Letter from James Buchanan to H. B. Swarr asking for a drawing of the court room in Lancaster with exact dimensions, location of bench and bar, and number of spectators who could be accommodated to help him design a new one in Baltimore, for which he is “personally responsible.” With envelope. Washington.
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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May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
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Accession Number
JBMS1996.001
Other Number
JBFP Part 1, Series 1, Subseries 1, Folder 91
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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.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners.
Hambright, Charles. Constable. Comm. v. Davis, Henry. Manslaughter.
Hollinger, [G.] Justice. Comm. v. Kelly, Edward. Assault and Battery.
Comm. v. Lewis, John. Assault and battery on Bewley, Charles. Witnesses: Bewley, Charles. Witmer, Isaac. Mull, Nicholas. Weis, George. McIntire, Dennis. Sminkey, Henry. Winters, John Dr. Witwer, Daniel Dr. Bullman, Michael. Ream, Samuel. Daum, Peter.
Stauffer, George. High Constable. Payment for apprehending the following vagrants and other disorderly persons: Hide, Jonathan. Wlater, August. An unnamed "dumb and deaf boy". Frederick, John. Weis, Samuel and wife Hester. Lewis, [Seney]. Beaman, John. McDonnal, Arthur. G[a]llegher, John. Morgan, Thomas. Steward, David. Malson, Ephraim and wife. Lynch, Hannah. Martin, John. Dawson, _____. Glassgo, Catharine. Miller, Mary. Hardy, Mary. Cowers, Jane. Debate, Mary. George, Jennet. Eberman, _____. Gill, Charles. Roop, Feronica and child. Weiss, Catharine.
Getz, George. Witness in Comm. v. Williams, Jeremiah.
Brown, John. Constable. Comm. v. Lucy, Henry. Larceny.
Spear, Robert. Justice Comm. v. Conrod, Henry. Assault.
Moore, D. Alderman. Comm. v. Wallace, Hugh. Assault and battery.
Dickeson, Jacob. Witness. Comm. v. McCall, George. Assault and battery.
Witness in Comm. v. Williams, Jeremiah, WIlliams, George, et al. Larceny. : Bennet, Amos. Husinger, Abraham. Boyd, James. Little, James. McMann, James. Reynold, Richard.
Spear, Robert. Justice. Comm. v. Lynch, William. Larceny.
Patterson, Betsy. Rice, Silvia. Witnesses. Comm. v. McCall, George. Assault and battery.
Moore, D. Alderman. COmm. v. Cannon, John. Arson. COmm. v. Wallace, Hugh. Misdemeanor. Comm. v. Johnston, John. Fornacation and bastardy.
Miller, Samuel. Bennet, Fanny. Witnesses. Comm. v. Linch, WIlliam.
