Receipt book of H. B. Swarr containing the outflow of James Buchanan’s estate
Description
Receipt book of H. B. Swarr, one of the executors of James Buchanan, containing the outflow of James Buchanan’s estate, with most of the recipients’ signatures; some are pasted receipts; some with United States Internal Revenue stamps. 1 leather bound volume with “Receipts” stamped in gold. Lancaster. 13 June – 28 January 1873.
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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Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
JBB1996.177.1
Other Number
JBFP Part 6, Series 2, Subseries 1, Folder 102
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.
Over 10,000 estate inventories, dating from 1682 to 1850, were examined to produce this record of possessions in an early rural county. The author provides lists of possessions broken down by type and by decade. For instance, the section on CLOTHING is broken down into 71 separate items, e.g. Pantalets, Pantaloons, Pants, Pelisse, Petticoat, Pocket, Pocket-book, Purse, Robe, Safe guard, Scarf, Shawl, Shift, etc. Within the tables for each item, the author may break down the item by color or type. For instance, in the CLOTHING>Apron table, there is a breakdown which includes the following: green, flowered muslin, green grazet silk, blue, blue holland, checked, white, leather, etc. The breakdown of possessions by decades can provide a general idea of when certain possessions were popular in Chester County. For instance, in the section TEXTILES> Velvet, velvet doesn't begin to appear until 1740 and becomes more popular from 1780-1810; but it becomes less popular in the period from 1820-1849. Each section begins with a dictionary with definitions of the separate items; for example a "safe guard" is "a sort of Dust-Gown, or Riding Garment, worn by Women; also a coloured Stuff Apron; also a swathing Bond for Children". Overall, this book is a unique compilation of local government records being used to understand patterns of ownership of household items.
Arranged chronologically by year and then estate number.
Summary
Papers filed with the Clerk of Orphans' Court to settle the estate of a deceased resident of Lancaster County. Files may include administrators' accounts, estate inventory, will of deceased, petition for probate of will, letters of administration, letters of testamentary, renunciation, decree of probate, grant of letters, resident inheritance tax appraisement, notes of audit, inheritance tax papers, and papers dealing with personal property and real estate.
Rights
May not be photocopied.
Notes
Finding aid in the repository: Local government records, microfilm.
Bound with: The Settler's Farmstead: a compendium of information relating to properties in Manheim Township containing log dwellings / Susan Sharpless Messimer; summer internship report / Susan Sharpless Messimer.
