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Act

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports

Object ID: JBFP 1.6.3.001

Date Range: 1832/07/00

1 document 4 images

Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports

Description: An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports. Washington, D.C.

Date Range: 1832/07/00

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 1, Box 6

People: Buchanan, James

Subjects: Legislation; Statutes and codes

Search Terms: Acts, Legislative; Legislation; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 10 x 8 in.

Object Name: Act

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 1 Series 6

Object ID: JBFP 1.6.3.001

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 Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; 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, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1995.373

Other Number: JBFP Part 1, Series 6, Subseries 3, Folder 1

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Act

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: An Act supplementary to the “Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution”

Object ID: JBFP 1.6.3.003

Date Range: 1832/06/07

1 document 2 images

Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: An Act supplementary to the “Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution”

Description: An Act supplementary to the “Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution.” Accompanied by envelope from James Buchanan to Col. R. R Heitler, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Washington, D.C.

Date Range: 1832/06/07

Creator: United States. Congress

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 1, Box 6

People: Buchanan, James; Heitler, Richard R.

Subjects: United States. Congress; Legislation; Statutes and codes

Search Terms: Acts, Legislative; Legislation; United States Congress; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan, 8.25 x 8 in.

Object Name: Act

Language: English

Condition Notes: Pasted to boards.

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 1 Series 6

Object ID: JBFP 1.6.3.003

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 Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; 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, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1996.461

Other Number: JBFP Part 1, Series 6, Subseries 3, Folder 3

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers 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: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Agreement from Daniel Gibbons and others

Object ID: MG0846_F016

Date Range: 1831/07

, Joseph Hamilton, James Hertzkey, John Kendall, John Kirk, Jeremiah Lightfoot, Jepthat Miller, Eliza Miller, John Reynolds, Margaret Stauffer, Christian Steer, Joseph Stevens, Thaddeus Thomas, William B. Wartnaby, Elizabeth Subject Headings: Business records Deeds Letters Mills and millwork Quakers

1 document

Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Agreement from Daniel Gibbons and others

Description: Agreement by Daniel Gibbons and six others to pay the sums posted beside their names for the purpose of erecting the Friends meeting house on 9th Street near Spruce Street in Philadelphia.

Admin/Biographical History: Some of the names of the signers in the document are hard to read.

Date Range: 1831/07

Creation Date: July 1831

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Gibbons, Daniel; Conard, Abraham; Conard, Isaac; Peart, Thomas

Subjects: Business records; Contracts; Quaker church buildings; Quakers; Society of Friends

Search Terms: Agreements; Business records; Financial records; Hicksite Friends' Meeting House; Meetinghouses; Quakers; Society of Friends

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan

Object Name: Agreement

Language: English

Object ID: MG0846_F016

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records (MG0846), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available.; Original documents may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact research@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. 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.

Accession Number: 2021.008

Other Numbers: MG-846

Other Number: MG-846, Folder 16

Classification: MG0846

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 28 July 2021.

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Agreement

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan

Object ID: JBFP 1.2.4.001

Date Range: 1838/12/29

2 documents 4 images

Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan

Description: Agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan concerning funds of Jane B. Lane, Elliott’s wife and James’ sister, and in case she makes no will, how the estate will be divided. Involves bequeaths from her father, James Buchanan, and her mother, Elizabeth Buchanan. Also mentioned in the agreement are her sister, Harriett Henry, and her brother, the Reverend Edward Y. Buchanan, and her four children, James B. Lane, Elliott E. Lane, Mary Elisabeth Lane and Harriett Rebecca Lane. Franklin County, PA.

Date Range: 1838/12/29

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 1, Box 5

People: Baker, Mary Elizabeth Speer Lane; Buchanan, Edward Young; Buchanan, Elizabeth Speer; Buchanan, James; Henry, Harriet Buchanan; Johnston, Harriet Lane; Lane, Elliott Eskridge; Lane, Elliott Toll; Lane, James Buchanan; Lane, Jane Buchanan

Subjects: Legal documents; Probate records

Search Terms: Articles of agreement; Legal documents; Probate records; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan; Harriet Lane Johnston; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 8 x 10 in.

Object Name: Agreement

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 1 Series 2

Object ID: JBFP 1.2.4.001

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 Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

Notes: May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion

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, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1995.291

Other Number: JBFP Part 1, Series 2, Subseries 4, Folder 1

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers 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 Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Copy of the agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan possessed by Harriet Lane Johnston

Object ID: JBFP 1.2.4.002

Date Range: 1839/01/01

2 documents 4 images

Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Copy of the agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan possessed by Harriet Lane Johnston

Description: Copy of the agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan possessed by Harriet Lane Johnston. On reverse :“Article of agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan concerning my Mother’s Estate, Decr 31, 1838.” At end of document: “a copy.” And a summary of her mother’s estate not included in the original. Franklin County, PA.

Date Range: 1839/01/01

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 1, Box 5

People: Buchanan, James; Johnston, Harriet Lane; Lane, Elliott Toll; Lane, Jane Buchanan

Other Creators: Johnston, Harriet Lane, 1830-1903

Subjects: Legal documents; Probate records

Search Terms: Articles of agreement; Legal documents; Probate records; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan; Harriet Lane Johnston; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 8 x 10 in.

Object Name: Agreement

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 1 Series 2

Object ID: JBFP 1.2.4.002

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 Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; 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, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1995.267

Other Number: JBFP Part 1, Series 2, Subseries 4, Folder 2

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers 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 Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Proposed agreement for James Buchanan to rent rooms and furnishings in St. Petersburg, Russia

Object ID: JBFP 1.6.3.023

Date Range: 1832

1 document 2 images

Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Proposed agreement for James Buchanan to rent rooms and furnishings in St. Petersburg, Russia

Description: Proposed agreement in French for James Buchanan to rent certain rooms and furnishings from Anna Michavlova, wife of Marchand Brockhausen. St. Petersburg, Russia.

Date Range: 1832

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 1, Box 6

People: Buchanan, James; Brockhausen, Marchand; Michavlova, Anna

Subjects: Contracts

Search Terms: Agreements; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan, 8.25 x 13.25 in.

Object Name: Agreement

Language: French

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 1 Series 6

Object ID: JBFP 1.6.3.023

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 Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; 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, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1996.080

Other Number: JBFP Part 1, Series 6, Subseries 3, Folder 23

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Archive

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 4 Edward Young Buchanan

Title: Questions on Africa; List of books; Poem

Object ID: JBFP 4.3.1.004

Date Range: 1834

1 document 2 images

Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 4 Edward Young Buchanan

Title: Questions on Africa; List of books; Poem

Description: Questions on Africa, numbers 8 through 11; List of books in English and Latin belonging to Edward Young Buchanan and their cost; on back a plea from Elizabeth Buchanan for relief from her severe cough lasting for ten years and a poem by Elizabeth on the same topic dated 2 July 1834.

Date Range: 1834

Creator: Buchanan, Edward Young, 1811-1895

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 4, Box 2

People: Buchanan, Edward Young; Buchanan, Elizabeth E.

Search Terms: Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 2 items, 2 pages to scan, 8.5 x 14 in.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 4 Series 3

Object ID: JBFP 4.3.1.004

Location of Originals: Photocopy. Original in private ownership.

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 Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

Notes: May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Photocopy 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, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS2007.002

Other Number: JBFP Part 4, Series 3, Subseries 1, Folder 4

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Archive

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Collection: Robinson and Krauskop Family Papers

Title: Robinson and Krauskop Family Papers, 1826-1944

Object ID: MG0902

1 document

Collection: Robinson and Krauskop Family Papers

Title: Robinson and Krauskop Family Papers, 1826-1944

Description: This collection contains genealogical data, Civil War Widow's Pension receipts, Lancaster city tax receipts of the family of John and Catharine Robinson, an affidavit of the birth of Anna Duke Krauskop, and an itinerary and program of the Liberty Bell's journey to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915.

Admin/Biographical History: John Robinson (1826-1866) married Catharine Burns on 9 March 1851. Their daughter, Susan (b. 1851), married Lewis Krauskop. John Robinson served in Co. B, First Pennsylvania Reserves, in the Civil War.

Year Range From: 1826

Year Range To: 1944

Date of Accumulation: 1826-1944

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Robinson, John; Robinson, Catharine Burns; Krauskop, Susan Robinson; Baker, John C.; Robinson, Hugh; Krauskop, Lewis; Krauskop, Lewis Henry, Jr.; Robinson, Robert; Robinson, William L.; Robinson, Elizabeth; Robinson, Catharine; Robinson, Mary A.; Robinson, Sophia B.; Beal, G. C.; Barr, A. C.; Warfel, Albert; Killinger, David P.; Krauskop, Anna Edith Duke; Duke, Jacob; Duke, Anna Shenk; Duke, Henry Martin; Duke, Abraham Howard; Krauskop, Edna May; Krauskop, Ethel Margaret; Richards, Rev. John William

Subjects: Family records

Search Terms: Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Receipts; Vital records; Programs; Certificates; Civil War; Pension records; Family records; Liberty Bell

Extent: 6 folders

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0902

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Robinson and Krauskop Family Papers, 1826-1944 (MG0902), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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

Accession Number: 2001.MG0902

Other Numbers: MG-902

Other Number: MG-902

Classification: MG0902

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Transferred from Document Collection Box 30, Folder 12, Items 1-15, 16 March 2022

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Collection: Land Records from Elaine Ewing Holden

Title: Land Records from Elaine Ewing Holden, 1747-1848

Object ID: MG0903

1 document

Collection: Land Records from Elaine Ewing Holden

Title: Land Records from Elaine Ewing Holden, 1747-1848

Description: This collection contains various deeds and land drafts for property owned by the Galbreath family in Donegal Township, Lancaster County; tracts of land in Warren County and McKean County, Pennsylvania; lands owned by Martin Mylin in Lampeter Township; lots in the borough (now city) of Lancaster; and a letter form James Buchanan to Col. Henry Carpenter regarding property in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

Year Range From: 1747

Year Range To: 1848

Date of Accumulation: 1747-1848

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Connelly, Susanna; Connely, John; Logan, James; Brown, John; Shultz, Theobald; Breneman, Melchior; Galbreath, James; Galbreath, Bartram; Penn, Thomas; Penn, Richard; Peters, Richard; Hockley, Richard; Carpenter, Col. Henry; Buchanan, James; Hains, Anthony; Mylin, Martin; Furrer, Martin; Mylin, Barbara; Mylin, Jacob; Keesy, Catherine; Rohrer, John; Meck, George; Meck, John; Harnish, D. W.; Harnish, Michael; Keesy, Jacob; Bausman, John; Bausman, Elizabeth; Cooke, David; Shippen, Henry; Humes, James; Bachman, John; Carpenter, Henry; Miller, Jacob; Miller, Elizabeth; Getz, John; Getz, Eleanor; Forney, Jacob; Humes, Agnes; Laughree, Samuel; Steinman, John F.; Kieffer, Christian; Humes, Dr. Samuel

Subjects: Deeds; Correspondence

Search Terms: Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Land records; Deeds; Land drafts; Correspondence; Patents

Extent: 14 folders

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0903

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Land Records from Elain Ewing Holden, 1747-1848 (MG0903), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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.

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Accession Number: 2001.MG0903

Other Numbers: MG-903

Other Number: MG-903

Classification: MG0903

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Transferred from Document Collection Box 30, Folder 13, 17 March 2022

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Collection: Washington Fire Company Records

Title: Washington Fire Company Records, 1820-1879

Object ID: MG0521

Date Range: 1820-1879

1 document

Collection: Washington Fire Company Records

Title: Washington Fire Company Records, 1820-1879

Description: The Washington Fire Company Records contain the eleven articles and a list of members for the Washington Fire Company of Lancaster in 1820, a minute book for 1857-1879, constitution and by-laws printed in 1857, and an undated account sheet.

Admin/Biographical History: The Washington Fire Company was organized in 1820 at the home of John Landis. (Ellis and Evans, History of Lancaster County, pp. 389-390)

Date Range: 1820-1879

Year Range From: 1820

Year Range To: 1879

Date of Accumulation: 1820-1879

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 11

People: Ackerman, Jacob; Albright, Jacob; Albright, William; Allen, Ezekial; Bachman, Christian; Barnett, Joseph; Barter, Martin; Beam, William; Beitler, John; Bitner, Abraham; Bowman, Joseph; Brady, David; Bruner, Casper; Buckins, William; Bundel, Jacob; Calder, George; Carpenter, Michael; Dewees, Paul; Dorwart, Henry; Dorwart, Jacob; Dorwart, John; Dorwart, Martin; Faesig, Jacob; Fetter, Jacob; Flick, Christian; Flick, George; Flick, Henry; Frailey, Jacob; Gable, Jacob; Garver, Jacob; Gast, Conrad; Gibbs, Henry; Greiner, John; Gross, Michael; Gumpf, Jacob; Gundaker, George; Haldy, Lewis; Hartman, John; Heitshu, Daniel; Holsworth, William; Hoover, George; Hoover, George Taylor; Hoover, Joseph; Kautz, George; Kessler, Michael; Kreider, John; Kuntz, George; Kuntz, Jacob; Kurtz, William; Lind, William; Longenecker, Henry; Lorentz, Benjamin; Lutz, Peter; McCully, Jacob; McGeehan, Edward; McGloughlin, John; McComsey, William; Metzger, John; Metzger, Philip; Milchsock, Augustus; Miller, John P.; Murray, Thomas; Myers, Jackson; Nagle, Henry; Pontz, George; Ramsey, William; Reed, John; Reitzel, John; Remley, Frederick; Roth, George; Russel, William; Sener, Jacob; Sener, John; Shaeffer, Charles; Shufflebottom, Josiah; Smith, Arnold; Stone, James A.; Stone, John; Stormfeltz, Peter; Tripple, Joseph; Trissler, George; Weigand, George; Westheffer, Michael; Westwood, Thomas; White, H. M.; Williams, James W.; Williams, Nelson; Wineow, Henry; Wineow, Jacob; Young, George; Young, Henry; Zecher, Christian; Zecher, Jacob; Zeller, Ephraim; Zimmerman, John

Subjects: Business records; Fire stations; Minutes (Records)

Search Terms: Business records; Finding aids; Fire departments; Manuscript groups; Minutes; Washington Fire Company

Extent: 4 folders

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0521

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Washington Fire Company Records (MG0521), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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.

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Accession Number: 2022.MG0521

Other Numbers: MG-521

Other Number: MG-521

Classification: MG0521

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Noted at item level

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Collection: Swisher and McElree Family Papers

Title: Swisher and McElree Family Papers, 1788-1919

Object ID: MG0918

1 document

Collection: Swisher and McElree Family Papers

Title: Swisher and McElree Family Papers, 1788-1919

Description: This collection contains documents and ephemera related to the Swisher and McElree families of Lancaster County.

Year Range From: 1788

Year Range To: 1919

Date of Accumulation: 1788-1919

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Geyer, George S.; Groff, Fred F.; Huber, Christian S.; Huber, Hettie Ann Swisher; Kohr, John; Kohr, John Jr.; McElree, Catharine; McElree, Esther Ann; McElree, Joseph; McElree, Letitia; McElree, Martha Ann; McElree, Mary; McElree, Rachel; McElree, Rachel Rockafield; Moore, J. P.; Reese, Letitia; Strine, John Jacob; Swisher, Albert; Swisher, Catharine Jane; Swisher, Christen; Swisher, Eliza; Swisher, Elizabeth; Swisher, Elizabeth R. McElree; Swisher, Francinah; Swisher, James Henry; Swisher, John; Swisher, Patrick B.; Swisher, Rachel; Swisher, Robert

Subjects: Family records

Search Terms: Bills of sale; Family records; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Marriage certificates; Memorial cards; Probate records

Extent: 2 folders

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0918

Related Item Notes: Photographs 1-05-01-39 to 1-05-01-44

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Swisher and McElree Family Papers, 1788-1919 (MG0918), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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Accession Number: 1967.63

Other Numbers: MG-918

Other Number: MG-918

Classification: MG0918

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Transferred from Document Collection Box 33, Folder 8, Items 1-12, 15 April 2022.

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Collection: American Fire Engine and Hose Company Records

Title: American Fire Engine and Hose Company Records, 1834-1883

Object ID: MG0522

Date Range: 1834-1883

1 document

Collection: American Fire Engine and Hose Company Records

Title: American Fire Engine and Hose Company Records, 1834-1883

Description: This collection contains an agreement, constitution and by-laws, and minutes for the American Fire Engine and Hose Company of Lancaster.

Admin/Biographical History: A meeting for the formation of the American Fire-Engine and Hose Company was held 1834, and the company was organized in 1835. (Ellis & Evans, 390)

Date Range: 1834-1883

Year Range From: 1834

Year Range To: 1883

Date of Accumulation: 1834-1883

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 11

Subjects: Business records; By-laws; Fire stations; Invitation cards; Minutes (Records)

Search Terms: American Fire Engine and Hose Company; Business records; By-laws; Finding aids; Fire departments; Invitations; Manuscript groups; Minutes

Extent: 1 box 9 folders .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0522

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), American Fire Engine and Hose Company Records, 1834-1883 (MG0522), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), 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.

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Accession Number: Unknown.MG0522

Other Numbers: MG-522

Other Number: MG-522

Classification: MG0522

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The volumes in Folders 2-8 were transferred from MG-266 Daybook and Ledger Collection, Series 4 on 10 March 2009. Added to database 1 August 2022.

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: Newspaper article announcing that Buchanan will not be a candidate for Congress

Object ID: MG0096 F030 In03

Date Range: 1830/05/13

1 image

Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: Newspaper article announcing that Buchanan will not be a candidate for Congress

Description: A political newspaper article in which James Buchanan announces that he will not be a candidate for Congress in the next election.

Date Range: 1830/05/13

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

Subjects: Political candidates; United States. Congress--Elections; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Search Terms: United States Congress, Elections; Political candidates; Elections; Newspaper clippings; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Articles; James Buchanan; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 1 page to scan, 42 x 28 cm

Object Name: Article

Language: English

Parent Object ID: MG0096

Object ID: MG0096 F030 In03

Location of Originals: Photocopy

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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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.

Other Number: MG-0096, Folder 030, Insert 03

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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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: New York Evening Post articles concerning visit to Pittsburgh of Bernard Muller, alias Count de Leon

Object ID: JBFP 1.6.2.018

Date Range: 1833/05/05

1 document 2 images

Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: New York Evening Post articles concerning visit to Pittsburgh of Bernard Muller, alias Count de Leon

Description: Newspaper article concerning visit to Pittsburgh of Bernard Muller, alias Count de Leon; May 1833 article concerning the war in the West (western Pennsylvania) between the followers of the Count de Leon in Phillipsburgh (Beaver County, Pa.) and other Germans at Economy, eighteen miles below Pittsburgh. New York Evening Post.

Date Range: 1833/05/05

Creator: New York evening post

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 1, Box 6

People: Muller, Bernhard

Subjects: New York post; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Search Terms: Articles; New York Evening Post; New York Post; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 2 items, 2 pages to scan, 13.5 x 2.5 in., 2.5 x 3.5 in.

Object Name: Article

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 1 Series 6

Object ID: JBFP 1.6.2.018

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 Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

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Accession Number: JBMS1995.290.2

Other Number: JBFP Part 1, Series 6, Subseries 2, Folder 18

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 4 Edward Young Buchanan

Title: Account book of Edward Young Buchanan

Object ID: JBFP 4.2.1.011

Date Range: 1834-1840

1 document 78 images

Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 4 Edward Young Buchanan

Title: Account book of Edward Young Buchanan

Description: Account book of Edward Young Buchanan listing subscriptions to the Missionary Record, donations on behalf of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, and personal household receipts and expenditures from 1838 to 1840. 78 pages, pages 5-6 and 8-16 blank. Leather bound. 20 July 1834 - 18 April 1840.

Date Range: 1834-1840

Year Range From: 1834

Year Range To: 1840

Creator: Buchanan, Edward Young, 1811-1895

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 4, Box 2

People: Buchanan, Edward Young

Subjects: Account books

Search Terms: Account books; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 78 pages to scan, 4 x 6 x .5 in.

Object Name: Book, Account

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 4 Series 2

Object ID: JBFP 4.2.1.011

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 Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBB1995.09.2

Other Number: JBFP Part 4, Series 2, Subseries 1, Folder 11

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 4 Edward Young Buchanan

Title: Personal account book of Edward Young Buchanan

Object ID: JBFP 4.2.1.012

Date Range: 1832-1834

1 document 50 images

Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 4 Edward Young Buchanan

Title: Personal account book of Edward Young Buchanan

Description: Personal account book of Edward Young Buchanan listing receipts and expenditures. Leather bound.

Date Range: 1832-1834

Year Range From: 1832

Year Range To: 1834

Creator: Buchanan, Edward Young, 1811-1895

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 4, Box 2

People: Buchanan, Edward Young

Subjects: Account books

Search Terms: Account books; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 50 pages to scan, 16.5 x 10 cm.

Object Name: Book, Account

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 4 Series 2

Object ID: JBFP 4.2.1.012

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 Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

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Accession Number: JBB1995.09.1

Other Number: JBFP Part 4, Series 2, Subseries 1, Folder 12

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 4 Edward Young Buchanan

Title: Personal account book of Edward Young Buchanan

Object ID: JBFP 4.2.1.013

Date Range: 1835-1839

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 4 Edward Young Buchanan

Title: Personal account book of Edward Young Buchanan

Description: Personal account book of Edward Young Buchanan listing receipts and expenditures. Leather bound.

Date Range: 1835-1839

Year Range From: 1835

Year Range To: 1839

Creator: Buchanan, Edward Young, 1811-1895

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 4, Box 2

People: Buchanan, Edward Young

Subjects: Account books

Search Terms: Account books; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 82 pages to scan, 6 x 4 x 3 in.

Object Name: Book, Account

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 4 Series 2

Object ID: JBFP 4.2.1.013

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 Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

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Accession Number: JBB1995.010

Other Number: JBFP Part 4, Series 2, Subseries 1, Folder 13

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books

Title: Account Book of Benjamin B. Eshleman, Eden Twp. and Bart Twp.

Object ID: MG0963_F021

Date Range: 1827-1832

Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books

Title: Account Book of Benjamin B. Eshleman, Eden Twp. and Bart Twp.

Description: Account Book of Benjamin B. Eshleman, Eden Twp. and Bart Twp.; Contains 114 leaves, unruled with vertical accounting lines, paginated. Includes a front 5 page alphabetical index.; Front cover outside has faint unreadable writing followed by "1827" and inside has accounting information.; Book references to work done, cash received, sugar, coffee, sundries, whiskey, eggs, pair of shoes, snuff, bowl, buttons, spelling book, plug tobaccoMolasses, tobacco, butter, muskub, nails, wheat, wheat flour, etc.; Insert 1 - Blue donor card.; Insert 2 - 10 loose sheets including a letter brom Mr. Eshleman.; Insert 3 - 10 loose sheets of miscellaneous notes.; Insert 4 - 8 loose sheets of miscellaneous notes.

Admin/Biographical History: From: Donor Card

Date Range: 1827-1832

Creation Date: 14 April 1827 to 9 August 1832

Year Range From: 1827

Year Range To: 1832

Creator: Eshleman, Benjamin Brackbill, 1793-1854

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 12

Storage Container: Box 0004

People: Eshleman, Benjamin B.

Subjects: Account books; Business records

Search Terms: Account books; Business records; Ledgers; Eden Twp.; Bart Twp.

Extent: 209 pages to scan.; Size (L x W): 15-1/2" x 6-1/8"

Object Name: Book, Account

Language: English

Condition Date: 2023-10-24

Condition Notes: Front and back covers, and spine are heavily worn and damaged.; Spine bottom 5" is missing.; Pages are loosley bound with threads. Front and back pages hafe indication of water damage.; Page 74 has a miscellaneous piece piece of paper pined to the page. The pin could not be removed without possibly damaging the paper.

Object ID: MG0963_F021

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).; NOTE: Index is by first name. Also, indexed name may appear on multiple pages.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

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Accession Number: 2022.021

Other Numbers: MG-963

Classification: MG0963

Description Level: Item

Book, Account

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Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books

Title: Joel and Thomas Smedley’s Prospect Mills account book B

Object ID: MG0963_F050

Date Range: 1833-1841

Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books

Title: Joel and Thomas Smedley’s Prospect Mills account book B

Description: Joel and Thomas Smedley’s Prospect Mills account book B contains an index of clients and what pages they appear on, an itemized list of their profits and expenses, an index of sales and where they are found, and the employees of the mill and what they were being compensated for.. The profits list ranges from selling corn, wheat, bran, oats, and flour, as well as sawing boards and planks. The recorded expenses include purchases from a brickyard (pg. 102), Susquehanna Canal Company (122), and Deer Creek Iron Works Company (125). Other mill expenses include employee wages, lumber, and potatoes.

Admin/Biographical History: Joel Smedley was born in 1799 to parents Joseph Smedley and Rebecca Lewis Smedley. Joel married Martha Wildman and fathered six children including Charles, Mary, John, Lewis, Anne, and Ellwood. Joel inherited the mill from his father in 1833 and expanded it by building a sorghum factory. Joel died in 1872.

Date Range: 1833-1841

Creation Date: 1833-1841

Year Range From: 1833

Year Range To: 1841

Creator: Smedley, Joel, 1802-1872

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 12

Storage Container: Box 0010

People: Anderson, Allen; Baker, James; Bender, Nathaniel; Black, Adam; Black, Robert; Blackburn, Manassah; Brookings, Charles; Broomwell, Isaac; Brown, Jeremiah; Buckous, Samuel; Buckous, William; Caldwell, John; Chandler, Courtland; Clark, William; Clarke, Robert; Clarke, Samuel; Coates, Warrick; Connery, James; Cooper, Jeremiah; Cooper, John; Cooper, Lewis; Coulson, George; Crookshank, John; Dawson, Jacob; Ewing, Abraham; Furness, Gardner; Garrett, Evan; Gillespie, Ingram; Handshaw, Amos; Hawke, Jacob; Hilaman, Jacob; Hopkins, James; Irwin, James; Johnson, John; Johnson, Leynard; Johnson, Rankin; Kelly, Thomas; Kennedy, Edward; Kerr, Richard; King, John; King, Robert; Kirk, Jacob; Lancaster, John; Lawrence, Joseph; Logan, Jacob; Long, John; Maglaughlan, Parker; Marshall, Charles; Martin, James; Maxwell, Samuel; McDowel, Nelson; McDowel, Thomas; Miller, George; Moore, Jacob; Moore, Walker; Moore, William; Morrison, Samuel; Neal, Thomas; Null, Levi; Orr, George; Parker, James; Pennock, Simon; Penrose, Benjamin; Russel, John; Scott, David; Slaymaker, Samuel; Smedley, Eli; Smedley, Thomas; Steel, William; Stubbs, John; Stump, Herman; Swift, George; Swift, Joseph; Tennis, Israel; Trump, Michael; Tyson, Isaac; Way, Joseph; Wentz, Joseph; White, Alvin; White, Elisha; Whitson, Micah; Wilson, Samuel

Subjects: Buckwheat; Business Records; Corn; Gristmills; Mills and mill-work; Rye; Sawmills

Search Terms: Account books; Brickyards; Deer Creek Iron Works Company; Fulton Twp.; Gristmills; Mills; Prospect Mills; Sawmills; Susquehanna Canal Company

Extent: 1 item, 1-148 pages

Object Name: Book, Account

Language: English

Object ID: MG0963_F050

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennslyvania

Notes: Preferred citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org for permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-963

Classification: MG0963

Description Level: Item

Book, Account

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Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books

Title: Jeremiah Brown’s gristmill account book "B" Little Britain Township, Fulton Township

Object ID: MG0963_F010

Date Range: 1796-1831

Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books

Title: Jeremiah Brown’s gristmill account book "B" Little Britain Township, Fulton Township

Description: Jeremiah Brown’s gristmill account book "B" Little Britain Township, Fulton Township; Contains 200 pages, plus a 12 page index of clients and what pages they appear on.; Front cover has a "B" written on it.; "LEDGER" is printed on spine.; BAck cover inside has an "X" written on it.; Book references itemized list of profits and expenses, and the employees of the mill and what they were being compensated for. The profits list ranges from selling and grinding corn, wheat, and rye as well as sawing boards. The recorded expenses for the mill include employee wages, transportation costs, and dry goods such as salt.; This account book also contains several sections of estate planning for multiple individuals.; o Jeremiah Brown records his will and what his children are to inherit from his estate on pg. 1.; o Jeremiah Brown later records a detailed list of what he gave to his daughter Sarah as she married Timothy Hanes on pg. 10.; o Vincent King estate on pg. 102; o Richard Stedman real estate on pg. 104.; Insert 1 - Blue donor card and "The Book Haven" description.; Insert 2 - Nine account loose pieces of paper and a note dated 1814 outlining the transition of the mill from Jeremiah to his son Slater that was found on pg. 171.; Insert 3 - Ten account loose pieces of paper.; Insert 4 - Ten account loose pieces of paper.; Insert 5 - Ten account loose pieces of paper.; Insert 6 - Ten account loose pieces of paper.; Insert 7 - Ten account loose pieces of paper.; Insert 8 - Ten account loose pieces of paper.

Admin/Biographical History: From: Donor Card and "The Book Haven" description card; Jeremiah Brown was born 1750, descended from Joshua Brown. He received his father’s mill in 1775. Jeremiah’s business became quite prosperous and with the help of other prominent figures in Lancaster County, he helped establish the Farmers Bank of Lancaster. Jeremiah’s fathered several children including the honorable Judge Jeremiah Brown and Slater Brown, later leaving the mill to Slater. At the time of his death in 1831, he was thought to be one of the largest stockholders, if not the largest, of the Farmers Bank of Lancaster at 1,000 shares.

Date Range: 1796-1831

Creation Date: March 1796 to August 1831

Year Range From: 1796

Year Range To: 1831

Creator: Brown, Jeremiah, 1750-1831

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 12

Storage Container: Box 0003

People: Anderson, John; Barclay, William; Barns, James; Barns, Joseph; Betts, Samuel; Boyd, Cooper; Boyd, Samuel; Boyd, Stephen; Brown, Joshua, Jr.; Brown, David; Brown, Elisha; Brown, Isaiah; Brown, Joshua; Brown, Lydia; Carman, Andrew; Cooper, Stephen; Drake, Mary; Evans, John; Ewing, Alexander; Gorsuch, William; Haines, Sarah; Haines, Timothy; Hambleton, James; Harlan, Ezekael; Herd, James; Hollingsworth, Levi; James, Phillip; Jones, John; Keilah, Thomas; King, James; King, Joshua; King, Vincent; Kirk, John; Kirk, Roger; Leek, John; Long, John; Long, Robert; Mason, Benjamin; Maule, Edith; Maule, Jacob; Maxwell, Robert; Mglaughlin, James; Midcalf, Moses; Mitchell, John; Montgomery, David; Moore, Edward; Moore, Thomas; Neal, Andrew; Patterson, Thomas; Patton, Robert; Pedan, Benjamin; Pennel, Hugh; Pennel, Thomas; Pyle, Abraham; Reynolds, Elijah; Rodney, Margaret; Runner, William; Scott, Francis; Shafer, Frederick; Smedley, Joseph; Snodgrass, Alexander; Steele, Elisabeth; Stewart, Adam; Stewart, Henry; Stubbs, Joseph; Stubbs, Vincent; Swift, Joseph; Tumbleson, Joseph; Edmond; Hannah; Patrick; Wallace, David; Wallace, Robert; Warden, Joseph; Warden, Robert; Webb, Johnathan; Webster, John; Webster, Joshua; Webster, Rachel; Whiteside, John; Williamson, John; Young, James

Subjects: Business records; Corn; Estate planning; Gristmills; Inheritance and succession; Mills and mill-work; Rye; Sawmills; Wheat

Search Terms: Account books; Business records; Forges; Fulton Twp.; Gristmills; Little Britain Twp.; Mills; Octorara Forge; Peach Bottom, Fulton Twp.; Sawmills

Extent: 1 570 pages to scan.; Size (L x W): 13" x 8"

Object Name: Book, Account

Language: English

Condition Date: 2024-01-24

Condition Notes: Book is in poor condition. Front and back covers are unattached with most of the leather worn off. Spine is completely worn through at places. Paper has foxing and some pages have water damage. Nine pages are unattached. Index tabs A-B, C-D, N-O, W-X and W-Z are missing.; There is no page 2. Pages 201 to 206 are not paginated.

Object ID: MG0963_F010

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).; Edmond is recorded as "Black Edmond"; Hannah is recorded as "Black Hannah"; Patrick is recorded as "Black Patrick"

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection items 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.

Accession Number: 2022.021

Other Numbers: MG-963

Classification: MG0963

Description Level: Item

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