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Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 3 James Buchanan Henry
Title
Letter from Roland Kinzer to J. B. Henry
Object ID
JBFP 3.1.2.026
Date Range
1850/08/10
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Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 3 James Buchanan Henry
Title
Letter from Roland Kinzer to J. B. Henry
Description
Letter from Roland Kinzer to J. B. Henry detailing the strange case of Mr. Mackan and the disappearance of his Latin teacher; is sorry James Buchanan Henry was unable to go up in Mr. Wise’s balloon it refused to rise; Soruco will answer James Buchanan Henry’s letter soon; and praises the speech of Mr. Clay made just before the defeat of the Compromise measure, the defeat his blames on “the meeting of extreme opinions. Folded into envelope with postmark and remains of a wax seal addressed to Mr. James B. Henry, Care of Hon. J. Buchanan, Lancaster City, Penna. West Chester, Pa.
Date Range
1850/08/10
Creator
Kinzer, Roland
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Container
JBFP Part 3, Box 2
People
Clay, Henry
Henry, James Buchanan
Kinzer, Roland
Soruco, Manuel
Mackan, Mr.
Wise, John
Buchanan, James
Subjects
Personal correspondence
Letters
Search Terms
Correspondence
Correspondence, Personal
Letters
Buchanan Collections
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Extent
1 item, 4 pages to scan, 20 x 25 cm. DO NOT FILM
Object Name
Letter
Language
English
Condition Notes
Water damaged. Paper is discolored and has a small piece missing where the seal was removed.
Parent Object ID
JBFP Part 3 Series 1
Object ID
JBFP 3.1.2.026
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
MG-96 James Buchanan Collection
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph collections
Curatorial collections
Wheatland Mansion
Notes
May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
JBMS1996.272
Other Number
JBFP Part 3, Series 1, Subseries 2, Folder 26
Description Level
Item
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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