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Biography

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Collection: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers

Title: History of Colonel Thomas Welsh

Object ID: MG0828_SeriesD-62_F06

Date Range: No date

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Collection: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers

Title: History of Colonel Thomas Welsh

Description: Handwritten autobiography of Thomas Welsh, written in third person. Text sketches his military career through the Battle of South Mountain. This is an unfinished draft, with portions crossed out. Initially written in July 1862 while he was at Hilton Head, South Carolina then the section about Acquia Creek, Virginia and South Mountain, Maryland were added in pencil after the Battle of South Mountain, September 14, 1862.

Admin/Biographical History: Thomas Welsh (1824-1863) was a Lancaster County native (born and raised in Columbia), who rose from hardscrabble origins to local fame, first as a Mexican War hero, and then as a brigadier general during the Civil War. He was well known and well respected as a no nonsense officer, for his leadership and gallantry in battle, for his dedication to the service of his country, and for his concern for the welfare of his men. See MG0828 for more biographical information.

Date Range: No date

Creation Date: No date

Creator: Welsh, Thomas, 1824-1863

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Burnside, Ambrose Everett; Wright, Horatio Gouverneur; Welsh, Thomas

Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Autobiographies; Columbia (Pa.); Camp Curtin (Pa.); Port Royal (S.C.); Otter Islands (S.C.); James Island (S.C.); South Mountain, Battle of, Md., 1862; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Buenavista (Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico); Hilton Head (S.C.); Fredericksburg (Va.); Aquia Creek (Va.)

Search Terms: Aquia Creek, Virginia; Autobiographies; Buenavista, Mexico; Camp Curtin, Pennsylvania; Civil War; Columbia; Fredericksburg, Virginia; Hilton Head, South Carolina; James Island, South Carolina; Memoirs; Mexican War; Otter Islands, South Carolina; Port Royal, South Carolina; Battle of South Mountain

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan

Object Name: Biography

Language: English

Condition: Good

Parent Object ID: MG0828_SeriesD-62

Object ID: MG0828_SeriesD-62_F06

Notes: Added to PP 12/26/2020 by HST; Provenance: Passed down through the family, Blanton Charles Welsh to Emilie Benson (Welsh) Wiggin to Nancy Jane (Wiggin) Townsend. Acquired from: Chuck Townsend, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2016/05/15.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: TW-D-62-06

Classification: MG0828

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by Richard C. Wiggin prior to donation.

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Card, Baseball

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Topps Presidential Pastime Card, featuring James Buchanan

Object ID: JBFP 1.5.1.007

Date Range: 2004

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Topps Presidential Pastime Card, featuring James Buchanan

Description: Topps Presidential Pastime Card, featuring James Buchanan, summarizes the coming of the Civil War and the “mushrooming” of baseball in 1860. In plastic case.

Date Range: 2004

Creator: Topps Company

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 1, Box 5

People: Buchanan, James

Subjects: Topps Company; Baseball; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Search Terms: Civil War; Baseball; Topps Company; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan, 4 x 3 in.

Object Name: Card, Baseball

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 1 Series 5

Object ID: JBFP 1.5.1.007

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: JBMS2006.001

Other Number: JBFP Part 1, Series 5, Subseries 1, Folder 7

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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Card, Calling

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 3 James Buchanan Henry

Title: Note from James Buchanan Henry to Mary Hagner Nicholson

Object ID: JBFP 3.1.1.025

Date Range: 1858/11/10

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 3 James Buchanan Henry

Title: Note from James Buchanan Henry to Mary Hagner Nicholson

Description: Note on back of James Buchanan Henry’s calling card to Mary Hagner Nicholson expressing regrets that he cannot see her today but will definitely see her tomorrow. Envelope with stamp and postmark addressed to Miss Mary H. Nicholson, Annapolis, Maryland. Washington, D.C.

Date Range: 1858/11/10

Creator: Henry, James Buchanan, 1833-1915

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 3, Box 1

People: Henry, James Buchanan; Henry, Mary Hagner Nicholson

Subjects: Personal correspondence; Letters

Search Terms: Correspondence; Correspondence, Personal; Letters; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 2 items, 4 pages to scan, 2 x 3.25 in. and 3 x 5.5 in.

Object Name: Card, Calling

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 3 Series 1

Object ID: JBFP 3.1.1.025

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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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1996.385a-b

Other Number: JBFP Part 3, Series 1, Subseries 1, Folder 25

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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Certificate

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Collection: Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers

Title: Discharge certificate for William Henry Lebkicher

Object ID: MG0258_F011_In02

Date Range: 1863/03/15

Collection: Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers

Title: Discharge certificate for William Henry Lebkicher

Description: Discharge certificate. Private William Henry Lebkicher of Lancaster City, Pennsylvania, eighteen years old, enrolled on the second of August 1862 under Captain J. Miller Raub’s Company D 122nd Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, to serve nine months, was discharge from the service of the United States on the fifteenth of May 1863 at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Date Range: 1863/03/15

Creation Date: 15 May 1863

Creator: Raub, Jacob Miller, 1825-1895

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Lebkicher, William Henry "Lebbie"; Raub, Jacob Miller

Subjects: Certificates; Personal correspondence; Soldiers; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 122nd (1862-1863)

Search Terms: Civil War; Discharge certificates; Soldiers; United States Army

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan

Object Name: Certificate

Language: English

Object ID: MG0258_F011_In02

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: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers (MG0258), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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Accession Number: 1998.MG0258

Other Numbers: MG-258

Other Number: MG-258, Folder 11, Insert 2

Classification: MG0258

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by JM. Added to database 10 September 2022.

Letter

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Collection: Haldeman Family Papers and Business Records

Title: Letter from Preston Haldeman to Eliza Haldeman

Object ID: MG0736_F015_It02

Date Range: 1861/02/26

South, Side 15 Scope and Content Note: The Haldeman Family Papers and Business Records collection contains correspondence between various members of the Haldeman family—the majority of which were sent or received by Samuel Haldeman or his daughter Eliza. The first sets of letters are between Samuel’s

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Collection: Haldeman Family Papers and Business Records

Title: Letter from Preston Haldeman to Eliza Haldeman

Description: Letter from Preston Haldeman to Eliza Haldeman regarding his pro-slavery stance but identification as a "Union man," teasing her about Christmas presents, general gossip, and friends who are going to Lincoln's inauguration. Cumberland, Maryland.

Admin/Biographical History: Preston Elder Haldeman was Eliza Haldeman's cousin.

Date Range: 1861/02/26

Creation Date: 26 February 1861

Creator: Haldeman, Preston Elder, 1833-1893

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Figyelmessy, Elisa Jacobean Haldeman; Haldeman, Preston Elder; Lincoln, Abraham

Subjects: Inauguration; Letters; Personal correspondence; Slavery

Search Terms: Correspondence; Correspondence, Personal; Finding aids; Inaugurations; Letters; Manuscript groups; Slavery

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0736_F015_It02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: Haldeman Mansion Preservation Society https://www.haldeman-mansion.org/

Related Item Notes: Haldeman Family Papers and Business Records (MG0736)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

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Other Numbers: MG-736

Other Number: MG-736, Folder 15, Item 2

Classification: MG0736

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by RR and SM in Summer and Fall 2015; and SW in Spring 2016. Added to database 6 January 2022.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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Letter

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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Letter from James Clark to Mrs. Martin D. Hess

Object ID: MG0018_SerA_F124_In01

Date Range: 1864/03/08

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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Letter from James Clark to Mrs. Martin D. Hess

Description: Letter from James Clark to Mrs. Martin D. Hess, Lancaster, reporting that he is well, has had enough of the war, and that they would like letters from home. "…take me out of this damd dirty hole for I cannot stand it verry long…" With envelope.

Date Range: 1864/03/08

Creation Date: 8 March 1864

Creator: Clark, James

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

Storage Container: Box 0003

People: Clark, James; Hess, Martin D., Mrs.

Subjects: Letters; Soldiers; Soldiers, Black; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army

Search Terms: Civil War; Letters; Persons of color; Soldiers; Soldiers, Black; United States Army

Extent: 2 items, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0018_SerA_F124_In01

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Letter to Samuel Harris (MG0018_SerA_F124_In02)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Civil War Collection (MG0018), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

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Other Numbers: MG-18

Other Number: MG-18, Series A, Folder 124, Insert 1

Classification: MG0018

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: One of two letters discovered in 1988 in the collections of the Lancaster History with Justice of the Peace records from 1873. Added to database 23 March 2022.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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Letter

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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Letter to Samuel Harris

Object ID: MG0018_SerA_F124_In02

Date Range: 1865/03/10

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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Letter to Samuel Harris

Description: Letter to Samuel Harris reporting that the writer has been unwell since he joined the army, they are with Gen. Sherman and about to take Richmond, and he would like paper and stamps, and word from home. "…we are goin to take Richmon and Army men will fall…" Sent in the care of George [Steinhauser] to Samuel Harris, hospital, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. With envelope.

Date Range: 1865/03/10

Creation Date: 10 March 1865

Creator: Unknown

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

Storage Container: Box 0003

People: Harris, Samuel; Steinhauser, George

Subjects: Letters; Soldiers; Soldiers, Black; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army

Search Terms: Civil War; Letters; Persons of color; Soldiers; Soldiers, Black; United States Army

Extent: 2 items, 6 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0018_SerA_F124_In02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Letter from James Clark to Mrs. Martin D. Hess (MG0018_SerA_F124_In01)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Civil War Collection (MG0018), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

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Other Numbers: MG-18

Other Number: MG-18, Series A, Folder 124, Insert 2

Classification: MG0018

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: One of two letters discovered in 1988 in the collections of the Lancaster History with Justice of the Peace records from 1873. Added to database 24 March 2022.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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Letter

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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Letter from John Fass to friend

Object ID: MG0018_SerB_F003

Date Range: 1865/05/24

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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Letter from John Fass to friend

Description: Letter from John Fass to friend. Fass reported for duty in Lancaster in March 1865 and his unit moved to Philadelphia, Harper's Ferry, Martinsburg, Charlestown, Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, Stevenson Station, and Summit Point. He mentions that Richmond was taken. He describes the natural resources so prevalent in Virginia, which is not as developed as Lancaster County. Compares the slave quarters he has seen in Virginia to hog pens in Pennsylvania.

Date Range: 1865/05/24

Creation Date: 24 May 1865

Creator: Fass, John

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

Storage Container: Box 0003

People: Fass, John

Subjects: Letters; Slavery; Soldiers; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army

Search Terms: Civil War; Letters; Persons of color; Soldiers; United States Army

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0018_SerB_F003

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Civil War Collection (MG0018), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

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Accession Number: 2004.MG0018.B3

Other Numbers: MG-18

Other Number: MG-18, Series B, Folder 3

Classification: MG0018

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 24 March 2022.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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Letter

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Collection: Correspondence Collection

Title: Letter from John Ford to Watson

Object ID: MG0402_F024_It06

Date Range: 1859/09/04

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Collection: Correspondence Collection

Title: Letter from John Ford to Watson

Description: Letter from John Ford of Downingtown to Watson, his friend and schoolmaster. Ford writes that he is in good health and wishes to hear of his old friends from the academy. Says he recently met with a few of his friends at a camp meeting, including Miss Mercer, Miss Williams, George Beale, and John Mercer. He also writes that one friend has taken a teaching job.

Date Range: 1859/09/04

Creation Date: 4 September 1859

Creator: Ford, John

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Beale, George; Ford, John; Mercer, John

Subjects: Camp meetings; Personal correspondence; Letters

Search Terms: Camp meetings; Correspondence; Correspondence, Personal; Letters; Persons of color

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0402_F024_It06

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Correspondence Collection (MG0402), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-402

Other Number: MG-402, Folder 24, Item 6

Classification: MG0402

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Transferred from the Document Collection. Cataloged by RM, 2018. Added to database on 26 March 2022.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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