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Harriet Lane Johnston: The legacy of a White House hostess

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21153
Author
Brubaker, Jack
Date of Publication
2018
Call Number
905.748 PHMC v.44, no.2
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by Jack Brubaker
Author
Brubaker, Jack
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg?]
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commision and the Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation
Date of Publication
2018
Physical Description
26-35 p.
Series
Pennsylvania Heritage v. 44, no. 2
Subjects
Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.
Women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PHMC v.44, no.2
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After the ball is over: letter from Mary Gwin to Harriet Lane, 1861

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Author
Milner, Molly Wakefield.
Date of Publication
2016.
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Author
Milner, Molly Wakefield.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory.org,
Date of Publication
2016.
Physical Description
p. 133-141.
Series
Journal of Lancaster County's Historical Society v 117, no. 2/3, Spring/Summer 2016.
Subjects
Gwin family.
Bell family.
Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.
Gwin, Mary Elizabeth Hampton Bell.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 117, number 2/3 (2016), p. 133-141Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.117
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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
Author
Martin, Irene.
Date of Publication
2011.
Call Number
923.173 B918ma
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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
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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
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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
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James Buchanan and the coming of the Civil War

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17417
Date of Publication
c2013.
Call Number
973.68 B918
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edited by John W. Quist and Michael J. Birkner.
ISBN
9780813044262 (alk. paper)
081304426X (alk. paper)
Place of Publication
Gainesville
Publisher
University Press of Florida,
Date of Publication
c2013.
Physical Description
x, 289 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Notes
Papers from a conference held at LancasterHistory.org in 2008. Presentation copy from the editors.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Bum rap or bad leadership? -- James Buchanan, Dred Scott, and the whisper of conspiracy / Paul Finkelman -- Prelude to armageddon: James Buchanan, Brigham Young, and a president's initiation to bloodshed / William P. MacKinnon -- General Jackson is dead: James Buchanan, Stephen A. Douglas, and Kansas policy / Nicole Etcheson -- In defense of doughface diplomacy: a reevaluation of the foreign policy of James Buchanan / John M. Belohlavek -- President James Buchanan: executive leadership and the crisis of the democracy / Michael A. Morrison -- The South has been wronged: James Buchanan and the secession crisis / Jean H. Baker -- "In the midst of a great revolution": the northern response to the secession crisis / William G. Shade -- Joseph Holt, James Buchanan, and the secession crisis / Daniel W. Crofts -- A conversation with William W. Freehling and Michael F. Holt, September 19, 2008 / Moderated by John W. Quist -- Epilogue: James Buchanan's Civil War / Michael J. Birkner.
Summary
An edited volume examining the presidency of James Buchanan and his role engaging the complexities of the debate surrounding the president immediately before Lincoln.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.
Additional Author
Quist, John W.
Birkner, Michael J.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.68 B918
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The Attitude of James Buchanan : a citizen of Lancaster county ; towards the institution of Slavery in the United States

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16219
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1911.
Call Number
923.173 B918ha
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  1 website  
Responsibility
by W.U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Press of the New Era Printing Co.,
Date of Publication
1911.
Physical Description
20 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Slavery - United States.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.).
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918ha
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t9086c73f;view=1up;seq=5
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The attitude of James Buchanan (a citizen of Lancaster County) towards the institution of slavery in the United States

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7814
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1911
Uhler), 1851-1915. Title: The attitude of James Buchanan (a citizen of Lancaster County) towards the institution of slavery in the United States / by W. U. Hensel, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 --Views on slavery. Slavery--Law and legislation--United States--History
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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
1911
Physical Description
142-159 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 5
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Views on slavery.
Slavery - United States
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 5 (1911), p. 142-159Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15
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The religious convictions and character of James Buchanan, fifteenth president of the United States - a citizen of Lancaster County - a member of the Presbyterian church

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15767
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1912.
Call Number
923.173 B918he
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a paper by W.U. Hensel in the course of "Profitable Evenings," Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Gap, Pa., November 10, 1911.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Intelligencer Print,
Date of Publication
1912.
Physical Description
34 p. 23 cm.
Notes
"A considerable part of this paper has been published heretofore as an address on 'A Pennsylvania Presbyterian president, ' before the Presbyterian social union, at Philadelphia, November 25, 1907. Since that time much new matter has been found and added."
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918he
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James Buchanan as a lawyer : an address before the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania on Wednesday, March 28, 1912

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16445
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1912?]
Call Number
923.173 B918hj
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by W.U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia, Pa.?
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1912?]
Physical Description
36 p. ; 27 cm.
Notes
"Reprinted from the University of Pennsylvania law review and American law register, 1912."
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Lawyers - Pennsylvania - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918hj
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The James Buchanan log cabin

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19684
Author
Guzy, Dan.
Date of Publication
2015.
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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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