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A Pennsylvania Presbyterian president : An inquiry into the religious sentiments and character of James Buchanan, fifteenth president of the United States, 1857-1861

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Author: Hensel, W. U.

Date of Publication: 1907?]

Call Number: 923.173 B918hw

Responsibility: An address by W.U. Hensel, before the Presbyterian social union, Philadelphia. Monday, November 25th, 1907.

Author: Hensel, W. U.

Place of Publication: [Philadelphia?

Date of Publication: 1907?]

Physical Description: 14 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918hw

Dedication of the monument to James Buchanan, fifteenth president of the United States, donated to the city of Lancaster by Dulon F. Buchmiller on the sixtieth anniversary of Mr. Buchanan's death, Friday, June the first, 1928, erected in Buchanan Park, Lancaster, Penna

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Date of Publication: 1928.

Call Number: 923.1 B818de

Place of Publication: [S.l

Publisher: s.n.],

Date of Publication: 1928.

Physical Description: [8] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Statues.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.1 B818de

The religious convictions and character of James Buchanan, fifteenth president of the United States - a citizen of Lancaster County - a member of the Presbyterian church

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Author: Hensel, W. U.

Date of Publication: 1912.

Call Number: 923.173 B918he

Responsibility: a paper by W.U. Hensel in the course of "Profitable Evenings," Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Gap, Pa., November 10, 1911.

Author: Hensel, W. U.

Place of Publication: Lancaster

Publisher: Intelligencer Print,

Date of Publication: 1912.

Physical Description: 34 p. 23 cm.

Notes: "A considerable part of this paper has been published heretofore as an address on 'A Pennsylvania Presbyterian president, ' before the Presbyterian social union, at Philadelphia, November 25, 1907. Since that time much new matter has been found and added."

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918he

James Buchanan : fifteenth president of the United States

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Author: Brill, Marlene Targ.

Date of Publication: c1988.

Call Number: 923.173 B918br

Responsibility: by Marlene Targ Brill.

ISBN: 0516013580; 9780516013589

Author: Brill, Marlene Targ.

Place of Publication: Chicago

Publisher: Childrens Press,

Date of Publication: c1988.

Physical Description: 98 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: Encyclopedia of presidents

Notes: Includes index.

Summary: Describes the early life and political career of the man who served as president in the years just before the Civil War.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Presidents - United States - Biography - Juvenile literature.; Presidents.; United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861 - Juvenile literature.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918br

Dedication of "Wheatland," residence of James Buchanan, fifteenth President of the United States : [program]

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Date of Publication: 1937.

Call Number: 728.37 D299

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland,

Date of Publication: 1937.

Physical Description: [4] p. ; 21 cm.

Notes: Cover title.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Homes and haunts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)

Additional Corporate Author: Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 728.37 D299

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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Life of James Buchanan, fifteenth President of the United States

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Author: Curtis, George Ticknor,

Date of Publication: 1883.

Call Number: 923.173 B918c

Responsibility: by George Ticknor Curtis ...

Author: Curtis, George Ticknor,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Harper & Brothers,

Date of Publication: 1883.

Physical Description: 2 v. fronts. (ports.) 23 cm.

Notes: Includes note of explanation on p. 625-626 of v. 1, not found in another issue of the same year.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918c

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

Wheatland centennial celebration : commemorating the 100th anniversary of the election of James Buchanan 15th president of the United States 1856-1956

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Date of Publication: 1956?]

Call Number: 728.37 W557c

Place of Publication: [S.l

Publisher: S.n.,

Date of Publication: 1956?]

Physical Description: [10] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. + reprint ([8] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.)

Notes: Cover title.; Includes the Wheatland commemorative stamp.; "Reprint from American Heritage, Volume 5, number 3, published by the American Association for State and Local History"--P. [8] of reprint.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.); Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Postage stamps - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Additional Corporate Author: James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 728.37 W557c

Wheatland, home of James Buchanan : 15th President of the United States, 1857-1861

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Author: Klein, Frederic Shriver,

Date of Publication: 1970.

Call Number: 728.37 K64

Author: Klein, Frederic Shriver,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Penna

Publisher: Stel-mar,

Date of Publication: 1970.

Physical Description: [28] p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Notes: "Text by Frederic S. Klein; Color Photography by Marshall Dussinger; Cover from an Original Painting by Florence Starr Taylor; Copyright by M. A. Dussinger."

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Homes and haunts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.); Presidents - United States

Additional Author: Dussinger, Marshall..; Taylor, Florence Starr..

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 728.37 K64

James Buchanan, the bachelor of the White House: an inquiry on the subject of feminine influence in the life of our fifteenth president

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Author: Auchampaugh, Philip G.

Call Number: 923.172 B918auch

Responsibility: by Philip G Auchampaugh.

Author: Auchampaugh, Philip G.

Physical Description: p. 154-166; 218-234.

Notes: In: Tyler's quarterly historical and genealogical magazine: v. 20, Nos. 3 & 4 (January and April 1939)

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.; Coleman, Anne.; Parker, Esther.; Henry, James Buchanan.; Presidents - United States; Presidents

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.172 B918auch

James Buchanan : distinguished Pennsylvanian, president United States, 1857-1861 ; interpretation based on the documents of his life and public services

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Author: Heathcote, C. W.

Date of Publication: 194-?]

Call Number: 923.173 B918hc

Responsibility: by Charles William Heathcote.

Author: Heathcote, C. W.

Place of Publication: [West Chester, Pa.?

Publisher: s.n.,

Date of Publication: 194-?]

Physical Description: [10] p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Cover title.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918hc

A narrative of the suppression by Col. Burr, of the history of the administration of John Adams, late President of the United States, written by John Wood ... To which is added a biography of Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States; and of General Hamilton: with strictures on the conduct of John Adams, and on the character of General C.C. Pinckney. Extracted verbatim from the suppressed history

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Author: Cheetham, James,

Date of Publication: 1802.

Call Number: Book 460 1802

Responsibility: By a citizen of New-York.

Author: Cheetham, James,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Printed by Denniston and Cheetham,

Date of Publication: 1802.

Physical Description: 72 pages 21 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Book number 460 as asssigned by Yeates.; Bound with Features of Mr. Jay's treaty. to which is annexed a view of the commerce of the United States, as it stands at present, and as it is fixed by Mr. Jay's treaty. Philadelphia: printed by Land & Ustick, for Mathew Carey, 1795. -- Report of the Commmittee of the House of Representatives of the United States appointed to prepare and report articles of impeachment against William Blount, a Senator of the United States.... Printed by John Fenno, Place and date not specified -- Instructions to the envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary from the United States of Ameridca, to the French Republic,.... Philadelphia: Printed by W. Ross in Locust Street...[1798].--.Message from the President of the United States, accompanying sundry papers relative to the affairs of the United States with the French Republic. 18 January,1799, published by order of the House of Representatives -- Message from the President of the United States, accompanying a report of the Secretary of State....Philadelphia: Printed by John Ward Fenno. 1700.--.Report of the Committee, to whom was referred, so much of the President's speech, as relates to a revision and amended of the judiciary system.1 May 1800, published by order of the House of Representatives; Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Preface -- A narrative [of the suppression by Col. Burr of the history of the administration of John Adams] -- Biography of Mr. Jefferson -- Biography of Mr. Hamiltion -- Of General Washington -- Of Jonathan Dayton -- Of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney -- Quarrell at Trenton between Mr. Adams and his ministers.

Subjects: Wood, John, - 1775?-1822.; Adams, John, - 1735-1826.; Jefferson, Thomas, - 1743-1826.; Hamilton, Alexander, - 1757-1804.; Burr, Aaron, - 1756-1836.; Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 460 1802

The prayer of Thaddeus Hyatt to James Buchanan, president of the United States, in behalf of Kansas, asking for a postponement of all the land sales in that territory, and for other relief : together with correspondence and other documents setting forth its deplorable destitution from the drought and famine : submitted under oath, October 29, 1860

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Author: Hyatt, Thaddeus,

Date of Publication: 1860.

Call Number: 923.173 B918hy

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Author: Hyatt, Thaddeus,

Place of Publication: Washington

Publisher: H. Polkinhorn, printer,

Date of Publication: 1860.

Physical Description: 70 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Running title: The Destination in Kansas.; "Mr Hyatt was an abolitionist and inventor. In his opposition to slavery, Hyatt organized the efforts of abolitionists in Kansas to have the territory admitted to the Union as a free-state and campaigned for the federal government to aid Kansans afflicted by drought. Hyatt befriended John Brown and provided Brown with financial support; following the raid on Harpers Ferry, Hyatt was investigated by a committee of the United States Senate." [from Wikipedia]

Subjects: Droughts - Kansas; Famines - Kansas; Public land sales - Kansas; Kansas - History - 1854-1861.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 923.173 B918hy

Websites

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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-sixth Congress

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Corporate Author: United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)

Date of Publication: 1860.

Call Number: 923.173 B918 1860 36th, 1st

Corporate Author: United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)

Place of Publication: Washington, [D.C.]

Publisher: George W. Bowman, printer,

Date of Publication: 1860.

Physical Description: v. ; 23 cm.

Series: 36th Congress. 1st session. Senate Ex. Doc ; no. 2

Notes: Library has Vol. 1 only.

Contents: v. 1. Annual message of the President ; Report of the Secretary of the Interior ; Report of the Secretary of War ; Report of the Secretary of the Navy ; Report of the Postmaster-General -- v. 2. Report of the Secretary of War --

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Presidents - United States - Messages.; Political science.; Presidents.; United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861 - Sources.; United States - History - 1849-1877 - Sources.; United States.; History.; Sources.

Additional Corporate Author: United States. Department of the Interior.; United States. War Department.; United States. Navy Department.; United States. Postmaster General.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 923.173 B918 1860 36th, 1st

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

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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

In search of Buchanan : 'Clarior hinc honos' : the stories of some Buchanan ancestors before and after the emigration of James Buchanan of Ramelton, County Donegal, Ireland, in 1783

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Author: Martin, Irene.

Date of Publication: 2011.

Call Number: 923.173 B918ma

Responsibility: Irene Martin.

ISBN: 9780956797902; 0956797903

Author: Martin, Irene.

Place of Publication: [Ireland]

Publisher: Rossnashannagh,

Date of Publication: 2011.

Physical Description: iii, 152, [17] pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits (some color), facsimiles ; 25 cm

Notes: Sub-title on cover: from Anselan to President James Buchanan.; "Some of these stories are incorporated in the BBC1 TV documentary, 'Are you related to an American President?', produced by Big Mountain Productions."; Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Buchanan family.; Scotland - Genealogy.; Ireland - Genealogy.; United States - Genealogy.; Ireland.; Scotland.; United States.; Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918ma

The attitude of James Buchanan (a citizen of Lancaster County) towards the institution of slavery in the United States

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Author: Hensel, W. U.

Date of Publication: 1911

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

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Responsibility: by W. U. Hensel, Esq.

Author: Hensel, W. U.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1911

Physical Description: 142-159 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 5

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Views on slavery.; Slavery - United States

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 5 (1911), p. 142-159Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15

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The Attitude of James Buchanan : a citizen of Lancaster county ; towards the institution of Slavery in the United States

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Author: Hensel, W. U.

Date of Publication: 1911.

Call Number: 923.173 B918ha

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Responsibility: by W.U. Hensel.

Author: Hensel, W. U.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Press of the New Era Printing Co.,

Date of Publication: 1911.

Physical Description: 20 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Slavery - United States.

Additional Corporate Author: Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.).

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918ha

Websites

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The doctrine of the new birth, : exemplified in the life and religious experience of Onesimus, from the eleventh to the twenty-fifth year of his age, or from the year 1779 to 1793, inclusive. : Also, the visions which he saw concerning the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, in the days when George Washington was the president of the United States of North America, and in the year of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1792. The visions with several of the special events of his life shall be illustrated with twenty plates, and the whole designed as a defence of the truth of the Gospel, and proof of the immortality of the human soul. Written in twenty letters, and dedicated to Elder Joseph Maylin. Onesimus

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Author: Hewson, John,

Date of Publication: 1839.

Call Number: 248 P544 1839

Author: Hewson, John,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by William F. Rackliff. Corner of George and Swanwick streets.,

Date of Publication: 1839.

Physical Description: 164 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Copyright 1839 by John Hewson.; Error in paging: p. 84 misnumbered 48.; Missing title page through page 2.; Yellow fever in Philadelphia page 156.; Checklist Amer. imprints

Subjects: Immortality.; Yellow fever - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Visions.; Authority; Yellow fever.; Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Half-cloth bindings (Binding) - 1839.; Letters.; Allegories.

Additional Author: Maylim, Joseph.; Rackliff, William F.,

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 248 P544 1839

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A Pennsylvania Presbyterian president : An inquiry into the religious sentiments and character of James Buchanan, fifteenth president of the United States, 1857-1861

Dedication of the monument to James Buchanan, fifteenth president of the United States, donated to the city of Lancaster by Dulon F. Buchmiller on the sixtieth anniversary of Mr. Buchanan's death, Friday, June the first, 1928, erected in Buchanan Park, Lancaster, Penna

The religious convictions and character of James Buchanan, fifteenth president of the United States - a citizen of Lancaster County - a member of the Presbyterian church

James Buchanan : fifteenth president of the United States

Dedication of "Wheatland," residence of James Buchanan, fifteenth President of the United States : [program]

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Life of James Buchanan, fifteenth President of the United States

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

Wheatland centennial celebration : commemorating the 100th anniversary of the election of James Buchanan 15th president of the United States 1856-1956

Wheatland, home of James Buchanan : 15th President of the United States, 1857-1861

James Buchanan, the bachelor of the White House: an inquiry on the subject of feminine influence in the life of our fifteenth president

James Buchanan : distinguished Pennsylvanian, president United States, 1857-1861 ; interpretation based on the documents of his life and public services

Websites

Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the thirty-sixth Congress

In search of Buchanan : 'Clarior hinc honos' : the stories of some Buchanan ancestors before and after the emigration of James Buchanan of Ramelton, County Donegal, Ireland, in 1783

The attitude of James Buchanan (a citizen of Lancaster County) towards the institution of slavery in the United States

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The Attitude of James Buchanan : a citizen of Lancaster county ; towards the institution of Slavery in the United States

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