buchanan, James
Hensel, W. U.
Rettew, Mary
Long, Catherine.
Williamson, Henry S.
Watt, Peter T.
Orange Street (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lancaster (Pa.) - Streets.
Memoirs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACI R413o
Websites
https://archive.org/details/ReningerOrangeStreet1954
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Commemorative stamps of the U. S. A.; an illustrated history of our country

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2847
Author
Reinfeld, Fred,
Date of Publication
[1956]
Call Number
383.22 R364
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Author
Reinfeld, Fred,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Bramhall House
Date of Publication
[1956]
Physical Description
359 p. illus. 23 cm.
Subjects
Commemorative postage stamps - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
383.22 R364
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Centenary journal : Shaarai Shomayim 5617-5717 (1856-1957)

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Corporate Author
Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.)
Date of Publication
1957?]
Call Number
296.8 S524L
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Corporate Author
Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.)
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Shaarai Shomayim,
Date of Publication
1957?]
Physical Description
40 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"This centenary journal is dedicated to the men and women who, during the past one hundred years, gave of their heart and soul to the building of the Shaarai Shomayim House of God."
Subjects
Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.) - Anniversaries, etc.
Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Jews - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
296.8 S524L
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Yearbook and directory of St. Paul's Reformed Church (Evangelical and Reformed) : Duke and Orange Streets, Lancaster, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16448
Date of Publication
1950.
Call Number
285.8 S149La 1950
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Alternate Title
Program of the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the church.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Rudisill and Smith Co,,
Date of Publication
1950.
Physical Description
63 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Subjects
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - Anniversaries, etc.
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
285.8 S149La 1950
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Map of greater Lancaster, buying center of a quarter million people : [wards and precincts]

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Corporate Author
Lancaster Newspapers Inc.
Date of Publication
c1955.
Call Number
974.815 LACI 512
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Responsibility
assistance of J. Haines Shertzer ... and H.E. Reemsnyder gratefully acknowledged ; Lancaster Newspapers Inc.
Corporate Author
Lancaster Newspapers Inc.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster Newspapers ,
Date of Publication
c1955.
Physical Description
1 map : col. ; 66 x 67 cm.
Notes
Other title information supplied.
Ward and precinct boundaries are drawn on the map in color (Copy 1).
Handwritten on verso "map of greater Lancaster"(pencil) -- "1955 wards and precincts" (ink).
Includes indexes to streets, large industries, hospitals.
Subjects
Election districts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Maps.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Administrative and political divisions - Maps.
Additional Author
Shertzer, J. Haines.
Reemsnyder, H. E.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.815 LACI 512
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The inauguration of President James Buchanan

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1826
Author
Klein, Philip Shriver,
Date of Publication
1957.
, where several companies of cavalry stood guard with drawn sabres, and accompanied the presidential party to Barnum's Hotel for a huge mid-day banquet. But Buchanan was so ill that he retired immediately until three o'clock when he boarded the train for the capital. Meanwhile, the Lancaster Fencibles
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Philip Shriver Klein.
Author
Klein, Philip Shriver,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1957.
Physical Description
[145]-168 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 61, no. 4
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Presidents - United States
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 61, number 4 (1957), p. 145-168Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.61
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Historical survey of the First Church of God, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Author
Yohn, Richard
Date of Publication
1959.
Call Number
286.73 Y54
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Author
Yohn, Richard
Place of Publication
Typescript
Date of Publication
1959.
Physical Description
34 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes
"Prepared for denominational distinctions (Dr. Mason)"
Includes bibliographic references.
Subjects
First Church of God (Lancaster, Pa.)
Church of God - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
286.73 Y54
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