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James Buchanan and his family at Wheatland

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Author
Cahalan, Sally Smith.
Date of Publication
c1988.
Call Number
728.37 C132j
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James Buchanan's Wheatland
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by Sally Smith Cahalan ; [photography by John P. Herr].
Author
Cahalan, Sally Smith.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
James Buchanan Foundation,
Date of Publication
c1988.
Physical Description
100 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Notes
Cover title: James Buchanan's Wheatland.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Homes and haunts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Family.
Buchanan family.
Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Presidents - United States
Lancaster (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.37 C132j
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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
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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
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Diplomatic failure : James Buchanan's Inagural address / Michael L. Carrafiello

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Author
Carrafiello, Michael L.
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Carrafiello, Michael L.
Physical Description
145 -165 p.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868
Presidents - United States
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861
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Pennsylvania History v.77, no.2, Spring 2010Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article905.748 PHA v.77, no.2
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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
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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
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At home with James Buchanan

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Author
Cahalan, Sally Smith.
Date of Publication
c1989.
Call Number
728.37 C132
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Sally Smith Cahalan.
Author
Cahalan, Sally Smith.
Place of Publication
Ephrata, Pa
Publisher
Science Press,
Date of Publication
c1989.
Physical Description
120 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
Science Press Keepsake ; no.20.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Homes and haunts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Presidents - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.37 C132
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Wheatland : home of James Buchanan, newest of Presidential mansions to be restored and opened as a national shrine

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Author
Klein, Frederic S.
Call Number
728.27 K64w
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by Frederic S. Klein
Author
Klein, Frederic S.
Physical Description
p. 44-29. 28 cm.
Series
American Heritage v. 5, no. 3 (Spring 1954)
Notes
In: American Heritage, v.5, no. 3 (Spring 1954)
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Homes and haunts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Presidents - United States
Historic house museums
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.27 K64w
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Lancaster

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1934
inscription is as follows: "Wheatland, the home of James Buchanan from 1847 to 1868; Recorder's office, Book F, Vol. 12, p. 442. �15th President of the United States. Marked by Geo. B. Willson, the owner since 1884, and The Lancaster County Historical Society, 1928." It will be noted that on the bronze tablet
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by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1934
Physical Description
[77]-92 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 38, no. 3
Subjects
Roosevelt, Franklin D. - 1882-1945.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Presidents - United States.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 38, number 3 (1934), p. 77-92Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.38
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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
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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
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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
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[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
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Buchanan's administration on the eve of the rebellion; a paper read before the Cliosophic Society, Lancaster, Pa., January 24, 1908

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1908.
Call Number
923.173 B918a
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By W.U. Hensel ...
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
1908.
Physical Description
41 p. 22 cm.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918a
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The presidents' war : six American presidents and the Civil War that divided them

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Author
DeRose, Chris
Date of Publication
2014.
Call Number
973.7092 D437d
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Responsibility
Chris DeRose.
ISBN
9780762796649
0762796642
Author
DeRose, Chris
Place of Publication
Guilford, Connecticut
Publisher
Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press,
Date of Publication
2014.
Physical Description
xii, 379 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-366) and index.
Summary
Tells the story of how five ex-presidents--for and against Abraham Lincoln (but mostly against)--maneuvered, seceded, plotted, advised and aided during the Civil War while Lincoln navigated the minefield they created.
Subjects
Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865 - Adversaries.
Lincoln, Abraham - (1809-1865).
Buchanan, James - (1791-1868).
Ex-presidents - United States
United States - Politics and government - 1861-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7092 D437d
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Worst. President. Ever. : James Buchanan, the POTUS rating game, and the legacy of the least of the lesser presidents

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Author
Strauss, Robert,
Date of Publication
2016.
Call Number
923.173 B918str
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Responsibility
Robert Strauss.
ISBN
9781493024834
1493024833
Author
Strauss, Robert,
Place of Publication
Guilford, Connecticut
Publisher
Lyons Press, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield,
Date of Publication
2016.
Physical Description
xiv, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introducing the worst. President. Ever -- The Young Buck -- Up from Lancaster -- The man who would be president, again and again -- The election of 1856: the most consequential in American history -- The worst presidency begins -- The middle Buchanan presidency: hardly better -- Mr. Buchanan's War -- The legacy of the least of the lesser presidents.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Presidents - United States - Biography.
Politics and government.
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.
United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918str
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Early presidential elections in Lancaster County

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Author
Martin, C. H.
Date of Publication
1943.
early Pre sidential Elections in Lancaster County By C. H. MARTIN Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, participated in each of the Presidential Elections held since the adoption of the Constitution of the United States. It occupies first place in Pennsylvania in respect to the election of George
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by C. H. Martin.
Author
Martin, C. H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1943.
Physical Description
[93]-105 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 47, no. 5
Subjects
Presidents - United States
Elections - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 47, number 5 (1943), p. 93-105Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.47
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The worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens : place, personality, and politics in the Civil War era

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Date of Publication
[2019]
Call Number
973.68 B619
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edited by Michael J. Birkner, Randall M. Miller, and John W. Quist.
ISBN
9780807170816 (cloth : alk. paper)
Place of Publication
Baton Rouge
Publisher
Louisiana State University Press,
Date of Publication
[2019]
Physical Description
xiv, 279 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Series
Conflicting worlds : new dimensions of the American Civil War
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : possessing the power : the role of force in James Buchanan's Caribbean policy / Amy S. Greenberg -- The bachelor's mess : James Buchanan and the domestic politics of doughfacery in Jacksonian America / Thomas J. Balcerski -- Stephen A. Douglas, free-soiler : a counterfactual analysis of party reformation in the 1850s / Douglas R. Egerton -- "General Jackson is dead" : dissecting a popular anecdote of nineteenth-century party leadership / Matthew Pinsker -- "Buck all over" : James Buchanan and a trail of broken relationships / William P. MacKinnon -- Slavery and the breakup of the Democratic Party in the North : a battle of ideas and organization / Frank Towers -- Friends and outliers : Varina Davis, James Buchanan, and gender relations in Antebellum Washington / Joan E. Cashin -- "Like the baseless fabric of a vision" : Thaddeus Stevens and confiscation reconsidered / John David Smith -- "Eastern and Western empire" : Thaddeus Stevens and the greater Reconstruction / Michael Green -- A conversation with Bruce Levine and James Oakes : moderated by Randall M. Miller.
Summary
"The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens examines the political interests, relationships, and practices of two of the era's most prominent politicians as well as the political landscapes they inhabited and informed. Both men called Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, their home, and both were bachelors. During the 1850s, James Buchanan tried to keep the Democratic Party alive as the slavery debate divided his peers and the political system. Thaddeus Stevens, meanwhile, as Whig turned Republican, invested in the federal government to encourage economic development and social reform, especially antislavery and Republican Reconstruction"--
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Political and social views.
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868 - Political and social views.
Legislators - United States - Biography.
Politicians - United States - Biography.
United States - History - 1815-1861.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 19th century.
Additional Author
Birkner, Michael J.,
Miller, Randall M.,
Quist, John W.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.68 B619
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Bosom friends : the intimate world of James Buchanan and William Rufus King

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Author
Balcerski, Thomas J.
Date of Publication
2019.
Call Number
973.68 B174
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Thomas J. Balcerski.
ISBN
9780190914592 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Author
Balcerski, Thomas J.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication
2019.
Physical Description
x, 337 pages : Illustrations, maps : 25 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Remembering -- Leavening, 1786-1819 -- Hardening, 1820-1834 -- Messing, 1834-1840 -- Wooing, 1840-1844 -- Ministering, 1844-1848 -- Running, 1848-1853 -- Presiding, 1853-1868 -- Epilogue: Preserving -- Washington residences of James Buchanan and William Rufus King (1834-1853) -- Percentage correlation of roll call votes of James Buchanan with senators of the Bachelor's Mess, 23rd to 28th Congresses (1834-1844) -- Calendar of correspondence of James Buchanan / Harriet Lane Johnston and William Rufus King / Catherine Margaret Ellis (1837-1868.
Summary
"Politicians James Buchanan (1791-1868) of Pennsylvania and William Rufus King (1786-1853) of Alabama has excited much speculation through the years. Why did they never marry? Might they have been gay, or was their relationship a nineteenth-century version of the modern-day 'bromance'? Then, as now, they have intrigued by the many mysteries surrounding them. In Bosom Friends : the Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King, Thomas Balcerski explores the lives of these two politicians and discovers one of the most significant collaborations in American political history. Unlikely companions from the start, they lived together as messmates in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse. There developed a bosom friendship that blossomed into a significant political partnership. Before the Civil War, each man was elected to high executive office, William Rufus King the vice-presidency in 1852 and James Buchanan as the nation's fifteen president in 1856. This book offers a dual biography of James Buchanan and William Rufus King. Special attention is given to their early lives prior to elected office, the circumstances of their boardinghouse friendship, and the juicy political gossip that has circulated about them ever since. In addition, the author traces their many contributions to the Jacksonian political agenda, manifest destiny, and the debates over slavery, while finding their style of politics to have been disastrous for the American nation. Ultimately, Bosom Friends demonstrates that intimate male friendships among politicians were, and continue to be, an important part of success in American politics"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects
King, William R. (William Rufus), - 1786-1853.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Male friendship - United States
Presidents - United States
Legislators - United States
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.68 B174
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John W. Forney, journalist and politician

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Author
Dowdell, George R.
Date of Publication
1951
Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania, published in Philadel- phia, Oct., 1874, pp. 23 and 24. 2 A Biographical History of Lancaster County, compiled by Alex. Harris and published in Lancaster in 1872, p. 207. �Without money — without friends — and without subscribers — we started it on its career. It has succeeeded
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by George R. Dowdell.
Author
Dowdell, George R.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1951
Physical Description
[49]-67 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 55, no. 2
Subjects
Forney, John W. - 1817-1881.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Journalists.
Politics, Practical.
Politicians - Pennsylvania.
United States - History - 19th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 55, number 2 (1951), p. 49-67Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.55
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Harriet Lane, First Lady of the White House

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Author
Shelley, Mary Virginia.
Date of Publication
2011.
Call Number
920.7 L265s 2011
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Mary Virginia Shelley & Sandra Harrison Munro.
Author
Shelley, Mary Virginia.
Place of Publication
Charleston, S. C
Publisher
The Authors,
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
42 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Summary
Presents a biography of James Buchanan's niece who was the White House hostess during her uncle's presidency, helped create the National Gallery of Art, and started the first pediatrics hospital.
Subjects
Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903. - Juvenile literature.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868. - Family - Juvenile literature.
Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868. - Family.
Presidents - United States
Presidents
Additional Author
Munro, Sandra Harrison,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
920.7 L265s 2011
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James Buchanan

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Author
Santella, Andrew.
Date of Publication
c2003.
Call Number
923.173 B918sa
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by Andrew Santella.
ISBN
0756502632 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Author
Santella, Andrew.
Place of Publication
Minneapolis, Minn
Publisher
Compass Point Books,
Date of Publication
c2003.
Physical Description
64p.: ill.; 24 cm.
Series
Profiles of the presidents
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Reason to celebrate -- Young man of Pennsylvania -- A life in politics -- Honors at home and abroad -- A run for the White House -- Conflicts and controversies -- Bleeding Kansas and John Brown -- A nation divided -- Taking the blame -- Glossary -- James Buchanan's life at a glance -- James Buchanan's life and times -- World events -- Understanding James Buchanan and his presidency better.
Summary
A biography of the fifteenth president of the United States, discussing his personal life, education, and political career.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Presidents - United States - Biography - Juvenile literature.
Presidents.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918sa
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Harriet Lane, First Lady of the White House

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Author
Shelley, Mary Virginia.
Date of Publication
c1980.
Call Number
920.7 L265s 1980
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Mary Virginia Shelley & Sandra Harrison Munro ; with ill. by Regina Weatherlow.
ISBN
0915010291 :
Author
Shelley, Mary Virginia.
Place of Publication
Lititz, PA
Publisher
Sutter House,
Date of Publication
c1980.
Physical Description
48 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Summary
Presents a biography of James Buchanan's niece who was the White House hostess during her uncle's presidency, helped create the National Gallery of Art, and started the first pediatrics hospital.
Subjects
Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903. - Juvenile literature.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868. - Family - Juvenile literature.
Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868. - Family.
Presidents - United States
Presidents
Additional Author
Munro, Sandra Harrison,
Weatherlow, Regina.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
920.7 L265s 1980
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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
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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
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