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Visitation of American vessels by officers of the British navy : message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives calling for information in reference to reported acts of visitation by officers of the British navy of American vessels in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico

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Corporate Author: United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)

Date of Publication: 1858]

Call Number: 923.173 B918 1858 Oversize

Alternate Title: Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives calling for information in reference to reported acts of visitation by officers of the British navy of American vessels in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

Corporate Author: United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)

Place of Publication: [Washington? D.C

Publisher: s.n.,

Date of Publication: 1858]

Physical Description: 16 p.

Series: Doc. / 35th Congress, 2d session, House of Representatives. Ex. Doc ; no. 11.

Notes: Caption title.; "December 16, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and orderd to be printed."

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; United States - Foreign relations, - 1857-1861.; United States - Foreign relations - United Kingdom..

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 923.173 B918 1858 Oversize

Biographical memoir of the late Henry A. Muhlenberg

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Date of Publication: between 1844 and 1850?]

Call Number: 922.4 M952b

Place of Publication: [Pennsylvania?

Publisher: s.n.,

Date of Publication: between 1844 and 1850?]

Physical Description: 12 p. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Caption title.

Summary: This is an article in the periodical "The United States Magazine and Democratic Review." It was written following Henry Muhlenberg's death in 1844. Henry A. Muhlenberg was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1782. He was an ordained Lutheran minister and served as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Reading, Pennsylvania, from 1803 to 1829. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and was appointed to be the first Minister to the Austrian Empire. He was defeated in an election for Governor of Pennsylvania.Muhlenberg was a member of a powerful dynasty of Muhlenbergs and they also are discussed at length in this article.

Subjects: Muhlenberg, Henry Augustus Philip, - 1782-1844.; Muhlenberg, Henry Melchior, - 1711-1787.; United States. - Congress. - House - Biography.; Legislators - United States - Biography.; Lutheran Church - Pennsylvania - Reading - Biography.; Reading (Pa.) - Biography.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 922.4 M952b

The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America : together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David

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Corporate Author: Episcopal Church.

Date of Publication: [1850?]

Call Number: 283 B724 1850

Alternate Title: Common prayer

Corporate Author: Episcopal Church.

Uniform Title: Book of common prayer

Place of Publication: New-York

Publisher: New-York Bible and Common Prayer Book Society,

Date of Publication: [1850?]

Physical Description: 682 pages ; 15 cm

Notes: From the James Buchana Collection. Bound in vellum with monogram hLJ on cover [Harriet Lane Johnston]. ROMA on cover, cover color in blue and gold. B 04.3.1. Red silk moire on inside front and back covers.; Selections from the Psalms of David in metre and Hymns each have special title page with imprint: Printed by G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode.; Includes indexes.

Subjects: Episcopal Church - Liturgy - Texts.; Episcopal Church; Anglican Communion - United States - Texts.; Anglican Communion; Liturgics; United States; Liturgical books - United States - 19th century.; Texts

Additional Corporate Author: New York Bible and Common Prayer Book Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Buchanan Collection

Call Number: 283 B724 1850

Buchanan and Breckinridge. The democratic hand-book

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Author: Cluskey, M. W.

Date of Publication: 1856.

Call Number: 324.9 W317w 1856

Alternate Title: Democratic electoral hand-book

Responsibility: compiled by Mich. W. Cluskey, of Washington City, D.C. Recommended by the Democratic National Committee.

Author: Cluskey, M. W.

Place of Publication: Washington

Publisher: Printed by R.A. Waters,

Date of Publication: 1856.

Physical Description: 26 pamphlets in 1 volume 23 cm

Notes: Binder's title: Democratic electoral handbook.; Signature of H. B. Swarr, 1856 on back of front cover.; Marbled boards bound in three-quarters leather, gold-stamped title on spine.

Subjects: Campaign literature, 1808; Campaign literature, 1856; Political science.; United States - Politics and government - 1853-1857.; United States.

Additional Corporate Author: Democratic Party. National Committee, 1852-1856.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 324.9 W317w 1856

The Congressional Glove : containing the debates and proceedings of the second session of the thirty-fifth Congress also of the special session of the senate / by John C. Rives

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Author: Rives, John C.

Date of Publication: 1859.

Call Number: 328.7302 W317 1859 Oversize

Author: Rives, John C.

Place of Publication: City of Washington

Date of Publication: 1859.

Physical Description: xliv, 1042-1692; iii-xii; 1-364 p. 30 cm.

Dates of Publication: February 17, 1859 - March 11, 1859.

Notes: Includes index.; Estate of Simon Cameron.

Subjects: Political Science.; United States - Politics and government.; United States.

Additional Corporate Author: United States. Congress

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 328.7302 W317 1859 Oversize

Turnout for presidential elections in Lancaster and York Counties : 1876-1960

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Author: Fair, Daryl Russell.

Date of Publication: 1963

Turnout for Presidential Elections in Lancaster and York Counties: 1876-1960 Daryl Fair Since the present Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania went into effect in 1874, the electorates of the United States, the Com- monwealth, and York and Lancaster counties have undergone various

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Responsibility: by Daryl Fair.

Author: Fair, Daryl Russell.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1963

Physical Description: [48]-55 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 67, no. 1

Subjects: Presidents - United States; Voting research - Pennsylvania.; Elections - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Elections - Pennsylvania - York County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 67, number 1 (1963), p. 48-55Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.67

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James Buchanan, the patronage, and the northern Democratic Party, 1857-1858

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Author: Meerse, David Edward,

Date of Publication: 1969.

Call Number: 923.173 B918me

Author: Meerse, David Edward,

Place of Publication: Urbana, Ill

Date of Publication: 1969.

Physical Description: viii, 601 l. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: l. 591-600.; Photocopy. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1983. 21 cm.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868; Democratic Party (U.S.) - Northeastern States.; Democratic Party (U.S.) - Northwest, Old.; United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918me

The Kirby collection of historical paintings, located at Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author: Lafayette College (Easton, Pa.)

Date of Publication: [1963]

Call Number: 708.1 K46 Oversize

Corporate Author: Lafayette College (Easton, Pa.)

Place of Publication: Easton, Pa

Publisher: The College,

Date of Publication: [1963]

Physical Description: 54 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.

Subjects: Kirby, Allan P - Art collections - Catalogs.; Lafayette College (Easton, Pa.) - Catalogs.; Portraits, American; Portrait painting, American; Narrative painting - United States; United States in art; Painting - Pennsylvania - Easton; United States - Biography - Portraits - Catalogs.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 708.1 K46 Oversize

Valley news echo : serving the Shenandoah and Potomac river valleys

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Date of Publication: 1965.

Call Number: 973.7 N558 Oversize

Place of Publication: Hagerstown, Md

Publisher: Potomac Edison Co.,

Date of Publication: 1965.

Physical Description: 6 v. in 1 : ill. ; 40 cm.

Dates of Publication: Vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 25, 1859)-v. 6, no. 4 (April 1865)

Notes: "A monthly newspaper ... which reprinted contemporary accounts of Civil War events." - Foreword.; LCHS copy missing Vol. 1 and several issues of Vol. 2.

Subjects: United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Periodicals.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Centennial celebrations, etc.

Additional Corporate Author: Potomac Edison Company.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7 N558 Oversize

Furniture treasury : (mostly of American origin). All periods of American furniture with some foreign examples in America, also American hardware and household utensils. 5000 illustrations with descriptions on the same page

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Author: Nutting, Wallace,

Date of Publication: 1961 [c1928]

Call Number: 749.2 N988

Responsibility: by Wallace Nutting.

Author: Nutting, Wallace,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Macmillan Co.,

Date of Publication: 1961 [c1928]

Physical Description: 2 v. in 1 : chiefly ill. ; 27 cm.

Notes: "Unabridged."

Subjects: Furniture - United States.; Hardware - United States.; Implements, utensils, etc.; Clocks and watches.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 749.2 N988

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