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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

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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

Websites

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American colonial wealth : documents and methods

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Author: Jones, Alice Hanson,

Edition: Second ed.

Date of Publication: c1978.

Call Number: 339.4 J76

Responsibility: by Alice Hanson Jones ; with a foreword by Stuart Bruchey.

ISBN: 0405055463 :

Author: Jones, Alice Hanson,

Edition: Second ed.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Arno Press,

Date of Publication: c1978.

Physical Description: 3 v. : maps ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Wealth - United States; United States - Economic conditions - To 1865 - Sources.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 339.4 J76

The American hearth

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Author: Barons, Richard I.

Date of Publication: [1976?]

Call Number: 643.3 B871

Author: Barons, Richard I.

Place of Publication: [Binghamton, N.Y.]

Publisher: Broome County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: [1976?]

Physical Description: [96] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Catalogue of an exhibition sponsored by the Roberson Center for the Arts and Sciences.

Subjects: Kitchen utensils - United States; Kitchen utensils - United States.; United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.

Additional Corporate Author: Broome County Historical Society.; Roberson Center for the Arts and Sciences

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 643.3 B871

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers

Title: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 Papers of James Buchanan, Series 4 Speeches and Writings

Object ID: JBFP Part 1 Series 4

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers

Title: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 Papers of James Buchanan, Series 4 Speeches and Writings

Description: The James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1, Papers of James Buchanan, Series 4, contains the speeches and Buchanan's other writings. The collection is arranged into two subseries, separating speeches and other writings. Subseries 1 contains Buchanan's printed speech in Greensburg, Pa. on 7 October, 1852, supporting candidate Franklin Pierce. In Subseries 2 Buchanan explains his role in seeking the appointments of William C. Frazer, Capt. John Steele, and Roland A. Luther for federal office and his reasons for non-payment of personal property taxes in Lancaster while residing in Washington, D. C. ca.1846. It also contains a poem attributed to Buchanan.

Admin/Biographical History: James Buchanan was born on April 23, 1791 to James Buchanan and Elizabeth Speer. He was the second child born out of ten children, and he would go on to outlive all but one of his siblings. Most popularly remembered as Pennsylvania's only President and as a lifelong bachelor, Buchanan committed a lifetime to politics. In 1821, he left his law practice and embarked on his political career after having been voted into the U.S. House of Representatives. He would remain in the House for five consecutive terms before serving as the U.S. Minister to Russia, a Senator in the U.S. Senate, the U.S. Secretary of State, the U.S. Minister to Great Britain, and finally, the 15th President of the United States. He died in his bedchamber at Wheatland at 8:30 AM on June 1, 1868. He was 77 years old. [https://www.lancasterhistory.org/about-wheatland, accessed 10/24/2019]

System of Arrangement: JBFP Part 1 Series 4 Speeches and Writings; Subseries 1 Speeches; Subseries 2 Other Writings

Year Range From: 1842

Year Range To: 1857

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

People: Buchanan, James; Frazer, William Clark; Steele, John; Luther, Roland A.

Other Creators: James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)

Subjects: Appointment to office; Inauguration; Poetry; Presidents--United States--Inaugural addresses; Real property tax; Speeches, addresses, etc.; Whig Party (U.S.)

Search Terms: Buchanan Collections; Finding aids; Inaugural addresses; Inaugurations; James Buchanan; Manuscript groups; Poetry; Political appointments; Real property tax; Speeches; Whig Party; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 box, 5 folders

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: JBFP Part 1 Series 4

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; James Buchanan Collection, MG0096; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Description Level: Series

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 army and navy of America: containing a view of the heroic adventures, battles, naval engagements, remarkable incidents, and glorious achievements in the cause of freedom, from the period of the French and Indian Wars to the close of the Mexican War; independent of an account of warlike operations on land and sea

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Author: Neff, Jacob K.

Date of Publication: 1849.

Call Number: 090 L244hi 1849

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Author: Neff, Jacob K.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: G. Hills,

Date of Publication: 1849.

Physical Description: 684 p. illus. 22 cm.

Subjects: Military art and science.; United States - History, Military - To 1900.; United States - History, Naval - To 1900.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 090 L244hi 1849

Websites

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Books for the back country : Patrick Orr's inventory, Lancaster, 1754

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Author: Tully, Alan.

Date of Publication: 1975

Philadelphia merchants the Hatboro Library record throws ". . . light on the cultural background and intellectual ambitions . . ." of the province's social leaders; 6 it does not, however, indicate what sorts of material most Pennsylvanians read. It is in answer to this objection that Patrick Orr's inventory

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Responsibility: by Alan Tully.

Author: Tully, Alan.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1975

Physical Description: [167]-172 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 79, no. 3

Subjects: Orr, Patrick.; Books and reading - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 79, number 3 (1975), p. 167-172Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.79

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Bottle, Wine

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1989.090.001

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Collection: Wheatland

Description: Wine bottle. Brown glass, shallow pontil, seamed shoulder and neck. Cork with red wax to seal mouth. Wine inside almost to shoulder level. Found by volunteers sometime during the early years of the James Buchanan Foundation. Bottle was found in the east end of the basement level in the Wheatland mansion.; Possibly Portugal

Provenance: James Buchanan

Year Range From: 1820

Year Range To: 1840

Last Owner: Buchanan, James

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Dining Room

Storage Wall: West Wall

Storage Cabinet: Sideboard

Storage Shelf: Service Top

People: Buchanan, James

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name: Bottle, Wine

Material: Glass/Cork/Wax/Wine

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2022-01-13

Condition Notes: Missing product label on bottle's body.

Object ID: W.1989.090.001

Accession Number: W.1989.090

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Bowl, Wine Rinser

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1989.050.001

Collection: Wheatland

Description: Glass wine rinsers. Narrow spouts. Thumbprint design approximately halfway up.

Provenance: Purportedly belonged to Harriet Lane - no documentation. Donated by Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Bryan (1986)

Year Range From: 1820

Year Range To: 1860

Last Owner: Johnston, Harriet Lane

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Parlor

Storage Wall: Southeast Wall

Storage Cabinet: Sideboard

Storage Shelf: Bottom Shelf

Storage Drawer: Center Bottom Cabinet

People: Johnston, Harriet Lane

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name: Bowl, Wine Rinser

Material: Glass

Height (in): 3.625

Width (in): 5.25

Diameter (in): 4.375

Dimension Details: Width is spout to spout.

Condition: Excellent

Condition Notes: One wine rinser is cracked, all others in excellent condition.

Object ID: W.1989.050.001

Notes: Excellent condition, except for one that is cracked. Purportedly belonged to Harriet Lane, no documentation.

Credit: Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Bryan

Accession Number: W.1989.050

Broadside

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Collection: Print Collection

Title: Deichler Boot and Shoe Store Broadside

Object ID: 2003.208

Date Range: February 8, 1844

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Collection: Print Collection

Title: Deichler Boot and Shoe Store Broadside

Description: Pink advertising poster: Boot and Shoe Store removed to 16 North Queen St.; Maximilian and Philip Deichler, successors to Jacob Griel, Feb. 8, 1844.; J. H. Bryson Printer, West King St.

Date Range: February 8, 1844

Year Range From: 1844

Year Range To: 1844

Made By: Bryson, J. H.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Cabinet: Cabinet 2

Storage Shelf: Shelf 1

Storage Container: Box 0031

People: Bryston, J.H.; Deichler, Maximillian; Diechler, Philip; Griel, Jacob

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Object Name: Broadside

Material: Paper, Wove

Height (in): 1.751

Width (in): 9.5

Condition: Good

Object ID: 2003.208

Place of Origin: Lancaster

Usage: Maximilian and Philip Deichler

Accession Number: 2003.208

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American colonial wealth : documents and methods

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The American hearth

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Books for the back country : Patrick Orr's inventory, Lancaster, 1754

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Bottle, Wine

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Bowl, Wine Rinser

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Broadside

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