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Agreement

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: Conditions of sale

Object ID: MG0096 F027 In02

Date Range: 1851/12/06

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: Conditions of sale

Description: Conditions of sale by James Buchanan. Signed by Abraham W. Russel, purchaser, and W. Carpenter, agent. Lancaster.

Date Range: 1851/12/06

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Buchanan, James; Carpenter, W.; Russel, Abraham W.

Subjects: Real property; Contracts; Auctions; Real property auctions; Lancaster (Pa.)

Search Terms: Conditions of Sale; Real estate; Auctions; Real estate auctions; Public sales; Lancaster; James Buchanan; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 33 x 20.5 cm

Object Name: Agreement

Language: English

Parent Object ID: MG0096

Object ID: MG0096 F027 In02

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

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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.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.

Other Number: MG-0096, Folder 027, Insert 02

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Digitization of the James Buchanan Collection was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Agreement

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: Release from James Buchanan to Abraham Russel

Object ID: MG0096 F027 In04

Date Range: 1857/02/20

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: Release from James Buchanan to Abraham Russel

Description: Release from James Buchanan to Abraham Russel for property in Lancaster. Signed by James Buchanan and W. Carpenter. Lancaster.

Date Range: 1857/02/20

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Buchanan, James; Carpenter, W.; Russel, Abraham W.

Subjects: Real property; Lancaster (Pa.)

Search Terms: Releases; Real estate; Lancaster; James Buchanan; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 34.5 x 20.5 cm

Object Name: Agreement

Language: English

Parent Object ID: MG0096

Object ID: MG0096 F027 In04

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

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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. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org 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. 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.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.

Other Number: MG-0096, Folder 027, Insert 04

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Digitization of the James Buchanan Collection was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Ambrotype

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Collection: James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection

Object ID: JB-06-07-01

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Object Name: Ambrotype

Collection: James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection

Description: Unidentified man in dark suit with tinted cheeks. "Bisbee's Sphereotypes" and "Patent May 27, 1856" etched under image.

Provenance: Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name: Ambrotype

Print Size: 4 x 5 inches

Condition: Good

Object ID: JB-06-07-01

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 96.16.1

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Collection: James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection

Object ID: JB-07-01-01

Date Range: c. 1856

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Object Name: Ambrotype

Collection: James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection

Description: Ambrotype of James Buchanan in stained decorative case with pearl inlay in shape of flowers on front.

Provenance: Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.

Date Range: c. 1856

Creator: Holmes, Silas A.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Buchanan, James

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name: Ambrotype

Print Size: 2.5 x 3 inches

Condition: Good

Object ID: JB-07-01-01

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Collection: George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, Series 6

Title: George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, Series 6 Relief Fund

Object ID: MG0545_Series06

Date Range: 1858-1888

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Collection: George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, Series 6

Title: George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, Series 6 Relief Fund

Description: The documents in MG0545, Series 6 pertain to a city fund set up by the Hon. James Buchanan in 1853 [or 1849] with the purchase and donation of a $4,000 bond, the interest of which was used to buy heating fuel and other items for needy women (mostly widows) throughout the city. As other philanthropists contributed money, the Fund had additional names added to it, such as the Buchanan-McEvoy Fund and the Buchanan-McEvoy-Reynolds Fund. The documents in this series include invoices and receipts for some of the financial transactions completed by the relief fund such as the purchasing of coal, advertizing the fund and soliciting for coal donations in local newspapers, as well as the printing of Relief Fund "tickets."

Admin/Biographical History: The Buchanan Donation Fund was a city fund set up by the Hon. James Buchanan in 1853 [or 1849] with the purchase and donation of a $4,000 bond, the interest of which was used to buy heating fuel and other items for needy women (mostly widows) throughout the city. As other philanthropists contributed money, additional names were added to the title.

System of Arrangement: This collection is organized into series:; Series 1 Market Houses; Series 2 Fire Department; Series 3 Bridges; Series 4 Railroads; Series 5 Lamps and Lighting; Series 6 Relief Fund; Series 7 Administrative Records

Date Range: 1858-1888

Creation Date: 1858-1888

Year Range From: 1858

Year Range To: 1888

Creator: Lancaster (Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 11

People: Shulmyer, George; McGonigle, John T.; Carpenter, J. A. E.

Subjects: Business records; Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations; Invoices; Lancaster (Pa.); Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Buchanan Donation Fund; McEvoy Donation Fund; Buchanan-McEvoy Donation Fund; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan; Charitable organizations; Charity; G. Sener and Sons; H. G. Smith and Co.; Buchanan-McEvoy-Reynolds Donation Fund; Invoices; Receipts; Lancaster; Finding aids; Manuscript groups

Extent: 4 folders, 8 items

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0545_Series06

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory

Related Item Notes: Lancaster City Archives, CA 08-01 0130; George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, MG0545

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Original documents may be used. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to visit.

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-545, Series 6

Other Number: MG-545, Series 6

Classification: MG0545

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Note: These documents are mostly administrative records, not permanent records, and were likely purged by the city offices when they were no longer needed. We are fortunate that they survived as they contain details about Lancaster's past.; Organized and preserved by KH, January 2012.

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Collection: Business Letterhead Collection

Title: Business Letterhead Collection

Object ID: MG0254

Date Range: No date

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Collection: Business Letterhead Collection

Title: Business Letterhead Collection

Description: The Business Letterhead Collection contains examples of stationery from Lancaster County businesses and organizations.

Date Range: No date

Date of Accumulation: No date

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Wilson, Mary E.

Subjects: Envelopes; Letterheads; Stationery

Search Terms: American Professional Baseball Association; APBA; APBA Judicial Committee; Coldren Roofing Company; Envelopes; Finding aids; General Cigar Company, Research and Development Center; Historic Lancaster Walking Tour; Lancaster Caramel Company; Lancaster County Historical Society; Letterheads; Manheim Historical Pageant and Home Coming Days; Manuscript groups; Purchasing Corporation of America, Inc.; Stationery

Extent: 1 box, 6 folders, .1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0254

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Business and Industry Collection (MG0107); Invoice and Receipt Collection (MG0253); Billheads from the Commissioners' Orders for Payment Collection (MG0182)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Business Letterhead Collection (MG0254), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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-254

Other Number: MG-254

Classification: MG0254

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was originally cataloged in 1998 and the finding aid is updated as items are added. Added to database 26 August 2021.

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Collection: Bucher-Ortmann Pharmacy Collection

Title: Bucher-Ortmann Pharmacy Collection

Object ID: MG0211

Date Range: 1895-1967

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Collection: Bucher-Ortmann Pharmacy Collection

Title: Bucher-Ortmann Pharmacy Collection

Description: The Bucher-Ortmann Pharmacy Collection contains memorabilia from the Bucher Pharmacy and Ortmann Pharmacy in Columbia, including an account book and prescription formula books.

Admin/Biographical History: The pharmacy began with the Bucher family in 1895 and continued when Werner Ortmann purchased the business in 1953.

Date Range: 1895-1967

Year Range From: 1895

Year Range To: 1967

Date of Accumulation: 1895-1967

Creator: Ortmann, Werner, 1925-2017

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 05

People: Ortmann, Werner; Bucher, William L.

Subjects: Account books; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Drugstores; Envelopes; Formulas, recipes, etc.; Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions; Pharmacists; Poisons; Columbia (Pa.)

Search Terms: Account books; Bucher Pharmacy; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Columbia; Drugstores; Envelopes; Finding aids; Formulas, recipes, etc.; Manuscript groups; Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions; Newspaper clippings; Ortmann Pharmacy; Pharmacies; Pharmacists; Poisons

Extent: 1 box, 6 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0211

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Strasburg Pharmacy Records (MG0282); Heinitsh Business and Family Records (MG0447); Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Collection (MG0480)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Bucher-Ortmann Pharmacy Collection (MG0211), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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-211

Other Number: MG-211

Classification: MG0211

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 27 August 2021.

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Collection: John Leaman Collection

Title: John Leaman Collection

Object ID: MG0274

Date Range: 1865-1898

and Company Business records Columbia Correspondence Crops Envelopes Everts and Overdeer F. M. and H. Brooke Farm produce Finding aids First National Bank of Strasburg Friedenthal George Cookman and Company Grain trade Harbert and Raymond James C. Walker and Son Kennedy, Eckert and Company Lancaster

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Collection: John Leaman Collection

Title: John Leaman Collection

Description: The John Leaman Collection consists primarily of letters between John Leaman of Leaman Place and businesses in Philadelphia regarding produce and grain markets and prices.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically.

Date Range: 1865-1898

Year Range From: 1865

Year Range To: 1898

Date of Accumulation: 1865-1898

Creator: Leaman, John

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Baumgardner, H.; Bruner, H. F.; Bushong, Viola; Eberman, E. M.; Ellmaker, Nathaniel; Herr, Calvin A.; Herr, J. F.; Leaman, A.; Leaman, Henry; Leaman, John; Leaman, Joseph H.; Leaman, Mary E.; Leaman, William; Lefevre, C. H.; Rakestraw, Charles J.; Seldomridge, J. F.; Shuey, D. B.; Thomas, W. B.; Thomas, William B.; Witmer, John S.; Woods, John N.

Subjects: Business records; Crops; Farm produce; Grain trade; Letters; Produce trade

Search Terms: Agriculture; Bitners and Company; Business records; Columbia; Correspondence; Crops; Envelopes; Everts and Overdeer; F. M. and H. Brooke; Farm produce; Finding aids; First National Bank of Strasburg; Friedenthal; George Cookman and Company; Grain trade; Harbert and Raymond; James C. Walker and Son; Kennedy, Eckert and Company; Lancaster County Mutual Insurance Company; Leaman Place, Paradise Twp.; Letters; Manuscript groups; McCallum and Sloan; Newberry Brothers; Prices; Princeton, New Jersey; Produce trade; Thomas, Mason and Company; Trout and Miller

Extent: 1 box, 8 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0274

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: Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.; 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-274

Classification: MG0274

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 9 September 2021.

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Collection: Public Playgrounds Association of Lancaster Newsletters

Title: Public Playgrounds Association of Lancaster Newsletters

Object ID: MG0313

Date Range: 1910

Content Note: This collection contains the newsletter of the Public Playgrounds Association of Lancaster regarding the playgrounds at Lemon Street, Rockland Street, James Street, Mulberry Street, and Manor Street. Creator: Public Playgrounds Association of Lancaster (Pa.) Conditions for Access: No

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Collection: Public Playgrounds Association of Lancaster Newsletters

Title: Public Playgrounds Association of Lancaster Newsletters

Description: This collection contains the newsletter of the Public Playgrounds Association of Lancaster regarding the playgrounds at Lemon Street, Rockland Street, James Street, Mulberry Street, and Manor Street

Date Range: 1910

Creation Date: 1910

Creator: Public Playgrounds Association of Lancaster (Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.); Newsletters; Playgrounds

Search Terms: Finding aids; James Street; Lancaster; Lemon Street; Manor Street; Manuscript groups; Mulberry Street; Newsletters; Playgrounds; Public Playgrounds Association of Lancaster; Rockland Street

Extent: 1 box, 1 folder

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0313

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Public Playgrounds Association of Lancaster (MG0313), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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-313

Classification: MG0313

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 19 January 2022.

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