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Admission of Virginia. Speech of Hon. Frank W. Palmer, of Iowa, in the House of Representatives, January 13, 1870

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13617
Author
Palmer, Frank Wayland.
Date of Publication
[1870]
Call Number
973.891 B628
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Author
Palmer, Frank Wayland.
Place of Publication
Washington: Congressional Glove Office
Date of Publication
[1870]
Physical Description
8 p.; 24 cm.
Subjects
Virginia - Politics and government - 1864-1950 - Speeched in Congrtess.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.891 B628
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Agreement

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/dee012c0-76cf-4e78-8dc6-226741452360
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0530 I010
Date Range
1876
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Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1876
Year
1876
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0008
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Agreements
Blackburn's Ford
Bonds
Bridges
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Creeks
Fords
Little Britain Twp.
Octoraro Creek
Place
Little Britain Twp. and Chester County
Object Name
Agreement
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0530 I010
Box Number
008
Additional Notes
Location: At Blackburn's Fording in Little Britain Twp.
Document type: Agreement and bond for bridge construction.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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Agreement

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e17683e4-9374-415f-95f6-861646153628
Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 6 Hiram B. Swarr
Title
Copy of an agreement for the delivery of papers of James Buchanan
Object ID
JBFP 6.2.1.071
Date Range
1871/02/00
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Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 6 Hiram B. Swarr
Title
Copy of an agreement for the delivery of papers of James Buchanan
Description
Copy of an agreement between the executors of James Buchanan and Henry E. Johnston and Harriet Lane Johnston for the delivery of papers of James Buchanan now at Wheatland. Lancaster. [February 1871].
Date Range
1871/02/00
Creator
Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Lancaster County)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Container
JBFP Part 6, Box 2
People
Buchanan, James
Johnston, Harriet Lane
Johnston, Henry Elliot
Subjects
Beneficiaries
Contracts
Executors and administrators
Search Terms
Agreements
Beneficiaries
Buchanan Collections
Executors and administrators
Harriet Lane Johnston
James Buchanan
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Extent
1 item, 4 pages to scan, 25 x 19.5 cm.
Object Name
Agreement
Language
English
Parent Object ID
JBFP Part 6 Series 2
Object ID
JBFP 6.2.1.071
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
Notes
May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
JBMS1995.365
Other Number
JBFP Part 6, Series 2, Subseries 1, Folder 71
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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Along the western Brandywine

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6012
Author
MacElree, Wilmer W.,
Edition
2d ed.
Date of Publication
1912.
Call Number
974.813 M141b
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Responsibility
by Wilmer W. MacElree.
Author
MacElree, Wilmer W.,
Edition
2d ed.
Place of Publication
[West Chester, Pa
Publisher
F. S. Hickman, printer]
Date of Publication
1912.
Physical Description
199 p. front., illus., plates, ports., maps (1 fold.) facsims. 28 cm.
Summary
A 1909 tour of the towns and places near the west branch of the Brandywine Creek, it includes Honey Brook and the railroad that once ran through it, Coatesville, Hibernia, Icedale, West Chester, Chadds Ford, and many other sites in Chester County, northern Maryland, and Delaware.
Subjects
Brandywine, Battle of, 1777.
Chester County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Brandywine Creek.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 M141b
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t9s18m007;view=1up;seq=11
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Ambrotype

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/c273df6d-a02a-4345-9398-613222312892
Collection
History Collection: Genealogical
Title
Rosina Etta (Hubley) Herr
Object ID
2006.035.2
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Collection
History Collection: Genealogical
Title
Rosina Etta (Hubley) Herr
Description
Encased ambrotype, circa 1865, of Rosine Etta (Hubley) Herr (1850-1889). Seated in plaid dress by a column, in a composition case with gold trim and lined with red velvet.
Year Range From
1860
Year Range To
1870
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Guild Vault
Storage Wall
South Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 01
Storage Drawer
Drawer 11
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Ambrotype
Height (in)
3
Width (in)
2.6
Condition
Good
Object ID
2006.035.2
Notes
fading, discolored on right side of photograph
Accession Number
2006.035
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Ambrotype

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/1bb1f016-2846-463b-90f5-356646507263
Collection
History Collection: Person, Sarah Ann Stauffer
Object ID
2002.154.54
Date Range
1850-1890
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Collection
History Collection: Person, Sarah Ann Stauffer
Description
Portrait of young gentleman. Fairly faded out. Water marks/stains, one around right eye of man (viewer's left) in decorative bronze-colored frame with glass narrow gold-colored braid around edge. All with a red velvet rectangle. On the red velvet lining of the lid/cover: "Addis (?) s Lancaster Gallery/ NE Corner of Centre Square & N. Queen St." Black container has decorative motifs on front and back.
Date Range
1850-1890
Year Range From
1850
Year Range To
1890
Creator
Addis's Lancaster Gallery
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 4
Storage Cabinet
Unit 20
Storage Container
Box 0615
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Ambrotype
Height (in)
0.625
Length (in)
3.75
Width (in)
3.25
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2018-09-21
Condition Notes
Fabric hinge torn: ambrotype and cover are separated.
Image somewhat faded. Water marks/stains, one around right eye of man (viewer's left) Wear on outside where black has rubbed off
Object ID
2002.154.54
Accession Number
2002.154
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The American iron & steel manufacturing company, Lebanon's great iron works. Read before the Lebanon County historical society, April 20, 1916

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18624
Author
Richards, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg,
Date of Publication
1916]
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 6 no. 17
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Responsibility
by Capt. H.M.M. Richards ...
Author
Richards, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg,
Place of Publication
[Lebanon, Pa
Date of Publication
1916]
Physical Description
1 p. ., p. [442]-476. plates. 24 cm.
Series
Lebanon County Historical Society. Historical papers and addresses, vol. VI, no. 17
Subjects
American Iron and Steel Manufacturing Company.
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania.
Steel industry and trade - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 6 no. 17
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The American statesman: a political history, exhibiting the origin, nature and practical operation of constitutional government in the United States; the rise and progress of parties, the legislation relating to all matters of national importance, with views of distinguished statesmen on questions of foreign and domestic policy

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo683
Author
Young, Andrew W.
Edition
Rev. and enl.
Date of Publication
[1877]
Call Number
973 Y68
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Responsibility
By Andrew W. Young ...
Author
Young, Andrew W.
Edition
Rev. and enl.
Place of Publication
New York [etc.]
Publisher
H.S. Goodspeed & Company
Date of Publication
[1877]
Physical Description
xxxv, [21]-1594, 70 p. 10 port. (incl. front.) 24 cm.
Subjects
United States - Politics and government.
United States - History.
United States - Politics and government - 1783-1865.
United States - History - 1783-1865.
United States - Constitutional history.
Additional Author
Ferris, George T.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973 Y68
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An historical account of the old State house of Pennsylvania now known as the Hall of independence

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Author
Etting, Frank M.
Date of Publication
1876.
Call Number
974.80074 E85
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Responsibility
by Frank M. Etting.
Author
Etting, Frank M.
Place of Publication
Boston
Publisher
J. R. Osgood and company,
Date of Publication
1876.
Physical Description
204 p. illus. 26 cm.
Subjects
Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution.
Pennsylvania - Capital and capitol.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80074 E85
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An Italian artist in old Lancaster : (Louigi Persico-1820)

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1912
dollars from 1808 to 1839, on the quarter dollar from 1815 to 1839, and on the dime and hadf-dime from 1809 to 1839. Robert Scott is supposed to have engraved the dies. In the old Mint there was a plaster model bearing the name E. Luigi Persico. It was of a Liberty head that very much resembled the head
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Responsibility
by W. U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1912
Physical Description
67-101 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 16, no. 3
Subjects
Persico, Luigi.
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
United States - Politics and government - 19th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 16, number 3 (1912), p. 67-101Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.16
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