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John Pearson's description of Lancaster and Columbia in 1801

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Author: Mast, John H.

Date of Publication: 1957.

-1741) who was at that time the Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly. The "townstead" grew rapidly and became a borough on May 1, 1742. By 1800, Lancaster was described in Phila- delphia as "the greatest inland town in the United States, situated in a very rich, improved and populous country." See

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Responsibility: by John H. Mast.

Author: Mast, John H.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1957.

Physical Description: [49]-61 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 61, no. 2

Summary: John Pearson's observations of Lancaster came about when he came to Lancaster, the state capital at the time, as a state senator representing Philadelphia city and County and Delaware County.

Subjects: Pearson, John, - 1740-1829.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 19th century.; Columbia (Pa.) - History - 19th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 61, number 2 (1957), p. 49-61Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.61

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James Buchanan and public office : an appraisal

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Author: Carlson, Robert Eugene

Date of Publication: 1957.

Call Number: 905.748 HSP v.81

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Responsibility: by Robert E. Carlson.

Author: Carlson, Robert Eugene

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pa

Publisher: Historical Society of Pennsylvania,

Date of Publication: 1957.

Physical Description: pp. 255-279 ; 23 cm.

Notes: In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v.81 (1957); Discusses Buchanan's public service, and particularly his position on being nominated for the presidency over several years.; This record provides a link to this resuorce on the publisher's official online repository.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 HSP v.81

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Debates and other proceedings of the Convention of Virginia : convened at Richmond, on Monday the second day of June, 1788, for the purpose of deliberating on the Constitution recommended by the grand Federal convention ; to which is prefixed the Federal Constitution

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Corporate Author: Virginia.

Edition: 2d ed.

Date of Publication: 1805.

Call Number: Book 604 1805

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Responsibility: taken in short hand by David Robertson of Petersburg.

Corporate Author: Virginia.

Edition: 2d ed.

Place of Publication: Richmond

Publisher: Ritchie & Worsley and Augustine Davis,

Date of Publication: 1805.

Physical Description: viii, 477 pages ; 22 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 604 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Virginia. - Convention - (1788); Virginia. - Convention.; Constitutions - United States.; Constitutions.; United States.; Annotations - 19th century.; Printed books - 19th century - United States - Virginia - Richmond - Specimens.; Digital images.; Full leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Robertson, David,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 604 1805

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Reports of the trials of Colonel Aaron Burr, (late vice president of the United States,) for treason, and for a misdemeanor, in preparing the means of a military expedition against Mexico, a territory of the King of Spain, with whom the United States were at peace. In the Circuit court of the United States, held at the city of Richmond, in the district of Virginia, in the summer term of the year 1807. To which is added, an appendix, containing the arguments and evidence in support and defence of the motion afterwards made by the counsel for the United States, to commit A. Burr, H. Blannerhassett [sic] and I. Smith to be sent for trial to the state of Kentucky, for treason or misdemeanor, alleged to be committed there

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Author: Burr, Aaron,

Date of Publication: 1808.

Call Number: Book 617 1808

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Responsibility: Taken in short hand by David Robertson ...

Author: Burr, Aaron,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Published by Hopkins and Earle, Fry and Kammerer, printers,

Date of Publication: 1808.

Physical Description: 2 volumes 23 cm

Notes: LCHS wanting vol. 2.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 617 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Burr, Aaron, - 1756-1836; Burr, Aaron, - 1756-1836.; Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807.; Trials (Treason) - United States.; Trials (Treason); United States.; Trials, litigation, etc.; Trial proceedings - Pennsylvania - 19th century.; Repaired spine on blue boards (Binding); Printed label on spine (Binding)

Additional Author: Blennerhassett, Harman,; Smith, I.; Robertson, David,; Yeates, Jasper,l

Additional Corporate Author: United States. Circuit Court (District of Virginia)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 617 1808

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The traitor and the spy: Benedict Arnold and John Andre

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Author: Flexner, James Thomas,

Edition: [1st ed.]

Date of Publication: [1953]

Call Number: 923.5 A752

Author: Flexner, James Thomas,

Edition: [1st ed.]

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Harcourt, Brace

Date of Publication: [1953]

Physical Description: 431 p. illus. 25 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliography.; Of interest to Lancaster readers, Arnold's wife, Peggy Shippen, was a member of a wealthy Philadelphia family that had links to Lancaster. Major John Andre, the British spy, also had links to Lancaster. He had been captured earlier in the Revolution and had been a prisoner of war in Lancaster . As was the custom for interned officers, he was housed in a private home and was permitted to walk freely in the city.

Summary: "An account of the traitorous trio ( Arnold, his wife, and John Andre ) who almost toppled the American nation at its birth. Benedict Arnold offered to sell his soldiers, with the key fortress of West Point, and to deliver to the enemy, dead or alive, George Washington. The plot promised to destroy the American battle of freedom." [from the publisher]

Subjects: Arnold, Benedict, - 1741-1801.; Andre, John, - 1751-1780.; Arnold, Margaret Shippen, - 1760-1804.; Generals - United States; Spies - United States; American loyalists; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Secret service - Biography.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.5 A752

When Lancaster was Pennsylvania's capital

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Author: Heiges, George L.

Date of Publication: 1951

1787 and was currently (since 1794) a United States Senator. All then was in readiness for the campaign preceding the election which would decide whether Thomas McKean or James Ross was to be inaugurated Governor of Pennsylvania at Lancaster in Decem- ber of the year seventeen hundred ninety-nine. It

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Responsibility: by George L. Heiges.

Author: Heiges, George L.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1951

Physical Description: [1]-48 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 55, no. 1; Copy of entire series bound at LC 09 H465.

Subjects: Mifflin, Thomas, - 1744-1800.; McKean, Thomas, - 1734-1817.; Jefferson, Thomas, - 1743-1826.; Elections - United States.; Elections - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - Capital and capitol.; Pennsylvania - History - 1775-1865.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 55, number 1 (1951), p. 1-48Lancaster History Library - Lancaster CountyLancaster History Library - Journal974.815 LACI H465974.9 L245 v.55

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Journals of Congress : containing their proceedings from September 5, 1774, to [November 3, 1788]

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Corporate Author: United States. Continental Congress.

Date of Publication: 1800-1801.

Call Number: Book 863 n.d.; Book 8641800; Book 865 1800; Book 866 1800; Book 867 1787; Book 868 1800; Book 869 n. d.; Book 870 1801; Book 871 1801; Book 872 1807; Book 873 n.d.; Book 862 1800; Book 861 1800

Responsibility: published by authority.

Corporate Author: United States. Continental Congress.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: From Folwell's Press,

Date of Publication: 1800-1801.

Physical Description: 13 volumes ; 21-22 cm

Notes: Includes indexes.; Vol. 1-9 dated 1800.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 861-873 as assigned by Yeates.; Vol 3 published by John Patterson, New York, no date; vol 7 published by John Patterson, New York, 1787; vol 9 published by John Dunlap, Philadelphia; vol 12 place and publisher not identified, 1887; vol 13 place not identified. printed by Jon Dunlap.

Contents: v. 1. Sept. 5, 1774 to Jan. 1, 1776 -- v. 2. Jan. 1, 1776 to Dec. 31, 1776 -- v. 3. Jan. 1, 1777 to Jan. 1, 1778 -- v. 4. Jan. 1, 1778 to Jan. 1, 1779 -- v. 5. Jan. 1, 1779 to Jan. 1, 1780 -- v. 6. Jan. 1, 1780 to Jan. 1, 1781 -- v. 7. Jan. 1, 1781 to Nov. 2, 1782 -- v. 8. Nov. 2, 1782 to Nov. 1, 1783 -- v. 9. Nov. 3, 1783 to June 3, 1784. Contains also: Journal of the Committee of the States : containing the proceedings from the first Friday in June, 1784, to the second Friday in August, 1784 (29 p. at end) -- v. 10. Nov. 1, 1784 to Nov. 4, 1785 -- v. 11. Nov. 4, 1785 to Nov. 3, 1786 -- v. 12. Nov. 6, 1786 to Nov. 5, 1787 -- v. 13. Nov. 5, 1787 to Nov. 3, 1788.

Subjects: United States. - Continental Congress - Sources.; United States. - Continental Congress.; Constitutional history - United States - Sources.; Constitutional history - United States - Early works to 1800.; Constitutional history.; Politics and government.; United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783 - Sources.; United States - Politics and government - 1783-1789 - Sources.; United States.; Early works.; Sources.; Three-quarters leather on speckled boards (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Folwell, Richard,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 863 n.d.; Book 8641800; Book 865 1800; Book 866 1800; Book 867 1787; Book 868 1800; Book 869 n. d.; Book 870 1801; Book 871 1801; Book 872 1807; Book 873 n.d.; Book 862 1800; Book 861 1800

The inauguration of President James Buchanan

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Author: Klein, Philip Shriver,

Date of Publication: 1957.

thought of themselves as possibilities now pressed their claims through their friends, and sectionalism, which it was Buchanan's main object to eliminate by his Cabinet selections, ran wild. Every newspaper spread speculation and built false hopes or �JOHN W. FORNEY JOHN ADAMS APPLETON Forney (1817-1881

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Responsibility: Philip Shriver Klein.

Author: Klein, Philip Shriver,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1957.

Physical Description: [145]-168 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 61, no. 4

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Presidents - United States

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 61, number 4 (1957), p. 145-168Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.61

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Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789

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Date of Publication: 1959-

Call Number: Drawer 15, Sec. 3

Place of Publication: Washington

Publisher: National Archives and Records Service,

Date of Publication: 1959-

Physical Description: 204 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Series: National Archives microfilm publications ; microcopy no. 247

Notes: Library owns: Roll 9, Item No. 1, Rough Journals 1774-1789 -- Roll 13, Item No. 1 Rough Journals 1774-1789 -- Roll 60, Item No. 46, Proposals on locating the seat of government and printing the journals -- Roll 83, Item No. 69, Pennsylvania State Papers 1775-1791 -- Roll 178, Item Nos. 159 and 160, Letters from Generals Putnam, Mercer, Lewis, Thompson, Ward, Weedon, Hand, Conway, Sullivan, and Howe 1775-1785 -- Roll 183, Item No. 166, Letters and Papers Relating to Canadian Affairs, Sullivan's Expedition, and the Northern Indians 1775-1779.; Listed in "Microfilm resources for research," 1986 as: M247.; Indexes compiled by John P. Butler.; "The records reproduced in the microfilm publication are from Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention record group 360 in the National Archives."; Reproduced from original documents issued under the title Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.

Subjects: United States. - Continental Congress - Indexes.; Constitutional history - United States - Sources.; United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783.; United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783 - Sources.; United States - Politics and government - 1783-1789 - Sources.; United States - History - Revolution - Sources.

Additional Author: Butler, John P.,

Additional Corporate Author: United States. Continental Congress.

Additional Title: Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 15, Sec. 3

Receipts and expenditures in the treasury of Pennsylvania : from the first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and six, to the thirtieth of November, one thousand eight hundred and seven, inclusive

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Treasury.

Date of Publication: 1807.

Call Number: 090 L224bu 1807 Oversize

Alternate Title: Penna. treasury Lanc. 1807; Pennsylvania treasury

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Treasury.

Place of Publication: Lancaster [Pa.]

Publisher: Printed by John Burnside,

Date of Publication: 1807.

Physical Description: 142 p. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Unbound.

Subjects: Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.; Pennsylvania - Economic aspects - 19th century.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 090 L224bu 1807 Oversize

Report of the trial of the Hon. Samuel Chase : one of the associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, before the High Court of Impeachment, composed of the Senate of the United States, for charges exhibited against him by the House of Representatives, in the name of themselves, and of all the people of the United States for high crimes nd misdemeanors, supposed to have been by him committed : with the necessary documents and official papers, from his impeachment to final acquittal

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Author: Chase, Samuel,

Date of Publication: 1805.

Call Number: Book 618 1805

Responsibility: taken in short hand, by Charles Evans ; and the arguments of counsel revised by them from his manuscript.

Author: Chase, Samuel,

Place of Publication: Baltimore

Publisher: Printed for Samuel Butler and George Keatinge,

Date of Publication: 1805.

Physical Description: [6], 12, [3]-268 (i.e. 312), 68 pages ; 25 cm (8vo)

Notes: Pages 50-51 omitted in numbering; p. 205-212 repeated; extra numbered p. 101*-112*, 212* (i.e. 213*)-230*, 237*-244*.; "Appendix. Impeachment of the Hon. Samuel Chase, with the articles exhibited against him by the House of Representatives; also his answer and pleas, exhibits, and the replication of the House of Representatives, &c. &c.": 68 p. at end, with separate title page.; Trial January 2-March 1, 1805, for alleged misdemeanors in the political trials of Fries and Callender.--cf. Sabin, Dictionary of books relating to America.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 618 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Fries, John, - approximately 1750-1818.; Callender, James Thomson, - 1758-1808.; Impeachments - United States.; Impeachments.; United States.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Evans, Charles,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: United States. Congress

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 618 1805

Forensic eloquence. : Sketches of trials in Ireland for high treason, etc. : Including the speeches of Mr. Curran at length: accompanied by certain papers illustrating the history and present state of that country. : [Two lines in Latin]

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Date of Publication: 1804.

Call Number: Book 597 1804

Place of Publication: Baltimore

Publisher: Published by G. Douglas, bookseller.,

Date of Publication: 1804.

Physical Description: iv [i.e. vi], [2], 40, 351, [1] p. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Copyright July 26,1804, by George Douglas.; Error in paging: p. vi misnumbered iv.; "Mr. O'Connor's address to the Irish nation."--Page 323-326.; "To the reader."--Page [327].; "Mr. Grattan's letter to the citizens of Dublin, on his declining to represent them in Parliament."--Page 328-351.; "Erratum"--Page 351.; "In the press, a collection of the most approved speeches and orations selected from English, Scotch, Irish, and American authors. With biographical anecdotes."--Page [352].; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 597 as assigned by Yeates.; Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,

Subjects: Curran, John Philpot, - 1750-1817.; Trials (Treason) - Ireland.; Trials (Treason); Ireland - History.; Ireland.; Stained leather (Binding); Gold tooled leather (Binding); History.; Publishers' advertisements - Maryland - Baltimore.; Leather bindings (Binding); Fillet tools (Binding); Lettering pieces (Binding)

Additional Author: Curran, John Philpot,; Grattan, Henry,; O'Connor, Arthur,; Douglas, George,; Yeates, Jasper,

Place: United States Maryland Baltimore.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 597 1804

Toward Gettysburg; a biography of General John F. Reynolds

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Author: Nichols, Edward J.

Date of Publication: 1958.

Call Number: 923.5 R462n

Author: Nichols, Edward J.

Place of Publication: [University Park]

Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press,

Date of Publication: 1958.

Physical Description: x, 276 p. illus., maps, ports. 25 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 259-264.

Subjects: Reynolds, John Fulton, - 1820-1863; Generals - United States; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.5 R462n

Wheatland centennial celebration : commemorating the 100th anniversary of the election of James Buchanan 15th president of the United States 1856-1956

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Date of Publication: 1956?]

Call Number: 728.37 W557c

Place of Publication: [S.l

Publisher: S.n.,

Date of Publication: 1956?]

Physical Description: [10] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. + reprint ([8] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.)

Notes: Cover title.; Includes the Wheatland commemorative stamp.; "Reprint from American Heritage, Volume 5, number 3, published by the American Association for State and Local History"--P. [8] of reprint.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.); Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Postage stamps - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Additional Corporate Author: James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 728.37 W557c

James Buchanan, "Big wheel" of the railroads

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Author: Sprout, Oliver S.

Date of Publication: 1952.

of 1834, the new bridge at Columbia was opened for traffic, as previously mentioned; with Mr. Buchanan being elected the next month to the United States Senate, where he was destined to serve until 1845. With a pair of men like Messrs. Buchanan and Cameron at the throttle of the Mount Joy Road, the

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Responsibility: by Oliver S. Sprout.

Author: Sprout, Oliver S.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1952.

Physical Description: [21]-34 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 56, no. 2

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Columbia, Lancaster and Philadelphia Railroad (Pa.); Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mt. Joy and Lancaster Railroad Company (Pa.); Pennsylvania Railroad.; Canals - Pennsylvania

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 56, number 2 (1952), p. 21-34Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.56

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James Buchanan and Ann Coleman

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Author: Klein, Philip Shriver,

Date of Publication: 1955

author of, among other things, The Story of Wheatland and Pennsylvania Politics, 1817-1832. The present paper, which grew out of a biography of Buchanan which Dr. Klein i's now writing, was read at the annual dinner of the Pennsylvania Historical Association, Lan- caster, October 23, 1953. 1 Review by

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Responsibility: by Philip Shriver Klein.

Author: Klein, Philip Shriver,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1955

Physical Description: 1-20 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 59, no. 1

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Coleman, Ann Caroline, - 1796-1819.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 59, number 1 (1955), p. 1-20Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.59

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Wheatland, 1848-1868; the home of James Buchanan

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Author: Butler, Joseph Thomas.

Date of Publication: 1957.

Call Number: 728.37 B985

Author: Butler, Joseph Thomas.

Place of Publication: Delaware

Publisher: Univ. of Delaware,

Date of Publication: 1957.

Physical Description: 57 p. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Bibliography:; . 53-57.

Contents: 2 pgs missing; pages from unknown document in their place.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.); Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 728.37 B985

A narrative of the suppression by Col. Burr, of the history of the administration of John Adams, late President of the United States, written by John Wood ... To which is added a biography of Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States; and of General Hamilton: with strictures on the conduct of John Adams, and on the character of General C.C. Pinckney. Extracted verbatim from the suppressed history

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Author: Cheetham, James,

Date of Publication: 1802.

Call Number: Book 460 1802

Responsibility: By a citizen of New-York.

Author: Cheetham, James,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Printed by Denniston and Cheetham,

Date of Publication: 1802.

Physical Description: 72 pages 21 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Book number 460 as asssigned by Yeates.; Bound with Features of Mr. Jay's treaty. to which is annexed a view of the commerce of the United States, as it stands at present, and as it is fixed by Mr. Jay's treaty. Philadelphia: printed by Land & Ustick, for Mathew Carey, 1795. -- Report of the Commmittee of the House of Representatives of the United States appointed to prepare and report articles of impeachment against William Blount, a Senator of the United States.... Printed by John Fenno, Place and date not specified -- Instructions to the envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary from the United States of Ameridca, to the French Republic,.... Philadelphia: Printed by W. Ross in Locust Street...[1798].--.Message from the President of the United States, accompanying sundry papers relative to the affairs of the United States with the French Republic. 18 January,1799, published by order of the House of Representatives -- Message from the President of the United States, accompanying a report of the Secretary of State....Philadelphia: Printed by John Ward Fenno. 1700.--.Report of the Committee, to whom was referred, so much of the President's speech, as relates to a revision and amended of the judiciary system.1 May 1800, published by order of the House of Representatives; Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Preface -- A narrative [of the suppression by Col. Burr of the history of the administration of John Adams] -- Biography of Mr. Jefferson -- Biography of Mr. Hamiltion -- Of General Washington -- Of Jonathan Dayton -- Of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney -- Quarrell at Trenton between Mr. Adams and his ministers.

Subjects: Wood, John, - 1775?-1822.; Adams, John, - 1735-1826.; Jefferson, Thomas, - 1743-1826.; Hamilton, Alexander, - 1757-1804.; Burr, Aaron, - 1756-1836.; Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 460 1802

Founding of the United Brethren Church in Lancaster County, Pennsyvania

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Author: Gibble, Phares Brubaker,

Date of Publication: 1950.

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v. 54 1950

Responsibility: by Rev. P. B. Gibble.

Author: Gibble, Phares Brubaker,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1950.

Physical Description: [165] - 184 p. : ill, 23 cm.

Notes: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 54, no. 7.

Subjects: Otterbein, Philip William, - Bp., - 1726-1813.; Newcomer, Christian, - 1749-1830.; Boehm, Martin.; Newcomer, Christian.; Grosh, Christopher.; Hershey, Abraham.; Hershey, Christian,; Herr, Christian.; Herr, Abraham.; Smith, John Christian.; Riegel, John Adam.; Geyer, Geroge.; United Brethern in Christ - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Church of the United Brethren in Christ - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v. 54 1950

Bernese Anabaptists and their American descendants

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Author: Gratz, Delbert L.,

Date of Publication: 1953.

Call Number: 289.7 G772

Responsibility: by Delbert L. Gratz.

Author: Gratz, Delbert L.,

Place of Publication: Scottdale, Pa

Publisher: Herald Press,

Date of Publication: 1953.

Physical Description: xii, 219 pages : illustrations, portrait, map ; 24 cm.

Series: Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite history ; no. 8

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-205) and index.

Contents: Bernese Anabaptists in the sixteenth century -- Debates and early persecution -- Bernese Anabaptism in the seventeenth century -- Bernese Anabaptism in the eighteenth century -- Bernese Anabaptism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- Migration of Bernese Anabaptists to America in the nineteenth century -- Bernese Anabaptist settlements in America -- Bernese Anabaptism in America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Summary: "This book holds a wealth of information discovered in archives and libraries in Europe. Early history of the beginnings of Anabaptism in the Bernese area of Switzerland is given, followed by emigration stories as people fled to the Alsace and the Palatinate in the 17th century. Genealogy and history is combined, with examples of family names, stating where they lived in Switzerland before emigrating to other parts of Europe and later to America. The appendix lists Anabaptists who fled from Bern to the Palatinate in the 1670s; Bernese Anabaptists found in Basel in the early part of the 18th century; Anabaptists in Commune Florimont, France, in 1791; Anabaptists in Canton Bern in 1823; and Bernese Anabaptist-Mennonite congregations in America." [from the publisher]

Subjects: Anabaptists - Switzerland - Bern.; Mennonites - United States.; Anabaptists.; Mennonites.; Mennonites; Anabaptists; Doopsgezinden.; Emigratie.; Switzerland - Bern.; United States.; United States - Church history.; Switzerland, Bern - Church history.; Switzerland, Bern - Emigration and immigration.; United States - Emigration and immigration.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 289.7 G772

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Debates and other proceedings of the Convention of Virginia : convened at Richmond, on Monday the second day of June, 1788, for the purpose of deliberating on the Constitution recommended by the grand Federal convention ; to which is prefixed the Federal Constitution

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The traitor and the spy: Benedict Arnold and John Andre

When Lancaster was Pennsylvania's capital

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Journals of Congress : containing their proceedings from September 5, 1774, to [November 3, 1788]

The inauguration of President James Buchanan

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Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789

Receipts and expenditures in the treasury of Pennsylvania : from the first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and six, to the thirtieth of November, one thousand eight hundred and seven, inclusive

Forensic eloquence. : Sketches of trials in Ireland for high treason, etc. : Including the speeches of Mr. Curran at length: accompanied by certain papers illustrating the history and present state of that country. : [Two lines in Latin]

Toward Gettysburg; a biography of General John F. Reynolds

Wheatland centennial celebration : commemorating the 100th anniversary of the election of James Buchanan 15th president of the United States 1856-1956

James Buchanan, "Big wheel" of the railroads

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James Buchanan and Ann Coleman

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Wheatland, 1848-1868; the home of James Buchanan

Founding of the United Brethren Church in Lancaster County, Pennsyvania

Bernese Anabaptists and their American descendants