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Letter

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Collection: Thaddeus Stevens Collection

Title: Letter from Amos Ellmaker to Thaddeus Stevens

Object ID: MG0115_P01_F002_In06

Date Range: 1850/07/16

MG0115 F002 In03 It02 Lancaster July 16 1850 D. Sir Of all the plans reconciling the North and South, that of extending the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific, appears to me to be the worst. It would cut off more than half of New Mexico; and almost half of California. In theory it is plausible

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Collection: Thaddeus Stevens Collection

Title: Letter from Amos Ellmaker to Thaddeus Stevens

Description: Letter from Amos Ellmaker to Thaddeus Stevens with plans to reconcile the North and South by extending the Missouri Compromise to the Pacific. The letter contains suggestions and observations about slaveholders, slavery and the western states. Lancaster.

Date Range: 1850/07/16

Creation Date: 16 July 1850

Creator: Ellmaker, Amos, 1787-1851

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Ellmaker, Amos; Stevens, Thaddeus

Subjects: Letters; Missouri compromise; Slaveholders; Slavery

Search Terms: Correspondence; Letters; Missouri Compromise; Slaveholders; Slavery; Stevens and Smith Center

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0115_P01_F002_In06

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115_P01) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/fc4d62c6-ef85-4f0f-bfb8-361140325885

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115), Part 1, Folder # or Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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Other Numbers: MG-115

Other Number: MG-115, Part 1, Folder 2, Insert 6

Classification: MG0115

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 14 April 2022.; Old # MG-115, Part 1, Folder 2, Insert 3, Item 2; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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Ticket, Political

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Collection: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 3

Title: "The Platform and Principles of the Organization"

Object ID: MG0268_S03_F014_In03

Date Range: 1855

1 document

Collection: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 3

Title: "The Platform and Principles of the Organization"

Description: "The Platform and Principles of the Organization," as adopted at a regular meeting of the National Council of the American Party on 5 June 1855. On reverse: Announcement of meeting in Salisbury Twp., 17 August [1855].

Date Range: 1855

Creation Date: 1855

Creator: American Party

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 07

Storage Container: Box 0002

Subjects: American Party; Political parties--Platforms; Slavery

Search Terms: American Party; Political parties, Platforms; Slavery

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan

Object Name: Ticket, Political

Language: English

Object ID: MG0268_S03_F014_In03

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: American Party's stance on slavery (MG0268_S03_F014_In02)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

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Other Numbers: MG-268, Series 3

Other Number: MG0268, Series 3, Folder 14, Insert 3

Classification: MG0268

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 9 August 2022.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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Newspaper

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: A “stupendous sheet of pictures” published by The Brother Jonathon (newspaper) boasts portraits of the Presidential candidates of the election of 1856

Object ID: JBFP 1.3.1.001

Date Range: 1856/12/01

1 document 2 images

Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: A “stupendous sheet of pictures” published by The Brother Jonathon (newspaper) boasts portraits of the Presidential candidates of the election of 1856

Description: A “stupendous sheet of pictures” published by The Brother Jonathon (newspaper) boasts portraits of the Presidential candidates of the election of 1856: James Buchanan and John C. Breckenridge (Democrats), John C. Fremont and William L. Dayton (Republicans), and Millard Fillmore and Andrew J. Donelson (Know Nothings). New York, NY.

Date Range: 1856/12/01

Creator: Brother Jonathan

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Container: JBFP Oversized Box 1

People: Buchanan, James; Breckenridge, John Cabell; Fremont, John Charles; Dayton, William Lewis; Fillmore, Millard; Donelson, Andrew Jackson

Subjects: Newspapers; Presidential candidates; Political campaigns; Democratic Party (U.S.); Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ); American Party

Search Terms: Newspapers; Brother Jonathan; Presidential candidates; Political campaigns; Illustrations; Democratic Party; Republican Party; Know-Nothing Party; American Party; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan,2.25 x 34 in.

Object Name: Newspaper

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 1 Series 3

Object ID: JBFP 1.3.1.001

Location of Originals: Housed in JBFP Oversized Box 1.

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

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: JBMS2000.029.1

Other Number: JBFP Part 1, Series 3, Subseries 1, Folder 1

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.

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Letter

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Letter from James Buchanan to C. Van Dyke

Object ID: JBFP 1.1.1.068

Date Range: 1855/05/04

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Letter from James Buchanan to C. Van Dyke

Description: Letter from James Buchanan to C. Van Dyke telling him of his feelings for England and rebukes Van Dyke for some of his views of the British; defending his views of the Ostend Conference and Mr. Soulé; berating the London Times for its support of the Know Nothing party; speaking of the coming campaign in the United States must confront the Know Nothing party, the difficulties with Spain and the serious difficulties with England; expressing his happiness over Senator Bright’s favorable comments; wondering why General Cass is his enemy; and asserting that he can take care of himself even if he is a candidate for the Presidency. Legation of the United States, London

Date Range: 1855/05/04

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 1, Box 1

People: Bright, Jesse D.; Buchanan, James; Cass, Lewis; Soulé, Pierre; Van Dyke, James C.

Subjects: Letters; American Party; Elections; Presidential candidates; Presidential elections; Ostend Manifesto

Search Terms: Letters; Correspondence; Ostend Conference; Ostend Manifesto; Know-Nothing Party; American Party; Elections; Presidential candidates; Presidential elections; James Buchanan; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 7.5 x 9 in.

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 1 Series 1

Object ID: JBFP 1.1.1.068

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

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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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1996.133

Other Number: JBFP Part 1, Series 1, Subseries 1, Folder 68

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.

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Letter

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Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Letter from Theodore D. Weld to Daniel Gibbons

Object ID: MG0240_Ser02_F012_In02

Date Range: 1838/12/25

1 document

Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Letter from Theodore D. Weld to Daniel Gibbons

Description: Letter from Theodore D. Weld, Office of the American Anti-Slavery Society in New York to Daniel Gibbons in Enterprise, Lancaster County requesting first-hand accounts of the conditions of slavery and also information about friends, family and neighbors who have moved to or from a state that supported slavery and/or married a slaveholder. (Letter is separating at folds and a corner is missing).

Date Range: 1838/12/25

Creation Date: 25 December 1838

Creator: Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Weld, Theodore Dwight; Gibbons, Daniel

Subjects: African Americans--History; American Anti-Slavery Society; Antislavery movements; Letters; Slavery

Search Terms: Abolition; American Anti-Slavery Society; Antislavery movements; Correspondence; Letters; Persons of color; Slavery

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2022-03-28

Condition Notes: Letter is separating at folds and a corner is missing.

Object ID: MG0240_Ser02_F012_In02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Black History Collection (MG0240) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b3d42c6-a313-4ebc-966f-516114048136

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Black History Collection (MG0240), Series 2, Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

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Other Numbers: MG-240, Series 2

Other Number: MG-240, Series 2, Folder 12, Insert 2

Classification: MG0240

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Transferred from Document Collection, 15 March 2012. Added to database on 28 March 2022.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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Nativism and slavery : the northern Know Nothings and the politics of the 1850's

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17712

Author: Anbinder, Tyler.

Date of Publication: 1992.

Call Number: 320.973 S532

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Responsibility: Tyler Anbinder.

ISBN: 0195072332; 9780195072334

Author: Anbinder, Tyler.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication: 1992.

Physical Description: xv, 330 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-310) and index.

Summary: Although the United States has always portrayed itself as a sanctuary for the world's victim's of poverty and oppression, anti-immigrant movements have enjoyed remarkable success throughout American history. None attained greater prominence than the Order of the Star Spangled Banner, a fraternal order referred to most commonly as the Know Nothing party. Vowing to reduce the political influence of immigrants and Catholics, the Know Nothings burst onto the American political scene in 1854, and by the end of the following year they had elected eight governors, more than one hundred congressmen, and thousands of other local officials including the mayors of Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Chicago. After their initial successes, the Know Nothings attempted to increase their appeal by converting their network of lodges into a conventional political organization, which they christened the "American Party." Recently, historians have pointed to the Know Nothings' success as evidence that ethnic and religious issues mattered more to nineteenth-century voters than better-known national issues such as slavery. In this important book, however, Anbinder argues that the Know Nothings' phenomenal success was inextricably linked to the firm stance their northern members took against the extension of slavery. Most Know Nothings, he asserts, saw slavery and Catholicism as interconnected evils that should be fought in tandem. Although the Know Nothings certainly were bigots, their party provided an early outlet for the anti-slavery sentiment that eventually led to the Civil War. Anbinder's study presents the first comprehensive history of America's most successful anti-immigrant movement, as well as a major reinterpretation of the political crisis that led to the Civil War.

Subjects: American Party.; American Party; Nativism.; Antislavery movements - United States.; Know-Nothings.; United States - Politics and government - 1853-1857.; United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.; Politics - History, 1845-1861; United States

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 320.973 S532

Websites

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http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780195072334.pdf

Program, Theater

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/48714695-a99d-4a51-8721-420811649440

Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Program for Jarrett & Palmer's production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

Object ID: MG0942_1874_UncleTomsCab

Date Range: 1874

1 document

Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Program for Jarrett & Palmer's production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

Description: Program for "Jarrett & Palmer's superb spectacular revival of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'," performed at Fulton Hall on Friday, 29 March 1874. The production featured the following Black artists, musical groups, and camp meeting leader: The Famous Louisiana Troubadours, The Four Jolly Coons, Horace Weston, The Renowned Slidell Children, and Sarah Washington.

Date Range: 1874

Creation Date: 1874

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 12

Storage Container: Oversized Box 01

People: Bates, Marie; Bigelow, Lenore; Burns, John A.; Carroll, George; Chapman, L.; Conway, George; Denham, Fanny; Dickson, Georgie; Ebbets, E. W.; Eberle, C. W.; Harkins. W. S.; Hawk, Harry; Hunt, J. H.; Jarrett, Henry Clay; Johns, N. W.; Kenney, C.; Kunkel, George; May, Laura; Palmer, Henry David "Harry"; Rouse, Mrs. W. A.; Rouse, William A.; Rowe, J. H.; Stafford, Rose; Vivian, Willie; Watkins, H.; Weston, Horace; Wharton, La Petite

Subjects: African Americans--Fiction; Enslaved persons--Fiction; Plantation life--Fiction; Programs (Publications); Slavery

Search Terms: African American children; African American men; African American women; Children; Enslaved persons; Free persons of color; Freedmen; Fulton Hall; Fulton Theatre; Jarrett and Palmer; Lancaster; Persons of color; Programs; Slavery; Theatrical performances; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Women

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages scanned

Object Name: Program, Theater

Language: English

Object ID: MG0942_1874_UncleTomsCab

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Other Numbers: MG-942

Classification: MG0942

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database on 21 February 2024.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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Newspaper

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Collection: Newspaper Collection

Title: Lancaster Journal

Object ID: Newspaper_#1424

Date Range: 1799/09/21

Collection: Newspaper Collection

Title: Lancaster Journal

Description: Lancaster Journal. This issue contains an ad for a Freedom Seeker, an enslaved woman named Priscilla. There is also a public notice regarding "An Act to regulate the general elections within this Commonwealth."

Date Range: 1799/09/21

Creation Date: 21 September 1799

Creator: Lancaster Journal

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Clem; Fahnestock, Samuel; Priscilla

Subjects: African American women; African Americans--History; Lancaster (Pa.); Newspapers; Slavery

Search Terms: Advertisements; Enslaved persons; Freedom Seekers; Lancaster Journal; Newspapers; Persons of color; Slavery

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Newspaper

Language: English

Object ID: Newspaper_#1424

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Accession Number: 2022.024

Classification: Newspaper_#1424

Description Level: Item

Letter

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Collection: John B. Eshleman Papers

Title: Letter from Samuel [Burn]

Object ID: MG0917_F001_In02

Date Range: 1861/09/14

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Collection: John B. Eshleman Papers

Title: Letter from Samuel [Burn]

Description: Letter from Samuel [Burn] to John B. Eshleman. Written from somewhere along the Potomac River in Maryland during the Civil War. Describes troop movements, life in camp, and interactions with enslaved persons. With photocopy.

Admin/Biographical History: John B. Eshleman was born 11 February 1839 in West Hempfield Township. He had a common school education and taught in West Hempfield and Columbia for 36 years. In 1880 he was elected to the Pennsylvania State Legislature. He served two terms as a Lancaster County Commissioner beginning in 1893. He was also a justice of the peace. He died 21 June 1906 and is buried at Ironville Methodist Church Cemetery in West Hempfield Twp.

Date Range: 1861/09/14

Creation Date: 14 September 1861

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Burn, Samuel; Eshleman, John B.

Subjects: African American women; African Americans--History; Letters; Sexual assault; Slavery; Soldiers--Conduct of life; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Search Terms: African American women; Civil War; Correspondence; Enslaved persons; Letters; Persons of color; Women

Extent: 3 items, 6 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0917_F001_In02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: John B. Eshleman Papers (MG0917) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ed56afdc-2032-4e24-b495-183209836230

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Accession Number: 2003.MG0917

Other Numbers: MG-917

Other Number: MG-917, Folder 1, Insert 2

Classification: MG0917

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Transferred from Document Collection Box 33, Folder 7, Items 1-7, 14 April 2022.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.