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Collection
Estate Inventories
Object ID
Inv 1783 F004 W
Collection
Estate Inventories
Year
1783
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0128
People
Witmer, Abraham
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Place
Lampeter Twp.
Object Name
Estate Inventory
Object ID
Inv 1783 F004 W
Box Number
128
Additional Notes
1 item, 2 pieces
Classification
RG-03-00-0133
Description Level
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Collection
Estate Inventories
Object ID
Inv 1818 F010 W
Collection
Estate Inventories
Year
1818
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0130
People
Witmer, Abraham
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Place
Lancaster Twp.
Object Name
Estate Inventory
Object ID
Inv 1818 F010 W
Box Number
130
Additional Notes
Also widow's allotment. 2 items, 2 pieces
Classification
RG-03-00-0133
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Estate Inventories
Object ID
Inv 1852 F016 W
Collection
Estate Inventories
Year
1852
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0132
People
Witmer, Abraham
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Place
Manor Twp.
Object Name
Estate Inventory
Object ID
Inv 1852 F016 W
Box Number
132
Additional Notes
1 item, 1 piece
Classification
RG-03-00-0133
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Estate Inventories
Object ID
Inv 1857 F013 W
Collection
Estate Inventories
Year
1857
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0132
People
Witmer, Abraham B.
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Place
Strasburg
Object Name
Estate Inventory
Object ID
Inv 1857 F013 W
Box Number
132
Additional Notes
Occupation: butcher. 1 item, 1 piece
Classification
RG-03-00-0133
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Estate Inventories
Object ID
Inv 1882 F017 W
Collection
Estate Inventories
Year
1882
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0134
People
Witmer, Abraham K.
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Place
Manor Twp.
Object Name
Estate Inventory
Object ID
Inv 1882 F017 W
Box Number
134
Additional Notes
1 item, 2 pieces
Classification
RG-03-00-0133
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Collection
Estate Inventories
Object ID
Inv 1836 F004 W
Collection
Estate Inventories
Year
1836
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0131
People
Witmer, Abraham Sr.
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Place
Mount Joy Twp.
Object Name
Estate Inventory
Object ID
Inv 1836 F004 W
Box Number
131
Additional Notes
1 item, 2 pieces
Classification
RG-03-00-0133
Description Level
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Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan
Title
Legal opinion of James Buchanan
Object ID
JBFP 1.2.3.001
Date Range
1818/10/07
  2 documents     4 images  
Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan
Title
Legal opinion of James Buchanan
Description
Legal opinion of James Buchanan with suggestions on what David Witmer should do to make the title of John Landis indisputable involving land given by Abraham Witmer to the Lancaster Trading Company. Mentions names of Andrew Groff and John Groff. Lancaster.
Date Range
1818/10/07
Creator
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Container
JBFP Part 1, Box 5
People
Buchanan, James
Witmer, David
Landis, John
Witmer, Abraham
Groff, Andrew
Groff, John
Subjects
Legal opinions
Search Terms
Legal opinions
Lancaster Trading Company
Buchanan Collections
James Buchanan
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Extent
1 item, 2 pages to scan, 3.25 x 6.5 in.
Object Name
Letter
Language
English
Parent Object ID
JBFP Part 1 Series 2
Object ID
JBFP 1.2.3.001
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
JBMS2002.005
Other Number
JBFP Part 1, Series 2, Subseries 3, Folder 1
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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