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James Buchanan and public office : an appraisal

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Author: Carlson, Robert Eugene

Date of Publication: 1957.

Call Number: 905.748 HSP v.81

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Responsibility: by Robert E. Carlson.

Author: Carlson, Robert Eugene

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pa

Publisher: Historical Society of Pennsylvania,

Date of Publication: 1957.

Physical Description: pp. 255-279 ; 23 cm.

Notes: In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v.81 (1957); Discusses Buchanan's public service, and particularly his position on being nominated for the presidency over several years.; This record provides a link to this resuorce on the publisher's official online repository.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 HSP v.81

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President James Buchanan's betrayal of Governor Robert J. Walker of Kansas

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Author: Harmon, George Dewey ,

Date of Publication: 1929.

Call Number: 905.748 HSP

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Responsibility: by George D. Harmon.

Author: Harmon, George Dewey ,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pa

Publisher: Historical Society of Pennsylvania ,

Date of Publication: 1929.

Physical Description: pp. 51-91 ; 23 cm.

Notes: In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v. 53.

Subjects: Walker, Robert James , - 1801-1869.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Kansas - Politics and government - 1854-1861.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 HSP

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To what extent did Harriet Lance influence the public policies of James Buchanan?

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Author: Rosenberger, Homer Tope,

Date of Publication: 1970.

Administration of her bachelor uncle, James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States. — From the Col- lections of the Library of Congress. �A hostess with little perceptivity and restraint would have soon placed the President in embarrassing situations. Because of her good judgment a number of Buchanan's

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Responsibility: by Homer T. Rosenberger.

Author: Rosenberger, Homer Tope,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1970.

Physical Description: [1]-22 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 74, no. 1

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.; Presidents - United States; United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 74, number 1 (1970), p. 1-22Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.74

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James Buchanan during the administrations of Lincoln and Johnson

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Author: Auchampaugh, Philip Gerald.

Date of Publication: 1939

James Buchanan During the Administrations of Lincoln and Johnson By PHILIP G. AUCHAMPAUGH, PH.D. Author of "James Buchanan and His Cabinet on the Eve of Secession," and "Robert Tyler, Southern Rights Champion, 1845-1861." CHAPTER I BUCHANAN VIEWS THE SCENE. 1861-1868. Buchanan's return to Wheatland

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Responsibility: by Philip G. Auchampaugh, Ph.D.

Author: Auchampaugh, Philip Gerald.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1939

Physical Description: [67]-110 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 43, no. 3

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865.; Johnson, Andrew, - 1808-1875.; United States - Politics and government - 1861-1865.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 43, number 3 (1939), p. 67-110Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.43

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Lincoln : a life of purpose and power

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Author: Carwardine, Richard.

Edition: 1st American ed.

Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 923.173 L736c

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Responsibility: Richard Carwardine.

ISBN: 1400044561; 9781400044566

Author: Carwardine, Richard.

Edition: 1st American ed.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: xv, 394 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Notes: Originally published: London : Pearson Education, 2003.; Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-360) and index.

Contents: 1. Inner power : Lincoln's ambition and political vision, 1809-54 -- Ambition -- Political vision -- Moral crisis : 1854 -- The religious roots of moral power -- 2. The power of opinion : Lincoln : the Illinois public and the new political order, 1854-58 -- Lincoln, democratic politics and public opinion -- Illinois public opinion and the anti-Nebraska fusion movement -- The senatorial campaign of 1858 -- 3. The power of party : winning the presidency, 1858-60 -- Presidential ambition : Lincoln, his party and the road to the Decatur convention -- The Republican presidential nomination -- The 1860 presidential campaign : the power of a righteous party -- 4. Confronting the limits of power : from president-elect to war president, 1860-61 -- In the antechamber to power : holding the party line -- From Springfield to Sumter : building a united front -- Strategies for 'a people's war' -- 'What shall I do? The people are impatient ... ' -- 5. The purposes of power : evolving objectives, 1861-65 -- Reading the public -- 'Every indispensable means' : toward the Emancipation Proclamation -- Faith and purposes -- Faithfulness of purpose : emancipation, reconstruction and black citizenship -- 6. The instruments of power : coercion and voluntary mobilization, 1861-65 -- Coercion, repression and executive power -- Popular mobilization : the 'power of the right word' and the agency of party -- Popular mobilization : churches and philanthropic organizations -- The Union army as a moral force -- The election of 1864 : 'the second birth of our nation' -- 7. Conclusion : power in death -- Chronology of Lincoln's life.

Summary: A portrait of America's sixteenth president follows Lincoln's life and career during his rise to political power and his years in the White House, arguing that he looked beyond the political system to find support in his struggle to end slavery.

Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865.; Presidents - United States - Biography.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; United States - Politics and government - 1861-1865.; United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 L736c

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Buchanan's campaign in Lancaster County

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Author: Brady, Gerard.

Date of Publication: 1949

, and again in 1852, he had been one of the major contenders for the Democratic nomination for President. The year 1856 finds Buchanan, now sixty-five years old, as Ambassador to Great Britain. Nevertheless his candidacy is actively supported by friends in the United States. Quite early it became

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Responsibility: by Gerard Brady.

Author: Brady, Gerard.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1949

Physical Description: [97]-135 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 53, no. 4

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Politics, Practical - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Elections - United States; Presidents - United States

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 53, number 4 (1949), p. 97-135Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.53

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

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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

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers

Title: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 7 Papers of Jonathan Messersmith Foltz, Series 1 Correspondence

Object ID: JBFP Part 7 Series 1

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers

Title: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 7 Papers of Jonathan Messersmith Foltz, Series 1 Correspondence

Description: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 7 Papers of Jonathan Messersmith Foltz, Series 1 contains the correspondence of Jonathan Messersmith Foltz, from 1831 to 1858.; This collection contains correspondence from Dr. Jonathan M. Foltz-the majority of which are addressed to James Buchanan. There are no items from Foltz's childhood or later years (after retirement), nor materials from the early parts of his Naval career. The collection documents two of Foltz's deployments in some detail-his time on the Mexico-Texas border and the three years spent in South America. When writing to Buchanan, Foltz focused more on the political details he observed, rather than military activities. Some letters in the years and months leading up to the 1848 election document Foltz's involvement in the selection of a Democratic candidate for President. The materials do not include much about Foltz's family life, other than a few mentions of his wife and their wedding.

Admin/Biographical History: Jonathan Messersmith Foltz was born in Lancaster in 1810, the son of Jonathan and Elizabeth Messersmith Foltz. He studied medicine with Dr. William Thompson in Lancaster before attending Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. He was commissioned as an assistant naval surgeon in 1831. He reached the rank of surgeon in 1838.; As Naval Surgeon, Dr. Foltz served on the Raritan at the beginning of the Mexican-American War, where he witnessed battles at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma. About five years later, Foltz was deployed again-this time to South America aboard the Jamestown. He arrived in South America during the second half of the Platine War, fought by Brazil and Uruguay against the Argentine Confederation, from August 1851- February 1852. He also watched as the United States and Great Britain exerted their influence on the new nations and their often corrupt and ineffective governments. Through his service in the Navy and his trips to remote places (at that time), Foltz became an expert on exotic diseases. He published a number of articles on the subject. Prior to his service in Mexico and South America, Foltz also spent time in Asia, Europe and Northern Africa. Foltz served during the Civil War, participating in a number of campaigns and battles. Specifically, he served as Fleet Surgeon under Admiral David Farragut. He continued to serve in the Navy, eventually rising to the positions of Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and Surgeon General of the Navy. In 1872, Foltz was put on the retired list, but continued to serve as Inspector General of Hospitals and Fleets, as well as Chief Surgeon of the Philadelphia Naval Hospital. Officially, he retired in 1873, after serving for forty-two years. He had reached the rank of Commodore.; Foltz married Rebecca Steinman (1830-1904), also from Lancaster, in 1854. They had three sons: Frederick Steinman (born Frederick Buchanan), Charles Steinman, and Jonathan Clinton Foltz. He lived with his family in Philadelphia. Foltz died at the age of 66 in 1877.; Not much is known about Foltz's relationship with James Buchanan, especially its origin. However, Foltz often called Buchanan his best friend and seemed to be a constant support of Buchanan for President, campaigning heavily for him leading up to the 1848 and 1856 elections (Foltz was stationed in South America in 1852).; Works Cited:; Franklin and Marshall College Archives and Special Collections. Jonathan Messersmith Foltz Papers, MS 21 Finding Aid. Lancaster, PA: Franklin and Marshall College, 2013. Accessed June 9, 2015. http://library.fandm.edu/archives/mscoll/jmfoltz.pdf.; Foltz, Charles S. Surgeon of the Seas: The Adventurous Life of Surgeon General Jonathan M. Foltz In the Days of Wooden Ships, Told from His Notes of the Moment Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1931.; "Foltz, Jonathan Messersmith." In Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, edited by James Grant Wilson and John Fiske. New York: D. Appleton, 1900. Accessed June 9, 2015. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Appletons%27_Cyclop%C3%A6dia_of_American_Biography/Foltz,_Jonathan_Messersmith.

System of Arrangement: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 7 Papers of Jonathan Messersmith Foltz is arranged in one series. The series and subseries have been used to keep the consistency with cataloging throughout the James Buchanan Family Papers.; JBFP Part 7 Series 1 Correspondence; Subseries 1 Letters from Jonathan Messersmith Foltz

Year Range From: 1831

Year Range To: 1858

Creator: Foltz, Jonathan Messersmith, 1810-1877

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

People: Buchanan, James; Foltz, Jonathan Messersmith

Other Creators: James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)

Subjects: Ship physicians; United States--Navy--Surgeons; United States--Politics and government--19th century; Mexican War, 1846-1848; South America--Politics and government--19th century

Search Terms: James Buchanan; Buchanan collections; Mexican War; Politics; United States Navy; Ship physicians; Surgeons; South America; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 box, 49 folders, 58 items, .5 cubic feet

Object Name: Correspondence

Language: English

Object ID: JBFP Part 7 Series 1

Associated Material: Jonathan Messersmith Foltz Papers (MS 21), Archives and Special Collections, Franklin and Marshall College; http://library.fandm.edu/archives/mscoll/jmfoltz.html; [J. M. Foltz Medical lecture notes, 1825-1829], Health Sciences Library Historical Collections, Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.; http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb1976055; Jonathan Messersmith Foltz papers, 1829-1871, Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, DC.; 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; James Buchanan Collection, MG0096; Coleman Papers Collection, MG0275 Series 1; Andrew J. Steinman Collection, MG0066; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion; Charles S. Foltz, Surgeon of the Seas: The Adventurous Life of Surgeon General Jonathan M. Foltz In the Days of Wooden Ships, Told from His Notes of the Moment. Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1931. Call # 923.5 F671f

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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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Jackson, Buchanan and the corrupt bargain--calumny

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Author: Stenberg, Richard R.

Date of Publication: 1934.

Call Number: 905.748 HSP v.58

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Responsibility: by Richard R. Stenberg.

Author: Stenberg, Richard R.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pa

Publisher: Historical Society of Pennsylvania ,

Date of Publication: 1934.

Physical Description: pp. 61-85 ; 23 cm.

Notes: In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v. 58; This record provides a link to this resuorce on the publisher's official online repository.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; United States - Politics and government - 1857-186.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 HSP v.58

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Journal of the Senate of the United States of America; : being the second session of the Second Congress, begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, November 5th, 1792, and in the seventeenth year of the sovereignty of the said United States

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Corporate Author: United States. Congress Senate.

Date of Publication: MDCCXCII [i.e. 1793].

Call Number: Book 841 1792

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Corporate Author: United States. Congress Senate.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by John Fenno, in Fifth-Street.,

Date of Publication: MDCCXCII [i.e. 1793].

Physical Description: 100 p. ; 33 cm (fol.)

Notes: Second Congress, 2nd Session: from 5 November 1792 to 2 March 1793.; Speech of President Washington to Congress, Nov. 6, 1792: p. 5-9.; Signed on p. 89: Samuel A. Otis, secretary [of the Senate].; Signatures: [A]Â² B-2BÂ².; Appendix: Titles of the acts passed at the second session of the Second Congress of the United States, begun and held at Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, on Monday the 5th day of November 1792. -- Bills originated during the session, but were either rejected or postponed. -- The classes of the Senators of the United States, on the 4th day of March 1793.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 841 as assigned by Yeates.; Includes index: pages 93-100.; English short title catalogue,; Evans, C. American bibliography,

Subjects: United States. - Congress. - Senate - Periodicals.; United States. - Congress. - Senate.; Constitutions - United States.; Constitutional law - United States.; Legislation - United States - Periodicals.; Constitutional law.; Constitutions.; Legislation.; Politics and government.; United States - Politics and government - 1789-1797 - Sources.; United States - History - Constitutional period, 1789-1809 - Sources.; United States.; History.; Periodicals.; Sources.; Half leather on boards (Binding)

Additional Author: Otis, Samuel Allyne,; Fenno, John,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: United States. President (1789-1797 : Washington)

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 841 1792

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James Buchanan and public office : an appraisal

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President James Buchanan's betrayal of Governor Robert J. Walker of Kansas

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To what extent did Harriet Lance influence the public policies of James Buchanan?

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James Buchanan during the administrations of Lincoln and Johnson

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Lincoln : a life of purpose and power

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Buchanan's campaign in Lancaster County

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

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Jackson, Buchanan and the corrupt bargain--calumny

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Journal of the Senate of the United States of America; : being the second session of the Second Congress, begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, November 5th, 1792, and in the seventeenth year of the sovereignty of the said United States

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