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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers

Title: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Papers of Others (Not Part of the Family), Series 2 Financial and Legal Documents

Object ID: JBFP Part 8 Series 2

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers

Title: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Papers of Others (Not Part of the Family), Series 2 Financial and Legal Documents

Description: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Papers of Others (Not Part of the Family), Series 2 contains financial and legal documents. Series 2 includes financial and legal documents within three subseries. Subseries 1 has bills, receipts, ledgers and accounts. Subseries 2 has deeds and land records. Subseries 3 has legal papers.; The financial and legal documents are arranged chronologically, spanning almost 100 years, from 1770 through 1866. The bulk of the items, dated between 1784 and 1790, are promissory notes, receipts of payment and rental slips. There is a large gap between 1790 and 1849. The items from the 1800s include bills of sale, accounts and receipts. The deeds and land records include one hand-drawn survey for an unknown location (1858) and a title report for property in Warren County, New York (1865). The legal papers include documents filed with the courts, transcriptions of a legislative act from Maryland, notes, purchase contract, as well as two foreign documents, possibly a German enlistment record and a Swedish passport, both for Eugene Francois Theodore de la Croix.

Admin/Biographical History: The origination of many of the items contained in this part of the collection are unknown. It is also unclear of the relationship they have with James Buchanan. In the first subseries, there are two names that reappear often from 1770 to 1790, Daniel McCausland and James Crawford. All of these items are either promissory notes, receipts of payment of loans or letters from Daniel to James requesting that he pay a certain sum to the bearer of the note and the reverse would show the receipt of payment of that loan. There is some mention of a Revolutionary War Colonel James Crawford from Lancaster and Daniel addresses one of the notes to "Col. Crawford" so this may be the same individual. (See 8.2.1.001) There is a gap in the receipts and promissory notes from 1790 to 1849. This is also where we see the money on the documents change from pounds and shillings to dollars and cents. There is a bill of sale of the Lancaster Intelligencer newspaper from Edwin W. Hutter by a S. Boyd Hamilton in July 1849, as well as some follow up correspondence regarding that sale. However, in an article published in the Intelligencer on August 7, 1849, Mr. Hutter states that his successor is Captain George Sanderson of Carlisle, Pennsylvania (Lancaster Intelligencer, August 7, 1849, p. 2), which is confirmed in the December 4, 1849 edition which names the editor as "Geo. Sanderson (Lancaster Intelligencer, December 4, 1849, p. 1). The name McCausland reappears in the next subseries for legal papers, however, it is not a William McCausland, Jr. This is in reference to a law suit he filed against James Crawford and William McCausland for money due to him in outstanding rents and profits. There is a deposition notice addressed to "Col. Crawford" so it is likely to be the same James Crawford who had business dealings with Daniel McCausland.; An interesting piece in this subseries is a large transcript of the Court Papers filed in the action by the stockholders of the Marietta & Susquehanna Trading Company against five of their Trustees. The Trustees were entrusted to resolve the company and collect all outstanding debts. However due to a robbery at the bank wherein all of the notes were stolen, they were unable to collect any of the debts. The background of this case is illustrated in Francis Lyman's A Mysterious Bank Robbery (LCHSR 905.748 HSP v. 94, p. 384-385), where it is alleged that one of the Trustees/Defendants, Jacob Grosh, committed the crime. The remaining items are random and vague in the origination and contextual relationship.; 1 Ellis, F & Evans, S. (1883). History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Everetts & Peck. Retrieved from https://books.google.com/books?id=WsQxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA52&dq=%22James+Crawford%22+Lancaster,+PA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBWoVChMIhPb155rHyAIVAV0eCh2FDgt6#v=onepage&q=%22James%20Crawford%22%20Lancaster%2C%20PA&f=false

System of Arrangement: JBFP Part 8 Series 2 Financial and Legal Documents; Subseries 1 Bills, Receipts, Ledgers, Accounts; Subseries 2 Deeds and Land Records; Subseries 3 Legal Papers

Year Range From: 1770

Year Range To: 1866

Creator: James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

People: Buchanan, James; Cameron, Simon; Curtis, George Ticknor; Drayton, John Grimke; Foltz, Jonathan Messersmith; Foster, Stephen Collins; Foster, Morrison; Johnston, Harriet Lane; Muhlenberg, Henry Augustus

Subjects: Letters; Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.); Personal correspondence

Search Terms: Correspondence, Personal; Letters; Wheatland; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 box, 36 folders, 39 items, .5 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German, Swedish

Object ID: JBFP Part 8 Series 2

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries, https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm; Archives of Maryland Online. Session Laws 1862. (Vol 532. Pg. 267). Retrieved from: http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000532/html/am532--267.html

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Family Papers; James Buchanan Collection, MG0096; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion; Charles S. Foltz, Surgeon of the Seas: The Adventurous Life of Surgeon General Jonathan M. Foltz In the Days of Wooden Ships, Told from His Notes of the Moment. Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1931. Call # 923.5 F671f

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Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers

Title: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1, Papers of James Buchanan, Series 1 Correspondence

Object ID: JBFP_Part01_Series01

Date Range: 1819-1868

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers

Title: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1, Papers of James Buchanan, Series 1 Correspondence

Description: The James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1, Papers of James Buchanan, Series 1 Correspondence, Subseries 1 contains letters to James Buchanan and Subseries 2 contains letters from James Buchanan. Within these subseries, the letters are arranged chronologically, dating from 1819-1868.; This collection contains letters, both to and from James Buchanan. The letters from Buchanan range from the different periods of his life-as a private citizen and lawyer, senator, and ambassador to Russia and Britain; his Presidential term from 1857 to 1861; and his later years until his death in 1868. The earlier letters include details of his travels, political matters and the military, social engagements and responsibilities, his responsibilities as a political figure, and accounts of family chatter and gossip. He also discusses at length, in his letters to and about Harriet Lane, his opinions of whom she should marry, his opinions about her social encounters and interactions, her living situations, and her livelihood. Buchanan also often wrote about his Christian beliefs, especially during the later years of his life. Letters from his later years detail the day-to-day life at home in Wheatland, including some of his guests, his servants, and his illnesses as the end of his life neared.; The letters that are addressed to James Buchanan range in different topics, concerning military affairs, political and legal information, and family chatter. Other letters include details of Buchanan's financial matters that are in reference to loans, Buchanan's investments and purchases, deeds and bonds. There are also a number of thank-you letters and notes of recommendation.; Many of the letters are to his niece, Harriet Lane and nephew, James Buchanan Henry. Other correspondents are H. B. Swarr, Henry A. Muhlenberg, family members, Francis Scott Key, Riggs & Co., James L. Reynolds, and many political colleagues.

Admin/Biographical History: James Buchanan was born on April 23, 1791 to James Buchanan and Elizabeth Speer. He was the second child born out of ten children, and he would go on to outlive all but one of his siblings. Most popularly remembered as Pennsylvania's only President and as a lifelong bachelor, Buchanan committed a lifetime to politics. In 1821, he left his law practice and embarked on his political career after having been voted into the U.S. House of Representatives. He would remain in the House for five consecutive terms before serving as the U.S. Minister to Russia, a Senator in the U.S. Senate, the U.S. Secretary of State, the U.S. Minister to Great Britain, and finally, the 15th President of the United States. He died in his bedchamber at Wheatland at 8:30 AM on June 1, 1868. He was 77 years old. [https://www.lancasterhistory.org/about-wheatland, accessed 10/24/2019]

System of Arrangement: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 Papers of James Buchanan is arranged into six series.; Series 1 Correspondence; Subseries 1 Letters from James Buchanan; Subseries 2 Letters to James Buchanan; Series 2 Financial and Legal Documents; Series 3 Campaign and Inaugural Materials; Series 4 Speeches and Writings; Series 5 Ephemera; Series 6 Miscellaneous Materials

Date Range: 1819-1868

Creation Date: 1819-1868

Year Range From: 1819

Year Range To: 1868

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

People: Buchanan, Edward Young; Buchanan, James; Foltz, Jonathan Messersmith; Henry, James Buchanan; Johnston, Harriet Lane; Swarr, Hiram Behm

Other Creators: James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)

Subjects: Letters; Personal correspondence

Search Terms: Buchanan Collections; Correspondence, Personal; Harriet Lane Johnston; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library; Letters

Extent: 4 boxes, 365 folders, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, French

Object ID: JBFP_Part01_Series01

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries, https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Family Papers; James Buchanan Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph Collection; Curatorial Collection; Wheatland Collection; Wheatland Mansion

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Part #, Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009.; Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1995.116.003

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Collection: Wheatland

Description: One of two Louis XVI upholstered armchairs. Both chairs have gilt and bronze beading and foliate ornament décor on their crests, arms, uprights and aprons. All four legs are surmounted by foliate-decorated blocks transitioning to an urn-shape and ring and beaded ball turnings. They transition to reeds in the middle tapering to additional ring and ball turnings that terminate on brass casters.

Provenance: Harriet Lane Johnston; To - May Seldon Kenndy (2nd cousin once removed); To - Julia Kennedy Taylor (May's sister); To - Edmund R. Taylor, Jr. (Julia's grandson); To - The James Buchanan Foundation; To - LancasterHistory

Year Range From: 1870

Year Range To: 1880

Last Owner: Johnston, Harriet Lane

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Second Floor Hall

Storage Wall: Southwest Wall

People: Johnston, Harriet Lane

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library; Harriet Lane Johnston; Chairs; Armchairs

Object Name: Armchair

Material: Wood, fabric

Height (cm): 99.06

Height (ft): 3.25

Height (in): 39

Width (cm): 57.15

Width (ft): 1.875

Width (in): 22.5

Depth (cm): 58.42

Depth (ft): 1.9166666667

Depth (in): 23

Condition: Excellent

Condition Date: 2022-03-16

Object ID: W.1995.116.003

Accession Number: W.1995.116

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1995.116.004

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Collection: Wheatland

Description: One of two Louis XVI upholstered armchairs. Both chairs have gilt and bronze beading and foliate ornament décor on their crests, arms, uprights and aprons. All four legs are surmounted by foliate-decorated blocks transitioning to an urn-shape and ring and beaded ball turnings. They transition to reeds in the middle tapering to additional ring and ball turnings that terminate on brass casters.

Provenance: Harriet Lane Johnston; To - May Seldon Kenndy (2nd cousin once removed); To - Julia Kennedy Taylor (May's sister); To - Edmund R. Taylor, Jr. (Julia's grandson); To - The James Buchanan Foundation; To - LancasterHistory

Year Range From: 1870

Year Range To: 1880

Last Owner: Johnston, Harriet Lane

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Second Floor Hall

Storage Wall: Southwest Wall

People: Johnston, Harriet Lane

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library; Harriet Lane Johnston; Chairs; Armchairs

Object Name: Armchair

Material: Wood, fabric

Height (cm): 99.06

Height (ft): 3.25

Height (in): 39

Width (cm): 57.15

Width (ft): 1.875

Width (in): 22.5

Depth (cm): 58.42

Depth (ft): 1.9166666667

Depth (in): 23

Condition: Excellent

Condition Date: 2022-03-16

Object ID: W.1995.116.004

Accession Number: W.1995.116

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Armoire

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1992.012.001

Date Range: 1867

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Collection: Wheatland

Description: Wardrobe with mirrored door. Overhanging cornice molded. Frieze has cock-bead molding, same molding on drawer front and down front sides. Rounded corners. Mirror in single door front is rounded at top corners with floral relief framing. Keyhole escutcheo

Provenance: Johnston, Harriet Lane; To Kennedy, May Seldon (Paternal cousin); To Taylor, Julia Kennedy (May's sister); To Taylor, Edmund R. III (Julia's grandson); To James Buchanan Foundation; LancasterHistory

Date Range: 1867

Last Owner: Johnston, Harriet Lane

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Northeast Bedchamber

Storage Wall: East Wall

People: Johnston, Harriet Lane

Subcategory: Furniture

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name: Armoire

Material: Rosewood/Wood/Glass/Metal/Brass/Iron

Height (in): 88.125

Width (in): 50

Depth (in): 23.5

Condition: Excellent

Condition Date: 2022-11-02

Condition Notes: David A. Weaver, Cabinet Work, Quarryville, PA completed refinishing in 1993.

Object ID: W.1992.012.001

Notes: Accessioned twice - second accession number is 00.33.1. Removed folder 00.33.1 on 27 June 2011 and merged with file 92.12. All documentation is now in file 92.12.

Place of Origin: Baltimore, Maryland

Accession Number: W.1992.012

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: Three newspaper articles regarding James Buchanan and Ann Coleman

Object ID: MG0096 F038 In03

Date Range: 1942/06/25, 1976/07/21

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: Three newspaper articles regarding James Buchanan and Ann Coleman

Description: Three photocopied newspaper articles regarding James Buchanan and Ann Coleman: “Early love affair the only romance in the life of James Buchanan.” An article about James Buchanan’s relationship with Ann Coleman, Ann’s death, and Buchanan’s niece, Harriet Lane. “A sad story of love.” An article picked up from the St. Paul, Minnesota Globe about James Buchanan and an early relationship with a girl named Letitia Duncan. “Edna Guhl knows inside story of Pres. Buchanan’s tragic romance,” Susquehanna Times regarding James Buchanan’s relationship with Ann Coleman. Marietta and Mount Joy.

Date Range: 1942/06/25, 1976/07/21

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Buchanan, James; Coleman, Ann; Duncan, Leticia; Guhl, Edna; Johnston, Harriet Lane

Subjects: Death; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Search Terms: Globe (St. Paul, Minnesota); Susquehanna Times; Death; Newspaper clippings; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Articles; James Buchanan; Buchanan Collections; Harriet Lane Johnston; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 3 items, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Article

Language: English

Parent Object ID: MG0096

Object ID: MG0096 F038 In03

Location of Originals: photocopy

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760; James Buchanan Family Papers; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph Collection; Curatorial Collection; Wheatland Collection; Wheatland Mansion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.

Other Number: MG-0096, Folder 038, Insert 03

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Digitization of the James Buchanan Collection was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1992.001.039

Date Range: 1867

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Collection: Wheatland

Description: Rosewood bed with walnut, poplar, and pine. Headboard higher than footboard, but identical in shape. Arched crest with c-curved finish. This is repeated with molding below and on footboard. Molding is cyma-curved and appears on the outside of footboard and inside of headboard. The top of each post is capped with a round finial that transitions to squat bun above a smooth cylinder above a ring and ball shape that transitions to ring and vase surmounting an octagonal post terminates on bun feet Scroll cut brackets connect the posts to the side rails that feature cyma-curved molding.

Provenance: Harriet Lane Johnston; To May Kennedy (Paternal cousin); To Julia Kennedy Taylor (May's sister); To Margaret B. Taylor (Julia's daughter); To Edmund R. Taylor, III (Julia's grandson); To The James Buchanan Foundation; LancasterHistory

Date Range: 1867

Last Owner: Johnston, Harriet Lane

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Northeast Bedchamber

Storage Wall: West Wall

People: Johnston, Harriet Lane; Buchanan, James

Subcategory: Furniture

Subject: Beds; Bedchambers

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name: Bed

Material: Rosewood/Walnut/Poplar/Pine

Length (in): 82

Width (in): 67

Dimension Details: Bed is higher at headboard than at footboard. Footboard height is 42.625'.

Condition: Excellent

Condition Date: 2022-11-10

Condition Notes: Restoration done in 1992-1993 by David Weaver, cabinetmaker, Quarryville, PA. Restoration of rosewood.

Object ID: W.1992.001.039

Notes: Harriet had this custom built with large dimensions to accomodate her Uncle James Buchanan's size. It was intended for his use whenever he would visit her at her Baltimore, Maryland home.

Place of Origin: Baltimore, Maryland

Accession Number: W.1992.001

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Bed, Sleigh

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1989.344.001

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Collection: Wheatland

Description: Mahogany sleigh bed. Sleigh-shaped bed with a headboard higher than footboard. Outcurved top rails. Cyma curved footboard. Headboard has side pieces with cyma curves. Low to ground. Side rails have curved top edge. Feet are rounded blocks that are caster

Provenance: Buchanan, James; to Johnston, Harriet Lane (niece); to Kennedy, May (cousin); to Taylor, Mrs. Edmund R. (Julia) (May's sister); to Taylor, Mr. Edmund R. Taylor Jr. (Julia's grandson); to James Buchanan Foundation; LancasterHistory

Year Range From: 1820

Year Range To: 1835

Last Owner: Buchanan, James

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: North Middle Bedchamber

Storage Wall: North Wall

People: Buchanan, James; Johnston, Harriet Lane

Subcategory: Furniture

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name: Bed, Sleigh

Material: Mahogany

Height (in): 44

Length (in): 83.75

Width (in): 46.438

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2022-06-21

Condition Notes: Walnut bed finish bleached by sun exposure, especially on back & headboard and footboard. Minor scratches on the wood througout.

Object ID: W.1989.344.001

Notes: Belonged to James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston. According to letter from donor's wife, 'there is no written authentication of its origin, but my husband received the bed from his grandmother, Mrs. E.R. Taylor of Charles Town, Jefferson County, W. V; Mr. and Mrs. Edmund R. Taylor, Jr. donated a set of 8 linen handtowels marked with Harriet Lane Johnston's monogram and a letter from Francis Scott Key to James Buchanan at the same time of the bed donation. A campaign card was also donated at this time.; The matching sleigh bed is currently (2022) owned by Evelyn Byrd Hutton (evelynbyrdhutton@gmail.com), a sister of Betsy Henry Lehman & daughter to Reginald Buchanan Henry, Jr.

Credit: Mr. and Mrs. Edmund R. Taylor, Jr.

Accession Number: W.1989.344

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1992.015.001

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Collection: Wheatland

Description: Cotton bedspread. White on white quilting, square with fringed edging on three sides. Motifs of sunflowers, strawberries and grape vines. Continuous serpentine foliate vine around border. Signed in ink at bottom left corner: 'Mary E Lane; signed in cross-stitch, HRL at top right corner with additional note in ink: "for MS Kennedy 1899."

Provenance: Harriet Rebecca Lane Johnston; To May Kennedy (paternal cousin); To Julia Kennedy Taylor (May's sister); To Margaret Beverly Taylor (Julia's daughter); To Edmund R. Taylor III (Julia's grandson); To The James Buchanan Foundation; LancasterHistory

Year Range From: 1836

Year Range To: 1839

Last Owner: Johnston, Harriet Lane

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Northeast Bedchamber

Storage Wall: West Wall

Storage Cabinet: Bedstead

Storage Shelf: Bedstead Surface

People: Johnston, Harriet Lane; Lane, Mary E.

Subcategory: Bedding

Subject: Bedding; Bedspreads; Quilts

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library; Bedding; Quilts

Inscription Position: Bottom left corner and Top Right Corner

Inscription Text: (Bottom Left) Mary E. Lane No. 2; (Top Right) HRL (cross stitched)

Inscription Type: Signature

Object Name: Bedspread

Material: Cotton

Makers Mark: Mary E. Lane No 2 written in ink in bottom left corner. HRL cross-stitched with "for MS Kennedy 1899'" written in ink at top right corner.

Length (cm): 254

Length (ft): 8.3333333333

Length (in): 100

Width (in): 100

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2022-11-09

Condition Notes: Some staining.

Object ID: W.1992.015.001

Notes: Since the quilting on this bedspread is too sophisticated for a young girl, it is probable that Jane Buchanan Lane, Mary and Harriet's mother, was the person who made the bedspread. The signatures in ink and cross stitch inform us that sisters, Mary E. and Harriet R. Lane owned the coverlet at different times in their lives. In or before 1899, Harriet added the message that the textile was to be next owned by her maternal cousin, May Selden Kennedy.

Accession Number: W.1992.015

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Armoire

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/9f3b2423-1c1d-46a2-9f68-400752141540

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Article

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/f2c03bf6-942e-444f-806f-581392731190

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Bed

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/4ab8f851-0c17-4f24-810f-631036778160

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Bed, Sleigh

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d864a65f-6597-407b-aeb8-655912726427

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Bedspread

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/1b8876da-bb66-4249-9865-233345105311

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