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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May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
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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: John Shissler, Adam Breneman, William Rose, Christian Funk, Thomas Steers, Jacob Mellinger, William [Taylor], Horace Flately, Abraham Brenneman, Jacob Bostich, Christian Hess, Daniel Kendig, Aaron Kendig.
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Signers of petition: Christian Miller, B. Hershey, John Wittmer, Henry Hershey, Benjamin Landis, Jacob H. Landis, Henry Funk, Isaac Dickel, Edward Howard, John [Shrater], Samuel Axer, Christian Schitz, Christian Fenstermaker.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Wittmer, Jacob Wissler, Henry B. Eshleman, J. H. Witmer, Rudolph Funk, Christian Gehr, Samuel Hoober, John Shissler, Amos B. Shuman, Henry Kline, Christopher Kline, Andrew Dritt, Jacob B. Shuman.
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Washington Boro.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: [Albrechl Lauterschlager], Daniel Smith, Jacob Frantz, Abraham Brenneman, Jacob Hertzler, Henry Funk, J. Augustus Ehler, Edward Howard, Christian B. Hartman, George [Spolz], John [Dellet], John [Shrater].
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Signers of petition: John Neidich, Christian Funk, Jacob Bostick, William Fulton, William Rose, John M. Peirkins, Christian Hertzler, Jacob Dietrick, James Hutchson, Isaac Brenner, Reuben Kendig, John [Sourbeer], Abraham Brenneman, Daniel L. Carpenter.
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Signers of petition: Peter Burk, Moritz Gerstley, Henry Dietrich, Christian [Arnond], George Bortsfill, Peter Rumel, Henry Sauder, David Bixler, John F. Shenk, Joseph Brenneman, [signature in German], Abraham Brenneman, Adam Breneman, Jacob Fry, Jacob Zimmer.
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Signers of petition: Samuel Bailie, A. N. Cassel, Bayard Grosh, John Huston, Abraham Varley, John Park, H. R. Musser, Samuel D. Miller, Francis Flury, Jacob Graybill, Andrew Leader, Samuel Hopkins.
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Signers of petition: Denis Harkins, John Relly, Robert Turner, Abraham Cassel, John Barr, Frederik Frank, James Stackhouse, David Cassel, H. R. Musser, Thomas Stence, Frederick Mehling, John Park, Peter Baker.
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Signers of petition: Samuel Johnson, Bayard Grosh, Frederick Mehling, H. R. Musser, David Cassel, John Watson Jr., Frederick Haines, Jacob Miller, Samuel Oberlin, Samuel Naylor, Henry Coughenour, [signatuer in German], Christian Groh, Andrew Leader.
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Located on the corner of Front and Blackberry streets.
Petition not granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: H. R. Musser, Thomas Stence, Abraham Cassel, Frederik Frank, Charles Malhorn, John Greiner, Samuel Johnson, Henry Coughenour, John Watson, Andrew Leader, Christian Cohick, Samuel Naylor, Adam Sheaffer, [signature in German].
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Signers of petition: [G. M. Crawges], Benjamin Garman, Daniel Rohrer, T. Marshall Boggs, John H. Carter, J. B. Carter, James Wilson, C. A. Shaffner, James Mehaffey Jr., James Mehaffey, James Whitehill, Alexander [Lyndsay], G. W. Wormley, Samuel Mehaffey, Robert L. Lindsay, T. T. Anderson, Samuel Lindsay, George Rudisill, John [Rolly], John Huston, Nathaniel Lindsay, [L. W. Filiel], Robert Turner, William Child.
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Signers of petition: Robert Turner, Henry Nicholas, Samuel Oberlin, John Roth, Jacob Glatz, John McClure, John Meyers, John Carroll, Peter Goodman, Thomas Barnes, John Foultz, Thomas Stence, Frederik Frank.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Graybill, G. W. Wormley, Reuben Welshans, Alexander Lyndsay, Jacob Glatz, William A. Spangler, John Auxer, David Rinehart, John B. Maloney, Robert Turner, Henry Nicholas, Abraham Cassel, Abraham Varley.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Glatz, Samuel Bailie, B. Spangler, Abraham Cassel, John Auxer, John Park, H. R. Musser, Frederik Frank, David Rinehart, Nicholas Chapman, James Stackhouse, Jacob Rigler.
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Signers of petition: Henry Haines Jr., Jacob Glatz, Samuel Naylor, Frederick Haines, Abraham Cassel, J. Longenecker, James [Dreyer], [Joseph McFarlin], Michael Layman, Edmond Brennan, Samuel Bailie, John Fults, John Kelly.
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Signers of petition: James Stackhouse, Francis Flury, David Rinehart, John Roth, Jacob Reigler, Robert Turner, John Miller, Henry S. Musser, Henry M. Engle, Dennis Harkins, William A. Spangler, John Barr.
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Signers of petition: Peter Baker, George Cummins, Henry Coughenour, Andrew Leader, Jacob Miller, John Greiner, [signature in German], [signature in German], John K. Fidler, Samuel Oberlin, George Kremer, John Lieser.
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Signers of petition: John Roberts, Abraham Varley, Jacob Sheidly, Peter Longenecker, David Rinehart, J. Gries, David Cassel Sr., Jacob Stah, Samuel [Hopkin], Samuel Naylor, John Kline, Samuel Oberlin.
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Located on the corner of Front Street and Elbow Lane.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: Abraham Cassel, [ ] Rathvon, John Roth, Abraham Varley, Samuel Bailie, Jacob Graybill, Nicholas Chapman, Francis Flury, John H. Goodman, William A. Spangler, Henry Haldeman Jr., Peter Baker, Frederick Mehling, George Cummings, William McElroy.
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