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The first American political conventions : transforming presidential nominations, 1832-1872

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Author: Haynes, Stan M.,

Date of Publication: c2012.

Call Number: 324.273 H424

Responsibility: Stan M. Haynes.

ISBN: 9780786468928 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0786468920 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Author: Haynes, Stan M.,

Place of Publication: Jefferson, N.C

Publisher: McFarland,

Date of Publication: c2012.

Physical Description: viii, 268 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-264) and index.

Summary: "The modern convention continues many of the traditions and rules developed during the first political conventions in the mid-19th century. This study analyzes the birth of the convention process in the 1830s and follows its development between 1832 and 1872, chronicling each of the presidential elections, the leading candidates, key issues, memorable speeches and events"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Political conventions - United States; Presidents - United States; Nominations for office - United States

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 324.273 H424

Letter

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: Letter from James Buchanan to Rev. E. W. Hutter

Object ID: MG0096 F072

Date Range: 1851/11/19

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: Letter from James Buchanan to Rev. E. W. Hutter

Description: Letter from James Buchanan to Rev. E. W. Hutter regarding to Rev. E. W. Hutter regarding Buchanan’s intention to seek the party nomination for President at the 1852 Democratic National Convention. 19 November 1851.

Date Range: 1851/11/19

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

Storage Container: Box 0002

People: Buchanan, James; Hutter, Edwin Wilson

Subjects: Presidential candidates; Political conventions; Democratic National Convention (1852 : Baltimore, Md.); Letters

Search Terms: Correspondence; Letters; Presidential candidates; Political conventions; Democratic National Convention, Baltimore, 1852; James Buchanan; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Parent Object ID: MG0096

Object ID: MG0096 F072

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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 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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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.

Other Number: MG-0096, Folder 072

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.

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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d0caed66-f7b1-4145-bc79-502315022722

Collection: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers

Title: Letter from Thomas Welsh to Annie Young Welsh

Object ID: MG0828_SeriesC_F11

Date Range: 1852/09/09

1 document 4 images

Collection: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers

Title: Letter from Thomas Welsh to Annie Young Welsh

Description: Handwritten letter from Thomas Welsh to his wife, Annie, which contains local and personal news, including a report on the progress of work on the family home and Welsh's unsuccessful candidacy for representative at the county convention. Welsh clearly misses both his wife and daughter, Alice, who are apparently on an extended visit to Annie's ister Lydia Young Karmany in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Welsh states that he plans to pick them up in Lebanon on Sunday.

Admin/Biographical History: Thomas Welsh (1824-1863) was a Lancaster County native (born and raised in Columbia), who rose from hardscrabble origins to local fame, first as a Mexican War hero, and then as a brigadier general during the Civil War. He was well known and well respected as a no nonsense officer, for his leadership and gallantry in battle, for his dedication to the service of his country, and for his concern for the welfare of his men. See MG0828 for more biographical information.

Date Range: 1852/09/09

Creation Date: 1852/09/09

Creator: Welsh, Thomas, 1824-1863

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Welsh, Thomas; Welsh, Annie Eunice Young; Welsh, Alice; Karmany, Lydia Young; Becks, Sara; Brooks, Mr.; Wilds, Lewis; Wolf, Mrs

Subjects: Letters; Personal correspondence; Political conventions

Search Terms: Letters; Correspondence, Personal; Political conventions

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Condition: Good

Condition Notes: Good. Stain along the top edge of page 1; some discoloration on folds, but no tears.

Parent Object ID: MG0828_SeriesC

Object ID: MG0828_SeriesC_F11

Notes: Added to PP 12/21/2020 by HST; Provenance: Passed down through the family, Blanton Charles Welsh to Emilie Benson (Welsh) Wiggin to Nancy Jane (Wiggin) Townsend. Acquired from: Chuck Townsend, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2016/05/15.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: TW-C-52-04

Classification: MG0828

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by Richard C. Wiggin prior to donation.

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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/afec99ea-0b11-4967-bffc-731598782970

Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Letter from James Buchanan to Col. John W. Forney

Object ID: JBFP 1.1.1.047b

Date Range: 1851/03/25

2 documents 2 images

Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Letter from James Buchanan to Col. John W. Forney

Description: Letter from James Buchanan to Col. John W. Forney introducing his friend Dr. N. B. Wolfe of Columbia, a delegate to the Reading Convention and a gentleman of “worth, talent, and character.” Wheatland.

Date Range: 1851/03/25

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 1, Box 1

People: Buchanan, James; Forney, John Weiss; Wolfe, Napoleon Bonaparte

Subjects: Letters; Political conventions

Search Terms: Letters; Correspondence; Letters of introduction; Reading Convention; Political conventions; James Buchanan; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan, 7.5 x 6.25 in.

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 1 Series 1

Object ID: JBFP 1.1.1.047b

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

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS2003.003

Other Number: JBFP Part 1, Series 1, Subseries 1, Folder 47b

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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Letter

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Letter from James Buchanan to H. B. Swarr

Object ID: JBFP 1.1.1.090

Date Range: 1859/09/19

2 documents 4 images

Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Letter from James Buchanan to H. B. Swarr

Description: Letter from James Buchanan to H. B. Swarr expressing much gratitude for the proceedings of the Lancaster County Convention, hoping in vain that his coming departure from public life would mitigate the “virulence” directed toward him, asking who “young Keenan” is, perhaps Frank Keenan, commenting on the detractors of Senator Douglas, and lamenting that he cannot come home because he has assumed the duties of Mr. Floyd, his former Secretary of War. Washington

Date Range: 1859/09/19

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 1, Box 1

People: Buchanan, James; Douglas, Stephen Arnold; Floyd, John Buchanan; Keenan, Frank; Swarr, Hiram Behm

Subjects: Letters; Political conventions

Search Terms: Letters; Correspondence; Lancaster County Convention; Political conventions; James Buchanan; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 2.75 x 8 in.

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 1 Series 1

Object ID: JBFP 1.1.1.090

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

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1995.712

Other Number: JBFP Part 1, Series 1, Subseries 1, Folder 90

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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Letter

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/acffd404-1545-48f9-82cf-705821305000

Collection: Thaddeus Stevens Collection

Title: Letter from Thaddeus Stevens to Smith, Maclay, et al.

Object ID: MG0115_P01_F002_In03

Date Range: 1840/08/15

2 documents

Collection: Thaddeus Stevens Collection

Title: Letter from Thaddeus Stevens to Smith, Maclay, et al.

Description: Letter from Thaddeus Stevens to Smith, Maclay, et al. responding to a previous letter, accepting an invitation to New Berlin on 16 September [1840] and announcing the Erie Convention will be held September 10.

Date Range: 1840/08/15

Creation Date: 15 August 1840

Creator: Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Stevens, Thaddeus

Subjects: Letters; Political conventions

Search Terms: Correspondence; Erie Convention; Letters; Political conventions; Stevens and Smith Center

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0115_P01_F002_In03

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115_P01) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/fc4d62c6-ef85-4f0f-bfb8-361140325885

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115), Part 1, Folder # or Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-115

Other Number: MG-115, Part 1, Folder 2, Insert 3

Classification: MG0115

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 14 April 2022.; Old # MG-115, Part 1, Folder 2, Insert 1, Item 3; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/bc0f5475-717b-4a96-a72b-036904152508

Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 7 Jonathan Messersmith Foltz

Title: Letter to James Buchanan from J. M. Foltz

Object ID: JBFP 7.1.1.010

Date Range: 1847/11/14

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 7 Jonathan Messersmith Foltz

Title: Letter to James Buchanan from J. M. Foltz

Description: Letter to James Buchanan from J. M. Foltz recapping recent conversations with or opinions from other potential candidates to the Baltimore convention. Lancaster, Pa.

Date Range: 1847/11/14

Creator: Foltz, Jonathan Messersmith, 1810-1877

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 7, Box 1

People: Foltz, Jonathan Messersmith; Buchanan, James

Subjects: Political conventions; Political candidates; Political campaigns; Democratic National Convention (1848 : Baltimore, Md.); Letters

Search Terms: Correspondence; Letters; Political conventions; Political candidates; Political campaigns; James Buchanan; Buchanan Collections; Democratic National Convention, Baltimore, 1848; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 18.5 x 22.5 cm.

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 7 Series 1

Object ID: JBFP 7.1.1.010

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

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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: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material.; Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1995.726

Other Number: JBFP Part 7, Series 1, Subseries 1, Folder 10

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.