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The inauguration of President James Buchanan

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Author: Klein, Philip Shriver,

Date of Publication: 1957.

THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT JAMES BUCHANAN One hundred years ago, today, in the stately mansion just a stone's throw from the building where we are gathered, James Buchanan clad in a dressing gown and slippers, sat alone in his study trying to calm his nerves and to itemize a list of incidentals

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

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Date of Publication: 1956?]

Call Number: 728.37 W557c

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

James Buchanan and Ann Coleman

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Author: Klein, Philip Shriver,

Date of Publication: 1955

JAMES BUCHANAN AND ANN COLEMAN BY PHILIP SHRIVER KLEIN* T IS a particular honor and pleasure to me to have the oppor- I tunity of addressing an audience in Lancaster on the subject of James Buchanan and Ann Colemani Their story has always been deeply rooted in the traditions of this community, and

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Responsibility: by Philip Shriver Klein.

Author: Klein, Philip Shriver,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1955

Physical Description: 1-20 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 59, no. 1

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Coleman, Ann Caroline, - 1796-1819.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 59, number 1 (1955), p. 1-20Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.59

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James Buchanan, "Big wheel" of the railroads

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Author: Sprout, Oliver S.

Date of Publication: 1952.

made them famous had not their political errors served to overshadow their other successes. The men referred to are the Fifteenth President of our Nation, the Honorable James Buchanan; and a Secretary of War under Mr. Buchanan's successor, the Honorable Simon Cameron. A unique pair indeed. Mr. Buchanan

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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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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

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

James Buchanan and public office : an appraisal

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11523

Author: Carlson, Robert Eugene

Date of Publication: 1957.

Call Number: 905.748 HSP v.81

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Responsibility: by Robert E. Carlson.

Author: Carlson, Robert Eugene

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pa

Publisher: Historical Society of Pennsylvania,

Date of Publication: 1957.

Physical Description: pp. 255-279 ; 23 cm.

Notes: In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v.81 (1957); Discusses Buchanan's public service, and particularly his position on being nominated for the presidency over several years.; This record provides a link to this resuorce on the publisher's official online repository.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 HSP v.81

Websites

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John W. Forney, journalist and politician

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3317

Author: Dowdell, George R.

Date of Publication: 1951

Lancaster in 1845 to become assistant surveyor at the port in Philadelphia under an appointment from President James K. Polk, the first of five consecutive presidents under whose administrations he would hold office. But once in Philadelphia it was not too long before Forney was back in a newspaper office

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Responsibility: by George R. Dowdell.

Author: Dowdell, George R.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1951

Physical Description: [49]-67 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 55, no. 2

Subjects: Forney, John W. - 1817-1881.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Journalists.; Politics, Practical.; Politicians - Pennsylvania.; United States - History - 19th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 55, number 2 (1951), p. 49-67Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.55

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Envelope

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: First Day Cover envelope amd letter from WGAL

Object ID: MG0096 F083

Date Range: 1956/08/05

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: First Day Cover envelope amd letter from WGAL

Description: First Day Cover envelope commemorating the 100th anniversary of the election of James Buchanan with Wheatland stamp. Addressed to Robert A. Brandt. Enclosed letter from Clair R. McCollough, WGAL-TV, recognizing the anniversary of Buchanan's election and promoting the television station.

Date Range: 1956/08/05

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

Storage Container: Box 0002

People: Buchanan, James; McCollough, Clair R.; Brandt, Robert A.

Subjects: Letters; First day covers (Philately); Envelopes; Postage stamps; WGAL (Television station : Lancaster, Pa.); Presidents--Election; Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)

Search Terms: Correspondence; Letters; First day covers (Philately); Envelopes; Postage stamps; WGAL (television station); Presidential elections; Wheatland; James Buchanan; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 2 items, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Envelope

Language: English

Parent Object ID: MG0096

Object ID: MG0096 F083

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760; James Buchanan Family Papers; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph Collection; Curatorial Collection; Wheatland Collection; Wheatland Mansion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Number: MG-0096, Folder 083

Description Level: Item

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Envelope

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: First Day Cover envelope with Wheatland stamp

Object ID: MG0096 F056 In01 It01

Date Range: 1957/03/31

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: First Day Cover envelope with Wheatland stamp

Description: First Day Cover envelope commemorating the 100th anniversary of the election of James Buchanan with Wheatland stamp.

Date Range: 1957/03/31

Creator: United States. Post Office Department

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

Storage Container: Box 0002

People: Buchanan, James

Subjects: First day covers (Philately); Elections; Presidents--Election; Postage stamps; Anniversaries; Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)

Search Terms: First day covers (Philately); Elections; Presidential elections; Postage stamps; Anniversaries; Wheatland; James Buchanan; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 2 page to scan, 9 x 16.5 cm

Object Name: Envelope

Language: English

Parent Object ID: MG0096

Object ID: MG0096 F056 In01 It01

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760; James Buchanan Family Papers; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph Collection; Curatorial Collection; Wheatland Collection; Wheatland Mansion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.

Other Number: MG-0096 F056 In01 It01

Description Level: Item

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Envelope

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: Three First Day Cover envelopes with Wheatland stamp

Object ID: MG0096 F056 In02

Date Range: 1956/08/05

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: Three First Day Cover envelopes with Wheatland stamp

Description: Three First Day Cover envelopes commemorating the 100th anniversary of the election of James Buchanan with Wheatland stamp. Addressed to David, John, and Mark Stevenson, all of 48 S. Marshall Street, Lancaster. “First-Day Cover Information for Philatelists,” from Frank R. Hammond, Postmaster. Letterhead of the United States Post Office, Lancaster.

Date Range: 1956/08/05

Creator: United States. Post Office Department

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

Storage Container: Box 0002

People: Buchanan, James; Stevenson, David; Stevenson, John; Stevenson, Mark

Subjects: First day covers (Philately); Elections; Presidents--Election; Postage stamps; Anniversaries; Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)

Search Terms: First day covers (Philately); Elections; Presidential elections; Postage stamps; Anniversaries; Wheatland; James Buchanan; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 4 items, 8 pages to scan, 9 x 16.5 cm

Object Name: Envelope

Language: English

Parent Object ID: MG0096

Object ID: MG0096 F056 In02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760; James Buchanan Family Papers; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph Collection; Curatorial Collection; Wheatland Collection; Wheatland Mansion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.

Other Number: MG-0096, Folder 056, Insert 02

Description Level: Item

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Envelope

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: First Day Cover envelope with Wheatland stamp

Object ID: MG0096 F056 In03

Date Range: 1956/08/05

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: First Day Cover envelope with Wheatland stamp

Description: First Day Cover envelope commemorating the 100th anniversary of the election of James Buchanan with Wheatland stamp with postcard from Foltz-Wessinger, Inc., Advertising regarding the commemorative cover. Addressed to Chester M. Woolworth, Animal Trap Company of America, Lititz.

Date Range: 1956/08/05

Creator: United States. Post Office Department

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

Storage Container: Box 0002

People: Buchanan, James; Woolworth, Chester McNutt

Subjects: First day covers (Philately); Elections; Presidents--Election; Postage stamps; Anniversaries; Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.); Advertising

Search Terms: Advertising; Anniversaries; Buchanan Collections; Elections; First day covers (Philately); Foltz-Wessinger, Inc.; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library; Postage stamps; Presidential elections; Wheatland

Extent: 2 items, 4 pages to scan, 9 x 16.6 cm

Object Name: Envelope

Language: English

Parent Object ID: MG0096

Object ID: MG0096 F056 In03

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760; James Buchanan Family Papers; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph Collection; Curatorial Collection; Wheatland Collection; Wheatland Mansion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.

Other Number: MG-0096, Folder 056, Insert 3

Description Level: Item

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Program

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: Program for the Wheatland Centennial Celebration

Object ID: MG0096 F057 It01

Date Range: 1956/08/05

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: Program for the Wheatland Centennial Celebration

Description: Wheatland Centennial Celebration, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the election of James Buchanan. Program of events with color photos. Lancaster.

Date Range: 1956/08/05

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

Storage Container: Box 0002

People: Buchanan, James

Subjects: Anniversaries; Centennial celebrations, etc.; Elections; Presidents--Election; Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)

Search Terms: Anniversaries; Buchanan Collections; Centennial celebrations, etc.; Elections; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library; Presidential elections; Wheatland

Extent: 1 item, 8 pages to scan, 28.5 x 22 cm

Object Name: Program

Language: English

Parent Object ID: MG0096

Object ID: MG0096 F057 It01

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760; James Buchanan Family Papers; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph Collection; Curatorial Collection; Wheatland Collection; Wheatland Mansion

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Other Number: MG-0096, Folder 057 Item 01

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James Logan as the first political boss of Lancaster County when it was the wild frontier

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Author: Benson, Evelyn Abraham.

Date of Publication: 1955.

free land that we honor Lincoln. Lincoln seems a long way from James Logan, the subject of this paper— and he was, not only in time, more than a hundred years, but in thought con- cerning the common man, in the attitudes of humility versus arrogance, and in concept of the purpose of government. James

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Responsibility: by Evelyn A. Benson.

Author: Benson, Evelyn Abraham.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1955.

Physical Description: [57]-77 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 59, no. 3

Subjects: Logan, James, - 1674-1751.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 59, number 3 (1955), p. 57-77Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.59

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Presidents of the United States of America

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Author: Dietz, August,

Edition: [3d ed.].

Date of Publication: [1953]

Call Number: 923.173 D566

Responsibility: portraits and biographies.

Author: Dietz, August,

Edition: [3d ed.].

Place of Publication: Richmond

Publisher: Dietz Press

Date of Publication: [1953]

Physical Description: 72 p. illus. 20 cm.

Notes: Presidential postage stamps pasted throughout.

Subjects: Presidents - United States.; Presidents - United States - Portraits.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 D566

The holy experiment, our heritage from William Penn; series of mural paintings in the governor's reception room, in the Senate chamber, and in the supreme courtroom of the State Capitol at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A

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Author: Oakley, Violet,

Date of Publication: 1950]

Call Number: 751.73 O11 Oversize

Author: Oakley, Violet,

Place of Publication: [Philadelphia

Publisher: Cogslea Studio Publications,

Date of Publication: 1950]

Physical Description: 158 p. illus., plates. 32 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 147-149.

Subjects: Mural painting and decoration.; Pennsylvania - Capital and capitol.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 751.73 O11 Oversize

Orange street

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Author: Reninger, Marion Wallace,

Date of Publication: 1954.

Call Number: 974.815 LACI R413o

1 website

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

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Old log house in Marietta : also a history of some of the descendants of Henry Oster of Lancaster, Penna

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2442

Author: Kelly, James Howard

Date of Publication: 1950.

Call Number: 974.815 MARI K29

Responsibility: by James Howard Kelly.

Author: Kelly, James Howard

Place of Publication: Typescript

Date of Publication: 1950.

Physical Description: 15 p., 14 p. ; 29 cm.

Subjects: Shaffner Family; Nauman Family; Garst Family; Kelly Family; Oster Family; Marietta (Pa.) - History

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 MARI K29

The trail of the black walnut

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Author: Reaman, George Elmore,

Edition: [1st ed.

Date of Publication: 1957.

Call Number: 971.024 R287

Author: Reaman, George Elmore,

Edition: [1st ed.

Place of Publication: Toronto]

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart,

Date of Publication: 1957.

Physical Description: xx, 256 p. illus., maps. 21 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 226-235.

Contents: Appendix B, "Additional names of persons or families migrating from the colonies to Upper Canada", is a table that lists family names and the areas which they migrated from. Many in the list are from Pennsylvania. This table also includes a field, "Other information", that holds important information associated with each family name.

Summary: "The role of the United Empire Loyalists has always been a fascinating part of the history of Canadian development. But in 'The Trail of the Black Walnut' the reader will find for the first time a complete and absorbing account of what happened to one group of these Loyalists --the thousands of men and women knowns as the Pennsylvania Dutch who toiled through a trackless wilderness in search of rich limestone soil and the black walnut. These were the people who were to lay the foundations of a great Canadian province today known as Ontario." [from the book jacket]

Subjects: Germans - Ontario.; United Empire loyalists.; Canada - Emigration and immigration.; Ontario - History.; Canada - History - 1763-1791.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 971.024 R287

Founding of the United Brethren Church in Lancaster County, Pennsyvania

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Author: Gibble, Phares Brubaker,

Date of Publication: 1950.

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v. 54 1950

Responsibility: by Rev. P. B. Gibble.

Author: Gibble, Phares Brubaker,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1950.

Physical Description: [165] - 184 p. : ill, 23 cm.

Notes: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 54, no. 7.

Subjects: Otterbein, Philip William, - Bp., - 1726-1813.; Newcomer, Christian, - 1749-1830.; Boehm, Martin.; Newcomer, Christian.; Grosh, Christopher.; Hershey, Abraham.; Hershey, Christian,; Herr, Christian.; Herr, Abraham.; Smith, John Christian.; Riegel, John Adam.; Geyer, Geroge.; United Brethern in Christ - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Church of the United Brethren in Christ - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v. 54 1950

Andrew Ellicott : surveyor of the capital of our nation

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Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Date of Publication: 1950

signed by Benjamin Franklin, president, and John Ewing, William White and Samuel Vaughn, vice-presidents. Three years later he �removed to Philadelphia, and became an intimate friend of Ben- jamin Franklin, so that the latter could write : "I do hereby certify whom it may concern, that I have long known

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Responsibility: by M. Luther Heisey.

Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1950

Physical Description: [1]-14 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 54, no. 1

Subjects: Ellicott, Andrew, - 1754-1820.; Surveyors - Pennsylvania.; City planning - Washington (D.C.); United States - Capital and capitol.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 54, number 1 (1950), p. 1-14Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.54

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