Photocopy of a letter from A. Buchanan to Mr. Willson regarding furniture in the library that was given to the writer’s father, not Mrs. [Johnston], and that now belong to the writer. The Gladstone, Philadelphia.
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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Other Number
MG-0096, Folder 061, Item 02
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.
Album thought to belong to the Willson family who were the last owners of Wheatland. Contains both cabinet cards and carte de visites, as well as a few tintypes. Cover is brown with black and gold trim. Very few of the photographs are identified.
Album thought to belong to the Willson family who were the last owners of Wheatland. Contains both cabinet cards and carte de visites, as well as a few tintypes. Cover is brown with black and gold trim. Very few of the photographs are identified.
George B. Willson, son of George and Mary Ann Willson.
Provenance
Small red velvet album with M A W 1868 engraved on front cover. Contains carte de visites, many of which are identifed. Album may have belonged to Mary Ann Rettew Willson, wife of George Willson, Sr. Their son George B. Willson and their niece, Mary Willson Rettew, were the last residents of Wheatland.
George B. Willson, son of George and Mary Ann Willson.
Provenance
Small red velvet album with M A W 1868 engraved on front cover. Contains carte de visites, many of which are identifed. Album may have belonged to Mary Ann Rettew Willson, wife of George Willson, Sr. Their son George B. Willson and their niece, Mary Willson Rettew, were the last residents of Wheatland.
