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Appendix to the Congressional globe for the first session, twenty-ninth congress : containing speeches and important state papers

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Date of Publication: 1846

Call Number: 328.7302 W317 1846 Oversize

Responsibility: by Blair and Rives.

Place of Publication: [Washington

Publisher: Blair & Rives,

Date of Publication: 1846

Physical Description: viii, 1184 p. ; 29 cm.

Notes: "New series, 1845-6."; Includes index.; Full leather tooled binding with maroon spine labels.

Subjects: Oregon question.; Political science.; United States - Politics and government - 1845-1849.; United States.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 328.7302 W317 1846 Oversize

Congress, the Pennsylvania Dutch Representatives, 1774-1974

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Author: Eshleman, Edwin D.

Date of Publication: c1975.

Call Number: 328.73 E75

Responsibility: by Edwin D. Eshleman, Robert S. Walker.

Author: Eshleman, Edwin D.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Concorde Pub.,

Date of Publication: c1975.

Physical Description: xii, 159 p. : ports. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Contents: George Ross--Samuel John Atlee--Joseph Montgomery--Edward Hand--William Henry--Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg--John W. Kittera--Thomas Boude--John Whitehill--Robert Jenkins--Joseph Lefevre--James Whitehill--Amos Slaymaker--John Whiteside--John Hibshman--James Buchanan--William Hiester--Edward Davies--Jeremiah Brown, Jr.--John Strohm--Thaddeus Stevens--Isaac E. Hiester--Anthony E. Robers--Oliver Jese Dickey--Abraham Herr Smith--John Andrew Hiestand--Marriott Brosius--H. Burd Cassel--William Walton Griest--John Roland Kinzer--Paul Bartram Dague--Edwin D> Eshleman.; Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 153-155.

Subjects: Legislators - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Pennsylvania Dutch.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government.

Additional Author: Walker, Robert S.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 328.73 E75

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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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Description Level: Series

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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The disruption of the Pennsylvania democracy, 1848-1860

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Author: Coleman, John F.,

Date of Publication: 1975.

Call Number: 974.803 C692

Responsibility: by John F. Coleman.

Author: Coleman, John F.,

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,

Date of Publication: 1975.

Physical Description: v, 184 p. : ports. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 151-155.

Subjects: Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.; United States - Politics and government - 1845-1861.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.803 C692

The formation of the Union; a documentary history based upon an exhibit in the National Archives Building

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Corporate Author: United States. National Archives and Records Service.

Date of Publication: 1970.

Call Number: 342.73 U58

Corporate Author: United States. National Archives and Records Service.

Place of Publication: Washington

Publisher: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Service,

Date of Publication: 1970.

Physical Description: 80 p. illus., facsims. 30 cm.

Series: National Archives publication no. 70-13

Notes: 1952 ed. issued by National Archives.

Subjects: Constitutional history - United States; United States - Politics and government - Sources.

Additional Corporate Author: United States. National Archives.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 342.73 U58

Fraud and falsehood exposed : General Taylor's Southern face

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Corporate Author: Democratic Party (U.S.)

Date of Publication: [1848?]

Call Number: 815 P769 # 15

Responsibility: published by a Committee of Democrats.

Corporate Author: Democratic Party (U.S.)

Place of Publication: Washington, D.C

Publisher: Greer's Printing Office,

Date of Publication: [1848?]

Physical Description: 8 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Cover title.; The issue dwarfing all others in the 1848 national elections was the disposition of territory acquired as the result of the Mexican War. Slave and Free states battled to add them to their ranks. Whig campaign pamphlets portrayed their candidate Taylor as anti-slavery in the North and as pro-slavery in the South. His opponent, Democrat Lewis Cass, was portrayed as pro-slavery in the North and anti-slavery in the South. The Democrats proceeded in a like manner. Here, for Northern consumption, Democrats demonstrate Taylor's "Southern face," i.e., his expressed comfort with Southern institutions and opposition to the Wilmot Proviso, barring slavery from the conquered territories.; In: Political Speeches.

Subjects: Cass, Lewis, - 1782-1866.; Taylor, Zachary, - 1784-1850.; Campaign literature - United States.; Presidential candidates - United States.; Presidents - United States; Slavery - United States; United States - Politics and government - 1845-1849.; Washington (D.C.) - Imprints - 19th century.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 815 P769 # 15

Guide to the microfilm of the records of Pennsylvania's revolutionary governments, 1775-1790 (record group 27) in the Pennsylvania State Archives, 54 rolls : a microfilm project

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.

Date of Publication: 1978 [c1979]

Call Number: 016.9748 P415prg

Responsibility: sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities ; Harry E. Whipkey and Roland M. Baumann, project director, Martha L. Simonetti, assistant project director ; Roland M. Baumann, editor, Douglas H. West, editorial associate.

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,

Date of Publication: 1978 [c1979]

Physical Description: vii, 351 p. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Title on spine: Guide to microfilm of Pennsylvania's revolutionary governments, 1775-1790.

Subjects: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission - Microform catalogs.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1783 - Sources - Microform catalogs.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865 - Sources - Microform catalogs.

Additional Author: Whipkey, Harry E.; Baumann, Roland M.; Simonetti, Martha L.

Additional Corporate Author: National Endowment for the Humanities.; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 016.9748 P415prg

The historical reputation of Thaddeus Stevens

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Author: Jolly, James A.

Date of Publication: 1970.

earnings.50 Stevens, though too radical to be accepted warmly by colleagues in the legal profession, was nevertheless the acknowledged leader of the Lancaster bar and one of the outstanding barristers in the State.51 He had the best law library in the region, and collected books on history and politics

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Responsibility: by James A. Jolly.

Author: Jolly, James A.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1970.

Physical Description: [33]-71 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 74, no. 2

Subjects: Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.; United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 74, number 2 (1970), p. 33-71Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.74

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The hornet's nest at Harrisburg

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Author: Harrison, Robert

Date of Publication: 1979

Call Number: 905.478 HSP v.103

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Responsibility: a study of the Pennsylvania Legislature in the late 1870's.

Author: Harrison, Robert

Date of Publication: 1979

Physical Description: 334-355 p.

Notes: In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v.103, 1979.; This record provides a link to this resuorce on the publisher's official online repository.

Summary: "On how Senator Simon Cameron and the Pennsylvania Railroad were able to dominate a legislature where turnover was high and most lawmakers were primarily concerned with passing laws to cater to local interests." [from ExploreHistory.com]

Subjects: Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1870-1879.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.478 HSP v.103

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Appendix to the Congressional globe for the first session, twenty-ninth congress : containing speeches and important state papers

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Congress, the Pennsylvania Dutch Representatives, 1774-1974

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Correspondence

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The disruption of the Pennsylvania democracy, 1848-1860

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4099

The formation of the Union; a documentary history based upon an exhibit in the National Archives Building

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11720

Fraud and falsehood exposed : General Taylor's Southern face

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15493

Guide to the microfilm of the records of Pennsylvania's revolutionary governments, 1775-1790 (record group 27) in the Pennsylvania State Archives, 54 rolls : a microfilm project

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9293

The historical reputation of Thaddeus Stevens

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The hornet's nest at Harrisburg

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13976

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