Manuscript attributed to Harriet Lane Johnston, describing James Buchanan’s love for Wheatland
Description
Corrected manuscript attributed to Harriet Lane Johnston, describing James Buchanan’s love for Wheatland, a house “well adapted for entertainment or domestic comfort,” which will be forever associated with his “sage advice and witty anecdotes,” and the spring from which someone “often brought him water fresh from its cool depths.” 6 leaves.
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
JBMS1995.087a-i
Other Number
JBFP Part 2, Series 5, Subseries 1, Folder 6
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.
Pennsylvania German Society ; Printed and bound by Centennial Printing,
Date of Publication
c1998.
Physical Description
xviii, 301 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Series
Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society; v. 31.
Notes
Published by the Pennsylvania German Society, Kutztown, Pennsylvania 19530 and distributed to its members as a benefit of membership for the calendar year 1997 (Volume XXXI), and as the agent for the Schwenkfelder Library, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania 18073.
[Philadelphia (1305 Locust St., Philadelphia 19107-5405)
Publisher
Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania,
Date of Publication
1999]
Physical Description
11 v. ; 28 cm.
Series
Collections of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania ;
Notes
Originally published: Philadelphia : Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1893-1904.
Vol. 7 lacks t.p.
The text is a photoreproduction of the original ms.
Includes indexes.
Contents
[1] Books A, B, C, D 1682-1726 -- [2] 1726-1747 -- pt. 3. 1747-1763 -- v. 4. 1763-1784, will books N, O, P, Q -- v. 5. 1777-1793, will books R, S, T, U & abstracts of some other counties filed in Philadelphia County -- v. 6. Boosk [sic] W, X, Y (index is in volume 7), 1790-1802 -- [7] Index to Phila. wills, 1790-1802 -- v. 8. Books 1, 2, partial 3, 1802-1809 -- v. 9. 1810-1815 -- v. 10. Books 5 (concl.), 6, partial 7, 1815-1819 -- v. 11. Books 7 (concl.), 8, 1820-1825.
American Association for State and Local History book series
Notes
"Published in cooperation with the American Association for State and Local History, the Association for Documentary Editing, and the State Historical Society of Wisconsin."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-256) and index.