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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.
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Birkner, Michael J.,
Miller, Randall M.,
Quist, John W.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.68 B619
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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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Papers of James Buchanan and Harriet L. Johnston

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Author
Buchanan, James,
Date of Publication
1977.
Call Number
Drawer 17, Sec. 1
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Buchanan, James,
Place of Publication
[Washington, D.C.]
Publisher
Library of Congress Photoduplication Service,
Date of Publication
1977.
Physical Description
4 reels ; 35 mm.
Notes
Labeled on box #340-343
"Mss. 16,968."
Includes index: reel 1.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Presidents - United States
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861 - Sources.
Additional Author
Johnston, Harriet Lane,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 17, Sec. 1
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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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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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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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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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To what extent did Harriet Lance influence the public policies of James Buchanan?

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Author
Rosenberger, Homer Tope,
Date of Publication
1970.
King of Spain." �The President Continues To Share Private Political Views With Harriet From the time he was United States Minister to the Court of St. James, Buchanan continued to confide in Harriet the political matters of the day. How could he do otherwise? Politics and the law were his life. Harriet
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by Homer T. Rosenberger.
Author
Rosenberger, Homer Tope,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1970.
Physical Description
[1]-22 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 74, no. 1
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.
Presidents - United States
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 74, number 1 (1970), p. 1-22Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.74
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James Buchanan

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Author
Baker, Jean H.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
2004.
Call Number
923.173 B918ba
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Jean H. Baker.
ISBN
0805069461
Author
Baker, Jean H.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Times Books,
Date of Publication
2004.
Physical Description
xviii, 172 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Series
The American presidents
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-161) and index.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Presidents - United States
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918ba
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James Buchanan meets the Covode Committee

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Author
Wentz, Douglas Eric
Call Number
905.748 SM (Jan.1982)
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by Douglas Eric Wentz.
Author
Wentz, Douglas Eric
Physical Description
34-39 p.
Notes
In: Susquehanna Magazine, January 1982.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 SM (Jan.1982)
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James Buchanan and public office : an appraisal

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Author
Carlson, Robert Eugene
Date of Publication
1957.
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.81
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by Robert E. Carlson.
Author
Carlson, Robert Eugene
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
Date of Publication
1957.
Physical Description
pp. 255-279 ; 23 cm.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v.81 (1957)
Discusses Buchanan's public service, and particularly his position on being nominated for the presidency over several years.
This record provides a link to this resuorce on the publisher's official online repository.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.81
Websites
https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/41283/41004
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James Buchanan and the American empire

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Author
Binder, Frederick M.
Date of Publication
c1994
Call Number
923.173 B918bi
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Frederick Moore Binder.
ISBN
0945636644 (alk. paper)
Author
Binder, Frederick M.
Place of Publication
Selinsgrove [Pa.] : London ; Cranbury, NJ
Publisher
Susquehanna University Press ; Associated University Presses,
Date of Publication
c1994
Physical Description
318 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 302-308) and index.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Presidents - United States
United States - Foreign relations - 1815-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918bi
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Slidell and Buchanan

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Author
Sears, Louis Martin.
Call Number
923.172 B918se
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Author
Sears, Louis Martin.
Physical Description
709-730 p.
Notes
In: The American Historical Review, v. 27, no. 4 (July 1922)
Subjects
Slidell, John, d 1793-1871.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
Mexico - Foreign relations - United States.
United States - Foreign relations - Mexico.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.172 B918se
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James Buchanan and the coming of the Civil War

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Date of Publication
c2013.
Call Number
973.68 B918
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edited by John W. Quist and Michael J. Birkner.
ISBN
9780813044262 (alk. paper)
081304426X (alk. paper)
Place of Publication
Gainesville
Publisher
University Press of Florida,
Date of Publication
c2013.
Physical Description
x, 289 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Notes
Papers from a conference held at LancasterHistory.org in 2008. Presentation copy from the editors.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Bum rap or bad leadership? -- James Buchanan, Dred Scott, and the whisper of conspiracy / Paul Finkelman -- Prelude to armageddon: James Buchanan, Brigham Young, and a president's initiation to bloodshed / William P. MacKinnon -- General Jackson is dead: James Buchanan, Stephen A. Douglas, and Kansas policy / Nicole Etcheson -- In defense of doughface diplomacy: a reevaluation of the foreign policy of James Buchanan / John M. Belohlavek -- President James Buchanan: executive leadership and the crisis of the democracy / Michael A. Morrison -- The South has been wronged: James Buchanan and the secession crisis / Jean H. Baker -- "In the midst of a great revolution": the northern response to the secession crisis / William G. Shade -- Joseph Holt, James Buchanan, and the secession crisis / Daniel W. Crofts -- A conversation with William W. Freehling and Michael F. Holt, September 19, 2008 / Moderated by John W. Quist -- Epilogue: James Buchanan's Civil War / Michael J. Birkner.
Summary
An edited volume examining the presidency of James Buchanan and his role engaging the complexities of the debate surrounding the president immediately before Lincoln.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.
Additional Author
Quist, John W.
Birkner, Michael J.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.68 B918
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Life of George Mifflin Dallas, vice president of the United States: Prepared and published in Sepember, 1844, by the Democratic Committee of Publication, John K. Kane, et al

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Edition
Extended to the present time, and reprinted Nov. 1847.
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
815 P769 # 40
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Extended to the present time, and reprinted Nov. 1847.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia [Pa.]
Publisher
Times and Keystone Job Office,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
20 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Cover title: Life of George M. Dallas, vice president of the United States.
In: Political Speeches.
Subjects
Dallas, George Mifflin, - 1792-1864.
United States. - Congress. - Senate - Biography.
Vice-Presidents - United States - Biography.
Legislators - United States - Biography.
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Biography.
Additional Author
Kane, John K.
Additional Corporate Author
Democratic Party (U.S.). Committee of Publication.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
815 P769 # 40
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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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Author
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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James Buchanan, the patronage, and the northern Democratic Party, 1857-1858

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Author
Meerse, David Edward,
Date of Publication
1969.
Call Number
923.173 B918me
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Author
Meerse, David Edward,
Place of Publication
Urbana, Ill
Date of Publication
1969.
Physical Description
viii, 601 l. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: l. 591-600.
Photocopy. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1983. 21 cm.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868
Democratic Party (U.S.) - Northeastern States.
Democratic Party (U.S.) - Northwest, Old.
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918me
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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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A tragic but innocent character : the Buchanan presidency reconsidered

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Author
Fields, Kevin M.
Date of Publication
2002.
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by Kevin M. Fields.
Author
Fields, Kevin M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society
Date of Publication
2002.
Physical Description
p.196-207 : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society v.104 no.4.
Subjects
Buchanan, James , - 1791-1868.
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 104, number 4 (2002), p. 196-207Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.104, no.4
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James Buchanan and the political crisis of the 1850s

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Date of Publication
c1996.
Call Number
923.173 B918bir
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edited by Michael J. Birkner.
ISBN
094563689X (alk. paper)
Place of Publication
Selinsgrove [Pa.] : London ; Cranbury, NJ
Publisher
Susquehanna University Press ; Associated University Presses,
Date of Publication
c1996.
Physical Description
215 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-209) and index.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.
Additional Author
Birkner, Michael J.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918bir
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James Buchanan and his cabinet on the eve of secession

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Author
Auchampaugh, Philip Gerald.
Date of Publication
1926.
Call Number
923.173 B918a
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by Philip Gerald Auchampaugh ...
Author
Auchampaugh, Philip Gerald.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
Priv. Print.,
Date of Publication
1926.
Physical Description
ix, 224 p. front. (port.) 24 cm.
Notes
Label attached to t.-p.: This volume, subsequently expanded by the results of further research, was a dissertation submitted to the Graduate board of Clark university ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy ... [1926]
Bibliography: p. 202-210.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918a
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James Buchanan during the administrations of Lincoln and Johnson

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Author
Auchampaugh, Philip Gerald.
Date of Publication
1939
James Buchanan During the Administrations of Lincoln and Johnson By PHILIP G. AUCHAMPAUGH, PH.D. Author of "James Buchanan and His Cabinet on the Eve of Secession," and "Robert Tyler, Southern Rights Champion, 1845-1861." CHAPTER I BUCHANAN VIEWS THE SCENE. 1861-1868. Buchanan's return to Wheatland
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by Philip G. Auchampaugh, Ph.D.
Author
Auchampaugh, Philip Gerald.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1939
Physical Description
[67]-110 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 43, no. 3
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865.
Johnson, Andrew, - 1808-1875.
United States - Politics and government - 1861-1865.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 43, number 3 (1939), p. 67-110Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.43
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