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American colonial wealth : documents and methods

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3547
Author
Jones, Alice Hanson,
Edition
Second ed.
Date of Publication
c1978.
Call Number
339.4 J76
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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
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The American hearth

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2376
Author
Barons, Richard I.
Date of Publication
[1976?]
Call Number
643.3 B871
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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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Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/677d6b6f-a9a2-43d2-9835-437250034335
Collection
Yeates, Carson Collection
Title
Yeates, Aungst Collection
Object ID
MG0207
Date Range
1700-1874
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Collection
Yeates, Carson Collection
Title
Yeates, Aungst Collection
Description
The Yeates, Carson Collection covers several generations and a variety of topics and gives insight into family and local social history from 1700-1874. The items in the collection include business and legal papers, receipts, estate accounts, correspondence, a biographical sketch of Jasper Yeates' grandfather, land surveys, indentures, financial records, and land agreements. The collection also contains a list of books sent to Phineas Bond for binding, certificates with seals, copies of poems, eviction notices, and requests for items to be delivered to Simon Girty and others in 1776.
Date Range
1700-1874
Year Range From
1700
Year Range To
1874
Date of Accumulation
1700-1874
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 05
People
Boreman, John
Girty, Simon
Morgan, George
Neville, John
Yeates, Jasper
Yeates, Sarah Burd "Sally"
Subjects
Business records
Delaware Nation (To 1795)
Letters
Ojibwa Indians
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Search Terms
Business records
Chippewa (Ojibwa)
Correspondence
Delaware Nation
Finding aids
Letters
Manuscript groups
Ojibwa
Receipts
Extent
3 boxes, 94 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0207
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
MG0205 Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection
MG0206 Yeates, Aungst Collection
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org for permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-207
Classification
MG0207
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid prepared prior to 1997. Added to database 6 August 2022.
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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
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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
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Broadside

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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Adam and Eve Broadside by Villee
Object ID
P.04.48.1
Date Range
c.1830
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Adam and Eve Broadside by Villee
Description
Within a twisted foliate border is a central block depicting Adam & Eve flanking a tree with a serpent wound around the trunk offering Eve an apple. This is an engraving executed by Gabriel Miesse of Reading; his name appears at lower right followed by "sc" for "sculpsit", indicating the engraver. Two columns of verse flank the central block, telling the story of "the Fall" in conversational form. At top of broadside is the title in German: "Adam und Eva im Paradies." A subtitle reads: "Mel. Herzlich thut mich Verlangen, etc."
At bottom is: "Gedruckt in der Druckerey des Adlers von H.W. Villee, Lancaster, Pa. allwo alle Sorten Bilder, Bucher,/ Schriebmaterialien und Arzneyen zu haben find." This indicates the broadside was printed in the Lancaster Eagle's printshop (a newspaper started by Villee and Jacob Baab on Oct. 26, 1826). Villee was also selling pictures, books, stationery and even medicines out of his shop on N. Queen St.
See biographical info about Villee from Klaus Stopp's book in this file. He was born in France, served as a captain under Napolean, had to leave France in 1815 and ended up in America in 1820. Villee entered the printing business by working at "the Eagle," a newspaper in Reading. Villee was not successful as a printer in Lancaster, and he left sometime in 1832 or soon after, going to places like Lewisburg, Sunbury and Milton. After moving to Northumberland Co. and becoming a teacher, he finally died in 1842.
The Earnests note that Adam & Eve were popular fraktur subjects, especially among German-language printers of SE PA. They note that there are only about a half dozen Adam & Eve broadsides by Villee known.
Exhibited in Fraktur Exhibit in Masonic Lodge circa 2004 through 2007 (removed spring 2008).
See also P.01.60.1 and P04.48 for examples of a Heaven & Hell broadside by Villee.
North Queen St., Lancaster (printer); Reading, PA (engraver). Villee, Herman W., printer; Gabriel Miesse, engraver; unknown colorist
Date Range
c.1830
Year Range From
1827
Year Range To
1832
Creator
Miesse, Gabriel
Made By
Villee, Herman William, 1789-1842
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 5
Storage Cabinet
Unit 43
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2-A
People
Villee, Herman W.
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Object Name
Broadside
Material
Paper, Ink
Height (in)
16
Width (in)
13
Dimension Details
Frame is H: 18" W: 15"
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2016-11-03
Condition Notes
Paper darkened and soiled overall, wrinkled with fold lines and rough-edged with minor tears and folds. Stains scattered over surface with darkest stains within right text above center. Small hole at center of top foliate border.
Frame is homemade of stained and varnished tiger maple. Acidic cardboard backboard replaced with acid free matboard.
Object ID
P.04.48.1
Credit
Acquired through the generosity of Irene N. Walsh, Heritage Center Collection
Accession Number
P.04.48
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Certificate

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/86d1f6d5-1954-4e1c-8c89-698275201258
Collection
James Buchanan Collection
Title
Presidential appointment of James Buchanan as Ambassador to Russia
Object ID
MG0096_F085
Date Range
1832/03/06
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Collection
James Buchanan Collection
Title
Presidential appointment of James Buchanan as Ambassador to Russia
Description
Presidential appointment of James Buchanan as Ambassador to Russia, signed by President Andrew Jackson.
Similar to, but not exactly like the photocopy in Folder 1.
Date Range
1832/03/06
Creation Date
6 March 1832
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Buchanan, James
Jackson, Andrew
Livingston, Edward
Subjects
Ambassadors
Appointment to office
Certificates
Russia
Search Terms
Ambassadors
Buchanan Collections
Certificates
James Buchanan
Russia
Extent
1 item, 4 pages to scan
Object Name
Certificate
Language
English
Object ID
MG0096_F085
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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 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
Preferred Citation: James Buchanan Collection, MG0096_F084, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Other Numbers
MG-96
Other Number
MG-96, Folder 85
Classification
MG0096
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Item recovered from estate of Randy Snyder. Added to collection 6 May 2022.
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Child life in colonial days

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18908
Author
Earle, Alice Morse,
Date of Publication
1976.
Call Number
973.2 E12ch
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Responsibility
written by Alice Morse Earle.
ISBN
0848206738 :
Author
Earle, Alice Morse,
Place of Publication
Norwood, Pa
Publisher
Norwood Editions,
Date of Publication
1976.
Physical Description
xxi, 418 p. [52] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Reprint of the 1899 ed. published by Macmillan, New York.
Includes index.
"Limited 100 copies."
Subjects
Children - United States.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.2 E12ch
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Compote

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6540cf84-4e92-415a-b7e2-406045141739
Collection
Wheatland
Object ID
W.1935.010.001
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Collection
Wheatland
Description
Porcelain china compote with hand-painted landscape scenary on outer body of the bowl. Acquired by James Buchanan while serving as Secretary of State from then outgoing French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt.
Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.
Provenance
French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt
Buchanan, James
to Buchanan, Edward Y.
to Cassatt, Maria Lois Buchanan
to Thayer, Lois Cassatt
Year Range From
1817
Year Range To
1834
Made By
Feuillet, Jean-Pierre
Last Owner
Buchanan, James
Storage Location
Wheatland, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Dining Room
Storage Wall
Southwest Wall
Storage Cabinet
Built-in Cupboard
Storage Shelf
Top Shelf
People
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Search Terms
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Inscription Position
Bottom
Inscription Technique
Pen and Ink
Inscription Text
Fiuillet rue de la Paix no. 20.
Inscription Type
Signature
Object Name
Compote
Material
Porcelain
Makers Mark
Mark applied over glaze, therefore some of the ojects no longer have the designer's signature
Height (cm)
13.97
Height (ft)
0.4583333333
Height (in)
5.5
Diameter (cm)
25.4
Diameter (ft)
0.8333333333
Diameter (in)
10
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2023-03-31
Condition Notes
Some thinning of decorative paints, chipping, broken.
Object ID
W.1935.010.001
Notes
In 1995 the JBF staff assigned the Object ID W.95.69.2 to this Compote as a FIC probably because original paper records were not found.
In March 2023 the paper file has been found that identifies Lois Cassatt Thayer as the donor in 1935. Mrs. Thayer was the daughter to Alexander Cassatt and his wife, Maria Lois Buchanan Cassatt. Maria Lois Buchanan was the daughter to Rev. Dr. Edward Y. Buchanan, the youngest sibling to President James Buchanan.
Place of Origin
Paris, France
Accession Number
W.1935.010
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