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Alta California : embracing notices of the climate, soil, and agricultural products of northern Mexico and the Pacific seaboard : also, a history of the military and naval operations of the United States directed against the territories of northern Mexico, in the year 1846-'47 : with documents declaratory of the policy of the present administration of the national government in regard to the annexation of conquered territory to this union, and the opinion of the Hon. James Buchanan on the Wilmot Proviso, &c

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Author
Captain of volunteers.
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
979.4403 C254
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Responsibility
by a Captain of volunteers.
Author
Captain of volunteers.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
H. Packer & Co. ...,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
[2], 5-64 p. (first leaf blank) ; 25 cm.
Notes
This copy is a reproduction ISBN 0548410593.
Description of area: p. 9-12; history and documentation: p. 13-64.
Anti-annexation tract.
Summary
The 1847 publication briefly address climate soil and agriculture in Alta and Baja California in chapter I. The following eight chapters consist of communications from the U.S. Government consisting of instructions in the event Mexico declared war, justification of and motives for war, various reports to Washington, communications with Mexican officials in Alta California, accounts of the military operations in California, the articles of capitulation entered into at Rancho of Cowanga on January 13, 1847, all of which are interspersed with personal observations and comments by the author. The final chapter deals with the question of whether slavery would be allowed in California, the policy of the South and its motive for a slave market and emigrants to California and Northern Mexico [from California State University's Digital Commons]
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Mexican War, 1846-1848.
California - Description and travel.
California - History - 1846-1850.
Mexico, North - Description and travel.
California - Annexation to the United States.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
979.4403 C254
Websites
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Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the thirty-sixth Congress

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Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
923.173 B918 1860 36th, 1st
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Place of Publication
Washington, [D.C.]
Publisher
George W. Bowman, printer,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
v. ; 23 cm.
Series
36th Congress. 1st session. Senate Ex. Doc ; no. 2
Notes
Library has Vol. 1 only.
Contents
v. 1. Annual message of the President ; Report of the Secretary of the Interior ; Report of the Secretary of War ; Report of the Secretary of the Navy ; Report of the Postmaster-General -- v. 2. Report of the Secretary of War --
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Presidents - United States - Messages.
Political science.
Presidents.
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861 - Sources.
United States - History - 1849-1877 - Sources.
United States.
History.
Sources.
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Department of the Interior.
United States. War Department.
United States. Navy Department.
United States. Postmaster General.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918 1860 36th, 1st
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Message from the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress : at the commencement of the second session of the thirty-sixth Congress

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Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
923.173 B918 1860 36th 2nd
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
G.W. Bowman, printer,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
v. ; 23 cm.
Series
36th Cong., 2d Sess. House of Representatives. Ex. doc.
Notes
Includes reports of heads of departments.
On spine: Message and documents, 1860-1861 part 1.
Library has: v. 1.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918 1860 36th 2nd
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Message from the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress at the commencement of the second session of the thirty-sixth Congress

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Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
923.173 B918 1860
Alternate Title
Message of the President of the United States, December 3, 1860
Annual message of the President
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
George W. Bowman,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
28 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Slavery - United States
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918 1860
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Mr. Buchanan's administration on the eve of the rebellion

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Date of Publication
1866.
Call Number
923.173 B918b
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
D. Appleton and Company,
Date of Publication
1866.
Physical Description
x, [9]-296 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - History - 1815-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918b
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Mr. Buchanan's administration on the eve of the rebellion

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Author
Buchanan, James,
Date of Publication
1990,1865.
Call Number
923.173 B918b 1990
Responsibility
James Buchanan.
ISBN
083695212X :
Author
Buchanan, James,
Place of Publication
Salem. N.H
Publisher
Ayer Company, Publishers,
Date of Publication
1990,1865.
Physical Description
x, 296 p. 22 cm.
Notes
Reprint of the 1865 ed.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - History - 1815-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918b 1990
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Reply of John Davis, of Massachusetts, to Mr. Buchanan, of Pennsylvania on the reduction of wages and of the value of property : delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 23, 1840. Together with extracts from the speeches of Messrs. Buchanan, Walker, Benton and Calhoun

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Author
Davis, John,
Date of Publication
1840.
Call Number
923.173 B918da
Author
Davis, John,
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
Printed at the Madisonian Office,
Date of Publication
1840.
Physical Description
31 p. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Currency question - United States - Speeches in Congress.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918da
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