Uhler), 1851-1915. Title: The attitude of James Buchanan (a citizen of Lancaster County) towards the institution of slavery in the United States / by W. U. Hensel, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 --Views on slavery. Slavery--Law and legislation--United States--History

" soil of old Ken- tucky. �file:///Volumes/LCHS%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Hensel, W. U. (William Uhler), 1851-1915. Title: A Buchanan myth / by Hon. W. U. Hensel. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Buchanan, James, 1791-1868. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa

toward the magnificent Congressional Library building. James Buchanan, then a United States Sena- tor from Pennsylvania, and who for a long time had been a citizen of Lan- caster, moved in the Senate to take up the resolution directing the Com- mittee on Finance to inquire into the expediency of

maintained under the auspices os the Chicago University, and Henry Clay acknowledged that in his efforts to organize a United States bank he drew largely on Merrill's ideas. It was this Samuel Merrill to whom Thaddeus Stevens, besore he had de- termined to locate in Pennsylvania, wrote the sollowing letter

): Capitals (Cities) Lancaster (Pa.)--Capital and capitol. United States--Capital and capitol. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1896-97 Description: [111]-113 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 4 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.1

An Anti-Slavery Reminiscence The Society is indebted to Dr. Geo. L. Cassel for the priviiege of abstract- ing from the diary of his father, the late Abraham Cassel, of Marietta, an interesting account of his experience as a juror in the United States Court in a famous civil case, growing out of the

there is now general acquiescence in the result, the final decision was· not the prevailing doctrine of the people of the United States in 1851. Under the Constitution the Right to Reclaim the fugitive slave was no more unmistakable than the Duty to Return him. The Law of the Land gave to each State the

Author: Hensel, W. U. (William Uhler), 1851-1915. Title: A reminiscence of Langdon Cheves / by W. U. Hensel. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Cheves, Langdon, 1776-1857. Legislators--United States--Biography. Slavery--Law and legislation--Pennsylvania. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County

AN ARTISTIC AFTERMATH I am indebted to Mr. John D. Chal- fant, artist, of Wilmington, Deh, for an opportunity to see a catalogue of the "First Annual Exhibition of the Society of Artists of the United States." which was held in Philadelphia, under the auspices of what is now the Academy of Fine

information from our Minister in Europe that a number of transports were being fitted out in England for the purpose of taking on board the most effective 01 Wellington's veteran regiments and conveying them to the United States, the President and Cabinet judged it ex, pedient to create a new military dis