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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Others (Not Part of the Family)

Title: Act to confirm election of trustees of the Second Presbyterian Church

Object ID: JBFP 8.2.3.005

Date Range: 1855/04/06

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Others (Not Part of the Family)

Title: Act to confirm election of trustees of the Second Presbyterian Church

Description: Act to confirm election of trustees of the Second Presbyterian Church signed by Pennsylvania’s Speaker of the House of Representatives, Henry K. Strong, Speaker of the Senate, William Mulhenberg Hiester and Governor, James Pollock . An act to confirm and legalize the election of trustees of the Second Presbyterian Congregation of the City of Lancaster signed by Henry K. Strong, Speaker of the House of Representatives, William M. Hiester, Speaker of the Senate, and James Pollock, Governor, and certified by John M. Sullivan, Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth confirming the election of several trustees after failing to do so according to the charter of the church. This act upholds the action of the Golden seal with red ribbon on last page. Lancaster, PA.

Date Range: 1855/04/06

Creator: Pennsylvania. General Assembly

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 8, Box 1

People: Strong, Henry K.; Hiester, William Muhlenberg; Pollock, James; Sullivan, John M.

Subjects: Boards of directors; Presbyterian Church; Business records

Search Terms: Boards of directors; Second Presbyterian Church; Business records; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 8 pages to scan, 8.75 x 14 in.

Object Name: Act

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 8 Series 2

Object ID: JBFP 8.2.3.005

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: JBMS1996.032

Other Number: JBFP Part 8, Series 2, Subseries 3, Folder 5

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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Address delivered by Tho. H. Burrowes, before the Educational Society of Lancaster County, October 4, 1851

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Author: Burrows, Thomas H. (Thomas Henry) ,

Date of Publication: [1851]

Call Number: 370 B972a

Responsibility: by Thomas Burrowes.

Author: Burrows, Thomas H. (Thomas Henry) ,

Place of Publication: Lancaster

Publisher: M.D. Holbrook, Pr. ,

Date of Publication: [1851]

Physical Description: 16 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes table comparing pay for male and female teachers, 1835-1851.

Subjects: The Educational Society (Lancaster, Pa.); Education - Pennsylvania.; Public Schools - Pennsylvania.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 370 B972a

Address of Isaac E. Hiester of Penn. to his constituents, citizens of the Ninth Congressional District on the Nebraska-Kansas act

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Author: Hiester, Isaac Ellmaker,

Date of Publication: 1854]

Call Number: 973.891 H633

Author: Hiester, Isaac Ellmaker,

Place of Publication: [Washington

Date of Publication: 1854]

Physical Description: 16 p.

Subjects: Slavery - Kansas.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.891 H633

Address on religious intolerance and political proscription, delivered at Lancaster, Pa., on the evening of the 24th of September

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Author: Forney, John W.

Date of Publication: 1855.

Call Number: 814 F727

Responsibility: By John W. Forney.

Author: Forney, John W.

Place of Publication: Washington

Date of Publication: 1855.

Physical Description: 51 p. 22 cm.

Subjects: American Party.; Catholic Church - United States.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 814 F727

A. M'Elroy's Philadelphia directory for the year 1850

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Author: M'Elroy, A.

Date of Publication: 1851

Call Number: 974.811 P544

Author: M'Elroy, A.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pa

Date of Publication: 1851

Physical Description: 512 p. 29 cm.

Notes: Includes Camden, New Jersey

Subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.) - Directories.; Camden (N.J.) - Directories.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.811 P544

The American ladies and gentleman's manual of elegance, fashion, and true politeness

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Author: Day, Charles William,

Date of Publication: 1855.

Call Number: 395 D273

Responsibility: by Charles William Day.

Author: Day, Charles William,

Place of Publication: Auburn : Rochester

Publisher: Alden ; Beardsley,

Date of Publication: 1855.

Physical Description: 154 p. ; 16 cm.

Notes: Cover title: The book of fashion, and true politeness; half-title: Hints on etiquette.; "This work was originally published in London, where it had gone through twenty-two editions, and has been made the standard of modern society in England."

Subjects: Etiquette.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 395 D273

Annals of Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware. 1609-1682

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Author: Hazard, Samuel,

Date of Publication: 1850.

Call Number: 974.80083 H428a

Author: Hazard, Samuel,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Hazard and Mitchell,

Date of Publication: 1850.

Physical Description: vii, 664 p.

Series: Pennsylvania county and regional histories. Reel 4, no. 7

Subjects: Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; New York (State) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; New Jersey - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Delaware - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.80083 H428a

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Collection: John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection

Title: John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection

Object ID: MG0019

Date Range: 1850-1993

discussing John Wise. 17 September 1950. Insert 4 Letter to John H. Andrews from Marion A. Watson, Director of The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company regarding his enquiries into copies of publications. 25 March 1955. Letter from Janet Grimm, Sales Secretary, The Johns Hopkins Press to John H. Andrews

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Collection: John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection

Title: John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection

Description: The John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection contains material about John Wise, a pioneering balloonist from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and the history of ballooning. Articles written by and about John Wise provide information about the man and his career. The bulk of Series 1 is correspondence, research notes, and drafts of "The John Wise Story," by John H. Andrews. Series 2 contains material about the ballooning hobby, other early aircraft, and the history of air mail.

Admin/Biographical History: As an adventurous and inquisitive young boy, John Wise was drawn to the skies above his native Lancaster County. He was fascinated by aerial pursuits and began to conduct experiments. He tied his cat to his homemade parachute and observed the cat's safe descent from a local church steeple.; A keen interest in ballooning developed and Wise became a famous aeronaut. Although balloon ascensions were common at county fairs and carnivals he had never observed an ascension before he made his first one in Philadelphia in 1835. John Wise completed 462 balloon ascensions including Lancaster ascensions from Penn Square and the prison yard.; In the nineteenth century many ascensions were made just for the novelty of the event, but John Wise's approach was from a scientific perspective. Each ascension gave him a chance to conduct scientific investigations of the atmosphere, pneumatics and hydrostatics.; It also gave him the opportunity to develop a more advanced flying machine. Wise was the first to observe the "great river of air which always blows from west to east" in the higher regions of the atmosphere. Today we call this phenomenon the jet stream. He also developed the ripcord safety mechanism.; John Wise promoted the advantages of balloon transportation. In 1843 he conceived a project for crossing the Atlantic Ocean and asked Congress to appropriate $15,000 for the project. Congress rejected the appropriation. Wise suggested a plan to bomb the Castle at Vera Cruz during the Mexican War and during the Civil War the Bureau of Topographical Engineers requested his services as a balloonist. He is credited with the first airmail transportation in 1859.; Detailed descriptions of his ascensions and experiments are found in his book, Through the Air, published in 1873. The last ascent of John Wise took place on September 29, 1879 from St. Louis, Missouri. This flight ended disastrously in Lake Michigan where his balloon fell and his remains lie.; Prepared by the Lancaster County Historical Society, ca. 1995.

System of Arrangement: This collection is arranged into two series.; Series 1 John Wise; Series 2 History of Ballooning

Date Range: 1850-1993

Creation Date: 1850-1993

Year Range From: 1850

Year Range To: 1993

Date of Accumulation: 1850-1993

Creator: Andrews, John H.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Albertson, Catherine; Andrews, John Henry; Atkinson, S. C.; Bache, Hartman; Ball, Charles I.; Bartlett, Mrs. R. A.; Batchelder, Robert C.; Beckwith, A.; Beller, William; Black, J. W.; Blanchard, Jean Pierre; Blitzstein, Madelin; Bradbury, Ray; Brown, Elizabeth B.; Bruce, George; Burlingame, Roger; Burr, George; Byars, W. W.; Casey, Louis; Cessna, Clyde; Coffman, Ramon; Cornish, Joseph Jenkins, III; Cox, Palmer; Douty, Esther; Douty, Esther M.; Drepperd, Carl W.; Edwards, Vincent; Elvin, Thomas; Evans, William; Field, Francis J.; Fischer, Hans; Fleck, Glen; French, Melvin; Galzer, Emmett J.; Gambetta, Francis Leon; Greeley, A. W.; Grimm, Janet; Gryzewski, Tad; Halmi, Robert; Harrell, D. Tudor; Hautrive, M.; Hayden, F. Stansbury; Hopkins, Philip S.; Hunt, E. F.; Ingle, Harold E.; Kehr, Ernest A.; Keith, Barbara; Kessler, F. W.; Klein, Frederic S.; Kouwenhoven, John A.; Kreider, Ira; Kriebel, Robert C.; Kriebel, Robert G.; Lamorisse, Albert; LaPaz, Lincoln; Lindbergh, Charles; Lindquist, H. L.; Long, Elmer R.; Lundgren, Laura May Gross; Madsen, Peter; Maier, Alfred D.; Maxwell, George T.; McCloskey, Lores; McDevitt, William; Mills, James; Myers, Wilfred; Naves, Glen W.; Nicklin, John; Pasquarella, Gus; Peers, W.; Prevost, John W.; Roland, John; Rosenfeld, Albert; Sanabria, Nicolas; Schatvet, H. C.; Serviss, Garrett P.; Smith, Philip R., Jr.; Stehling, Kurt R; Steinmetz, Rollin; Stilphen, George F.; Taylor, Florence; Thompson, Howard; Topping, A.D.; Waitt, Robert; Warner, B. H.; Watson, Marion A.; Wetherill, Richard B.; Whipple, A. W.; Wilbur, W. H.; Wise, John; Wiseman, Frederick J.; Wolcott, Charles; Wolf, Constance; Woodruff, J. C.; Wright, Wilbur; Young, Pearl

Other Creators: Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)

Subjects: Hot air balloons; Hot air balloons--Launching; Airships; Aeronautics; Letters; Air mail service; Hindenburg (Airship); Reconnaissance aircraft; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Search Terms: Aeronautics; Air mail service; Airships; Aviation; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Finding aids; Hindenburg (Airship); Hot air balloons; Letters; Manuscript groups; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Reconnaissance aircraft

Extent: 3 boxes, 40 folders, 1 scrapbook, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0019

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.

Other Numbers: MG-19

Classification: MG0019

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997; added to database on 28 February 2018.

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Address delivered by Tho. H. Burrowes, before the Educational Society of Lancaster County, October 4, 1851

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18081

Address of Isaac E. Hiester of Penn. to his constituents, citizens of the Ninth Congressional District on the Nebraska-Kansas act

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13769

Address on religious intolerance and political proscription, delivered at Lancaster, Pa., on the evening of the 24th of September

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11519

A. M'Elroy's Philadelphia directory for the year 1850

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2206

The American ladies and gentleman's manual of elegance, fashion, and true politeness

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12495

Annals of Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware. 1609-1682

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8742

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