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The Age and Lancaster weekly gazette. [microform]

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Date of Publication: -1842.

Call Number: Drawer 18, Sec. 5

Alternate Title: Age

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Bryson, Pearsol & Wimer,

Date of Publication: -1842.

Physical Description: v. ; 53 cm.

Publication Frequency: Weekly

Dates of Publication: Began in 1841.; -v. 2, no. 38 (Oct. 1, 1842).

Notes: LCHS has Jan. 9, 1841 - Oct. 1, 1842.; Publisher: James H. Bryson, <1841-1842>.; Description based on: Vol. 1, no. 2 (Jan. 9, 1841).

Subjects: Newspapers; Lancaster (Pa.) - Newspapers

Place: United States Pennsylvania Lancaster Lancaster.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 18, Sec. 5

An address delivered before the students of Strasburg Academy, September 8, 1845 on the means of obtaining happiness and true eminence of character

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Author: Leaman, John..

Date of Publication: 1845.

Call Number: 814 L436

Responsibility: John Leaman.

Author: Leaman, John..

Place of Publication: Lancaster

Publisher: D.S. Kieffer,

Date of Publication: 1845.

Physical Description: 16 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: With: An address delivered before the Students' Literary Society, of Strasburg Academy, September 14, 1843.; With: History of the Cedar Grove Presbyterian Church and congregation of East Earl Twp. Lancaster County.

Subjects: Strasburg Academy (Strasburg, Pa.); Christian education.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 814 L436

An address on the early settlement of the Valley of Pequea

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Author: Conyngham, Redmond,

Date of Publication: 1842.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO C768

Responsibility: Delivered by Redmond Conyngham, at the Lyceum celebration, Fourth of July 1842, at Paradise. With an appendix containing a history of the Piquaws, with a notice of Tanawa, an Indian King of great celebrity. To which is appended anecdotes of William Penn, with the names of the early settlers and dates of settlement.

Author: Conyngham, Redmond,

Place of Publication: [Paradise

Publisher: Published for the Paradise Lyceum,

Date of Publication: 1842.

Physical Description: 12 p. 23 cm.

Notes: Reprint of original. Reprint and index by Gary T. Hawbaker

Subjects: Fourth of July orations.; Pequea Valley (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO C768

Appraisal

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Collection: Collateral Appraisements

Title: Collateral Appraisements

Object ID: Coll App 1900 F010 S

Date Range: 1900

Collection: Collateral Appraisements

Title: Collateral Appraisements

Description: Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.

Date Range: 1900

Date of Accumulation: 1849-1913

Year: 1900

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0014

People: Sweigart, Isaac

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Collateral appraisement; Akron, Pennsylvania

Place: Akron

Extent: 16 boxes (8 cubic feet)

Object Name: Appraisal

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Coll App 1900 F010 S

Box Number: 014

Additional Notes: 4 items, 4 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 03-00 0312

Description Level: Item

Archive

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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Object ID: MG0123

Date Range: 1819-1977

Subject Headings: Letters Minutes (Records) Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co. Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.) Posters Railroads Rates and tolls Reading & Columbia Railroad Company Street-railroads Trolley cars Search Terms: Adamstown Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County Blueprints

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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Description: The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.

Date Range: 1819-1977

Year Range From: 1819

Year Range To: 1977

Date of Accumulation: 1819-1977

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Bitner, John R.; Boardman, Harris; Bowman, John Jacob; Boyer, Zaccur Prall; Cirt, Anna N.; Griest, William Walton; Hostetter, Albert Keller; Kemrer, Clarence M.; Knapp, Walter; Kreider, Kate; Kriebel, Howard Wiegner; McClellan, Oliver Eldridge; Royer, David; Shuman, James P.; Wohlsen, Anna; Wohlsen, Peter

Subjects: Letters; Minutes (Records); Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.); Posters; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading & Columbia Railroad Company; Street-railroads; Trolley cars

Search Terms: Adamstown; Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Blueprints; Booklets; Brochures; Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Center Square Road Station; Chestnut Street; Christiana; Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Columbia; Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad; Conestoga Traction Company; Conestoga Transportation Company; Conewago Water and Power Company; Correspondence; Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania; Drawings; Duke Street; East Belt line; East King Street; East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.; Elizabethtown; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephemera; Ephrata; Express Printing Company; Greeting cards; Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania; Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.; J. G. Brill Company; Kinport Road; Lancaster; Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway; Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company; Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company; Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike; Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Letters; Lititz; Maple Grove; Maps; Marietta Avenue; North Market Street; Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.; Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.; Minutes; Mount Joy; Mulberry Street; National Railway Historical Society; Neffsville, Manheim Twp.; North End Photo Finishing House; North Lime Street; North Queen Street; Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Penn Square; Pequea Twp.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Photographs; Placards; Substations; President Avenue; Princess Street; Prospect Street; Quarryville; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading and Columbia Railroad Company; Receipts; Red Rose Transit Authority; Reports; Roads; Rocky Springs Railroad Company; Schuylkill Navigation Company; Scrapbooks; South Mountain Railroad; South Queen Street; Stock certificates; Susquehanna Railroad; Tickets; Tolls; Trolley car barns; Trolley car yards; Trolley cars; Trolleys; Turnpikes; Walnut Street; WGAL (television station); Williams Park Station; Willow Street Turnpike; Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; WLAN (radio station); Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania; York Bus Company; York Fair; York Railway Company

Extent: 2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0123

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-123

Classification: MG0123

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 23 September 2021.

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Collection: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Title: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Object ID: MG0217

Date Range: 1809-1843

Content Note: The Columbia Bridge Company Collection is a valuable source of information concerning construction of bridges in the early 1800s. Documents concern the building of the first two bridges across the Susquehanna River in 1814 and 1832. Items in the collection include minutes, form for stock

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Collection: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Title: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Description: The Columbia Bridge Company Collection is a valuable source of information concerning construction of bridges in the early 1800s. Documents concern the building of the first two bridges across the Susquehanna River in 1814 and 1832. Items in the collection include minutes, form for stock certificate, invoices, legal papers, proposals, receipts, stockholders, promissory notes, by-laws, settlement of stage tolls with Samuel Slaymaker 1813, salary receipts, circulars and announcements, bridge tolls, orders for payment, correspondence, and a stock certificate from 1842

Admin/Biographical History: First Bridge; Construction of the first Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge was begun in 1812 and completed December 5, 1814, by J. Wolcott, H. Slaymaker, S. Slaymaker at a total cost of $231,771, which was underwritten by the newly formed Columbia Bank and Bridge Company. The bridge was 5,690 feet (1,730 m) long and 30 feet (9.1 m) wide and had 54 piers and twin carriageways. Constructed of wood and stone, the covered bridge also included a wooden roof, a whitewashed interior and openings in its wooden sides to view the river and surrounding areas. It was considered the longest covered bridge in the world at the time. The bridge accommodated east-west traffic across the Susquehanna River for 14 years before being destroyed by ice, high water and severe weather on February 5, 1832.; Second bridge; Construction of the second Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, also covered, started mid-1832 and was completed in 1834 (opening on July 8, 1834) by James Moore and John Evans at a cost of $157,300. It was 5,620 feet (1,710 m) long and 28 feet (8.5 m) wide and also enjoyed the distinction of being the world's longest covered bridge. The wood and stone structure had 27 piers, a carriageway, walkway, and two towpaths to guide canal traffic across the river. Much of the mostly oak timber used in its construction was salvaged from the previous bridge. Its roof was covered with shingles, its sides with weatherboard, and its interior was whitewashed. The structure was modified in 1840 by the Canal Company at a cost of $40,000 concurrent with the construction of the Wrightsville Dam. Towpaths of different levels and with sidewalls were added to prevent horses from falling into river, as happened several times when the river flooded. The roof of the lower path formed the floor of upper path. In this way, canal boats were towed across the river from the Pennsylvania Canal on the Columbia side to the Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal at Wrightsville. Sometime after 1846, a double-track railway was added, linking the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad to the Northern Central Railway. Due to fear of fire caused by locomotives, rail cars were pulled across the bridge by teams of mules or horses.; Information from "Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia%E2%80%93Wrightsville_Bridge. Accessed 3 February 2020.

System of Arrangement: The papers of the First Columbia Bridge built in 1814 are filed in folders #1 to 157. The papers of the Second Columbia Bridge built in 1832 are filed in folders #158 to 181.

Date Range: 1809-1843

Year Range From: 1809

Year Range To: 1843

Date of Accumulation: 1809-1843

Creator: Goodell, Robert Hilliard, 1899-1992.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 05

People: Albright, William; Chew, Benjamin; Coleman, Robert; Dickson, William; Gilpin, Joshua; Gilpin, Thomas; Grimler, Benjamin; Haldeman, C.; Hamilton, William; Harbaugh, Leonard; Hoff, John; Hopkins, James; Hubley, John; Hubley, Joseph; Lloyd, Evan; Mifflin, Joseph; Poulson, Zachariah; Reynolds, John; Rittenhouse, Joseph; Shaffner, Casper; Slaymaker, Henry; Slaymaker, Samuel; Varle, Charles; Wilson, Edward; Wilson, Thomas A.; Witmer, A.; Wright, William; Wolcott, John

Subjects: Bridges; Business records; Columbia (Pa.); Letters; Minutes (Records); Stockholders; Stocks; Susquehanna River

Search Terms: Advertising; Applications; Board of Directors; Bonds; Bridges; Broadsides; Business records; By-laws; Checks; Columbia; Columbia Bridge Company; Construction; Contracts; Correspondence; Farmers Bank of Lancaster; Financial records; Finding aids; Gatekeepers; Invoices; Letters; Loans; Manuscript groups; Minutes; Murray Draper and Company; Promissory notes; Receipts; Reports; Salaries; Stockholders; Stocks; Susquehanna River; Taxes; Tollhouses; Tolls

Extent: 5 boxes, 190 folders, 3 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0217

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. The original items in Folder 69 may not be used due to their fragile condition. All other original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection may be photographed. Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org with questions or for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-217

Classification: MG0217

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 13 January 2022.

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Collection: Heritage of Bart Township Collection

Title: Heritage of Bart Township Collection

Object ID: MG0897

Date Range: 1849, 1857, 1940

Walton, Asa Walton, Ida M. Wood, E. J. Subject Headings: Bart (Pa. : Township) Search Terms: Manuscript groups Finding aids Bart Twp. Bart Preparative Meeting Bart Historical Society Temperance Related Materials at LancasterHistory: Bart Self-Culture Society Collection (MG0271) Processing History

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Collection: Heritage of Bart Township Collection

Title: Heritage of Bart Township Collection

Description: This collection contains items relating to the history and heritage of Bart Township, Lancaster County.

Date Range: 1849, 1857, 1940

Year Range From: 1849

Year Range To: 1940

Date of Accumulation: 1849-1940

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Bushong, Henry R.; Bushong, Lydia R.; Gilbert, Rodney; Jackson, Ralph G.; Jackson, T. Baker; Martin, Emma W.; Martin, Paul I.; Maule, Norman C.; Walton, Asa; Walton, Ida M.

Subjects: Bart (Pa. : Township)

Search Terms: Bart Historical Society; Bart Preparative Meeting; Bart Twp.; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Invitations; Articles of agreement

Extent: 3 folders, 3 items

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0897

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Bart Self-Culture Society Collection (MG0271)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Heritage of Bart Township Collection (MG0897), 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. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Accession Number: Unknown.MG0897

Other Numbers: MG-897

Classification: MG0897

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Provenance is noted at the item level.

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers

Title: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 5 Papers of Other Members of the Buchanan Family, Series 2 Financial, Legal and Family Documents

Object ID: JBFP Part 5 Series 2

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers

Title: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 5 Papers of Other Members of the Buchanan Family, Series 2 Financial, Legal and Family Documents

Description: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 5 Papers of Other Members of the Buchanan Family, Series 2 Financial, Legal and Family Documents contains papers from members of the Buchanan Family, excluding James Buchanan, Harriet Lane Johnston, James Buchanan Henry and Edward Young Buchanan. Series 2 is divided into four subseries: Subseries 1 has bills, receipts, ledgers and accounts; Subseries 2 has speeches, certificates, and diplomas; Subseries 3 has legal papers; and Subseries 4 has estate and family records. The items span from the 1830s to 1900.; The series includes pages from family Bibles and a transcript from a family Bible that records the births and deaths of the family, from 1853 and 1997. There are also numerous items that do not have dates or the date has faded to a point of illegibility. There are a couple of diplomas for James (Jacobium) Buchanan, Edward Young Buchanan's son, and Gulielum (William) Buchanan, most likely William Speer Buchanan, James' younger brother, from Trinity College in Hartford Connecticut and New Ceasar College. The remaining items are school certificates to Maskell Ewing, Jr., Edward Y. Buchanan's grandson, and Andrew Jackson nomination and appointment of George W. Buchanan as the United States Attorney.

Admin/Biographical History: Many additional members of James Buchanan's family are included in this part of the collection. Including the following relations: William Speer Buchanan (1805-1826), James' brother; George W. Buchanan (1808-1832), James' brother; James Buchanan (1834-1871), Edward Young Buchanan's son; James Buchanan Lane (1814-1863), Harriet's older brother, and his wife, Martha Armor Jenkins Lane and their children; James Buchanan Lane, Jr. (1854-1906), James and Martha Lane's fourth son, and his wife, Thomasine Thomas, and their children; John Newton Lane (1852-1929), James and Martha Lane's third son, and his wife, Louise K. Sands Lane and their children. James Buchanan (1834-1871) attended Trinity College in Hartford, graduating in 1853. He also wrote one of the school songs "Good Old Trinity"1; 1 Trinity College. (nd) Trinity traditions. Section 6. Retrieved from: http://www.trincoll.edu/LITC/Watkinson/archives/Pages/traditions.aspx

System of Arrangement: JBFP Part 5 Series 2 Financial and Legal Documents and Family Records; Subseries 1 Bills, Receipts, Ledgers, Accounts; Subseries 2 Speeches, Certificates and Diplomas; Subseries 3 Legal Papers; Subseries 4 Estate Papers and Family Records

Year Range From: 1830

Year Range To: 1900

Creator: Buchanan family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

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

Subjects: Genealogy; Diplomas; Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)

Search Terms: Genealogy; Diplomas; Wheatland; James Buchanan; Buchanan Collections; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 box, 13 folders, 14 items, .5 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: JBFP Part 5 Series 2

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; Trinity College. Trinity Traditions. http://www.trincoll.edu/LITC/Watkinson/archives/Pages/traditions.aspx

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Family Papers; James Buchanan Collection, MG0096; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available.; Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.; Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.

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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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers

Title: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Papers of Others (Not Part of the Family), Series 2 Financial and Legal Documents

Object ID: JBFP Part 8 Series 2

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers

Title: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Papers of Others (Not Part of the Family), Series 2 Financial and Legal Documents

Description: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Papers of Others (Not Part of the Family), Series 2 contains financial and legal documents. Series 2 includes financial and legal documents within three subseries. Subseries 1 has bills, receipts, ledgers and accounts. Subseries 2 has deeds and land records. Subseries 3 has legal papers.; The financial and legal documents are arranged chronologically, spanning almost 100 years, from 1770 through 1866. The bulk of the items, dated between 1784 and 1790, are promissory notes, receipts of payment and rental slips. There is a large gap between 1790 and 1849. The items from the 1800s include bills of sale, accounts and receipts. The deeds and land records include one hand-drawn survey for an unknown location (1858) and a title report for property in Warren County, New York (1865). The legal papers include documents filed with the courts, transcriptions of a legislative act from Maryland, notes, purchase contract, as well as two foreign documents, possibly a German enlistment record and a Swedish passport, both for Eugene Francois Theodore de la Croix.

Admin/Biographical History: The origination of many of the items contained in this part of the collection are unknown. It is also unclear of the relationship they have with James Buchanan. In the first subseries, there are two names that reappear often from 1770 to 1790, Daniel McCausland and James Crawford. All of these items are either promissory notes, receipts of payment of loans or letters from Daniel to James requesting that he pay a certain sum to the bearer of the note and the reverse would show the receipt of payment of that loan. There is some mention of a Revolutionary War Colonel James Crawford from Lancaster and Daniel addresses one of the notes to "Col. Crawford" so this may be the same individual. (See 8.2.1.001) There is a gap in the receipts and promissory notes from 1790 to 1849. This is also where we see the money on the documents change from pounds and shillings to dollars and cents. There is a bill of sale of the Lancaster Intelligencer newspaper from Edwin W. Hutter by a S. Boyd Hamilton in July 1849, as well as some follow up correspondence regarding that sale. However, in an article published in the Intelligencer on August 7, 1849, Mr. Hutter states that his successor is Captain George Sanderson of Carlisle, Pennsylvania (Lancaster Intelligencer, August 7, 1849, p. 2), which is confirmed in the December 4, 1849 edition which names the editor as "Geo. Sanderson (Lancaster Intelligencer, December 4, 1849, p. 1). The name McCausland reappears in the next subseries for legal papers, however, it is not a William McCausland, Jr. This is in reference to a law suit he filed against James Crawford and William McCausland for money due to him in outstanding rents and profits. There is a deposition notice addressed to "Col. Crawford" so it is likely to be the same James Crawford who had business dealings with Daniel McCausland.; An interesting piece in this subseries is a large transcript of the Court Papers filed in the action by the stockholders of the Marietta & Susquehanna Trading Company against five of their Trustees. The Trustees were entrusted to resolve the company and collect all outstanding debts. However due to a robbery at the bank wherein all of the notes were stolen, they were unable to collect any of the debts. The background of this case is illustrated in Francis Lyman's A Mysterious Bank Robbery (LCHSR 905.748 HSP v. 94, p. 384-385), where it is alleged that one of the Trustees/Defendants, Jacob Grosh, committed the crime. The remaining items are random and vague in the origination and contextual relationship.; 1 Ellis, F & Evans, S. (1883). History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Everetts & Peck. Retrieved from https://books.google.com/books?id=WsQxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA52&dq=%22James+Crawford%22+Lancaster,+PA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBWoVChMIhPb155rHyAIVAV0eCh2FDgt6#v=onepage&q=%22James%20Crawford%22%20Lancaster%2C%20PA&f=false

System of Arrangement: JBFP Part 8 Series 2 Financial and Legal Documents; Subseries 1 Bills, Receipts, Ledgers, Accounts; Subseries 2 Deeds and Land Records; Subseries 3 Legal Papers

Year Range From: 1770

Year Range To: 1866

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

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

People: Buchanan, James; Cameron, Simon; Curtis, George Ticknor; Drayton, John Grimke; Foltz, Jonathan Messersmith; Foster, Stephen Collins; Foster, Morrison; Johnston, Harriet Lane; Muhlenberg, Henry Augustus

Subjects: Letters; Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.); Personal correspondence

Search Terms: Correspondence, Personal; Letters; Wheatland; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 box, 36 folders, 39 items, .5 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German, Swedish

Object ID: JBFP Part 8 Series 2

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; Archives of Maryland Online. Session Laws 1862. (Vol 532. Pg. 267). Retrieved from: http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000532/html/am532--267.html

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Family Papers; James Buchanan Collection, MG0096; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion; Charles S. Foltz, Surgeon of the Seas: The Adventurous Life of Surgeon General Jonathan M. Foltz In the Days of Wooden Ships, Told from His Notes of the Moment. Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1931. Call # 923.5 F671f

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Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.; Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.

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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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers

Title: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Papers of Others (Not Part of the Family), Series 3 Invitations, Broadsides, Visiting Cards

Object ID: JBFP Part 8 Series 3

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers

Title: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Papers of Others (Not Part of the Family), Series 3 Invitations, Broadsides, Visiting Cards

Description: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Papers of Others (Not Part of the Family), Series 3 contains ephemera, including invitations, broadsides, calling cards, and poems. There are several tickets to various democratic conventions and rallies, calling cards, business cards, invitations to homes as well as to parties and balls, two poems, a World War I speech and a railroad scrip ticket book. The majority of the tickets in this series are for political conventions during the 1860s and 1870s from Baltimore, New York, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, as well as a few with no date or location. Invitations range from business sized cards requesting the recipient's company to printed cards for a ball and New Year's Eve Gala.

Admin/Biographical History: The majority of the items in this series are missing context and relationship with the other items in the collection. There is no clear connection with the items and who they belonged to or how they ended up in the collection. There are a few items that can be examined further, such as a ticket to the Eulogy on John Sergeant by Hon. William M. Meredith at the Musical Fund Hall on April 22, 1853. This eulogy was published as Eulogium on the Character and Services of the Late John Sergeant. The convention ticket in folder 1 labeled "L. Vallandingham" may refer to Louise Vallandingham the wife of Clement Vallandingham who was a states' rights advocate and an outspoken opponent to Abraham Lincoln.

System of Arrangement: JBFP Part 8 Series 3 Ephemera

Year Range From: 1770

Year Range To: 1866

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

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Subjects: Business cards; Ephemera; Invitation cards; Tickets; Visiting cards; Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)

Search Terms: Buchanan Collections; Ephemera; Invitations; Business cards; Tickets; Wheatland; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 box, 26 folders, 32 items, .5 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German, French

Object ID: JBFP Part 8 Series 3

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; Charles S. Foltz, Surgeon of the Seas: The Adventurous Life of Surgeon General Jonathan M. Foltz In the Days of Wooden Ships, Told from His Notes of the Moment. Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1931. Call # 923.5 F671f

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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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