topic:"Politics" found 885 records - Research Collections

Reconstruction : America's unfinished revolution, 1863-1877

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Author: Foner, Eric.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: c1988.

Call Number: 973.8 F673

Responsibility: Eric Foner.

ISBN: 0060158514 :; 006091453X (pbk.) :

Author: Foner, Eric.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Harper & Row,

Date of Publication: c1988.

Physical Description: xxvii, 690 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Series: The New American Nation series

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 615-641.; African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society; The author, Eric Foner, is an American historian. He writes extensively on American political history, the history of freedom, the early history of the Republican Party, African American biography, Reconstruction, and historiography, and has been a member of the faculty at the Columbia University Department of History since 1982. [wikipedia]

Contents: Chapters: The world the war made -- Rehearsals for reconstruction -- The meaning of freedom -- Ambiguities of labor -- The failure of presidential reconstruction -- The making of radical reconstruction -- Blueprints for a Republican south -- Reconstruction : political and economic -- The challenge of enforcement -- The reconstruction of the north -- The politics of depression -- Redemption and after

Summary: "Reconstruction chronicles the way in which Americans-black and white-responded to the unprecedented changes unleashed by the war and the end of slavery. It addresses the ways in which the emancipated slaves' quest for economic autonomy and equal citizenship shaped the political agenda of Reconstruction; the remodeling of Southern society and the place of planters, merchants, and small farmers within it; the evolution of racial attitudes and patterns of race relations; and the emergence of a national state possessing vastly expanded authority and committed, for a time, to the principle of equal rights for all Americans." [from the publisher]

Subjects: Reconstruction.; African Americans; United States - Politics and government - 1865-1877.; United States - Politics and government - Civil War, 1861-1865.; United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869.; United States - Political events, 1861-1901

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.8 F673

The counter-revolution in Pennsylvania, 1776-1790

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Author: Brunhouse, Robert Levere,

Date of Publication: 1942.

Call Number: 974.8029 B895

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Responsibility: [by] Robert Levere Brunhouse.

Author: Brunhouse, Robert Levere,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Date of Publication: 1942.

Physical Description: viii, 368 p. incl. maps. 23 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 299-318.

Contents: The Background -- The Rise of the Radicals (1776-1778) -- Triumph of Radicalism (1778-1780) -- The Conservatives Emerge (1780-1782) -- Conservatives Ride to Power (1782-1784) -- Counter-Revolution Halter(1783-1786) -- Triumph of the Counter-Revolution (1786-1790).

Summary: From the Preface: "Only with the detailed story of the struggle between radical and conservative forces in each state can one gain a more complete understanding of the history of the Revolution and the Confederation."

Subjects: United States - Politics and government - Revolution, 1775-1783.; United States - Politics and government - 1783-1789.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8029 B895

Websites

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004303635;view=1up;seq=7

Alexander James Dallas, lawyer, politician, financier, 1759-1817

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Author: Walters, Ray,

Date of Publication: 1943.

Call Number: 923.4 D145

Responsibility: by Raymond Walters, Jr.

Author: Walters, Ray,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press,

Date of Publication: 1943.

Physical Description: vi p., 1 Î²., 251 p. front. (port.) 21 cm.

Series: Pennsylvania lives

Notes: Without thesis note.; "Bibliographical note": p. 239-243.

Subjects: Dallas, Alexander James, - 1759-1817.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.; United States - Politics and government - 1789-1809.; United States - Politics and government - 1809-1817.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.4 D145

The constitution of England, or, An account of the English government; in which it is compared, both with the republican form of government, and the other monarchies in Europe

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Author: Lolme, Jean Louis de,

Edition: 4th ed., cor. and enl.

Date of Publication: 1784.

Call Number: Book 676 1784

Responsibility: By J.L. de Lolme.

Author: Lolme, Jean Louis de,

Uniform Title: Constitution de l'Angletarre

Edition: 4th ed., cor. and enl.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for G. Robinson

Date of Publication: 1784.

Physical Description: xvi, 540, [20] pages 22 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 676 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Constitutions - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Constitutions.; Politics and government.; Great Britain - Politics and government - Early works to 1800.; Grande-Bretagne - Politique et gouvernement.; Great Britain.; Great Britain; Great Britain - Politics and government; Early works.; Full leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 676 1784

Journals of Congress : containing their proceedings from September 5, 1774, to [November 3, 1788]

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Corporate Author: United States. Continental Congress.

Date of Publication: 1800-1801.

Call Number: Book 863 n.d.; Book 8641800; Book 865 1800; Book 866 1800; Book 867 1787; Book 868 1800; Book 869 n. d.; Book 870 1801; Book 871 1801; Book 872 1807; Book 873 n.d.; Book 862 1800; Book 861 1800

Responsibility: published by authority.

Corporate Author: United States. Continental Congress.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: From Folwell's Press,

Date of Publication: 1800-1801.

Physical Description: 13 volumes ; 21-22 cm

Notes: Includes indexes.; Vol. 1-9 dated 1800.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 861-873 as assigned by Yeates.; Vol 3 published by John Patterson, New York, no date; vol 7 published by John Patterson, New York, 1787; vol 9 published by John Dunlap, Philadelphia; vol 12 place and publisher not identified, 1887; vol 13 place not identified. printed by Jon Dunlap.

Contents: v. 1. Sept. 5, 1774 to Jan. 1, 1776 -- v. 2. Jan. 1, 1776 to Dec. 31, 1776 -- v. 3. Jan. 1, 1777 to Jan. 1, 1778 -- v. 4. Jan. 1, 1778 to Jan. 1, 1779 -- v. 5. Jan. 1, 1779 to Jan. 1, 1780 -- v. 6. Jan. 1, 1780 to Jan. 1, 1781 -- v. 7. Jan. 1, 1781 to Nov. 2, 1782 -- v. 8. Nov. 2, 1782 to Nov. 1, 1783 -- v. 9. Nov. 3, 1783 to June 3, 1784. Contains also: Journal of the Committee of the States : containing the proceedings from the first Friday in June, 1784, to the second Friday in August, 1784 (29 p. at end) -- v. 10. Nov. 1, 1784 to Nov. 4, 1785 -- v. 11. Nov. 4, 1785 to Nov. 3, 1786 -- v. 12. Nov. 6, 1786 to Nov. 5, 1787 -- v. 13. Nov. 5, 1787 to Nov. 3, 1788.

Subjects: United States. - Continental Congress - Sources.; United States. - Continental Congress.; Constitutional history - United States - Sources.; Constitutional history - United States - Early works to 1800.; Constitutional history.; Politics and government.; United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783 - Sources.; United States - Politics and government - 1783-1789 - Sources.; United States.; Early works.; Sources.; Three-quarters leather on speckled boards (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Folwell, Richard,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 863 n.d.; Book 8641800; Book 865 1800; Book 866 1800; Book 867 1787; Book 868 1800; Book 869 n. d.; Book 870 1801; Book 871 1801; Book 872 1807; Book 873 n.d.; Book 862 1800; Book 861 1800

Hand-book of political information : containing the Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States and Pennsylvania, election laws of the State of Pennsylvania, officers of the general and state governments

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Date of Publication: 1888.

Call Number: 352 H236

Responsibility: compiled by John H. Landis.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: New Era Printing House ,

Date of Publication: 1888.

Physical Description: 143 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Notes: Includes advertisements.

Subjects: Federal government - United States.; United States - Politics and government.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government.

Additional Author: Landis, John H.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 352 H236

Nativism and slavery : the northern Know Nothings and the politics of the 1850's

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Author: Anbinder, Tyler.

Date of Publication: 1992.

Call Number: 320.973 S532

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Responsibility: Tyler Anbinder.

ISBN: 0195072332; 9780195072334

Author: Anbinder, Tyler.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication: 1992.

Physical Description: xv, 330 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-310) and index.

Summary: Although the United States has always portrayed itself as a sanctuary for the world's victim's of poverty and oppression, anti-immigrant movements have enjoyed remarkable success throughout American history. None attained greater prominence than the Order of the Star Spangled Banner, a fraternal order referred to most commonly as the Know Nothing party. Vowing to reduce the political influence of immigrants and Catholics, the Know Nothings burst onto the American political scene in 1854, and by the end of the following year they had elected eight governors, more than one hundred congressmen, and thousands of other local officials including the mayors of Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Chicago. After their initial successes, the Know Nothings attempted to increase their appeal by converting their network of lodges into a conventional political organization, which they christened the "American Party." Recently, historians have pointed to the Know Nothings' success as evidence that ethnic and religious issues mattered more to nineteenth-century voters than better-known national issues such as slavery. In this important book, however, Anbinder argues that the Know Nothings' phenomenal success was inextricably linked to the firm stance their northern members took against the extension of slavery. Most Know Nothings, he asserts, saw slavery and Catholicism as interconnected evils that should be fought in tandem. Although the Know Nothings certainly were bigots, their party provided an early outlet for the anti-slavery sentiment that eventually led to the Civil War. Anbinder's study presents the first comprehensive history of America's most successful anti-immigrant movement, as well as a major reinterpretation of the political crisis that led to the Civil War.

Subjects: American Party.; American Party; Nativism.; Antislavery movements - United States.; Know-Nothings.; United States - Politics and government - 1853-1857.; United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.; Politics - History, 1845-1861; United States

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 320.973 S532

Websites

http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0603/91043352-d.html

http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780195072334.pdf

Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789

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Date of Publication: 1959-

Call Number: Drawer 15, Sec. 3

Place of Publication: Washington

Publisher: National Archives and Records Service,

Date of Publication: 1959-

Physical Description: 204 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Series: National Archives microfilm publications ; microcopy no. 247

Notes: Library owns: Roll 9, Item No. 1, Rough Journals 1774-1789 -- Roll 13, Item No. 1 Rough Journals 1774-1789 -- Roll 60, Item No. 46, Proposals on locating the seat of government and printing the journals -- Roll 83, Item No. 69, Pennsylvania State Papers 1775-1791 -- Roll 178, Item Nos. 159 and 160, Letters from Generals Putnam, Mercer, Lewis, Thompson, Ward, Weedon, Hand, Conway, Sullivan, and Howe 1775-1785 -- Roll 183, Item No. 166, Letters and Papers Relating to Canadian Affairs, Sullivan's Expedition, and the Northern Indians 1775-1779.; Listed in "Microfilm resources for research," 1986 as: M247.; Indexes compiled by John P. Butler.; "The records reproduced in the microfilm publication are from Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention record group 360 in the National Archives."; Reproduced from original documents issued under the title Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.

Subjects: United States. - Continental Congress - Indexes.; Constitutional history - United States - Sources.; United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783.; United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783 - Sources.; United States - Politics and government - 1783-1789 - Sources.; United States - History - Revolution - Sources.

Additional Author: Butler, John P.,

Additional Corporate Author: United States. Continental Congress.

Additional Title: Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 15, Sec. 3

Correspondence

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers

Title: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 7 Papers of Jonathan Messersmith Foltz, Series 1 Correspondence

Object ID: JBFP Part 7 Series 1

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers

Title: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 7 Papers of Jonathan Messersmith Foltz, Series 1 Correspondence

Description: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 7 Papers of Jonathan Messersmith Foltz, Series 1 contains the correspondence of Jonathan Messersmith Foltz, from 1831 to 1858.; This collection contains correspondence from Dr. Jonathan M. Foltz-the majority of which are addressed to James Buchanan. There are no items from Foltz's childhood or later years (after retirement), nor materials from the early parts of his Naval career. The collection documents two of Foltz's deployments in some detail-his time on the Mexico-Texas border and the three years spent in South America. When writing to Buchanan, Foltz focused more on the political details he observed, rather than military activities. Some letters in the years and months leading up to the 1848 election document Foltz's involvement in the selection of a Democratic candidate for President. The materials do not include much about Foltz's family life, other than a few mentions of his wife and their wedding.

Admin/Biographical History: Jonathan Messersmith Foltz was born in Lancaster in 1810, the son of Jonathan and Elizabeth Messersmith Foltz. He studied medicine with Dr. William Thompson in Lancaster before attending Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. He was commissioned as an assistant naval surgeon in 1831. He reached the rank of surgeon in 1838.; As Naval Surgeon, Dr. Foltz served on the Raritan at the beginning of the Mexican-American War, where he witnessed battles at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma. About five years later, Foltz was deployed again-this time to South America aboard the Jamestown. He arrived in South America during the second half of the Platine War, fought by Brazil and Uruguay against the Argentine Confederation, from August 1851- February 1852. He also watched as the United States and Great Britain exerted their influence on the new nations and their often corrupt and ineffective governments. Through his service in the Navy and his trips to remote places (at that time), Foltz became an expert on exotic diseases. He published a number of articles on the subject. Prior to his service in Mexico and South America, Foltz also spent time in Asia, Europe and Northern Africa. Foltz served during the Civil War, participating in a number of campaigns and battles. Specifically, he served as Fleet Surgeon under Admiral David Farragut. He continued to serve in the Navy, eventually rising to the positions of Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and Surgeon General of the Navy. In 1872, Foltz was put on the retired list, but continued to serve as Inspector General of Hospitals and Fleets, as well as Chief Surgeon of the Philadelphia Naval Hospital. Officially, he retired in 1873, after serving for forty-two years. He had reached the rank of Commodore.; Foltz married Rebecca Steinman (1830-1904), also from Lancaster, in 1854. They had three sons: Frederick Steinman (born Frederick Buchanan), Charles Steinman, and Jonathan Clinton Foltz. He lived with his family in Philadelphia. Foltz died at the age of 66 in 1877.; Not much is known about Foltz's relationship with James Buchanan, especially its origin. However, Foltz often called Buchanan his best friend and seemed to be a constant support of Buchanan for President, campaigning heavily for him leading up to the 1848 and 1856 elections (Foltz was stationed in South America in 1852).; Works Cited:; Franklin and Marshall College Archives and Special Collections. Jonathan Messersmith Foltz Papers, MS 21 Finding Aid. Lancaster, PA: Franklin and Marshall College, 2013. Accessed June 9, 2015. http://library.fandm.edu/archives/mscoll/jmfoltz.pdf.; Foltz, Charles S. Surgeon of the Seas: The Adventurous Life of Surgeon General Jonathan M. Foltz In the Days of Wooden Ships, Told from His Notes of the Moment Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1931.; "Foltz, Jonathan Messersmith." In Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, edited by James Grant Wilson and John Fiske. New York: D. Appleton, 1900. Accessed June 9, 2015. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Appletons%27_Cyclop%C3%A6dia_of_American_Biography/Foltz,_Jonathan_Messersmith.

System of Arrangement: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 7 Papers of Jonathan Messersmith Foltz is arranged in one series. The series and subseries have been used to keep the consistency with cataloging throughout the James Buchanan Family Papers.; JBFP Part 7 Series 1 Correspondence; Subseries 1 Letters from Jonathan Messersmith Foltz

Year Range From: 1831

Year Range To: 1858

Creator: Foltz, Jonathan Messersmith, 1810-1877

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

People: Buchanan, James; Foltz, Jonathan Messersmith

Other Creators: James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)

Subjects: Ship physicians; United States--Navy--Surgeons; United States--Politics and government--19th century; Mexican War, 1846-1848; South America--Politics and government--19th century

Search Terms: James Buchanan; Buchanan collections; Mexican War; Politics; United States Navy; Ship physicians; Surgeons; South America; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 box, 49 folders, 58 items, .5 cubic feet

Object Name: Correspondence

Language: English

Object ID: JBFP Part 7 Series 1

Associated Material: Jonathan Messersmith Foltz Papers (MS 21), Archives and Special Collections, Franklin and Marshall College; http://library.fandm.edu/archives/mscoll/jmfoltz.html; [J. M. Foltz Medical lecture notes, 1825-1829], Health Sciences Library Historical Collections, Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.; http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb1976055; Jonathan Messersmith Foltz papers, 1829-1871, Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, DC.; 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; James Buchanan Collection, MG0096; Coleman Papers Collection, MG0275 Series 1; Andrew J. Steinman Collection, MG0066; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion; Charles S. Foltz, Surgeon of the Seas: The Adventurous Life of Surgeon General Jonathan M. Foltz In the Days of Wooden Ships, Told from His Notes of the Moment. Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1931. Call # 923.5 F671f

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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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Political divisions of Lancaster County

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Author: Steinmetz, H. L.

Date of Publication: 1901

%20Project/Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Steinmetz, H. L. Title: Political divisions of Lancaster County / by H. L. Steinmetz. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Lancaster County (Pa.)--Politics and government--1865-1950. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Politics and government--1775-1865. Lancaster County

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Responsibility: by H. L. Steinmetz.

Author: Steinmetz, H. L.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1901

Physical Description: [36]-51 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 5, no. 2

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government - 1865-1950.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government - 1775-1865.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government - To 1775.

Contained In: Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.5

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Reconstruction : America's unfinished revolution, 1863-1877

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2003

The counter-revolution in Pennsylvania, 1776-1790

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4549

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Alexander James Dallas, lawyer, politician, financier, 1759-1817

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3904

The constitution of England, or, An account of the English government; in which it is compared, both with the republican form of government, and the other monarchies in Europe

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21740

Journals of Congress : containing their proceedings from September 5, 1774, to [November 3, 1788]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22062

Hand-book of political information : containing the Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States and Pennsylvania, election laws of the State of Pennsylvania, officers of the general and state governments

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17664

Nativism and slavery : the northern Know Nothings and the politics of the 1850's

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17712

Websites

Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16566

Correspondence

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/0abd7355-0376-48fd-892a-242229938745

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Political divisions of Lancaster County

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