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Reply of John Davis, of Massachusetts, to Mr. Buchanan, of Pennsylvania on the reduction of wages and of the value of property : delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 23, 1840. Together with extracts from the speeches of Messrs. Buchanan, Walker, Benton and Calhoun

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Author: Davis, John,

Date of Publication: 1840.

Call Number: 923.173 B918da

Author: Davis, John,

Place of Publication: Washington

Publisher: Printed at the Madisonian Office,

Date of Publication: 1840.

Physical Description: 31 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Currency question - United States - Speeches in Congress.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 923.173 B918da

Alta California : embracing notices of the climate, soil, and agricultural products of northern Mexico and the Pacific seaboard : also, a history of the military and naval operations of the United States directed against the territories of northern Mexico, in the year 1846-'47 : with documents declaratory of the policy of the present administration of the national government in regard to the annexation of conquered territory to this union, and the opinion of the Hon. James Buchanan on the Wilmot Proviso, &c

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Author: Captain of volunteers.

Date of Publication: 1847.

Call Number: 979.4403 C254

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Responsibility: by a Captain of volunteers.

Author: Captain of volunteers.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: H. Packer & Co. ...,

Date of Publication: 1847.

Physical Description: [2], 5-64 p. (first leaf blank) ; 25 cm.

Notes: This copy is a reproduction ISBN 0548410593.; Description of area: p. 9-12; history and documentation: p. 13-64.; Anti-annexation tract.

Summary: The 1847 publication briefly address climate soil and agriculture in Alta and Baja California in chapter I. The following eight chapters consist of communications from the U.S. Government consisting of instructions in the event Mexico declared war, justification of and motives for war, various reports to Washington, communications with Mexican officials in Alta California, accounts of the military operations in California, the articles of capitulation entered into at Rancho of Cowanga on January 13, 1847, all of which are interspersed with personal observations and comments by the author. The final chapter deals with the question of whether slavery would be allowed in California, the policy of the South and its motive for a slave market and emigrants to California and Northern Mexico [from California State University's Digital Commons]

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Mexican War, 1846-1848.; California - Description and travel.; California - History - 1846-1850.; Mexico, North - Description and travel.; California - Annexation to the United States.

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 979.4403 C254

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[Poetry of flowers]

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Date of Publication: [1844]

Place of Publication: [Philadelphia]

Date of Publication: [1844]

Physical Description: 287 pages : 11 cm.

Notes: Publisher's binding of stamped cloth, with gilding on the spine.; Inscription on flyleaf: "Presented to Mrs. E. Kieffer" / "For Lanc. Hist. Soc. from great grandson Albert L. Kieffer 1974"; Transferred from Objects collection 2023. Former accession number: 1975.014.4

Subjects: Poetry - Collections; Flower language; Flowers in literature; Flowers - Poetry

Fraud and falsehood exposed : General Taylor's Southern face

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Corporate Author: Democratic Party (U.S.)

Date of Publication: [1848?]

Call Number: 815 P769 # 15

Responsibility: published by a Committee of Democrats.

Corporate Author: Democratic Party (U.S.)

Place of Publication: Washington, D.C

Publisher: Greer's Printing Office,

Date of Publication: [1848?]

Physical Description: 8 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Cover title.; The issue dwarfing all others in the 1848 national elections was the disposition of territory acquired as the result of the Mexican War. Slave and Free states battled to add them to their ranks. Whig campaign pamphlets portrayed their candidate Taylor as anti-slavery in the North and as pro-slavery in the South. His opponent, Democrat Lewis Cass, was portrayed as pro-slavery in the North and anti-slavery in the South. The Democrats proceeded in a like manner. Here, for Northern consumption, Democrats demonstrate Taylor's "Southern face," i.e., his expressed comfort with Southern institutions and opposition to the Wilmot Proviso, barring slavery from the conquered territories.; In: Political Speeches.

Subjects: Cass, Lewis, - 1782-1866.; Taylor, Zachary, - 1784-1850.; Campaign literature - United States.; Presidential candidates - United States.; Presidents - United States; Slavery - United States; United States - Politics and government - 1845-1849.; Washington (D.C.) - Imprints - 19th century.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 815 P769 # 15

Life and sermons of Elder James Quinter : Late editor of Gospel Messenger, President of Brethren's Normal College, and author of "Trine Immersion"

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Author: Quinter, Mary N.

Date of Publication: c1891

Call Number: 922.65 Q7

Responsibility: By his daughter, Mary N. Quinter.

Author: Quinter, Mary N.

Place of Publication: Mt. Morris, Ill

Publisher: Brethren's Publishing Co.,

Date of Publication: c1891

Physical Description: 426 p. : port. ; 21 cm.

Notes: Binder's title: Quinter's life and sermons.

Contents: Pt. 1. A sketch of the life of Elder James Quinter -- Pt. 2. Sermons.

Subjects: Quinter, James, - 1816-1888; Church of the Brethren - Sermons

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 922.65 Q7

Colonel James Crawford, a Revolutionary soldier

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Author: Shaeffer, J. W.

Date of Publication: 1899

COLONEL JAMES CRAWFORD. On the 15th day of December, 1774, James Crawford was elected from Han- over, Pa., as one of the sixty freehold- ers' committee to "observe the conduct of all persons touching the general as- sociation of the General Congress" .... .."which committee shall divide into

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Responsibility: by J. W. Shaeffer.

Author: Shaeffer, J. W.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1899

Physical Description: [17]-19 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 3, no. 1

Subjects: Crawford, James, - 1724-1804.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 3, number 1 (1899), p. 17-19Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.3

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Genealogy of the Claypoole family of Philadelphia. 1588-1893

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Author: Graff, Rebecca Irwin Vanuxen Trimble,

Date of Publication: 1893.

Call Number: 929 C619g

Responsibility: by Rebecca Irwin Graff.

Author: Graff, Rebecca Irwin Vanuxen Trimble,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: [J.B. Lippincott company]

Date of Publication: 1893.

Physical Description: 4 p., 1 Î²., 5-197 p. front., plates, ports. 26 cm.

Subjects: Claypoole family.; Claypoole family (James Claypoole, - 1634-1687)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 C619g

Biography of James G. Blaine

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Author: Hamilton, Gail,

Date of Publication: 1895.

Call Number: 923.273 B634d

Responsibility: by Gail Hamilton.

Author: Hamilton, Gail,

Place of Publication: Norwich, Conn

Publisher: H. Bill Pub. Co., ;

Date of Publication: 1895.

Physical Description: iv, 722 p., [20] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Summary: The author is the cousin of Mr Blaine's wife.James Blaine was born in West Brownsville,Pa in 1830 . He moved to Maine after college. He died in 1893.Chapters discuss his service in the U.S. House of Representatives where he was Speaker of the House for 6 years ; also his service in the U.S. Senate and his time as U.S. Secretary of State.No bibliography or footnotes

Subjects: Blaine, James Gillespie, - 1830-1893.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.273 B634d

A prominent Scotch-Irishman

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Author: Houston, R. J.

Date of Publication: 1897

those speaking a familiar language ; and this rule holds good in the main to this day. Early in the spring of the year 1796 Charles Sproul, a native of county Ar- magh, in the north of Ireland, with his wife and family sailed for Philadelphia, his son, James Sproul, the subject of this sketch, being

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Responsibility: by R. J. Houston.

Author: Houston, R. J.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1897

Physical Description: [251]-257 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 6

Subjects: Sproul, James, - 1785-1847.; Scots-Irish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 6 (1897), p. 251-257Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1

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Colonel James Crawford

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Author: Evans, Samuel,

Date of Publication: 1899

COLONEL JAMES CRAWFORD, The paper read at the meeting of the Historical Society of Lancaster County on September 2, 1898, prepared by J. W. Sheaffer, of Illinois, contains some statements not borne out by historical data. General Anthony Wayne's troops never encamped in Mount Joy, in Lan- caster

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Responsibility: by Samuel Evans, Esq.

Author: Evans, Samuel,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1899

Physical Description: [40]-44 p. ; ,e 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 3, no. 2/3

Subjects: Crawford, James.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 3, number 2/3 (1899), p. 40-44Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.3

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Highwaymen and pirates' own book : containing historical narratives of the most celebrated robbers, pirates, &c., together with an account of the loss of the ship William Brown : and a full description of the mutiny on board the United States' brig Somers, with the execution of Spencer, Cromwell and Small

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Author: Brooke, Henry K.

Date of Publication: 1845.

Call Number: 910.45 P544 1845

Responsibility: Carefully comp. for the publisher, by Henry K. Brooke.

Author: Brooke, Henry K.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, New York

Publisher: J.B. Perry ; Nafis & Cornish,

Date of Publication: 1845.

Physical Description: 5-72, 5-82, 3-70 p. illus., plates. 16 cm.

Notes: Part II sold separaely.

Contents: [pt. I] Life and adventures of ... Joseph Thompson Hare. Awful account of the ... pirate, Alexander Tardy.--[pt. II] Annals of the revolution.--[pt. III] James Moran, executed at Philadelphia ... May 19, 1837. The mutiny on board the brig Braganza. The loss of the ship William Brown. A full account of the mutiny on board the United States brig Somers.

Subjects: Hare, Joseph Thompson.; Tardy, Alexander.; Moran, James.; Braganza (Brig); William Brown (Ship); Somers (Brig : 1842-1846); Pirates.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 910.45 P544 1845

The plaindealer. [microform]

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Date of Publication: 1840-

Call Number: Drawer 18, Sec. 5

Alternate Title: Plain dealer

Place of Publication: Lancaster [Pa.]

Publisher: Mr. Forney,

Date of Publication: 1840-

Physical Description: v. ; 45 cm.

Publication Frequency: Weekly

Dates of Publication: Vol. 1, no. 1 (May 1, 1840)-; Ceased with Oct. 25, 1844 issue?

Notes: LCHS has Aug. 2, 1844 - Oct. 25, 1844; See Bound Newspaper Database for additional issues.; "Conducted by the Editor of the Intelligencer & Journal."; Democratic campaign paper supporting James K. Polk for president.; "The liberties of the country are safest in the hands of the farmer and the mechanic."