James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 3 Papers of James Buchanan Henry,
Series 2 Financial and Legal Documents
Description
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 3 Papers of James Buchanan Henry, Series 2 contains the financial and legal documents of James Buchanan Henry.
Subseries 1 includes bills, receipts, ledgers, and accounts with F. P. Freeman & Co., New York, Joseph Schell for footwear, and Lehigh University.
Subseries 2 contains the legal papers including a summons, deeds, and the marriage license of James Buchanan Henry and Mary Hagner Nicholson. The dates on these documents range from 1794 to 1905.
Admin/Biographical History
James Buchanan Henry, also known as Buck, was born on March 1, 1833. Just like his cousin, Harriet, Buck lost both of his parents and was taken in as James Buchanan's ward in 1840. During his early years, he attended several boarding schools and eventually graduated from the College of New Jersey. Though his interests remained with the arts, Buck went on to read law under an attorney named John Cadwalader. When James Buchanan assumed the presidency, he called for Buck to join him as his private secretary, a position known today as the Chief of Staff. While Buck worked at Washington, he found himself in frequent conflict with his Uncle. This conflict came to a head in 1858 when Buck proposed to his sweetheart, Mary Nicholson. Upset that Buck hadn't consulted him on the proposal, James Buchanan disapproved of the match. Buck left his position as private secretary and went on to marry Miss Nicholson. The couple would have two children, one of whom would survive into adulthood.
Soon after the birth of their second child, Mary Nicholson died of consumption, leaving Buck a widower. Later on, he married Louisa Anderson, and the two had six sons. After fourteen years of marriage, Louisa died. Buck would marry for a third time much later in his life to a woman named Margaret Grote Elliman. Buck was 71 and Margaret was 24. The two had no children and enjoyed 11 years of marriage before Buck died on February 17, 1915. [https://www.lancasterhistory.org/about-wheatland/, accessed 10/24/2019]
System of Arrangement
JBFP Part 3, Series 2 Financial and Legal Documents
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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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.
Debates and other proceedings of the Convention of Virginia : convened at Richmond, on Monday the second day of June, 1788, for the purpose of deliberating on the Constitution recommended by the grand Federal convention ; to which is prefixed the Federal Constitution
Forensic eloquence. : Sketches of trials in Ireland for high treason, etc. : Including the speeches of Mr. Curran at length: accompanied by certain papers illustrating the history and present state of that country. : [Two lines in Latin]
"Mr. O'Connor's address to the Irish nation."--Page 323-326.
"To the reader."--Page [327].
"Mr. Grattan's letter to the citizens of Dublin, on his declining to represent them in Parliament."--Page 328-351.
"Erratum"--Page 351.
"In the press, a collection of the most approved speeches and orations selected from English, Scotch, Irish, and American authors. With biographical anecdotes."--Page [352].
Vol 3 published by John Patterson, New York, no date; vol 7 published by John Patterson, New York, 1787; vol 9 published by John Dunlap, Philadelphia; vol 12 place and publisher not identified, 1887; vol 13 place not identified. printed by Jon Dunlap.
Contents
v. 1. Sept. 5, 1774 to Jan. 1, 1776 -- v. 2. Jan. 1, 1776 to Dec. 31, 1776 -- v. 3. Jan. 1, 1777 to Jan. 1, 1778 -- v. 4. Jan. 1, 1778 to Jan. 1, 1779 -- v. 5. Jan. 1, 1779 to Jan. 1, 1780 -- v. 6. Jan. 1, 1780 to Jan. 1, 1781 -- v. 7. Jan. 1, 1781 to Nov. 2, 1782 -- v. 8. Nov. 2, 1782 to Nov. 1, 1783 -- v. 9. Nov. 3, 1783 to June 3, 1784. Contains also: Journal of the Committee of the States : containing the proceedings from the first Friday in June, 1784, to the second Friday in August, 1784 (29 p. at end) -- v. 10. Nov. 1, 1784 to Nov. 4, 1785 -- v. 11. Nov. 4, 1785 to Nov. 3, 1786 -- v. 12. Nov. 6, 1786 to Nov. 5, 1787 -- v. 13. Nov. 5, 1787 to Nov. 3, 1788.
The ordinances of the corporation of the city of Philadelphia. To which are prefixed, the Act of incorporation, and the several supplements thereto: together with other acts of Assembly, now in force, relative to the city of Philadelphia. With marginal notes and references
The trials of William S. Smith and Samuel G. Ogden for misdemeanours had in the Circuit Court of the United States for the New-York district in July, 1806 : with a preliminary account of the proceedings of the same court against Messrs. Smith & Ogden in the preceding April term
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