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Message from the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress at the commencement of the first session of the thirty fifth congress

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16195
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Date of Publication
1857.
Call Number
923.173 B918 1857 v.2
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
Cornelius Wendell, Printer,
Date of Publication
1857.
Physical Description
572 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Ex. doc. / House of Representatives, 35th Congress, 1st session ; no. 943
Notes
Entire volume is dedicated to Report of the Secretary of War, 1857.
Includes accompanying documents and reports.
Library has Vol. II
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Utah Expedition, 1857-1858.
United States - Politics and government - 1849-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918 1857 v.2
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Visitation of American vessels by officers of the British navy : message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives calling for information in reference to reported acts of visitation by officers of the British navy of American vessels in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19081
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Date of Publication
1858]
Call Number
923.173 B918 1858 Oversize
Alternate Title
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives calling for information in reference to reported acts of visitation by officers of the British navy of American vessels in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Place of Publication
[Washington? D.C
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1858]
Physical Description
16 p.
Series
Doc. / 35th Congress, 2d session, House of Representatives. Ex. Doc ; no. 11.
Notes
Caption title.
"December 16, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and orderd to be printed."
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - Foreign relations, - 1857-1861.
United States - Foreign relations - United Kingdom..
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918 1858 Oversize
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The life and public services of James Buchanan : late minister to England and formerly minister to Russia : Senator and Representative in Congress, and Secretary of State : including the most important of his state papers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1046
Author
Horton, R. G.
Edition
Authorized ed.
Date of Publication
1856.
Call Number
923.173 B918h
Responsibility
by R.G. Horton.
Author
Horton, R. G.
Edition
Authorized ed.
Place of Publication
New York : Cincinnati
Publisher
Derby & Jackson ; H.W. Derby & Co.,
Date of Publication
1856.
Physical Description
xi, 13-428 p. : port. ; 20 cm.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Campaign literature, 1856
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918h
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Brief replies to several charges against James Buchanan, Democratic candidate for president

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17499
Date of Publication
1856.
Call Number
923.173 W317 1856
Responsibility
Comp. by a North Carolinian.
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
Capital City Press,
Date of Publication
1856.
Physical Description
16 p. 25 cm.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
North Carolina - Campaign Literature, 1856.
Additional Author
North Carolinian.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 W317 1856
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The life and public services of James Buchanan

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16508
Author
Horton, R. G.
Date of Publication
1857.
Call Number
923.173 B918h 1857
Responsibility
President of the United States ; including his inaugural address, and the most important of his state papers, by R.G. Horton.
Author
Horton, R. G.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Derby & Jackson,
Date of Publication
1857.
Physical Description
450 p. : port. ; 19 cm.
Notes
Bound in half leather and marbled papers with marbled endpapers.
Bookplate of Redmond Conygnham, No. 3429.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918h 1857
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Report of the trial of Castner Hanway for treason, in the resistance of the execution of the Fugitive slave law of September 1850. Before Judges Grier and Kane, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. Held at Philadelphia in November and December, 1851. To which is added an Appendix, containing the laws of the United States on the subject of fugitives from labor, the charges of Judge Kane to the grand juries in relation thereto, and a statement of the points of law decided by the court during the trial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2052
Author
Hanway, Castner,
Date of Publication
1852.
Call Number
974.8032 R634
Responsibility
By James J. Robbins. From the notes of Arthur Cannon and Samuel B. Dalrymple, phonograpic reporters appointed by the court for this case.
Author
Hanway, Castner,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
King & Baird,
Date of Publication
1852.
Physical Description
2 p.l., 9-275 p. 23 cm.
Notes
The charge was in connection with an attempt to arrest Noah Buley, Nelson Ford, Joshua Hammond, and George Hammond on a warrant issued under the Fugitive slave law, claiming them as slaves of Edward Gorsuch of Maryland.
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
Subjects
Buley, Noah.
Fugitive slave law of 1850.
Additional Author
Robbins, James J.
Cannon, Arthur.
Dalrymple, Samuel B.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.8032 R634
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The forum, or, Forty years full practice at the Philadelphia bar

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11663
Author
Brown, David Paul,
Date of Publication
1856.
Call Number
340.092 B877
Responsibility
by David Paul Brown.
Author
Brown, David Paul,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
R.H. Small,
Date of Publication
1856.
Physical Description
2 v. : facsim. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Errata slip inserted: v. 2, p. [522].
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Brown, David Paul, - 1795-1872.
Law Association of Philadelphia - Biography.
Lawyers - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - Biography.
Judges - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
340.092 B877
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Pennsylania State Reports, reports of cases adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Supreme Court.
Date of Publication
1856.
Call Number
345.4 P544 1856
Responsibility
by Joseph Casey.
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Supreme Court.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Kay and Brother,
Date of Publication
1856.
Physical Description
v. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Library has v. 2, 1856.
From the library of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, Lancaster, Penn. Additional bookplate of Chas. W. Eby and stamp of Robert M. Going, Atty.
Subjects
Law reports, digests, etc. - Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Harris, George W..
Wharton, Thomas I.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
345.4 P544 1856
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Pennsylania State Reports, reports of cases adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18364
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Supreme Court.
Date of Publication
1852.
Call Number
345.4 P544 1852
Responsibility
by George W. Harris.
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Supreme Court.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Kay and Brother,
Date of Publication
1852.
Physical Description
v. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Library has v. 5, 1852.
From the library of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, Lancaster, Penn. Additional bookplate of Chas. W. Eby and stamp of Robert M. Going, Atty.
Subjects
Law reports, digests, etc. - Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Harris, George W..
Wharton, Thomas I.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
345.4 P544 1852
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Physical education: the only solid foundation of moral and intellectual culture and development: an address delivered before the Linnaean Association of Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa., at the annual commencement, Sept. 19th, 1851

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9896
Author
Atlee, Washington L.,
Date of Publication
1851.
Call Number
816 A881
Responsibility
By Washington L. Atlee ...
Author
Atlee, Washington L.,
Place of Publication
Gettysburg
Publisher
Printed by H.C. Neinstedt,
Date of Publication
1851.
Physical Description
18 p. 24 cm.
Subjects
Physical education and training.
Physical Education and Training
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
816 A881
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The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania. Or, its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture

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Author
Bowen, Eli,
Edition
[1st ed.]
Date of Publication
1852.
Call Number
974.80091 B786
Responsibility
populary described, by Eli Bowen ...
Author
Bowen, Eli,
Edition
[1st ed.]
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
W.P. Hazard,
Date of Publication
1852.
Physical Description
268, 2, 13-192 p. incl. illus., plates. front., fold. map. 24 cm.
Notes
The fourth part has separate t.-p.: Locomotive sketches, with pen and pencil. From Philadelphia to Pittsburg. (13-192 p.)
Contents
pt. I. Valley of the Schuylkill.--pt. II. The anthracite coal region.--pt. III. Wyoming.--pt. IV. Philadelphia to Pittsburg.
Subjects
Mines and mineral resources - Pennsylvania.
Railroads - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.80091 B786
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Speech of Hon. John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, on the admission of the state of Kansas

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10420
Author
Crittenden, John J.
Date of Publication
[1858]
Call Number
973.891 B628
Responsibility
Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 17, 1858.
Author
Crittenden, John J.
Place of Publication
[Washington]
Publisher
Printed by L. Towers
Date of Publication
[1858]
Physical Description
16 p. 25 cm.
Notes
Caption title.
Also published under title: Kansas -- the Lecompton constitution. Speech ...
Subjects
Kansas - Politics and government - 1854-1861 - Speeches in Congress.
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.891 B628
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[Court Records Dealing With Iron Industry (Coleman vs Grubb)]

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lebanon County)
Date of Publication
1858-1873.
Call Number
347.0770262 G855d
347.0770269 G855d
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lebanon County)
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.],
Date of Publication
1858-1873.
Notes
Also see volume with call number 347.0770269 G885 in the Rare Books Collection.
Also see volume with call number 347.0770269 G885e in the Rare Books Collection.
Between Robert W. Coleman, and Edward B Grubb and Clement B. Grubb.
Court records of the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon Country and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Middle District,along with the will and codicil of Robert Coleman dated May 13, 1825.
Library has a second copy through page p. 299.
Subjects
Coleman family.
Grubb family.
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania
Additional Author
Coleman, Robert W.,
Coleman, William L.
Grubb, Edward B.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
347.0770262 G855d
347.0770269 G855d
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Buchanan and Breckinridge. The democratic hand-book

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Author
Cluskey, M. W.
Date of Publication
1856.
Call Number
324.9 W317w 1856
Alternate Title
Democratic electoral hand-book
Responsibility
compiled by Mich. W. Cluskey, of Washington City, D.C. Recommended by the Democratic National Committee.
Author
Cluskey, M. W.
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
Printed by R.A. Waters,
Date of Publication
1856.
Physical Description
26 pamphlets in 1 volume 23 cm
Notes
Binder's title: Democratic electoral handbook.
Signature of H. B. Swarr, 1856 on back of front cover.
Marbled boards bound in three-quarters leather, gold-stamped title on spine.
Subjects
Campaign literature, 1808
Campaign literature, 1856
Political science.
United States - Politics and government - 1853-1857.
United States.
Additional Corporate Author
Democratic Party. National Committee, 1852-1856.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
324.9 W317w 1856
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The army and navy of America : containing a view of the heroic adventures, battles, naval engagements, remarkable incidents, and glorious achievements in the cause of freedom, from the period of the French and Indian Wars to the close of the Mexican War : independent of an account of warlike operations on land and sea : enlivened by a variety of the most interesting anecdotes and embellished with engravings

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19365
Author
Neff, Jacob K.
Date of Publication
1856.
Call Number
090 L244p 1856
  1 website  
Alternate Title
Army & Navy of America
Responsibility
by Jacob K. Neff.
Author
Neff, Jacob K.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
John H. Pearsol,
Date of Publication
1856.
Physical Description
viii, 687 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Military art and science - United States
United States - History, Military - To 1900.
United States - History, Naval - To 1900.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244p 1856
Websites
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The Congressional Glove : containing the debates and proceedings of the second session of the thirty-fifth Congress also of the special session of the senate / by John C. Rives

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19530
Author
Rives, John C.
Date of Publication
1859.
Call Number
328.7302 W317 1859 Oversize
Author
Rives, John C.
Place of Publication
City of Washington
Date of Publication
1859.
Physical Description
xliv, 1042-1692; iii-xii; 1-364 p. 30 cm.
Dates of Publication
February 17, 1859 - March 11, 1859.
Notes
Includes index.
Estate of Simon Cameron.
Subjects
Political Science.
United States - Politics and government.
United States.
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Congress
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
328.7302 W317 1859 Oversize
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A discourse delivered on Thanksgiving Day, in the Church of Cedar Grove, December 12, 1850

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo451
Author
Leaman, John.
Date of Publication
1851.
Call Number
Missing 10/2015 mrb
Responsibility
by Rev. John Leaman, M.D.
Author
Leaman, John.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, [Pa.]
Publisher
Published by the congregation, E.C. Darlington, printer,
Date of Publication
1851.
Subjects
Cedar Grove Presbyterian Church (East Earl township, Pa.).
Church and the world.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
Missing 10/2015 mrb
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Parish register of Christ Church, Leacock, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4675
Date of Publication
1828-1879.
Call Number
283 C554Le
Place of Publication
[Leacock, Pa.]
Publisher
Christ Church,
Date of Publication
1828-1879.
Physical Description
2, 279 l. (some blank); 23 x 35 cm.
Notes
Photocopy.
"Original records are located at St. James' Church, Lancaster, Pa."
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 246 #2.
Contents
Baptisms (Dec. 23, 1828 - June 2, 1879), pages 30-69 - Confirmations (June 12,1833 - April 9, 1873, pages 127-132 - Communicants (Dec. 25, 1828 - Alpril 17, 1878, pages 170-185 - Marriages (March 26, 1829 - June 21 1866, pages 194-197 - Marriages (June 10, 1873 - June 10, 1879), pages 198-199 - Burials (April 23, 1837 - April 20, 1872), pages 243-247 - Burials (April 26, 1873 -April 18, 1879), pages 248-249.
Subjects
Christ Episcopal Church (Leacock, Lancaster County, Pa.)
Chuch records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Leacock (Township)
Episcopal Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster Couinty.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
283 C554Le
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The political class-book of the state of Pennsylvania; comprising a familiar exposition of its constitution, and of some of the more important features of the political institutions established in accordance therewith; together with copious remarks on the general principles of governmental power

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3540
Author
Fuller, Daniel,
Date of Publication
1853.
Call Number
375 F969
Responsibility
By Daniel Fuller.
Author
Fuller, Daniel,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
E. C. & J. Biddle,
Date of Publication
1853.
Physical Description
120 p. 19 cm.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Politics and government.
Pennsylvania. Constitution. 1838-1958.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
375 F969
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Letters and papers relating chiefly to the Provincial history of Pennsylvania : with some notices of the writers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3551
Date of Publication
1855.
Call Number
974.8028 B174
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Crissy and Markley, Printers,
Date of Publication
1855.
Physical Description
cxxxviii, 312 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
A selection from the "Shippen mss." in possession of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; with other letters, papers, etc.
Privately printed.
Subjects
Shippen family.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.
United States - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763 - Sources.
Additional Author
Balch, Thomas,
Shippen, Edward,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8028 B174
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