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Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan
Title
Letters from James Buchanan
Object ID
JBFP 1.1.1.015
Date Range
1849-1851
  9 documents     14 images  
Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan
Title
Letters from James Buchanan
Description
Note: This group of six photocopied letters to Rev. Eugene A. Freauf were generously provided by Linden Hall School, which retains the originals.
Letter 1 Letter concerns the bill of Miss Yates in the amount of 8½ cents. No date.
Letter 2 Letter making arrangements to send Miss Hobbs, Miss Dow, and the Misses Laumans for a Saturday appointment. Miss Lane will not be going, but Mr. John Ford, the driver of the carriage, is a careful driver. Wheatland, 26 September 1849.
Letter 3 Letter regretting not attending a musical presentation because of bad weather. Wheatland, 6 March 1850. Letter 4 Letter offering to send a carriage for Miss Theodora, the Misses Laumans, and his niece if they have permission to visit him. Wheatland, 13 August 1850. Letter 5 Letter announcing that Harriet Parker, sister of Miss Hetty, will accompany a pupil for the school. Wheatland, 18 November 1851.
Letter 6 Letter regretting that he cannot attend a function at the school tomorrow because of bad weather and because he has already accepted an invitation to attend the opening of the plank road between Lancaster and Petersburg. Wheatland, 7 December 1851.
Date Range
1849-1851
Year Range From
1849
Year Range To
1851
Creator
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Container
JBFP Part 1, Box 1
People
Freauf, Eugene A.
Johnston, Harriet Lane
Ford, John
Parker, Harriet
Parker, Esther "Miss Hetty"
Subjects
Letters
Turnpikes
Plank roads
Weather
Invoices
Linden Hall (Lititz, Pa.)
Search Terms
Buchanan Collections
Correspondence
Harriet Lane Johnston
Invoices
James Buchanan
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Letters
Linden Hall
Manheim, Petersburg and Lancaster Plank Road
Manheim, Petersburg and Lancaster Turnpike
Plank roads
Roads
Turnpikes
Weather
Extent
6 items, 14 pages to scan, 8.5 x 11 in.
Object Name
Letter
Language
English
Parent Object ID
JBFP Part 1 Series 1
Object ID
JBFP 1.1.1.015
Location of Originals
Photocopies of six items. Originals at Linden Hall.
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
Notes
May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
JBMS1995.405
Other Number
JBFP Part 1, Series 1, Subseries 1, Folder 15
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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General Collection
Object ID
2-14-06-41
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Petition of citizens of Salisbury Township to build a church and school on a lot on Newport Road presented by Amos Slaymaker.
Provenance
From the Slaymaker Collection
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Slaymaker, Amos
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Churches
Negatives
Newport Road
Petitions
Salisbury Twp.
Schools
Object Name
Negative
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Object ID
2-14-06-41
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-19-07-01
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Negative of Columbia Pike East of Centerville Road (looking east)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Negatives
Centerville Road
Columbia Pike
Trolleys
Object Name
Negative
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
2-19-07-01
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Collection
Brown Family Photograph Collection
Object ID
BF-02-04-14
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative
Collection
Brown Family Photograph Collection
Description
Road construction (From Alice Brown's album, pages 30--31)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
road construction
Place
Salisbury Twp.
Object Name
Negative
Film Size
2.5 x 3.5 inches
Object ID
BF-02-04-14
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Collection
Brown Family Photograph Collection
Object ID
BF-02-04-15
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative
Collection
Brown Family Photograph Collection
Description
Road construction (from Alice Brown's album, pages 30--31)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
road construction
Place
Salisbury Twp.
Object Name
Negative
Film Size
2.5 x 3.5 inches
Object ID
BF-02-04-15
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-19-01-40
Date Range
c. 1930
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Hunsecker Road Covered Bridge over the Conestoga River.
Provenance
Transferred from the Bob Swartz Collection at the Lower Merion Historical Society, May 6, 2014.
Date Range
c. 1930
Creator
Kurtz, Howard G. Sr.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Search Terms
Covered bridges
Hunsecker Road
Hunsecker's Covered Bridge
Place
Manheim Twp.
Object Name
Negative
Film Size
3 x 4.75 inches
Object ID
1-19-01-40
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Collection
Fine Arts Collection: Paintings
Title
Landscape (road/tree)
Object ID
1992.005
  1 image  
Collection
Fine Arts Collection: Paintings
Title
Landscape (road/tree)
Description
Oil painting on board of tree branch, greenery and curving road with 2 birds flying across a colorful sky. One inch wide wooden decorative frame of bronzy green.
On back: "Artistic Picture Framing..." "Darmstaetter's 59 N. Queen St. Lancaster, PA..." Text on sticker on cardboard. This had all been covered by backer paper that has been removed, The sticker had been on that paper and was taped onto cardboard.
Creator
Mifflin, Lloyd, 1846-1921
Painted By
Lloydd Mifflin
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 5
Storage Cabinet
Unit 43
People
Mifflin, Lloyd
Subcategory
Art
Subject of Painting
Landscape (road/tree)
Object Name
Painting
Medium
Painting, Oil
Height (in)
7
Width (in)
6
Depth (in)
1
Dimension Details
Frame dimensions: H:8.5 in, W:7.5 in
Condition
Good
Condition Notes
Painting condition: Good
Painting repair: surface clean
Frame condition: Good
Frame repair: minor touch-up
Object ID
1992.005
Notes
Frame measurements: Height 8.5
Width 7.5
Depth .75
Role
Artist
Accession Number
1992.005
Other Number
Painting #047
Images
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Collection
Covered Bridge Safari Album
Object ID
A-65-01-07
Date Range
April 5, 2003
  1 image  
Object Name
Postcard
Collection
Covered Bridge Safari Album
Description
Wenger's Mill covered bridge, also called Rose Hill covered bridge, built in 1849 by Henry Zook. Located on Log Cabin Road, just off of Rose Hill Road. Post card.
Provenance
Photographs of a 2003 Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Society bridge safari.
Date Range
April 5, 2003
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Conestoga Creek
Covered bridges
Creeks
Log Cabin Road
Mills
Rose Hill Bridge
Rose Hill Road
Wenger's Mill
Wenger's Mill Bridge
West Earl Twp.
Place
West Earl Twp.
Object Name
Postcard
Print Size
3.5 x 4.5 inches
Object ID
A-65-01-07
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Collection
Covered Bridge Safari Album
Object ID
A-65-01-09
Date Range
2003
  1 image  
Object Name
Postcard
Collection
Covered Bridge Safari Album
Description
Wenger's Mill covered bridge, also called Rose Hill covered bridge, built in 1849 by Henry Zook. Located on Log Cabin Road, just off of Rose Hill Road. Postcard of painting by Louise Frank.
Provenance
Photographs of a 2003 Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Society bridge safari.
Date Range
2003
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Frank, Louise
Zook, Henry
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Conestoga Creek
Covered bridges
Creeks
Log Cabin Road
Paintings
Postcards
Rose Hill Bridge
Rose Hill Road
Sleighs
Snow
Wenger's Mill Bridge
West Earl Twp.
Place
West Earl Twp.
Object Name
Postcard
Print Size
3.5 x 4.5 inches
Object ID
A-65-01-09
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-07-04-12
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Home along Wabank Road near Gable's Woods
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
House
Wabank Road
Gable's Woods
Place
Lancaster Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
9.5 x 7 inches
Object ID
2-07-04-12
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