In search of Buchanan : 'Clarior hinc honos' : the stories of some Buchanan ancestors before and after the emigration of James Buchanan of Ramelton, County Donegal, Ireland, in 1783
iii, 152, [17] pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits (some color), facsimiles ; 25 cm
Notes
Sub-title on cover: from Anselan to President James Buchanan.
"Some of these stories are incorporated in the BBC1 TV documentary, 'Are you related to an American President?', produced by Big Mountain Productions."
Presents a biography of James Buchanan's niece who was the White House hostess during her uncle's presidency, helped create the National Gallery of Art, and started the first pediatrics hospital.
256 pages : illustrations, maps, facsimiles ; 22 cm
Notes
Includes index.
Summary
This is the diary of James McCullogh, a Scot-Irish immigrant farmer who settled on the Pennsylvania frontier in the mid-1700s...In its 116 pages, he jots notations from his daily life, from planting to business accounts to the secret places where he hid his tools during bloody Indian raids. The book records life-altering events such as the loss of his brother John and the kidnapping of his two small sons -the younger of which he never saw again- at the hands of Indians. He includes Bible verses and writes some entries in code, somewhat curiously, since he also provides the key. [book jacket]
In this annotated volume, there are facsimiles of the diary's pages, along with a transcription for clarity...and useful commentary providing context and background.
Journal of the first session of the tenth House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the third day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and of the Commonwealth the twenty-fourth
"Appendix. Receipts and expenditures in the Treasury of Pennsylvania, from the first of January to the thirty-first of December, 1799, both days inclusive."--Page 59, [1] p. at end, with separate title page.
"Report of the register-general of the state of Pennsylvania for the year 1799"--18 p. at end, with separate title page.
Journal of the first session of the twelfth House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Lancaster on Tuesday the first day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and one, and of the Commonwealth the twenty-sixth
Appendix: Receipts and expenditures in the Treasury of Pennsylvania, from the fourteenth January to the thirtieth November, 1801, both days inclusive. Lancaster : Printed by Francis Bailey, 1801.--Report of the Register-General, of the state of the finances of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the year 1801. Lancaster : Printed by William & Robert Dickson, March, 1802.
Journal of the first session of the eleventh House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Lancaster, on Wednesday, the fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
Printed by Francis Bailey, in the square north-east of the court-house.,
Date of Publication
1800[-1801].
Physical Description
[2], 474, 67, [1], 21, [1], 6 p. ; (fol.)
Notes
Through Feb. 27, 1801.
Coat of arms on title page.
"Appendix. Receipts and expenditures in the Treasury of Pennsylvania, from the first of January to the twenty-ninth of November, 1800, both days inclusive." "Report of the register-general of the state of the finances of Pennsylvania, from the first of January to the twenty-ninth of November, 1800, both days inclusive."--67 p., with separate title page, dated 1800.
"Report of the comptroller-general of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania."--6 p., with separate title page, dated 1800.
"Report of the register-general of the state of the finances of Pennsylvania. From the first of January to the thirtieth of November, 1800, both days inclusive."--21 p., with separate title page, dated 1800.
Report of the register-general on the state of the finances of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania : from the first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and three, until the thirtieth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and four--both days inclusive
Receipts and expenditures in the treasury of Pennsylvania : from the first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and three, to the thirtieth of November, one thousand eight hundred and four, inclusive
A study was made of the wood in the log cabin which is said to be the birthplace of President James Buchanan. Since there is no proof that he was born in that particular cabin, the researchers wished to know if this cabin could have been his birthplace. They concluded that the " largest portion of the cabin beam samples were cut at or before 1785, six years before the birth of President Buchanan." This showed that the cabin existed at the time of his birth.
Introduction: Remembering -- Leavening, 1786-1819 -- Hardening, 1820-1834 -- Messing, 1834-1840 -- Wooing, 1840-1844 -- Ministering, 1844-1848 -- Running, 1848-1853 -- Presiding, 1853-1868 -- Epilogue: Preserving -- Washington residences of James Buchanan and William Rufus King (1834-1853) -- Percentage correlation of roll call votes of James Buchanan with senators of the Bachelor's Mess, 23rd to 28th Congresses (1834-1844) -- Calendar of correspondence of James Buchanan / Harriet Lane Johnston and William Rufus King / Catherine Margaret Ellis (1837-1868.
Summary
"Politicians James Buchanan (1791-1868) of Pennsylvania and William Rufus King (1786-1853) of Alabama has excited much speculation through the years. Why did they never marry? Might they have been gay, or was their relationship a nineteenth-century version of the modern-day 'bromance'? Then, as now, they have intrigued by the many mysteries surrounding them. In Bosom Friends : the Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King, Thomas Balcerski explores the lives of these two politicians and discovers one of the most significant collaborations in American political history. Unlikely companions from the start, they lived together as messmates in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse. There developed a bosom friendship that blossomed into a significant political partnership. Before the Civil War, each man was elected to high executive office, William Rufus King the vice-presidency in 1852 and James Buchanan as the nation's fifteen president in 1856. This book offers a dual biography of James Buchanan and William Rufus King. Special attention is given to their early lives prior to elected office, the circumstances of their boardinghouse friendship, and the juicy political gossip that has circulated about them ever since. In addition, the author traces their many contributions to the Jacksonian political agenda, manifest destiny, and the debates over slavery, while finding their style of politics to have been disastrous for the American nation. Ultimately, Bosom Friends demonstrates that intimate male friendships among politicians were, and continue to be, an important part of success in American politics"-- Provided by publisher.
Papers from a conference held at LancasterHistory.org in 2008. Presentation copy from the editors.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Bum rap or bad leadership? -- James Buchanan, Dred Scott, and the whisper of conspiracy / Paul Finkelman -- Prelude to armageddon: James Buchanan, Brigham Young, and a president's initiation to bloodshed / William P. MacKinnon -- General Jackson is dead: James Buchanan, Stephen A. Douglas, and Kansas policy / Nicole Etcheson -- In defense of doughface diplomacy: a reevaluation of the foreign policy of James Buchanan / John M. Belohlavek -- President James Buchanan: executive leadership and the crisis of the democracy / Michael A. Morrison -- The South has been wronged: James Buchanan and the secession crisis / Jean H. Baker -- "In the midst of a great revolution": the northern response to the secession crisis / William G. Shade -- Joseph Holt, James Buchanan, and the secession crisis / Daniel W. Crofts -- A conversation with William W. Freehling and Michael F. Holt, September 19, 2008 / Moderated by John W. Quist -- Epilogue: James Buchanan's Civil War / Michael J. Birkner.
Summary
An edited volume examining the presidency of James Buchanan and his role engaging the complexities of the debate surrounding the president immediately before Lincoln.
Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the third day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, seven hundred and ninety-nine, and of the independence of the United States of America the twenty-fourth. : Volume X. which commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the third day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, seven hundred and ninety-nine, and of the independence of the United States of America the twenty-fourth. : Volume X
Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Lancaster, on Wednesday the fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred, and of the independence of the United States of America the twenty-fifth. : Volume XI
Printed by William Hamilton, Franklin's Head, West King-Street, Lancaster.,
Date of Publication
1800 [i.e. 1801]
Physical Description
356, 19 66, 13-21, [1] pages ; (fol.)
Notes
Through Feb. 27, 1801.
"Receipts and expenditures in the Treasury of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, from the first of January to the twenty-ninth of November, 1800--both days inclusive."--66 p., 2nd count, with separate title page, dated 1800. Also issued separately (Evans 38219).
"Report of the comptroller general of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania."--6 p., 3rd count, with separate title page, dated 1800. Also issued separately (Evans 38221).
"Report of the register general, of the state of the finances of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the year 1800"--16, 13-21 p., 4th count, with separate title page, dated 1800. Also issued separately? (Not in Evans.).
Pennsylvania History: A journal of Mid-Atlantic studies ; v. 83, no. 4
Summary
Abstract: From 1715 to 1730, Pennsylvania’s provincial legislature passed economic reform that transformed the colony into an enviable commercial center. Provisions enacted included liquor duties, flour inspection laws, and feme sole statutes, but the crowning achievement was a public loan office that issued loans to farmers in the form of paper money. Historians have shown how the Pennsylvania General Loan Office improved business conditions in the colony following an economic depression. Scholars have paid less attention to the implications of financial innovations such as paper money for economic thought and culture conceived broadly in early America. Using Pennsylvania as a case study, this article argues that paper money issued by public land banks in the British colonies not only improved colonial economic conditions, but also formed the basis of a fiscal and constitutional order founded on legislative control over local currencies and an extrinsic notion of value that pegged economic worth to the provincial community.
