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A Pennsylvania Mennonite and the California gold rush : the journal and letters of David Baer Hackman

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Author: Hackman, David Baer

Date of Publication: 2008

Call Number: 929 H121

Responsibility: by Lawrence Berger-Knorr & David Baer Hackman.

Author: Hackman, David Baer

Place of Publication: New Kingstown, Pa

Publisher: Sunbury Press,

Date of Publication: 2008

Physical Description: 214 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: The David B. Hackman collection (MG 672) contains orignal materials pertaining to this book.

Subjects: Gold mines and mining - California

Additional Author: Berger-Knorr, Lawrence

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 H121

Letter

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 2 Harriet Lane Johnston

Title: Letter from Harriet Lane to Lily Macalester

Object ID: JBFP 2.1.1.003b

Date Range: 1850/05/27

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 2 Harriet Lane Johnston

Title: Letter from Harriet Lane to Lily Macalester

Description: Letter from Harriet Lane to Lily Macalester chatting about a letter from Lily’s Aunt Lathrop, the marriage of Miss Hayes and Bowman, the death of Uncle Edward’s child, Lily’s friend Samuel, Mary McKennan, Miss Muhlenberg of Reading, a coming trip through several cities of Pennsylvania and perhaps Virginia Springs with Uncle, Mr. Walker and Mr. and Mrs. Macey at Wheatland, Mr. Longenecker in North Carolina to visit a gold mine, an exhibition in Lititz to be attended by “all of us” spearheaded by Eskridge, Miss Dow, the “romance” of Miss Hetty and Mr. Bear, Mr. Hamilton (ex-minister to Denmark), and the annoyance and noise of the boys. Photocopy; the original is in the library of Mount Vernon Ladies Association. Wheatland.

Date Range: 1850/05/27

Creator: Johnston, Harriet Lane, 1830-1903

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 2, Box 1

People: Johnston, Harriet Lane; Laughton, Eliza Lytle "Lily" Macalester Berghmans; Lane, Elliott Eskridge; Lathrop, Elizabeth Macalester; Buchanan, Edward Young; Walker, Mr.; Macey, Mr.; Macey, Mrs.; Longenecker, Mr.; Dow, Miss; Parker, Esther "Miss Hetty"; Bear, Mr.; Hamilton, Mr.; Hayes, Miss; Bowman; McKennan, Mary; Muhlenberg, Miss; Buchanan, James

Subjects: Personal correspondence; Letters; Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union; Death; Marriage; Gold mines and mining; Exhibitions; North Carolina; Lititz (Pa.)

Search Terms: Correspondence; Correspondence, Personal; Letters; Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union; Harriet Lane Johnston; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan; Death; Marriages; Gold mines and mining; Exhibits; North Carolina; Lititz; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 8.5 x 11 in.

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 2 Series 1

Object ID: JBFP 2.1.1.003b

Location of Originals: The original is in the collection of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union, Mount Vernon, Virginia.

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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Accession Number: JBMS1995.402l

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

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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The journal of Johann Michael Lindenmuth (1737-1812)

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Author: Lindenmuth, Johann Michael,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Call Number: 973.2 L744

Responsibility: transcribed and translated by Brigitte Burkett ; foreword by Lewis Bunker Rohrbach.

ISBN: 0897254058 (alk. paper)

Author: Lindenmuth, Johann Michael,

Place of Publication: Rockport, Me

Publisher: Picton Press,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Physical Description: 128 p. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Summary: "Johann Michael Lindenmuth has left us one of the better day-to-day journals of the French & Indian War as well as a brief journal of his service in the Revolutionary War...When Lindenmuth was discharged in December 1759, he had fought through a multitude of the battles, skirmishes, and ambushes in western Pennsylvania. In a laconic, direct, and simple style he tells of what happened, who did it, and why. Amid the tales of scalping, looting, murder, mayhem, and of boredom, fatigue, huger, and desparir, Lindemuth also tells us of his family and friends, his ancestors, and his children and grandchildren." [from the back cover]

Subjects: Lindenmuth, Johann Michael, - 1737-1812; Soldiers - Pennsylvania - Diaries.; German Americans - Pennsylvania - Diaries.; Farmers - Pennsylvania - Diaries.; United States - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763 - Personal narratives.; Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1776-1783 - Personal narratives.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Personal narratives.

Additional Author: Burkett, Brigitte.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.2 L744

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

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

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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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Letter

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Collection: Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers

Title: Letter from Samuel Lebkicher to brother

Object ID: MG0258_F003_In03

Date Range: 1862/05/25

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Collection: Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers

Title: Letter from Samuel Lebkicher to brother

Description: Samuel Trumbauer Lebkicher to brother, from Nova Scotia, requesting money and describing his experience mining for gold. 25 May 1862.

Date Range: 1862/05/25

Creation Date: 25 May 1862

Creator: Lebkicher, Samuel Trumbauer, 1834-1907

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Lebkicher, Samuel Trumbauer

Subjects: Gold mines and mining; Letters; Nova Scotia; Personal correspondence

Search Terms: Civil War; Correspondence, Personal; Gold; Gold mines and mining; Letters; Nova Scotia, Canada

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0258_F003_In03

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers (MG0258) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/4b929d84-1c6a-4e1f-8bc2-523672636170

Notes: Preferred Citation: Letter from Edward M. Lebkicher to his father, 25 September 1864, Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers (MG0258), MG0258_F009_In17, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 1998.MG0258

Other Numbers: MG-258

Other Number: MG-258, Folder 3, Insert 3

Classification: MG0258

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by JM. Added to database 30 June 2022.

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The diary of Harriet Amelia Arndt for 1865

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Author: Arndt, Harriet Amelia.

Date of Publication: 1946

of ordinary routine affairs, such as would happen in the lives of most women in a small Lancaster County community, and yet it was "high-lighted" by national affairs as they transpired in the memorable year of 1865. Miss Arndt in that year made two visits to the metropolis of Philadelphia, and when

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Responsibility: by Harriet Amelia Arndt.

Author: Arndt, Harriet Amelia.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1946

Physical Description: [73]-76 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 50, no. 3

Summary: Harriet Amelia Arndt was a resident of Manheim.

Subjects: Arndt, Harriet Amelia, - 1834- - Diaries.; Women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Manheim (Pa.) - Social life and customs - Personal narratives.; Manheim (Pa.) - History - Personal narratives.; Diaries.

Additional Author: Kendig, John D.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 50, number 3 (1946), p. 73-76Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.50

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Cazenove journal, 1794 : a record of the journey of Theophile Cazenove through New Jersey and Pennsylvania

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Author: Cazenove, Theophile,

Date of Publication: 1922.

Call Number: 917.3 C386

Responsibility: (translated from the French) edited by Rayner Wickersham Kelsey.

Author: Cazenove, Theophile,

Place of Publication: Haverford, Pa

Publisher: Pennsylvania History Press,

Date of Publication: 1922.

Physical Description: iivx (i.e. xvii), 103 p., [6] p. of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Series: Haverford college studies ;

Notes: Includes index.

Summary: Theophile Cazenove (1740 to 1811) was a Dutch financier and an agent of the Holland Land Company. He spent several years in America making investments. The journal offers his observations about industry, farming, commerce and life in the new American nation. The itinerary listed in this book shows extensive travel in Lancaster and surrounding counties. Several taverns are listed in the itinerary: Wilson's, McIntyre's, Ealer's, Trexler's, Schaeffer's, McCracken's, Thompson's, Russell's, McCleland's, Fornistak's, and Miller's.

Subjects: Pennsylvania - Social life and customs.; New Jersey - Description and travel - Personal narratives.; Pennsylvania - Description and travel - Personal narratives.

Additional Author: Kelsey, Rayner Wickersham,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 917.3 C386

Journal of an English emigrant farmer : a record of the journey of an unknown Englishman to America in the year 1838 and his sojourn for a summer among the early pioneer settlers of Muncy Valley

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Date of Publication: 1928.

Call Number: 974.851 J86

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Responsibility: edited by T. Kenneth Wood.

Place of Publication: Williamsport [Pa.]

Publisher: Lycoming Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1928.

Physical Description: 38 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: Proceedings and papers - Lycoming Historical Society ; no. 6

Notes: "Occasional Publication No. 6."

Subjects: Farmers; United States - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Pennsylvania - Description and travel - Personal narratives.

Additional Author: Wood, T. Kenneth.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.851 J86

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A Pennsylvania Mennonite and the California gold rush : the journal and letters of David Baer Hackman

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18147

Letter

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e244c9c5-2837-47f6-9a15-561277634149

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The journal of Johann Michael Lindenmuth (1737-1812)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11125

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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16966

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18954

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Letter

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/07b71034-850d-4a6f-831c-491271304986

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The diary of Harriet Amelia Arndt for 1865

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Cazenove journal, 1794 : a record of the journey of Theophile Cazenove through New Jersey and Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12440

Journal of an English emigrant farmer : a record of the journey of an unknown Englishman to America in the year 1838 and his sojourn for a summer among the early pioneer settlers of Muncy Valley

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8103

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