Extracts from the Ahiman Rezon, or Book of the Constitution, Rules and Regulations of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, Adopted June 17, 1857
Description
Extracts from the Ahiman Rezon, or Book of the Constitution, Rules and Regulations of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, Adopted June 17, 1857; and also from Decisions of the Grand Lodge and from the Ancient Charges. Published in Lancaster, by Cooper, Sanderson& Co., copyright 1865. Belonging to James Buchanan, signed 15 May 1865. Signed by Harriet Lane Johnston in 1868.
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
Notes
May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
Other Number
MG-0096, Folder 075
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Digitization of the James Buchanan Collection was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
Rates of Postage and Classification of Mail Matter
Description
Rates of Postage and Classification of Mail Matter, by James H. Marshall, Postmaster of Lancaster, published by The New Era Steam Print. Spring 1880, pp.22. The book details rules and regulations of the post office, classification of mail types and accompanying postage prices, suggestions to the public, and domestic and foreign money order systems. Pinned to pg.4 is "Strange Bible Facts" with advertisement for Turkish bath on reverse side.
Blue hardcover large-font children's story/book: "Mammy Tittleback and her Family," by "H."H." Gold picture of girl with 4 kittens on front cover. Boston: Roberts Bros.,1881. "A True Story of Seventeen Cats," Mammry Tittleback's genealogical tree is on page 7. Illustrations by Addie Ledyard include chapter headings and full-page ink drawings throughout the book. Music & lyrics for "The Old Black Cat" (from the "Scholarly Magazine," March, 1873) followed by "Preface" at the end. 101 pp.
Paperback "Painting Book Playful Children. Copyrighted 1888 by Mc Loughlin Bro's New York." Color illustrations on front and back covers. Inside front cover is "Hints to Little Painters" with facing page of three colored illustrations that appear in the book.
Single-sided illustrations with captions for painting. All but 4 have been painted. Advertisements and prices for children's toys and games fill inside back cover.
Small green children's book with designs on cover. Gold on spine with "Going to School Shadydell Stories." Going to School is the 3rd in a 12-vol. set of Sunnybank Stories compiled by Asa Bullard and published in Boston by Lee & Shephard, 149 Washington Street. 64-page story with black ink drawings as illustrations.
Written in blue ink on second page: " Mr. Alber Schnader's/book/lived at/438 West Orange St./Lancaster/Pa" . In pencil below: "Elizabeth Kan/u tz/440 W. Orange St./Lancaster/Pa"
Small green children's book with designs on cover. Gold on spine with "Reward of Merit Shadydell Stories." Reward of Merit is the 8th in a 12-vol. set of Sunnybank Stories compiled by Asa Bullard and published in Boston by Lee & Shephard, 149 Washington Street. 1863. 64-page story with black ink drawings as illustrations.
Handwritten on loose first page: "A.T. Schnader's/ Book of/ Lancaster St./ 438 W. Orange City/Pa/ Elizabeth Kautz 1870 / 440 W. Orange St/ Lancaster/ Pa".
Date Range
1863
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 3
Storage Cabinet
Unit 14
Storage Container
Box 0121
Object Name
Book
Length (cm)
10.795
Length (ft)
0.3541666667
Length (in)
4.25
Width (cm)
7.62
Width (ft)
0.25
Width (in)
3
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2018-12-05
Condition Notes
First page is loose and cover is separating from body of book along spine.
"The Decorative Sisters, a modern Ballad" by Josephine Pollard with illustrations by Walter Satterlee was published in New York by Anson D.F. Randolph & Co. in 1881. Many full-page color illustrations including both covers. Dorothea and Dorinda were English sisters.
Date Range
1881
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 3
Storage Cabinet
Unit 14
Storage Container
Box 0121
Object Name
Book
Length (cm)
24.4475
Length (ft)
0.8020833333
Length (in)
9.625
Width (cm)
19.05
Width (ft)
0.625
Width (in)
7.5
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2018-12-05
Condition Notes
Wear on cover corners; some wear along cover edges. Front cover separating from book along inside front of spine.
"Chatterbox" was published in Boston by Estes & Laurait, 301 Washington Street in 1884. "Contents" lists "the great variety of original Stories, Sketches, and Poems for the Young, and every illustration which appears in it is expressly designed for this work, by the most eminent English artists." 412 pp. Front cover and frontispiece are color illustrations. Book illustrations and ornate initial letters are black and white. Advertisements fill inside covers and back outside cover.
Flyleaf inscribed "Lillian Sprecher/ from/ Mama/ Aug. 8, 1885."
"Lilliput Land; With Hundreds of Pictures" printed in black ink on the spine. On Illustrated front cover: "Lilliput Land or Peep-show for the Young, edited by the Author of Lilliput Levee, New York: Baker, Pratt & Co." On reverse of the series title page: "London: Printed by McCorquodale and Co." 300 black and white illustrations. An index in the front of this British narrative book lists contents of Serial Stories and Sketches, Prose, Poems, Musical pages and Illustrations. 384 pp. This book "aims to provide Literature for the young." Children's book.
Inscribed: "Lillian M. Sprecher/ bought at/ South Bend, In/ Oct, 1881."
Some pieces of glued-on illustrated front cover are missing. Missing pieces from plain back cover reveal printing beneath. Cover edges, corners are worn. A few pages have missing pieces on lower edge/corners.
"Play-Time/ Sayings and Doings/ of/ Baby-Land/ by Edward Stanford" is a hardcover children's picture book published in London by Chatto & Windu, Piccadilly. Color illustrations on both covers. Children's rhymes and vividly-colored illustrations (by 'Es') on each of 37 pages.
Back of title page inscribed:" Lillian M. Sprecher/ from Mama./ December 25.1888."
