1795-1895. One hundred years of American commerce ... a history of American commerce by one hundred Americans, with a chronological table of the important events of American commerce and invention within the past one hundred yeras
ed. by Chauncey M. Depew ... Issued in commemoration of the completion of the first century of American commercial progress as inaugurated by the treaty ... negotiated by Chief Justice Jay and approved by President Washington in 1795.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-376) and index.
Contents
A new year and a fresh start -- Politics and the social milieu -- James Buchanan : President-elect -- The President, the Chief Justice, and a slave named Scott -- The heart of the matter : slavery and sectionalism -- Popular sovereignty, Kansas style -- Dog days -- Flush times and an autumn panic -- Northern politics : the parties in equipoise -- Politics as farce : the Lecompton Constitution -- Politics as tragedy : Buchanan's decision -- 1858 : the fruits of Lecompton.
Summary
It was a year packed with unsettling events. The Panic of 1857 closed every bank in New York City, ruined thousands of businesses, and caused widespread unemployment among industrial workers. The Mormons in Utah Territory threatened rebellion when federal troops approached with a non-Morman governor to replace Brigham Young. The Supreme Court outraged northernRepublicans and abolitionists with the Dred Scott decision ("a breathtaking example of judicial activism"). etc.
American folk painting : selections from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Wiltshire III : an exhibition on display at the Virginia Museum, Richmond, November 29, 1977- January 8, 1978
American Heritage Pub. Co.; book trade distribution by Simon and Schuster
Date of Publication
[1967]
Physical Description
384 p. illus. (part col.) 29 cm.
Contents
Chapters: The Puritan century (1607-1685) - The William and Mary Style (685-1720) - The Queen Anne Style (1720-1750) - The Chippendale Period (1750-1785) - Functioning forms in the home - The Pennsylvania Germans - Glossary of terms - Style charts.
Summary
"Traces the steady convergence of comfort and culture through the various colonial periods with a fine emphasis put on the rewards resulting from the intermingling of stylistic influences that came to America through trade and busy immigration." [from the publisher]
Announcement of the death of former-President James Buchanan
Description
Special Order from the Navy Department announcing the death of former-President James Buchanan. With the official message from President Andrew Johnson and instructions from Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. 2-3 June 1868.
James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
Related Item Notes
James Buchanan Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760
James Buchanan Family Papers
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph Collection
Curatorial Collection
Wheatland Collection
Wheatland Mansion
Notes
May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
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Accession Number
2012.MG0096.F69
Other Numbers
MG-96, Folder 69
Other Number
MG-0096, Folder 069
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Item
Custodial History
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