Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 4
Summary
This article features letters from James Buchanan to Henry A. Muhlenberg and letters from Simon Cameron to Muhlenberg indicating their support for him in the upcoming election for governor of Pennsylvania in 1844. Muhlenberg was nominated by the Democratic party for that position, but he died prior to the election.
Simon Cameron's adventure in iron, 1837-1846; new biographical material including an account of the formation and dissolution of a partnership of Simon Cameron, S.F. Headley, Samuel Humes, and Thomas McNair for the manufacture and sale of iron (principally to what is now the Pennsylvania Railroad) and its political connotations
This is an article in the journal " Pennsylvania History " The author states: "This article examines how Quay used money and patronage as the foundation for gaining and maintaining power. The techniques suggest how practical politicians in the post-Civil war era practiced their trade ." Quay was born in Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania. He served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives representing Beaver County, was Secretary of the State of Pennsylvania, and was Treasurer of the State .He was also Chairman of the Republican National Committee and served in the U.S. Senate.This article has numerous footnotes.
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [245]-293) Bibliography: p. [295]-303.
Summary
" Simon Cameron, born of humble parents at the close of the eighteenth century and apprenticed to the printing trade in his 'teens, became, before the Civil War, one of Pennsylvania's leading financial and political figures. At one and the same time he was president of a bank, three railroad companies, and one insurance company. He entered political life as a Democrat and supported that party - with some irregularity - until the eighteen fifties. Becoming dissatisfied with the leadership and tariff policies of the Democrats, Cameron cast his lot with the opposition, aided in the establishment of the People's (Repub lican) Party in Pennsylvania, and became its first Senator from his state. In the short session of Congress preceding Lincoln's inauguration, he exhibited a spirit of conciliation and manifested a strong desire to compromise the difficulties between the North and the South. During the last half-century he has frequently been the victim of misrepresentation. Various phases of his career have been subjected to study with an excessive amount of attention paid to certain of his actions. This has resulted in a distorted view of his career and thrown it out of focus. Some writers have based their stories on no firmer foundation than rumor and malicious gossip, while others have presented a perverted picture through failure to make use of available documentary material." [from the text]
translated out of the original tongues ; and with all former translations diligently compared and revised.
Place of Publication
Buffalo, N.Y
Publisher
Baker & Company,
Date of Publication
[1883?]
Physical Description
viii, [8], 28, 112, 52, 8, 8, 22, 16, 640, 104, 24, 392, 837-848, 44, 36, 24, 12, [16], 14 p., [74] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 33 cm.
Notes
"To which is added a profusely illustrated pronouncing dictionary of the Bible, a history of the books of the Bible, a history of all religious sects, biographies of eminent Bible characters, a history of the coins of the Bible, a gallery of scripture incidents and illustrations, the Jewish Tabernacle and priesthood, with chromatic plates, the travels of the Israelites, Christ and Paul, with colored maps, the parables of our Lord, also the proverbs of Solomon, and many other valuable aids and elegant embellishments."
"Beautifully illustrated."
New Testament t.p. : "The comparative New Testament, both the King James' Version of 1611 and the Revised Version of 1881 in parallel columns, retaining all the marginal notes and references of both versions. Text of old version, American Bible Society's octavo edition; text of New version, Oxford, large pica edition."
Some color plates are copyrighted 1873; "The parables of our Lord" is copyrighted 1883 by R. G. Moses.
Includes index.
Tables.
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Taped on front of first flyleaf and on spine: Presented to Mr. & Mrs. Abraham Snavely by Gen. Simon Cameron, Dec. 25, 1885.
Four pages of genealogy ripped from the end of the Apocrypha.
Marriage license of Henry Johnson of Maytown, and Sarah Ann Jeffries of Maytown, married on 17 February 1848, removed to MG-399; Snavely family bible; copy to Johnson family file.
Morocco binding with decorative gold tooling and raised center piece; gilted edges.
