James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
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Related Item Notes
James Buchanan Family Papers
MG-96 James Buchanan Collection
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph collections
Curatorial collections
Wheatland Mansion
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Accession Number
JBMS2000.028.1
Other Number
JBFP Part 1, Series 2, Subseries 4, Folder 8
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
Signers of petition for eating house: Bomberger, W. T.; Parry, H. B.; Sprecher, W. D.; Sprecher, George D.; Evans, James; Eshleman, D. G.; Evans, Robert A.; King, George P.; King, David; Atlee, John L. Jr.; Dougherty, Hugh; Pinkerton, William; Wise, John; Wiley, William B.; Boyd, S. W. P.; Ellmaker, Thomas; Calder, George Jr.
January term.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of Petition: [Isaac Killian], John Deickla, Christin Shenk, Eli Landis, Daniel L. Myers, Samuel W. Potts, Jacob E. Ranck, Jacob O. Steinhiser, Robert Tomlinson, John B. Clements, Abraham Landis, John Johns, Isaac Bitzer, Samuel Ranck.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
Petition allowed.
April term.
3 Items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: Skiles, John D.; Campbell, Abner; Marshall, James; Brooks, W. P.; Detrick, Edward; Petzelt, C.; McEvoy, S.; Raub, S. W.; Dixon, George; Gable, W. H.; Gable, S. F.; Deichler, M.; Shultz, John; Kling, E. M.; Smith, James; Sprecher, W. D.; [Pensch], J. S.; [Zahm, G. W.]; [Metzger], Michael; Kauffman, Emanuel B.; Carpenter, W.; Baker, W. G.; Peifer, W. L.; Dougherty, Hugh E.; [unknown]; Zahm, H. L.; Cochran, John J.
January term.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Samuel Hershey, Benjamin Huber, Micheal L. Hurer, Isaac Bitzer, B. H. Longenecker, Christian Brubacher, Christian Lintner, John Shenk, Benjamin Charles, Samuel Bausman, Samuel Ranck, Philip Bausman.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
April term.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: Jacob Kreider, James Lindsay, John Kreider, Emanuel Denlinger, Gideon Kauffman, Charles J. Rakestraw, Peter B. Eckert, Samuel Hertzler, S. M. Brua, H. K. Denlinger, Isaac Bair, Daniel M. Killips, Jacob Tout.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
April term.
Approved.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: John Seldomridge, John N. Woods, Washington Benner, George Seldomridge, Richard Rutter, Joseph Slack, Levi L. Landis, John Miller, Jacob K. Eckert, Isaac Bair, Jacob Leaman, Jacob Kreider, Mahlon Ruth, Gideon Kauffman, John Rutter, Jordan Steen, Isaac Murr, H. A. Smith (Doctor), David Stirling.
April term.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Joseph Eaby, Christian Beam, Heasy Espeneder, S. R. Sample, Moses Eaby, Isaiah Miller, David Beam, John V. Hurst, Isaac Bair, Jacob B. Landis, Jacob Kreider, Peter B. Eckert.
April term.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Reed, John K.; Parry, H. B.; Swope, Zuriel; Long, Robert; Brown, W. W.; Henderson, Amos S.; Evans, Robert A.; Shirk, Jacob S.; Wiley, William B.; Black, John; Reynolds, Samuel H.; Boyd, S. W. P.; Atlee, John L. Jr.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
Approved.
April term.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: Miller, Fredric; Gampf, Emanuel; Winger, Moses; Reinfried, P. C.; Fischer, John Jacob; Zecher, Lewis; Watkins, John R.; Greider, P. G.; Hartman, Jacob; Barnett, Joseph; Barnett, H. L.; Buchmiller, R.; Kauffman, Benjamin H.; Kauffman, A. H.
April term.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: John Schlessman, John Walter, W. M. [Crouse], Michael Keith, Jacob Flickinger, [signature in German], Samuel Wiest, John Wenrich, Henry Flickinger, Daniel Good, Levi Stetler, Peter Swikert, [signature in German], [signature in German].
1 item, 1 piece
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Sinking Spring and Reading in Berks County.
April term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Royer, Phillip Royer, Samuel Royer, Samuel S. Wiest, Jacob Sherk, Henry Shirk, Adam R. Ream, George Herman, [signature in German], Samuel H. Slabach, Christian Keller, [signature in German], [signature in German], Charles Steinmetz.
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Signers of petition: Peter Rhoades, David Keller, H. M. Breneman, John Lynch, Samuel Redsecker, Sebastian Keller, Abraham Redsecker, Solomon Mohr, Isaac Redsecker, P. H. Haag, Jacob Rhoads, John Martin, John Keller, Jacob Keller, John Crowley, John S. Gish.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: John Forney, Mark Connell, Gabriel Carpenter, Samuel Reemsnyder, Elias Reemsnyder, Hiram R. Hull, George Reed, Henry Kafroth, Jacob Steinmetz, Abraham Kachel, Abraham F. Bair, John Bucher.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Isaac Firestine, Emanuel Carpenter, John Graver, Benjamin Graver, Isaac F. Bear, Isaac W. Zwally, Abraham Kachel, John K. Reed, George Caruthers, John Weachter, John V. Deshong, Henry Kafroth.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: George Lauber, George Gamber, Reuben Getz, Henry Brown, Hiram R. Hull, John V. Deshong, Christian Myer, Abraham Kachel, Henry Grebill, Jacob Steinmetz, Henry Kafroth, Jacob Bear.
1 item, 1 piece
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