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Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Others (Not Part of the Family)
Title
Letter from Stephen C. Foster to William E. Miller
Object ID
JBFP 8.1.1.004
Date Range
1849/05/25
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Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Others (Not Part of the Family)
Title
Letter from Stephen C. Foster to William E. Miller
Description
Letter from Stephen C. Foster to William E. Miller regarding the copyrights and publications of his songs “Louisiana Belle,” “Uncle Ned” and “Oh, Susanna.” Cincinnati, OH. Photostatic copy.
Date Range
1849/05/25
Creator
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Container
JBFP Part 8, Box 1
People
Foster, Stephen Collins
Miller, William E.
Subjects
Copyright--Music
Music publishing
Letters
Search Terms
Correspondence
Letters
Copyright
Music
Music publishing
Buchanan Collections
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Extent
1 item, 1 page to scan, 20 x 24.5 cm.
Object Name
Letter
Language
English
Parent Object ID
JBFP Part 8 Series 1
Object ID
JBFP 8.1.1.004
Location of Originals
Photostatic copy. Location of the original is unknown.
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
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
Copyright
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
JBMS2000.039.3
Other Number
JBFP Part 8, Series 1, Subseries 1, Folder 4
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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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1861 F043 QS
Date Range
1861/08
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1861/08
Year
1861
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Miller, William
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Charge: fraud
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1861 F043 QS
Additional Notes
Fraud.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Case Number
45.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
APR 1867 F075 QS
Date Range
1867/04
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1867/04
Year
1867
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Murray, Charles
Coble, Jacob
Weigand, Jacob
Fletcher, William Jr.
Brenneman, John Jr.
Haldeman, Elliot
Miller, William Jr.
Pierce, Joseph
Nissly, Aaron
Kauffman, Michael
Dissinger, Aaron
Dyer, Jacob
Greenawalt, A.
Boyer, George W.
Murray, Charles W.
Shultz, Henry
Shitz, Henry
Cormeny, Mary
Killian, Daniel
Sheaffer, John W.
Donor, John
Wagner, George W.
Rotharmel, Frederick
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Constables
Constable's return
Elizabethtown
Place
Elizabethtown
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
APR 1867 F075 QS
Additional Notes
Constable's return.
Case numbers: 88, 89.
2 items, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Jail calendar
Object ID
AUG 1825 F002 QS
Date Range
1825/08
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Jail calendar
Date Range
1825/08
Year
1825
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Anderson, Edmund
Anderson, John
Bond, Richard
Bowers, Philip
Brown, Ellen
Brown, Ephraim
Brown, Jacob
Brown, John
Conner, Samuel
Conner, William
Curran, John
Deitz, Margeretta
Delaware, Eliza
Deschammer, John
Dickson, Mary
Duncan, Nelby
Ferree, Edmund
Green, Abner
Green, George
Hackman, Sally
Harvey, James
Hoffman, William
Jackson, Eli
Jackson, Garner
Lynch, Hannah
McDowell, William
Miller, William
Morgan, Isaac
Morrison, John
Powell, James
Price, Nathaniel
Rice, Nathaniel
Sensenich, George
Tarbell, Samuel W.
Thompson, John
Walter, Jacob
Weidel, Adam
West, James
Withers, Eve
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subjects
Prisoners
Search Terms
Incarcerated persons
Jails
Prisons
Quarter Sessions
Women
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1825 F002 QS
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Additional Notes
Jail calendar.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1844 F004 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1844
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Baughman, Samuel
Baughman, Samuel Sr.
Downey, Robert
Miller, William
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1844 F004 QS
Additional Notes
Also: Samuel Baughman Sr.; Robert Downey; William Miller.
Recognizance.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1874 F153 QS
Date Range
1874/08
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1874/08
Year
1874
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Greenawalt, Joseph
Miller, William
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
West Donegal Twp.
Constables
Constable's return
Place
West Donegal Twp.
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1874 F153 QS
Additional Notes
Constable's return.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Case Number
195.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Mayor's Court
Title
Mayor's Court
Object ID
APR 1838 F041 MC
Date Range
1838/04
Collection
Mayor's Court
Title
Mayor's Court
Admin/Biographical History
The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
Date Range
1838/04
Year
1838
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Container
Box 0014
People
Miller, William
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
APR 1838 F041 MC
Box Number
014
Additional Notes
Petition for tavern license
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 99-00 [0101]
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
APR 1870 F028 QS
Date Range
1870/04
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1870/04
Year
1870
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Miller, William H. H.
Good, Rebecca
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Charge: fornication and bastardy
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
APR 1870 F028 QS
Additional Notes
Fornication and bastardy with Rebecca Good.
4 items, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Case Number
28.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
APR 1872 F091 QS
Date Range
1872/04
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1872/04
Year
1872
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Siegfried, Jacob H.
Stricker, Ferdinand
Irwin, Joseph
Musselman, Henry
Miller, William
Usner, Harrison
Stuber, William
Leisey, Reuben
Wechter, Henry
Flickinger, Jacob
Petticoffer, John
Reinhold, Jesse
Lutz, Cyrus
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Constables
Constable's return
West Cocalico Twp.
Place
West Cocalico Twp.
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
APR 1872 F091 QS
Additional Notes
Constable's return.
Case numbers: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107.
8 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
MAR 1795 F007 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1795
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Ralston, Joseph
Ralston, Joseph Jr.
Button, William
Auld, William
Johnson, John
Whiteside, Thomas
Miller, William
Barclay, William
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: assault
Charge: bastardy
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
MAR 1795 F007 QS
Additional Notes
Or Joseph Ralston, Jr.
Warrant, charged with bastardy and assault.
Additional names: William Button, William Auld, John Johnson, Thomas Whiteside, William Miller, William Barclay.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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