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Historical notes on the distaff side : Hannah Gibbons

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Author: Reninger, Marion Wallace,

Date of Publication: 1963

HISTORICAL NOTES TI S on. -the DISTAFF SIDE MARION WALLACE RENINGER HANNAH GIBBONS From the early 1800's up to the time of the Civil War, there existed an organization known as the Underground Railroad. The object of this group of brave and active men and women was to assist fugitive slaves on

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Responsibility: by Marion Wallace Reninger.

Author: Reninger, Marion Wallace,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1963

Physical Description: [194]-197 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 67, no. 4

Subjects: Gibbons, Hannah.; Women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Underground railroad - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 67, number 4 (1963), p. 194-197Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.67

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The Lane family of Lancaster

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Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Date of Publication: 1962

allow her $180 per annum, so as to make her income $600. Yours affectionately, James Buchanan P.S. I send this letter by General Thomas for greater security. �Harriet Lane Johnston (1830-1903) Painted in 1899. Photo Courtesy of A. Aubrey Bodine �Surgeon General Foltz shows us the self-assertiveness of

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Responsibility: by M. Luther Heisey.

Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1962

Physical Description: [176]-186 p. ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 66, no. 4

Subjects: Lane family.; Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Buchanan family.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 66, number 4 (1962), p. 176-186Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.66

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Historical notes on the distaff side : Ann Moore and Mary Dickson

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Author: Reninger, Marion Wallace,

Date of Publication: 1962

MARION WALLACE RENINGER ANN MOORE & MARY DICKSON It may come as a pleasant surprise to many citizens of Lancaster who have urged that more women be appointed or elected to positions in local, state or national government, when they learn that two of the heads of our Lancaster postoffice, in the

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Responsibility: by Marion Wallace Reninger.

Author: Reninger, Marion Wallace,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1962

Physical Description: [92]-94 p. ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 66, no. 2

Subjects: Moore, Ann, - 1842-; Dickson, Mary.; Women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Postmasters.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 66, number 2 (1962), p. 92-94Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.66

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Protecting the Buchanan papers

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Author: Rosenberger, Homer Tope,

Date of Publication: 1968.

them out of my hands, into the hands of others who have no right to them. Yours, Very Respectfully, Harriet Lane Johnston. This letter is preserved by the Lancaster County Historical Society. It is also reproduced on page 11, "Answer of Defendants." Neither Mr. Swarr nor Edward Y. Buchanan replied to

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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: 1968.

Physical Description: [137]-169 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 72, no. 3

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Manuscripts.; Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.; Presidents - United States

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 72, number 3 (1968), p. 137-169Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.72

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Architectural notes on preservation of razings : former Historical Society "modernized"

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Date of Publication: 1962

Preservation&Razingss FORMER HISTORICAL SOCIETY BUILDING "MODERNIZED" Members of the Lancaster County Historical Society were shocked recently when the owner of its former home at 307 North Duke Street decided to •set a large "picture" window into the front wall in place of the two white-shuttered

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Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1962

Physical Description: [95]-106 p. ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 66, no. 2

Subjects: Lancaster County Courthouse (Pa.); Historic preservation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; City planning - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 66, number 2 (1962), p. 95-106Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.66

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Chair, Side

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1995.116.001

Collection: Wheatland

Description: One of two side chairs that loosely follows the 18th century Louis XVI design. Both chairs have gilt bronze beading and foliate ornament outlines on the back crest and horizontal shaped-splat while highlighting the apron and ring turning of the front legs. The seats are upholstered.

Provenance: Harriet Lane Johnston; To - May Seldon Kenndy (2nd cousin once removed); To - Julia Kennedy Taylor (May's sister); To - Edmund R. Taylor, Jr. (Julia's grandson); To - The James Buchanan Foundation; To - LancasterHistory

Year Range From: 1870

Year Range To: 1880

Last Owner: Johnston, Harriet Lane

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Southwest Bedchamber

Storage Wall: South Wall

People: Johnston, Harriet Lane

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library; Harriet Lane Johnston; Chairs

Object Name: Chair, Side

Material: Wood, Fabric

Height (cm): 81.28

Height (ft): 2.6666666667

Height (in): 32

Width (cm): 38.1

Width (ft): 1.25

Width (in): 15

Depth (cm): 43.18

Depth (ft): 1.4166666667

Depth (in): 17

Condition: Excellent

Condition Date: 2022-03-17

Object ID: W.1995.116.001

Accession Number: W.1995.116

Chair, Side

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1995.116.002

Collection: Wheatland

Description: One of two side chairs that loosely follows the 18th century Louis XVI design. Both chairs have gilt bronze beading and foliate ornament outlines on the back crest and horizontal shaped-splat while highlighting the apron and ring turning of the front legs. The seats are upholstered.

Provenance: Harriet Lane Johnston; To - May Seldon Kenndy (2nd cousin once removed); To - Julia Kennedy Taylor (May's sister); To - Edmund R. Taylor, Jr. (Julia's grandson); To - The James Buchanan Foundation; To - LancasterHistory

Year Range From: 1870

Year Range To: 1880

Last Owner: Johnston, Harriet Lane

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Southwest Bedchamber

Storage Wall: North Wall

People: Johnston, Harriet Lane

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library; Harriet Lane Johnston; Chairs

Object Name: Chair, Side

Material: Wood, Fabric

Height (cm): 81.28

Height (ft): 2.6666666667

Height (in): 32

Width (cm): 38.1

Width (ft): 1.25

Width (in): 15

Depth (cm): 43.18

Depth (ft): 1.4166666667

Depth (in): 17

Condition: Excellent

Condition Date: 2022-03-17

Object ID: W.1995.116.002

Accession Number: W.1995.116

Record, Judicial

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Printed version of the court case between the executors of James Buchanan’s estate and Henry E. Johnston and Harriet L. Johnston

Object ID: JBFP 1.2.4.003

Date Range: 1872/07/09

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Printed version of the court case between the executors of James Buchanan’s estate and Henry E. Johnston and Harriet L. Johnston

Description: Printed version of the court case between the executors of James Buchanan’s estate and Henry E. Johnston and Harriet L. Johnston, his wife, concerning the papers left by Buchanan, some delivered to William B. Reed for the purpose of writing a biography (as directed by the will, but Reed refused to write the biography), the alleged mis-handling by E. Y. Buchanan of a large number of family papers in the possession of the defendants, and the unwillingness of E. Y. Buchanan to destroy certain papers as directed by the will. Lancaster.

Date Range: 1872/07/09

Creator: Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 1, Box 5

People: Buchanan, Edward Young; Buchanan, James; Johnston, Harriet Lane; Johnston, Henry Elliot; Reed, William Bradford

Subjects: Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Search Terms: Buchanan Collections; Court of Common Pleas; Court records; Harriet Lane Johnston; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 36 pages to scan, 6.25 x 9 in.

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 1 Series 2

Object ID: JBFP 1.2.4.003

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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Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material.; Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1995.286

Other Number: JBFP Part 1, Series 2, Subseries 4, Folder 3

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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Pamphlet

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 6 Hiram B. Swarr

Title: Booklet from the Court of Common Pleas

Object ID: JBFP 6.2.1.068

Date Range: 1877/10/00

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 6 Hiram B. Swarr

Title: Booklet from the Court of Common Pleas

Description: Booklet from the Court of Common Pleas presenting the plaintiffs’ case (Edward Young Buchanan and Hiram B. Swarr, executors of the will of James Buchanan) through their solicitor Isaac E. Hiester that the defendants Henry Elliott Johnston and wife, Harriet Lane Johnston relinquish to the executors the papers of James Buchanan sent to Wheatland after William B. Reed declined to write a biography of James Buchanan. Lancaster. (2 copies).

Date Range: 1877/10/00

Creator: Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 6, Box 2

People: Buchanan, Edward Young; Buchanan, James; Hiester, Isaac Ellmaker; Johnston, Harriet Lane; Johnston, Henry Elliot; Reed, William Bradford; Swarr, Hiram Behm

Subjects: Biographies; Executors and administrators; Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Search Terms: Court of Common Pleas; Executors and administrators; Harriet Lane Johnston; Biographies; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 8 pages to scan, 8 x 5.5 in.

Object Name: Pamphlet

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 6 Series 2

Object ID: JBFP 6.2.1.068

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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Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material.; Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1996.033

Other Number: JBFP Part 6, Series 2, 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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Pamphlet

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 6 Hiram B. Swarr

Title: Booklet from the Court of Common Pleas

Object ID: JBFP 6.2.1.069

Date Range: 1877/10/00

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 6 Hiram B. Swarr

Title: Booklet from the Court of Common Pleas

Description: Booklet from the Court of Common Pleas presenting the plaintiffs’ case (Edward Young Buchanan and Hiram B. Swarr, executors of the will of James Buchanan) through their solicitor Isaac E. Hiester that the defendants Henry Elliott Johnston and wife, Harriet Lane Johnston relinquish to the executors the papers of James Buchanan sent to Wheatland after William B. Reed declined to write a biography of James Buchanan. Lancaster. Duplicate of item in JFPP 6.2.1.068.

Date Range: 1877/10/00

Creator: Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 6, Box 2

People: Buchanan, Edward Young; Buchanan, James; Hiester, Isaac Ellmaker; Johnston, Harriet Lane; Johnston, Henry Elliot; Reed, William Bradford; Swarr, Hiram Behm

Subjects: Biographies; Executors and administrators; Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Search Terms: Biographies; Buchanan Collections; Court of Common Pleas; Executors and administrators; Harriet Lane Johnston; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 0 pages to scan, 8 x 5.5 in. DO NOT FILM

Object Name: Pamphlet

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 6 Series 2

Object ID: JBFP 6.2.1.069

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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Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material.; Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1995.183

Other Number: JBFP Part 6, Series 2, Subseries 1, Folder 69

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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Historical notes on the distaff side : Hannah Gibbons

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo605

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The Lane family of Lancaster

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo396

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Historical notes on the distaff side : Ann Moore and Mary Dickson

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo344

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Protecting the Buchanan papers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2697

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Architectural notes on preservation of razings : former Historical Society "modernized"

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo716

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Chair, Side

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Chair, Side

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Record, Judicial

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Pamphlet

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Pamphlet

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