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The life of Thaddeus Stevens; a study in American political history, especially in the period of the civil war and reconstruction

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1057

Author: Woodburn, James Albert,

Date of Publication: [c1913]

Call Number: 923.2 S846wo

Responsibility: by James Albert Woodburn.

Author: Woodburn, James Albert,

Place of Publication: Indianapolis

Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill company

Date of Publication: [c1913]

Physical Description: 620 p. illus. 21 cm.

Notes: African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society

Subjects: Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.; United States - Politics and government - Civil War, 1861-1865.; United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.2 S846wo

The worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens : place, personality, and politics in the Civil War era

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Date of Publication: [2019]

Call Number: 973.68 B619

Responsibility: edited by Michael J. Birkner, Randall M. Miller, and John W. Quist.

ISBN: 9780807170816 (cloth : alk. paper)

Place of Publication: Baton Rouge

Publisher: Louisiana State University Press,

Date of Publication: [2019]

Physical Description: xiv, 279 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Series: Conflicting worlds : new dimensions of the American Civil War

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Introduction : possessing the power : the role of force in James Buchanan's Caribbean policy / Amy S. Greenberg -- The bachelor's mess : James Buchanan and the domestic politics of doughfacery in Jacksonian America / Thomas J. Balcerski -- Stephen A. Douglas, free-soiler : a counterfactual analysis of party reformation in the 1850s / Douglas R. Egerton -- "General Jackson is dead" : dissecting a popular anecdote of nineteenth-century party leadership / Matthew Pinsker -- "Buck all over" : James Buchanan and a trail of broken relationships / William P. MacKinnon -- Slavery and the breakup of the Democratic Party in the North : a battle of ideas and organization / Frank Towers -- Friends and outliers : Varina Davis, James Buchanan, and gender relations in Antebellum Washington / Joan E. Cashin -- "Like the baseless fabric of a vision" : Thaddeus Stevens and confiscation reconsidered / John David Smith -- "Eastern and Western empire" : Thaddeus Stevens and the greater Reconstruction / Michael Green -- A conversation with Bruce Levine and James Oakes : moderated by Randall M. Miller.

Summary: "The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens examines the political interests, relationships, and practices of two of the era's most prominent politicians as well as the political landscapes they inhabited and informed. Both men called Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, their home, and both were bachelors. During the 1850s, James Buchanan tried to keep the Democratic Party alive as the slavery debate divided his peers and the political system. Thaddeus Stevens, meanwhile, as Whig turned Republican, invested in the federal government to encourage economic development and social reform, especially antislavery and Republican Reconstruction"--

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Political and social views.; Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868 - Political and social views.; Legislators - United States - Biography.; Politicians - United States - Biography.; United States - History - 1815-1861.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; United States - Politics and government - 19th century.

Additional Author: Birkner, Michael J.,; Miller, Randall M.,; Quist, John W.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.68 B619

Lincoln's fiesty foil : Thaddeus Stevens fought even harder for black equality than the Great Emancipator

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17833

Author: Carlson, Peter.

Responsibility: by Peter Carson.

Author: Carlson, Peter.

Physical Description: 50-55.

Subjects: Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792 - 1868.; Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865.; Slavery - United States; United States - History - Constitutional period, 1789-1809 - Fiction.

Contained In: vol. 48, no. 1, April 2013.Lancaster History Library - Book923.2 S846c

The Thaddeus Stevens papers guide and indexes to the microfilm edition

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Date of Publication: 1994

Call Number: 923.2 S846p

Responsibility: Beverly Wilson Palmer, editor; Holly Byers Ochoa, assistant editor

ISBN: 084204146X

Place of Publication: Wilmington, DE

Publisher: Scholarly Resources, Inc.

Date of Publication: 1994

Physical Description: 175. p. 28 cm.

Notes: To be used in conjunction with microfilm edition under the same title.

Subjects: Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.; Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868 - Indexes - Archives.; Legislators - United States.; United States - Politics and government - 1849-1877 - Sources.

Additional Author: Palmer, Beverly Wilson.; Ochoa, Holly Byers.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.2 S846p

The presidents' war : six American presidents and the Civil War that divided them

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19542

Author: DeRose, Chris

Date of Publication: 2014.

Call Number: 973.7092 D437d

Responsibility: Chris DeRose.

ISBN: 9780762796649; 0762796642

Author: DeRose, Chris

Place of Publication: Guilford, Connecticut

Publisher: Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press,

Date of Publication: 2014.

Physical Description: xii, 379 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-366) and index.

Summary: Tells the story of how five ex-presidents--for and against Abraham Lincoln (but mostly against)--maneuvered, seceded, plotted, advised and aided during the Civil War while Lincoln navigated the minefield they created.

Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865 - Adversaries.; Lincoln, Abraham - (1809-1865).; Buchanan, James - (1791-1868).; Ex-presidents - United States; United States - Politics and government - 1861-1865.; United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7092 D437d

A review of the political conflict in America, from the commencement of the anti-slavery agitation to the close of southern reconstruction; comprising also a resume of the career of Thaddeus Stevens: being a survey of the struggle of parties which destroyed the republic and virtually monarchized its government

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1136

Author: Harris, Alexander,

Date of Publication: 1876.

Call Number: 923.2 S846ha

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Responsibility: By Alexander Harris.

Author: Harris, Alexander,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: T.H. Pollock,

Date of Publication: 1876.

Physical Description: vii, [9]-517 p. 24 cm.

Notes: African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society

Subjects: Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.; United States - History - 1849-1877.; United States - Politics and government - 1849-1877.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.2 S846ha

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The historical reputation of Thaddeus Stevens

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Author: Jolly, James A.

Date of Publication: 1970.

the Old Commoner. During his lifetime, and subsequent to it Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868) was praised by some and despised by others. On sev- eral points, however, there has been general agreement among his contemporaries and most students of history. Few will argue with the observation that he was the

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Responsibility: by James A. Jolly.

Author: Jolly, James A.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1970.

Physical Description: [33]-71 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 74, no. 2

Subjects: Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.; United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 74, number 2 (1970), p. 33-71Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.74

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Thaddeus Stevens : Scourge of the South

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Call Number: 923.2 S846aL

Responsibility: compiled by William A. Allison.

Physical Description: 3 v. : ill. ; 30cm.

Notes: Three volumes of clippings and photographs relating to Thaddeus Stevens, his enemies, and the impeachment managers for the trial of Andrew Johnson.

Subjects: Bingham, John Armor, - 1815-1900.; Blair, Montgomery, - 1813-1883.; Bontwell, George Sewall, - 1818-1905.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1861.; Butler, Benjamin Franklin, - 1818-1893.; Johnson, Andrew, - 1808-1875.; McClellan, George B., - 1826-1885.; Smith, Lydia Hamilton, - 1813-1884.; Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.; Williams, Thomas, - 1806-1872.; United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.2 S846aL

The Intelligencer : the voice of Lincoln's Lancaster County tormentors

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13830

Author: Smith, Mike.

Date of Publication: 2004.

Responsibility: by Mike Smith.

Author: Smith, Mike.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 2004.

Physical Description: p. 12 - 27.

Notes: In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, v. 106, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 2004).

Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865.; Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.; Democratic Party (U.S.) - Lancaster County.; Intelligencer Journal; Racism - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Race relations - Political aspects.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 106, number 1 (2004), p. 12-27Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v. 106

The selected papers of Thaddeus Stevens

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1708

Author: Stevens, Thaddeus,

Date of Publication: c1997-

Call Number: 923.2 S846pb

Responsibility: Beverly Wilson Palmer, editor ; Holly Byers Ochoa, associate editor.

ISBN: 082293972X (v. 1 : alk. paper)

Author: Stevens, Thaddeus,

Uniform Title: Selections.

Place of Publication: Pittsburgh, Pa

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press,

Date of Publication: c1997-

Physical Description: v. <1 > : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents: v. 1. January 1814-March 1865.--v. 2. April 1865-August 1868.

Subjects: Reconstruction; United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861 - Sources.; United States - Politics and government - 1861-1865 - Sources.; United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869 - Sources.

Additional Author: Palmer, Beverly Wilson,; Ochoa, Holly Byers,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.2 S846pb

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