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The Thaddeus Stevens papers guide and indexes to the microfilm edition

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2400

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

Thaddeus Stevens : nineteenth-century egalitarian

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Author: Trefousse, Hans Louis.

Date of Publication: 1997.

Call Number: 923.2 S846t

Responsibility: Hans L. Trefousse.

ISBN: 080782335X (cloth : alk. paper)

Author: Trefousse, Hans Louis.

Place of Publication: Chapel Hill

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press,

Date of Publication: 1997.

Physical Description: xiii, 312 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Series: Civil War America

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-300) and index.

Summary: "One of the most controversial figures in nineteenth-century American history, Thaddeus Stevens is best remembered for his role as congressional leader of the radical Republicans and as a chief architect of Reconstruction. Long painted by historians as a vindictive 'dictator of Congress,' out to punish the South at the behest of big business and his own ego, Stevens receives a more balanced treatment in Hans L. Trefousse's biography, which portrays him as an impassioned orator and a leader in the struggle against slavery. Trefousse traces Stevens's career through its major phases: from his days in the Pennsylvania state legislature, when he antagonized Freemasons, slaveholders, and Jacksonian Democrats, to his political involvement during Reconstruction, when he helped author the Fourteenth Amendment and spurred on the passage of the Reconstruction Acts and the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Throughout, Trefousse explores the motivations for Stevens's lifelong commitment to racial equality, thus furnishing a fuller portrait of the man whose fervent opposition to slavery helped move his more moderate congressional colleagues toward the implementation of egalitarian policies."

Subjects: Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.; United States. - Congress. - House - Biography.; Legislators - United States; United States - History - 1849-1877.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.2 S846t

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

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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

Thaddeus Stevens : an address

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Author: McCamant, Wallace,

Date of Publication: 1916?]

Call Number: 923.2 S 846mc

Responsibility: delivered by Wallace McCamant before the Pennsylvania Club of Portland, Oregon on April 4th, 1916, the one hundred and twenty-fourth anniversary of Mr. Stevens' birth.

Author: McCamant, Wallace,

Place of Publication: [Portland, Or.?

Publisher: s.n.,

Date of Publication: 1916?]

Physical Description: 32 p. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Cover title.

Subjects: Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.; United States. - Congress. - House - Biography.; Legislators - United States - Biography.; Lawyers - Pennsylvania - Biography.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.2 S 846mc

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

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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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Life of George Mifflin Dallas, vice president of the United States: Prepared and published in Sepember, 1844, by the Democratic Committee of Publication, John K. Kane, et al

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Edition: Extended to the present time, and reprinted Nov. 1847.

Date of Publication: 1847.

Call Number: 815 P769 # 40

Edition: Extended to the present time, and reprinted Nov. 1847.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia [Pa.]

Publisher: Times and Keystone Job Office,

Date of Publication: 1847.

Physical Description: 20 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Cover title: Life of George M. Dallas, vice president of the United States.; In: Political Speeches.

Subjects: Dallas, George Mifflin, - 1792-1864.; United States. - Congress. - Senate - Biography.; Vice-Presidents - United States - Biography.; Legislators - United States - Biography.; United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Biography.

Additional Author: Kane, John K.

Additional Corporate Author: Democratic Party (U.S.). Committee of Publication.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 815 P769 # 40

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

Excavations at the Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith site, Lancaster, Pennsylvania : archaeological evidence for the Underground Railroad

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2019

Responsibility: James A Delle ; Mary Ann Levine

Publisher: Northeast Historical Archaeology

Physical Description: 22 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Series: Northeast Historical Archaeology 33

Notes: Delle, James A. and Levine, Mary Ann (2004) "Excavations at the Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith Site, Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Archaeological Evidence for the Underground Railroad," Northeast Historical Archaeology: vol. 33 33, Article 10.

Subjects: Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868; Community archaeology; Urban archaeology - Pennsylvania; Archaeology and history - United States; Underground Railroad

Thaddeus Stevens in Gettysburg : the making of an abolitionist

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Author: Hoch, Bradley R.,

Date of Publication: 2005.

Call Number: 923.2 S846ho

Responsibility: Bradley R. Hoch.

ISBN: 0977635201

Author: Hoch, Bradley R.,

Place of Publication: Gettysburg, Pa

Publisher: Adams County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 2005.

Physical Description: v, 308 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-299) and index.

Subjects: Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.; Abolitionists - United States - Biography.; Gettysburg (Pa.) - History.; Pennsylvania - History - 1775-1865.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.2 S846ho

Bosom friends : the intimate world of James Buchanan and William Rufus King

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Author: Balcerski, Thomas J.

Date of Publication: 2019.

Call Number: 973.68 B174

Responsibility: Thomas J. Balcerski.

ISBN: 9780190914592 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Author: Balcerski, Thomas J.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication: 2019.

Physical Description: x, 337 pages : Illustrations, maps : 25 cm.

Contents: Introduction: Remembering -- Leavening, 1786-1819 -- Hardening, 1820-1834 -- Messing, 1834-1840 -- Wooing, 1840-1844 -- Ministering, 1844-1848 -- Running, 1848-1853 -- Presiding, 1853-1868 -- Epilogue: Preserving -- Washington residences of James Buchanan and William Rufus King (1834-1853) -- Percentage correlation of roll call votes of James Buchanan with senators of the Bachelor's Mess, 23rd to 28th Congresses (1834-1844) -- Calendar of correspondence of James Buchanan / Harriet Lane Johnston and William Rufus King / Catherine Margaret Ellis (1837-1868.

Summary: "Politicians James Buchanan (1791-1868) of Pennsylvania and William Rufus King (1786-1853) of Alabama has excited much speculation through the years. Why did they never marry? Might they have been gay, or was their relationship a nineteenth-century version of the modern-day 'bromance'? Then, as now, they have intrigued by the many mysteries surrounding them. In Bosom Friends : the Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King, Thomas Balcerski explores the lives of these two politicians and discovers one of the most significant collaborations in American political history. Unlikely companions from the start, they lived together as messmates in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse. There developed a bosom friendship that blossomed into a significant political partnership. Before the Civil War, each man was elected to high executive office, William Rufus King the vice-presidency in 1852 and James Buchanan as the nation's fifteen president in 1856. This book offers a dual biography of James Buchanan and William Rufus King. Special attention is given to their early lives prior to elected office, the circumstances of their boardinghouse friendship, and the juicy political gossip that has circulated about them ever since. In addition, the author traces their many contributions to the Jacksonian political agenda, manifest destiny, and the debates over slavery, while finding their style of politics to have been disastrous for the American nation. Ultimately, Bosom Friends demonstrates that intimate male friendships among politicians were, and continue to be, an important part of success in American politics"-- Provided by publisher.

Subjects: King, William R. (William Rufus), - 1786-1853.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Male friendship - United States; Presidents - United States; Legislators - United States; United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.68 B174

Thaddeus Stevens and slavery

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Author: Atlee, Benjamin Champneys.

Date of Publication: 1911

/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Atlee, Benjamin Champneys. Title: Thaddeus Stevens and slavery / by Benj. C. Atlee, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868 --Views on slavery. Slavery--Law and legislation--United States--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society

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Responsibility: by Benj. C. Atlee, Esq.

Author: Atlee, Benjamin Champneys.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1911

Physical Description: 167-186 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 6

Subjects: Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868 - Views on slavery.; Slavery - United States

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 6 (1911), p. 167-186Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15

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

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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 Slaves' War : the Civil War in the words of former slaves

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Author: Ward, Andrew,

Date of Publication: 2008.

Call Number: 973.711 W256

Responsibility: Andrew Ward.

ISBN: 9780618634002; 0618634002; 9780547237923; 0547237928

Author: Ward, Andrew,

Place of Publication: Boston

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.,

Date of Publication: 2008.

Physical Description: xiv, 386 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-372) and index.

Summary: The first narrative history of the Civil War as told by the very people it freed. Historian of nineteenth-century and African-American history Andrew Ward weaves together hundreds of interviews, diaries, letters, and memoirs. Here is the Civil War as seen from slave quarters, kitchens, roadsides, swamps, and fields. Body servants, army cooks and launderers, runaways, teamsters, and gravediggers bring the war to richly detailed life. From slaves' theories about the causes of the Civil War to their frank assessments of major figures; from their searing memories of the carnage of battle to their often startling attitudes toward masters and liberators alike; and from their initial jubilation at the Yankee invasion of the slave South to the crushing disappointment of freedom's promise unfulfilled, this is a transformative vision of America's second revolution.--From publisher description.

Subjects: Slaves - Southern States - Biography.; Freedmen - United States - Biography.; African Americans - Biography.; African Americans.; Freedmen.; Slaves.; Social aspects.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - African Americans.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.; Southern States.; United States.; Biography.; History.; Personal narratives.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.711 W256

Thaddeus Stevens and the Southern States

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Author: Haldeman, Horace L.

Date of Publication: 1913

Thaddeus Stevens and the Southern States Thaddeus Stevens was very bitter in his political enmity to the Southern States. He resented the influence in both the Houses of Congress of the members from that section, which usually returned, by re-election, most of its able men, therefore giving it

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Responsibility: by Horace L. Haldeman

Author: Haldeman, Horace L.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1913

Physical Description: 159-167 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 17, no. 6

Subjects: Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.; Clay, C. C. - 1816-1882.; Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865 - Assassination.; United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 17, number 6 (1913), p. 159-167Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.17

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Thaddeus Stevens & the "Buckshot War" of 1838

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Author: Wentz, Douglas E.

Date of Publication: 1983.

Call Number: 905.748 SM (Dec.1983)

Responsibility: by Douglas E. Wentz.

Author: Wentz, Douglas E.

Date of Publication: 1983.

Physical Description: 26-29 p.

Notes: In: Susquehanna Magazine, December 1983.

Summary: This article chronicles a conflict in Harrisburg, PA, when open warfare threatened to break out due to a dispute over what party would control the state House of Representatives. State militia was called out and armed with buckshot. No shots were fired however, and the dispute was settled.

Subjects: Stevens, Thaddeus, - (1792-1868); Buckshot War, Harrisburg, Pa., 1838.; Pennsylvania - History - 1783-1861.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1783-1861.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 SM (Dec.1983)

The Southern journey of a Civil War marine : the illustrated note-book of Henry O. Gusley

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Author: Gusley, Henry O.,

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 973.758 G982

Responsibility: edited and annotated by Edward T. Cotham, Jr.

ISBN: 0292712839 (alk. paper); 9780292712836 (alk. paper)

Author: Gusley, Henry O.,

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Austin

Publisher: University of Texas Press,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: x, 213 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.

Series: Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas heritage series ; no. 10

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-206) and index.

Contents: Galveston Tri-Weekly News introduction to the Note-Book -- 1. The Battle below New Orleans -- 2. Ship Island, the Pearl River, and Lake Pontchartrain -- 3. Pensacola -- 4. New Orleans -- 5. The Mississippi River -- 6. Baton Rouge, Plaquemine, and Donaldsonville -- 7. The Return to Pensacola and Ship Island -- 8. The Capture of Galveston -- 9. Matagorda Bay -- 10. The Battle of Galveston -- 11. The Capture of U.S.S. Hatteras -- 12. A New Commander -- 13. Mississippi Sound -- 14. The Swamps of Louisiana -- 15. Butte a la Rose -- 16. Mobile Bay -- 17. The Return to the Teche Country -- 18. The Battle of Sabine Pass -- 19. Letters from Prison.

Summary: Information about the inner workings and day-to-day life aboard U.S. Naval vessels patrolling the Gulf of Mexico and the major river systems of the Trans-Mississippi.

Subjects: Gusley, Henry O., - 1837-1884; United States. - Marine Corps - Biography.; United States. - Marine Corps - Military life - History; Seafaring life - Gulf Coast (U.S.); United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Naval operations.; Gulf Coast (U.S.) - History, Naval - 19th century.; Gulf States - History, Military - 19th century.; Mexico, Gulf of - History, Naval - 19th century.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; Gulf Coast (U.S.) - Description and travel.

Additional Author: Cotham, Edward T.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.758 G982

Making freedom : the Underground Railroad and the politics of slavery

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Author: Blackett, R. J. M.,

Date of Publication: 2013.

Call Number: 973.7115 B628

Responsibility: R.J.M. Blackett.

ISBN: 9781469608778; 1469608774

Author: Blackett, R. J. M.,

Place of Publication: Chapel Hill

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press,

Date of Publication: 2013.

Physical Description: xii, 122 pages ; 24 cm.

Series: The Steven and Janice Brose lectures in the Civil War era

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-116) and index.

Contents: Making their way to freedom -- The workings of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law -- Taking leave: fugitive slaves and the politics of slavery -- Conclusion: Counternarratives.

Summary: The 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, which mandated action to aid in the recovery of runaway slaves and denied fugitives legal rights if they were apprehended, quickly became a focal point in the debate over the future of slavery and the nature of the union. In Making Freedom, R. J. M. Blackett uses the experiences of escaped slaves and those who aided them to explore the inner workings of the Underground Railroad and the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law, while shedding light on the political effects of slave escape in southern states, border states, and the North. Blackett highlights the lives of those who escaped, the impact of the fugitive slave cases, and the extent to which slaves planning to escape were aided by free blacks, fellow slaves, and outsiders who went south to entice them to escape. Using these stories of particular individuals, moments, and communities, Blackett shows how slave flight shaped national politics as the South witnessed slavery beginning to collapse and the North experienced a threat to its freedom. [from the publisher]

Subjects: United States.; Fugitive slaves - United States.; Underground Railroad.; Slavery - United States; Fugitive slaves.; Fugitive slaves; Politics and government; Slavery; United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.; History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7115 B628

Thaddeus Stevens: The making of an inconvenient hero

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Author: Webb, Terry.

Date of Publication: 2014.

Call Number: 813.6 W368

Author: Webb, Terry.

Place of Publication: Chambersburg, Pa

Publisher: Drawbaugh Publishing Group,

Date of Publication: 2014.

Physical Description: 116 (5) pages 23 cm.

Notes: Contains bibliography and end notes.

Contents: Chapters: The way life was // Devil's mark // Parlor school // Boot making // Bull-Baiting // Paying the piper // Making amends // Vermont assembly in session // Deliberating the issues // The sickness // Nursing assistant // The harvest festival // School for boys // The fugitives // Hatching a plan // A narrow escape // Rescued // Overcoming troubles // Moving forward // Lydia Smith's reflections

Summary: This is a fictionalized biography of Thaddeus Stevens written for young readers.

Subjects: Historical fiction.; Stevens, Thaddeus - 1792-1868.; United States, - History - 1849-1877.; Fiction; Juvenile fiction.

Location: Lancaster History Archive - Government Record

Call Number: 813.6 W368

Naked contracts, spawning shad, and the politics of law : an historical analysis of an 1842 letter from Thaddeus Stevens to Reah Frazer

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Author: Flowers, Lawrence Loftin

Call Number: 923.2 S836f

Responsibility: by Lawrence Loftin Flowers.

Author: Flowers, Lawrence Loftin

Physical Description: 39 p. ; 28 cm.

Contents: Historical Context and Background : Thaddeus Stevens the Lawyer Reah Frazer, William Jenkins , and the famed Lancaster bar Pennsylvania's Canals , Internal Improvements and the politics of development : an overview Document Transcription Critical Analysis The Susquehanna Canal Company : A Dam Nuisance Thaddeus Stevens and Reah Frazer in Lancaster Conclusion Appendices

Subjects: Stevens, Thaddeus , - 1792-1868.; Frazer, Reah.; Susquehanna Canal Company.; Shad fisheries - Susquehanna River Watershed.; American Shad - Susquehanna River Watershed.; Shad fishing - Susquehanna River Watershed.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.2 S836f

Dear Catharine, dear Taylor : the Civil War letters of a Union soldier and his wife

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Author: Peirce, Taylor,

Date of Publication: 2002.

Call Number: 973.781 P378

Responsibility: edited by Richard L. Kiper ; letters transcribed by Donna B. Vaughn.

ISBN: 070061205X (alk. paper)

Author: Peirce, Taylor,

Place of Publication: Lawrence

Publisher: University Press of Kansas,

Date of Publication: 2002.

Physical Description: xii, 448 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Series: Modern war studies

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [431]-438) and index.

Contents: August 20, 1862 to March 22, 1863, Missouri -- March 28 to September 24, 1863, the Vicksburg Campaign -- October 4, 1863 to July 24, 1864, Texas and Louisiana -- July 26, 1864 to December 25, 1864, Virginia -- January 9, 1865 to August 2, 1865, South Carolina, North Carolina, Iowa.

Summary: "While there are many collections of letters from Civil War soldiers to their wives, very few include such a rich trove of letters from the homefront. Together they paint an engrossing portrait of a soldier and husband who was trying to do his patriotic and familial duty, and of a wife trying to cope with loneliness and responsibility while longing for her husband's safe return. Beautifully edited and annotated...they bring to life a nation under siege and provide a rare look at the war's impact on both the common soldier and his family." [from the book jacket]

Subjects: Peirce, Taylor, - 1822-1901; Peirce, Catherine L., - d. 1867; United States. - Army. - Iowa Infantry Regiment, 22nd (1862-1865); Soldiers - United States - Correspondence.; Army spouses - Iowa - Des Moines - Correspondence.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.; Iowa - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; Iowa - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.; Des Moines (Iowa) - Biography.

Additional Author: Peirce, Catherine L.,; Kiper, Richard L.,; Vaughn, Donna B.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.781 P378

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The Thaddeus Stevens papers guide and indexes to the microfilm edition

Thaddeus Stevens : nineteenth-century egalitarian

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

Thaddeus Stevens : an address

Websites

Life of George Mifflin Dallas, vice president of the United States: Prepared and published in Sepember, 1844, by the Democratic Committee of Publication, John K. Kane, et al

Thaddeus Stevens : Scourge of the South

Excavations at the Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith site, Lancaster, Pennsylvania : archaeological evidence for the Underground Railroad

Thaddeus Stevens in Gettysburg : the making of an abolitionist

Bosom friends : the intimate world of James Buchanan and William Rufus King

Thaddeus Stevens and slavery

Documents

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

The Slaves' War : the Civil War in the words of former slaves

Thaddeus Stevens and the Southern States

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Thaddeus Stevens & the "Buckshot War" of 1838

The Southern journey of a Civil War marine : the illustrated note-book of Henry O. Gusley

Making freedom : the Underground Railroad and the politics of slavery

Thaddeus Stevens: The making of an inconvenient hero

Naked contracts, spawning shad, and the politics of law : an historical analysis of an 1842 letter from Thaddeus Stevens to Reah Frazer

Dear Catharine, dear Taylor : the Civil War letters of a Union soldier and his wife