Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.
Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.
100th Anniversary celebration at Wheatland. Identified from left to right: R. E. Fellers, Director, Division of Philately; E. George Siedle, Assistant Postmaster General, Bureau of Transportation; Samuel C. Slaymaker, Buchanan Foundation; Albert J. Robertson, Assistant Postmaster General and Controller, Bureau of Finance; John B. Rengier, President, Buchanan Foundation; Frederic S. Klein, Director of Public Relations, Buchanan Foundation. Taken in Mr. Siedle's office, Washington, D. C., at time of decision to issue Wheatland stamp commemorating a Presidential shrine in Pennylvania, in the 100th anniversary year of the election of James Buchanan to the presidency, 1856. Five copies of photograph. Taken for the Post Office Department of the United States of America.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
Dedication of U. S. Postage Stamp of Wheatland. Congressman Paul B. Dague inspects the original engraving of the Wheatland stamp, shown by E. George Siedle, Assistant Postmaster General in Washington, D. C. Taken for the Post Office Department, United States of America.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
