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Card, Baseball

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Topps Presidential Pastime Card, featuring James Buchanan

Object ID: JBFP 1.5.1.007

Date Range: 2004

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Topps Presidential Pastime Card, featuring James Buchanan

Description: Topps Presidential Pastime Card, featuring James Buchanan, summarizes the coming of the Civil War and the “mushrooming” of baseball in 1860. In plastic case.

Date Range: 2004

Creator: Topps Company

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 1, Box 5

People: Buchanan, James

Subjects: Topps Company; Baseball; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Search Terms: Civil War; Baseball; Topps Company; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan, 4 x 3 in.

Object Name: Card, Baseball

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 1 Series 5

Object ID: JBFP 1.5.1.007

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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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS2006.001

Other Number: JBFP Part 1, Series 5, Subseries 1, Folder 7

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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Coin, Commemorative

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Collection: Currency Collection

Title: Commemorative coin

Object ID: 2016.004.1

Date Range: 2010

Collection: Currency Collection

Title: Commemorative coin

Description: On front, James Buchanan written along the top above a heatshot engraving of James Buchanan. Beneath the portrait, "IN GOD WE TRUST/15th President/1857-1861". On back, Statue of Liberty, showing top half only. "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" written alongside the outer edge of the back of the coin. Underneath arm holding torch is "$1". "DE" inscribed in tiny letters on the cover of the book the Statue of Liberty is holding. Copper colored edges. "E PLURIBUS UNUM" inscribed on edge. "2010 P" and 13 stars also inscribed on the edge.

Date Range: 2010

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: North Wall

Storage Cabinet: Unit 05

Storage Drawer: Drawer 20

People: Buchanan, James

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Buchanan Collections; Coins; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name: Coin, Commemorative

Diameter (in): 1

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2016-05-11

Object ID: 2016.004.1

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2016.004

Coin, Commemorative

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Collection: Currency Collection

Title: Commemorative coin

Object ID: 2016.004.2

Date Range: 2010

Collection: Currency Collection

Title: Commemorative coin

Description: On front, James Buchanan written along the top above a heatshot engraving of James Buchanan. Beneath the portrait, "IN GOD WE TRUST/15th President/1857-1861". On back, Statue of Liberty, zoomed in to show only the top half of the statue."UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" written alongside the outer edge of the back of the coin. Underneath the arm holding the torch is "$1". "DE" inscribed in tiny letters on the cover of the book the Statue of Liberty is holding. Copper colored edges. "E PLURIBUS UNUM" inscribed on edge. "2010 P" and 13 stars also inscribed on the edge.

Date Range: 2010

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: North Wall

Storage Cabinet: Unit 05

Storage Drawer: Drawer 20

People: Buchanan, James

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Buchanan Collections; Coins; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name: Coin, Commemorative

Diameter (in): 1

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2016-05-11

Object ID: 2016.004.2

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2016.004

In search of Buchanan : 'Clarior hinc honos' : the stories of some Buchanan ancestors before and after the emigration of James Buchanan of Ramelton, County Donegal, Ireland, in 1783

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19670

Author: Martin, Irene.

Date of Publication: 2011.

Call Number: 923.173 B918ma

Responsibility: Irene Martin.

ISBN: 9780956797902; 0956797903

Author: Martin, Irene.

Place of Publication: [Ireland]

Publisher: Rossnashannagh,

Date of Publication: 2011.

Physical Description: iii, 152, [17] pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits (some color), facsimiles ; 25 cm

Notes: Sub-title on cover: from Anselan to President James Buchanan.; "Some of these stories are incorporated in the BBC1 TV documentary, 'Are you related to an American President?', produced by Big Mountain Productions."; Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Buchanan family.; Scotland - Genealogy.; Ireland - Genealogy.; United States - Genealogy.; Ireland.; Scotland.; United States.; Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918ma

Revolutionary War patriots of Chestnut Level Presbyertian Church

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19418

Author: McMullen, Roberta Patton.

Date of Publication: [2016]

Call Number: 285.1 M168

Responsibility: by Roberta Patton McMullen.

Author: McMullen, Roberta Patton.

Place of Publication: Place not identified

Publisher: Roberta Patton McMullen,

Date of Publication: [2016]

Physical Description: iv, 76 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Subjects: Latta, James, - Dr. - 1732-1801.; Smith, Samson, - Rev. - c1727-c1781.; Ankrim, Archibald, - c1730-1800.; Barnes, James, - 1757-1827.; Bigham, James, - 1738-1804.; Boyd, John, - Captain, - 1736-1807.; Buchanan, James, - 1727-1797.; Caldwell, Andrew, - Jr., - 1734-1808.; Caldwell, John, - Lieutenant, - 1736-1812.; Caldwell, Oliver, - 1757-1813.; Calhoun, James, - Lieutenant, - 1756-1822.; Calhoun, William, - Second Lieutenant, - 1747-1823.; Campbell, Patrick, - 1742-1817.; Clark, Thomas, - c. 1726-c1803.; Culley, Thomas, - c. 1735- c1798.; Gamble, James, - Captain - 1737-1795.; Gryder, Jacob, - 1743-1814.; Irwin, Moses, - Esquire, - 1722- 1805.; King, Rober, - Major, - 1744-1827.; Long, Hugh, - 1760-1832.; Long, James, - 1735-1803.; Long, John, - 1726-1783.; Long, Robert, - 1743-1806.; McElroy, John, - 1728-1804.; McIntire, William, - c1719-1803.; McPherson, James, - Lieutenant, - 1733-1821.; McPherson, William, - 1698-1783.; Martin, Samuel, - 1729-1795.; Morrison, James, - Captain, - 1748-1810.; Morrisonm, Samuel, - 1730-1811.; Neel, Thomas, - Lieutenant, - 1744-1824.; Pegan, James, - Jr., - 1754-1934.; Penny, Hugh, - Esquire, - 1748-1809.; Reed, George, - Esquire, - 1728-1789.; Reed, John, - 1754-1832.; Robinson, Thomas, - 1736-1803.; Steele, William, - Sr., - 1707-1780.; Steele, William, - Captain, - 1750-1822.; Wilson, John, - 1715-1812.; Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church (Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pa.) - History.; Revolutionary War 1775-1783; Pennsylvania; Lancaster County; Registers

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 285.1 M168

Archive

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Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Object ID: MG0331

Date Range: 1762-2003

Carolina Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Spain St. James Episcopal Church Union Fire Company Vintners Wager & Co. Washington Fire Company West Point Military Academy William Noyes & Co. Wine merchants York Springs Boarding House York Springs, York County, Pennsylvania York, York County, Pennsylvania

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Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Description: The Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection contains correspondence between Adam Reigart, Jr. in Lancaster and Philip Wager in Philadelphia and their families. The letters are primarily from the early nineteenth century and provide information about family illness, travel, visits, business, and family chatter. The receipts and invoices show purchases made in Lancaster and Philadelphia, especially clothing, fabric, dry goods, and meat. The remainder of the collection is made up of newspaper articles, books, and an album of poetry and drawings. The items were housed in a gig trunk which is now in the museum collection.

Admin/Biographical History: Adam Reigart, Jr. (1765-1844) was born in Lancaster. He was the eldest son of Col. Adam Reigart, owner of the Grape Tavern which served as general headquarters during the Revolutionary War. Adam Jr. founded the Reigart Wine Store in 1785 and was in business with Philip Wager in Philadelphia and Philip's son Peter throughout his career. He was the first president of the Lancaster branch of the Bank of Pennsylvania, and was involved with the Conestoga Navigation Company and the Union Fire Company.; Adam Jr. married Mary Magdalena Wager (1772-1806) in 1791. Mary was the daughter of Philip Wager, a Philadelphia wine merchant. They had eight daughters and a son. Susan married Stephen C. Slaymaker and Margaretta married Henry Y. Slaymaker.

Date Range: 1762-2003

Year Range From: 1762

Year Range To: 2003

Date of Accumulation: 1762-2003

Creator: Murphy, John Slaughter, 1921-2011

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Arnold, Benedict; Baker, W.; Bare, Jacob; Blight, Peter; Boughter, Charles; Breidenhart, George; Brien, Edward; Brown, Luke; Butter, Charles; Cassidy, Edward; Clarke, John; Clendenin, Samuel; Coleman, Edward; Coleman, William; Edwards, Susanna; Ehler, John; Fisher, Sammy; Fox, Sam M.; Frey, John; Gaskill, Edmund; Gay, Edward F.; Getz, John; Givens, John; Graeff, George; Greland, D.; Hahn, B. Christian; Harrison, George; Haverstick, William; Hopkins, A. R.; Hopkins, Ann; Houston, James; Hubley, Frederick; Hubley, Joseph; Hultzheimer, N.; Hyde, Charles; Irving, Robert; Jack, Joshua; Kauffman, Jacob; King, George; Kirkpatrick, William; Kline, Jacob; Lane, John; Leiper, George G.; Lowry, Robert; Lowry, Robert K.; Mayer, George Louis; Metzger, Emanuel; Metzger, George; Metzger, Jacob; Miller, Barbara; Miller, Henry; Miller, Martin; Miller, Philip; Montgomery, William; Morris, John; Mosher, Joseph; Murphy, John Slaughter; Myer, John; Myers, John; Newlin, Nathaniel; Nice, Levi; Nimrod, Maxwell; Ogilby, Joseph; Otto, Jacob S.; Otto, John C.; Pennington, Edward; Peters, Abraham; Phinney, Zina; Price, Joseph; Price, Richard; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Adam, Jr.; Reigart, Ann; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Henrietta; Reigart, Maria Wager; Reigart, Mary; Reigart, Mary C.; Reigart, Philip Wager; Reigart, Susan; Rimfast, John; Sample, Joseph; Schaubel, Johannis; Sener, Samuel Miller; Sewell, Charles S.; Shaeffer, Jacob; Shenk, Abraham; Shenk, Christian; Shippen, Peggy; Singer, A.; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Slaymaker, Mary Steele; Slaymaker, Stephen Cochran; Smith, Ann; Smith, Anthony; Smith, Ralph; Stein, Philip; Steinman, George; Stewart, William; Sullivan, Susannah; Wager, George; Wager, Hannah; Wager, James; Wager, Mary; Wager, Peter; Wager, Philip H.; Wager, Sally; Wager, Sophia; Wager, William; Walsh, Christopher; Wentz, Thomas; Wertz, Christian; Wharton, Charles; Whitaker, George; Whitaker, John; Wimer, Michael; Winroth, Margaret; Witmer, David; Woodmund, William; Yeiser, Philip

Other Creators: Reigart family

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Invoices; Letters; Obituaries; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Adam Reigart and Son; Albums; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; Brenner and Reed; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Cape May, New Jersey; Charles C. and J. Watson; Christ Church Burial Ground; Cincinnati, Ohio; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Delaware; Dixon Walker and Company; Earp and Brothers; Finding aids; Grape Hotel; Greene County, New York; H. Behlen and Company; Illnesses; Invoices; J. Walker and Company; John Warden and Sons; Kentucky; Lancaster; Lancaster County Almshouse; Lancaster Bar Association; Lancaster Intelligencer; Lancaster Journal; Lancaster New Era; Lancaster Sunday News; Lane Slaymaker and Company; Letters; London, England; Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Lowry and Myers; Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Margaretta Furnace; Marietta Bank; Morning News; Mount Auburn Cemetery; New York, New York; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Ohio; Pennsylvania German Society; Pensacola, Florida; Peter Wager and Company; Philadelphia Inquirer; Pratt and Kintzing; Race Street; Receipts; Reeve's Tavern; South Carolina; Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Spain; St. James Episcopal Church; Union Fire Company; Vintners; Wager and Company; Washington Fire Company; West Point Military Academy; William Noyes and Company; Wine merchants; York Springs Boarding House; York Springs, York County, Pennsylvania; York, York County, Pennsylvania

Extent: 2 boxes, 35 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0331

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Gig trunk (2003.078); Adam Reigart Collection (MG0122)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection (MG0331), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2003.078

Other Numbers: MG-331

Classification: MG0331

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid created by KR. Added to database 8 March 2022.

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Harriet Lane, First Lady of the White House

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Author: Shelley, Mary Virginia.

Date of Publication: 2011.

Call Number: 920.7 L265s 2011

Responsibility: Mary Virginia Shelley & Sandra Harrison Munro.

Author: Shelley, Mary Virginia.

Place of Publication: Charleston, S. C

Publisher: The Authors,

Date of Publication: 2011.

Physical Description: 42 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Summary: Presents a biography of James Buchanan's niece who was the White House hostess during her uncle's presidency, helped create the National Gallery of Art, and started the first pediatrics hospital.

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

Additional Author: Munro, Sandra Harrison,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 920.7 L265s 2011

James Buchanan

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11958

Author: Santella, Andrew.

Date of Publication: c2003.

Call Number: 923.173 B918sa

Responsibility: by Andrew Santella.

ISBN: 0756502632 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Author: Santella, Andrew.

Place of Publication: Minneapolis, Minn

Publisher: Compass Point Books,

Date of Publication: c2003.

Physical Description: 64p.: ill.; 24 cm.

Series: Profiles of the presidents

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Reason to celebrate -- Young man of Pennsylvania -- A life in politics -- Honors at home and abroad -- A run for the White House -- Conflicts and controversies -- Bleeding Kansas and John Brown -- A nation divided -- Taking the blame -- Glossary -- James Buchanan's life at a glance -- James Buchanan's life and times -- World events -- Understanding James Buchanan and his presidency better.

Summary: A biography of the fifteenth president of the United States, discussing his personal life, education, and political career.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Presidents - United States - Biography - Juvenile literature.; Presidents.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918sa

The James Buchanan log cabin

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Author: Guzy, Dan.

Date of Publication: 2015.

Author: Guzy, Dan.

Date of Publication: 2015.

Physical Description: 41-60 p.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Buchanan family.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Cove Gap (Franklin County).

Contained In: A Journal of Franklin County History v. 27, 2015.Lancaster History Library - Book728.37 G993

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Card, Baseball

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Coin, Commemorative

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Coin, Commemorative

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In search of Buchanan : 'Clarior hinc honos' : the stories of some Buchanan ancestors before and after the emigration of James Buchanan of Ramelton, County Donegal, Ireland, in 1783

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19670

Revolutionary War patriots of Chestnut Level Presbyertian Church

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Archive

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Archive

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Harriet Lane, First Lady of the White House

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17138

James Buchanan

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11958

The James Buchanan log cabin

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19684