This is a wartime biography of General Edward Hand written by one of his descendants. The majority of this book describes the events in Hand's life during the Revolutionary War. It provides details of Hand's military maneuvers. The text contains mulitple excerpts from Hand's letters and papers along with notes and citations. General Hand was born in Ireland , served in the British army prior to the American revolution, and was living in Lancaster,Pa. at the start of the Revolution.He served in the American Continental Army during the war and returned to live in Lancaster following the war.He practiced medicine and served in local and state government.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 129) and index.
Contents
Fundraising/development plan / by Mary Bailey Pierce -- Library friends / by Joan M. Hood -- Donor and donor relations / by Charlene Clark -- Grants / by Helen W. Samuels, Samuel A. Streit -- The corporate connection / by Susan P. Jordan -- The library campaign / by Linda J. Safran -- Planned giving / by Alison Wheeler Lahnston -- Public relations / by William R. Mott -- Development personnel / by Eileen M. Mulhare.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-376) and index.
Contents
A new year and a fresh start -- Politics and the social milieu -- James Buchanan : President-elect -- The President, the Chief Justice, and a slave named Scott -- The heart of the matter : slavery and sectionalism -- Popular sovereignty, Kansas style -- Dog days -- Flush times and an autumn panic -- Northern politics : the parties in equipoise -- Politics as farce : the Lecompton Constitution -- Politics as tragedy : Buchanan's decision -- 1858 : the fruits of Lecompton.
Summary
It was a year packed with unsettling events. The Panic of 1857 closed every bank in New York City, ruined thousands of businesses, and caused widespread unemployment among industrial workers. The Mormons in Utah Territory threatened rebellion when federal troops approached with a non-Morman governor to replace Brigham Young. The Supreme Court outraged northernRepublicans and abolitionists with the Dred Scott decision ("a breathtaking example of judicial activism"). etc.
"Taken from the published "Pa. Archives, Third Series," this list includes taxpayer/land owner, page number of the volume in the published "Archives," township where the person was recorded, acres, number of horses, head of cattle, number of sheep, servants/slaves, and tax. Over 5,700 names." [from the publisher]
as performed by the Jefferson Guards Band ; arranged for the piano forte and dedicated to Lieut. James L. Hewitt and the officers and members of the New York Light Guard by T. Rebhun.
