James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
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MG-0096, Folder 036a, Insert 03
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Custodial History
Digitization of the James Buchanan Collection was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
Photograph- Monument said to be the place where Bishop Samuel Bowman of the Protestant Episcopal Church died. Copy of pages 146-147 from a history of St. James Episcopal Church describes his death and is with photo.
Photograph- Monument said to be the place where Bishop Samuel Bowman of the Protestant Episcopal Church died. Copy of pages 146-147 from a history of St. James Episcopal Church describes his death and is with photo.
Description
Monument said to be the place where Bishop Samuel Bowman of the Protestant Episcopal Church died. Copy of pages 146-147 from a history of St. James Episcopal Church describes his death and is with photo.
Photograph- Carte de visite. Andrew Gregg Curtin. Written on back: "Thanks from A. G. Curtin, January 25, 1864" and "Photograph of Gov. of Pa., 1861 - 1867."
Photograph- Carte de visite. Andrew Gregg Curtin. Written on back: "Thanks from A. G. Curtin, January 25, 1864" and "Photograph of Gov. of Pa., 1861 - 1867."
Description
Carte de visite. Andrew Gregg Curtin. Written on back: "Thanks from A. G. Curtin, January 25, 1864" and "Photograph of Gov. of Pa., 1861 - 1867."
Hong Neok Woo, a young Chinese immigrant who lived in Lancaster from 1855 to 1864. He was brought here by Dr. John S. Messersmith, naval surgeon on the frigate Susquehanna, flagship of the squadron which had opened the ports of Japan to the world's commerce. Commodore Peary's vessels had stopped at Shanghai during their voyage. Woo lived for a time with Dr. Messersmith at his home, 40 North Lime Street. He learned the printing trade at the Lancaster Examiner and Herald office. There he met Walter Kieffer, a reporter on the paper (and later City Editor), and became a friend of him and of the Kieffer family. On Sept. 22, 1860, Woo became an American citizen, the first Asian to be naturalized in Lancaster. He served briefly as a member of Comapny I, 50th Regiment, PA Volunteers. In 1864, Mr. Woo returned to China and was ordained to the diaconate and priesthood in China. While in Lancaster he had been a faithful attendant at the sevices of St. James Episcopal Church. He died on August 18, 1919, and was buried in Westgate Cemetery, the oldest Christian burial ground in Shanghai.
