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Alta California : embracing notices of the climate, soil, and agricultural products of northern Mexico and the Pacific seaboard : also, a history of the military and naval operations of the United States directed against the territories of northern Mexico, in the year 1846-'47 : with documents declaratory of the policy of the present administration of the national government in regard to the annexation of conquered territory to this union, and the opinion of the Hon. James Buchanan on the Wilmot Proviso, &c

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Author
Captain of volunteers.
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
979.4403 C254
  1 website  
Responsibility
by a Captain of volunteers.
Author
Captain of volunteers.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
H. Packer & Co. ...,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
[2], 5-64 p. (first leaf blank) ; 25 cm.
Notes
This copy is a reproduction ISBN 0548410593.
Description of area: p. 9-12; history and documentation: p. 13-64.
Anti-annexation tract.
Summary
The 1847 publication briefly address climate soil and agriculture in Alta and Baja California in chapter I. The following eight chapters consist of communications from the U.S. Government consisting of instructions in the event Mexico declared war, justification of and motives for war, various reports to Washington, communications with Mexican officials in Alta California, accounts of the military operations in California, the articles of capitulation entered into at Rancho of Cowanga on January 13, 1847, all of which are interspersed with personal observations and comments by the author. The final chapter deals with the question of whether slavery would be allowed in California, the policy of the South and its motive for a slave market and emigrants to California and Northern Mexico [from California State University's Digital Commons]
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Mexican War, 1846-1848.
California - Description and travel.
California - History - 1846-1850.
Mexico, North - Description and travel.
California - Annexation to the United States.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
979.4403 C254
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Sidelights on an early political campaign

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1914
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.18
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Responsibility
by W. U. Hensel, Esq.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1914
Physical Description
90-95 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 4
Summary
This article features letters from James Buchanan to Henry A. Muhlenberg and letters from Simon Cameron to Muhlenberg indicating their support for him in the upcoming election for governor of Pennsylvania in 1844. Muhlenberg was nominated by the Democratic party for that position, but he died prior to the election.
Subjects
Muhlenberg, Henry Augustus Philip, - 1782-1844.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Correspondence.
Cameron, Simon, - 1799-1889 - Correspondence.
Electioneering - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.18
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Sketches of a tour to the Western Country: through the states of Ohio and Kentucky

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Author
Cuming, Fortescue,
Date of Publication
1810.
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Alternate Title
Cuming's sketches of a tour to the western country, 1807-1809
Cuming's tour to the western country (1807-1809)
Responsibility
/ by Fortescue Cuming.
Author
Cuming, Fortescue,
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh, PA
Publisher
Cramer, Spear & Richbaum,
Date of Publication
1810.
Series
Early western travels, 1748-1846; v.4
Notes
"Reprint from the original edition (Pittsburgh, 1810). The appendix, being composed of irrelevant matter, is herein omitted."--Page [15].
Contents
Chapter 1: Commencement of journey - Schuylkill bridge - Schuylkill river - Downingstown - Brandywine creek - Pequea creek - New Holland - Connestoga creek and bridge - Lancaster / Chapter 2: Elizabethtown - Susquehannah river - Harrisburgh / Chapter 3: Conestoga massacre - Carlisle and Dickinson college...
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Mississippi River Valley - Description and travel.
Kentucky - Description and travel.
Ohio - Description and travel.
Ohio River Valley - Description and travel.
Additional Author
Thwaites, Reuben Gold,
Contained In
Early western travels, 1748-1846. Cleveland, Ohio : The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1904-1907 v.4Lancaster History Library - Electronic ResourcesOnline resource-See full library record for link
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Narrative of the proceedings against Thomas Cooper, Esquire, president judge of the eight judiciary district of Pennsylvania, on a charge of official misconduct

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Author
Cooper, Thomas,
Date of Publication
1811.
Call Number
Book 461 1811a
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Author
Cooper, Thomas,
Place of Publication
Lancaster [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by William Hamilton.,
Date of Publication
1811.
Physical Description
[2], 55, [1] p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"I publish the following report of proceedings in my case, for my own sake ... but I present what I honestly believe to be a fair and brief view of all that is necessary to enable others to form their own judgement."--Preface, p. [1]. Signed: Thomas Cooper.
Last page blank.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 461 as assigned by Yeates.
Bound with Oration on masonry: delivered at St. John's church in the city of Philadelphia, at the request of the right worshipful Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, on St. John's day, June 24, 1811, by James Milnor. Philadelphia: J. Maxwell, 1811 -- Proposals, by Farrand and Nichholas for publishing by subscription ...The American Review of history and politics. Place not identified: publisher not identified, 1810 -- Proposals for publishing by subscription, a translation from the French, of. LeSages's historical genealogial chronological and geographical atlas. Philadelphia: Jane Aiken, 1819 -- A description of the chain bridge; invented by Judge Finley, of Fayette County Pennsylvania...Uniontown, Pa: William Campbell, 1811 -- The pioneeer, vol. I, no. IV, May 5, 1812 -- The Port folio (new series) by Oliver Oldschool, Esq. Philadelphia, Saturday, March 12, 1808 -- Annual discourse, delivered before the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on the 13th of November 1810 by Joseph Hopkinson. Philadelphia: published by Bradford and Inskeep; Inseeep and Bradford, New York: and William M'Ilhenry, Boston, Sweeny & M'Kenzie, printers, 1810 -- Reply to Mr. Burke's invective against Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Watt, in the House of Commons on the30th of April, 1792, by Thomas Cooper. London: printed for J. Johnson, in St. Paul's Church Yard; and M Falkner and Co., Manchester, M,DCC,XCII (1792) -- Narrative of the proceedings against Thomas Cooiper, exquire, president judge of the eighth judiciary district of Pennsylvania, on a charge of official misconduct. Lancaster: printed by William Hamilton, 1811; -- [Narrative on the title of West Florida]. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified -- Observations on the conduct of our executive towards Spain. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified -- Letters, addressed to the people of Pennsylvania respecting the internal improvement, of the commonwealth; by means of roads and canals by William J. Duane. Philadelphia: printed by Jane Aiken, No 71, North Third Street, 18ll --An address of the members of theHouse of Representatives, of the Congress of the United States, to their consitutents, on the subject of the war with Great Britain. Philadelphia: printed at the office of the United States' Gazette, date not identified; Documents and facts, relative to military events, during the late war by Jno. P. Boyd. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified-- Darstellung des in Baltimore am 27 und 28sten Julii, 1812, gemachten Angriffs auf die presfreyheit, und das leben der Bertheidiger defelben. Philadelphia: gedruct bey Conrad Zentler, in der Zwenten Stresse, unterhalb der Regs Strasse, 1812 -- Plan of an improved system of the money-concerns of the Union by Erick Bollman, M.D. Philadelphia: printed for the auther. Wiliam Fry, printer, Walnut, near Fifth Street, 1816; Articles of the Farmer's Bank of Lancaster. Place not idenifiied: Printed by Hugh Hamilton, date not identified.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Subjects
Cooper, Thomas, - 1759-1839 - Trials, litigation, etc.
Cooper, Thomas, - 1759-1839.
Judges
Misconduct in office - Pennsylvania.
Misconduct in office.
Politics and government
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Pennsylvania.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Thee-quarters leather on marbled paper (Binding)
Additional Author
Hamilton, William,
Yeates', Jasper,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 461 1811a
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Journal from Boston to the western country and down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans

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Author
Richardson, William,
Date of Publication
1940.
Call Number
917.3 R521
  1 website  
Responsibility
by William Richardson, 1815-1816.
Author
Richardson, William,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Priv. print. for Vale pilot corporation,
Date of Publication
1940.
Physical Description
2 p., 40 p. port., 4 facsim., fold. map. 25 cm.
Notes
"These excerpts from ... [the author's] 'Journal' are now published for the first time by courtesy of his great-grandson, Mr. Lawrence Richardson of Boston."--Foreword signed: William Bell Wait.
"Limited edition ... no. 80 [and] 398."
Description of travel from Philadelphia to Ohio (p. 3 - 7).
Subjects
United States - Description and travel.
Mississippi River - Description and travel.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Additional Author
Wait, William Bell,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.3 R521
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Letter of Edward Shippen of Lancaster, 1754

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Author
Shippen, Edward,
Date of Publication
1906.
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.30
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Author
Shippen, Edward,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania ,
Date of Publication
1906.
Physical Description
pp. 85-90 ; 23 cm.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v. 30.
Summary
The article focuses on a letter from Edward Shippen lll to his son, Edward Shippen lV (who would later become the Chief Justice of Pennsylvania). The letter contains advice on how to live a good and productive life both in business and family life.
Subjects
Shippen, Edward, - 1639-1712 - Correspondence.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.30
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The cult of domesticity in James Buchanan's Wheatland

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Author
Curtin, Kelli
Date of Publication
2009.
Call Number
974.9 L245 vol. 111
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Responsibility
Kelli Curtin.
Author
Curtin, Kelli
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory
Date of Publication
2009.
Physical Description
pp. 108-113.
Series
The Journal of Lancaster County's Historical Society vol. 111, no. 3 (2009-10)
Subjects
Buchanan, Henrietta Jane
Buchanan, James
Manners and customs
Domestic relations
Women - United States
Lancaster, Pa.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 vol. 111
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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
  1 website  
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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Travels from St. Petersburg in Russia, to diverse parts of Asia : in two volumes

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Author
Bell, John.
Date of Publication
1763.
Call Number
915.509 G548 1763
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Responsibility
by John Bell.
Author
Bell, John.
Place of Publication
Glasgow
Publisher
printed for the author by Robert and Adrew Foulis,
Date of Publication
1763.
Physical Description
2 vol : Ill ; 24 cm.
Notes
Juliana Library No. 49.
"On flyleaf of vol. 1:"For the Library at Lancaster, T. Penn."
Bookplate of Frank Ried Difenderffer attached to back of front cover of each volume.
Full leather (scuffed with detached bindings); maroon author-title insert on spine; each panel on spine decorated with gold stamped decoration.
English Short Title Catalog,
Subjects
Asia - Description and travel.
Soviet Union - Description and travel.
Soviet Union - Foreign relations - China.
China - Foreign relations - Soviet Union.
Place
Great Britain Scotland Edinburgh.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
915.509 G548 1763
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Pleasant places on the Reading Railroad : a directory of summer resorts, summer boarding houses, summer hotels

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Date of Publication
1895 -.
Call Number
917.48 P544
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Responsibility
compiled and published by the General Passenger Department, Philadelphia & Reading Railroad.
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
The Dept.,
Date of Publication
1895 -.
Physical Description
v. : ill. ; 23 cm. or smaller.
Notes
Library has: 1897, 1902, 1906.
Contents
CONTENTS: THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SCHUYLKILL, Norristown Branch and Main Line PICKERING AND FRENCH CREEK VALLEYS, Pickering Valley Branch ON PERKIOMEN'S SHADY BANKS, Perkiomen Railroad ALONG THE MANATAWNY, Colebrookdale Branch 'TWIXT SOUTH MOUNTAIN AND THE BLUE RIDGE, Lebanon Valley Branch THE CONESTOGA REGION, Reading & Columbia Division HISTORIC VALE OF CUMBERLAND, Gettysburg and Shippensburg Lines. ON THE CREST OF THE ALLEGHENIES AMID COLONIAL SCENES, Germantown and Chestnut Hill Branch PENNSYLVANIA'S GARDEN LANDS, Bethlehem Branch NEAR THE NESHAMINY, Northeast Penna, Railroad OUT IN BUCKS COUNTY, Doylestown Branch THE PICTURESQUE DELAWARE VALLEY, New York Branch FOXCHASE AND THEREABOUTS, Philada., Newtown and N. Y. Railroad IN THE PINES AND BY THE SEA, Atlantic City Railroad and Branches ALONG THE LOWER COAST, Cape May Division PICNIC GROUNDS, One Day Outing Resorts
Subjects
Summer resorts - New Jersey - Directories.
Summer resorts - Pennsylvania - Directories.
New Jersey - Description and travel.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Additional Corporate Author
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.48 P544
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