- Collection
- Wheatland
- Description
- Deed to Wheatland on parchment. Indenture for purchase of Wheatland by James Buchanan from William Meredith and Catherine Meredith. Dated December 2, 1848 with seal of William Meredith and of Catherine Meredith. Not signed by James Buchanan. Some fold marks and stain
- Provenance
- Unknown history of ownership.
- Date Range
- 1848
- People
- Buchanan, James
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- James Buchanan Presidential Library
- Object Name
- Deed
- Height (in)
- 30
- Width (in)
- 26.875
- Object ID
- W.89.85
- Notes
- Conservation proposal by Lancaster Galleries (Fine Art, Custom Framing, Restoration) June and July 2001. Quote to suface clean, mount, glaze to prevent fading, and seal.
- Accession Number
- W.89.85
- Collection
- History Collection
- Description
- Leather covered cylindrical gig trunk. Brass plate on top, engraved, "Adam Reigart, Jr. / Lancaster"
- Date Range
- 1820-1840
- Year Range From
- 1820
- Year Range To
- 1840
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- DAC
- Storage Wall
- Island 3
- Storage Cabinet
- Unit 16
- Storage Shelf
- Shelf 2
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Object Name
- Trunk, Document
- Material
- Wood, Leather, Metal
- Height (in)
- 10.5
- Length (in)
- 20
- Width (in)
- 11
- Condition
- Good
- Object ID
- 2003.078
- Place of Origin
- Lancaster
- Usage
- Reigart, Adam, Jr.
- Credit
- Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Accession Number
- 2003.078
- Collection
- Wheatland
- Description
- Passport for Samuel Ashmead, June 25, 1846. Signed by James Buchanan. Framed between two pieces of glass with narrow black wooden frame. Two small metal eye hooks with picture wire at top of frame.
- Provenance
- Samuel Ashmead was a botanist from the Germantown, PA area. He was the donor's husband's great-great grandfather. Passport hung in the donor's husband's grandfather's house for as long as she could remember.
- Date Range
- 1846
- Last Owner
- Ashmead, Samuel
- Storage Location
- Wheatland, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- East Wing Attic
- Storage Container
- Framed Artifacts
- People
- Buchanan, James
- Ashmead, Samuel
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Frame
- H: 16.5 inches x W: 11.5 inches
- Object Name
- Passport
- Material
- Paper, Ink
- Height (in)
- 16.5
- Width (in)
- 11.5
- Depth (in)
- 0.625
- Dimension Details
- These are frame dimensions
- Condition
- Poor
- Condition Date
- 2007-07-02
- Condition Notes
- Framed between two pieces of glass. Top right corner has 2 rips in paper caused by humidity and too small of frame. Paper has been folded into fourths with small hole at center of sheet. Also folds horizontally into thirds. Brown spots or stains all over
- Object ID
- W.MSS07.4.2
- Place of Origin
- Washington, D.C.
- Credit
- Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Accession Number
- W.MSS07.4
- Collection
- History Collection: Person, Thaddeus Stevens
- Description
- Daguerreotype, Thaddeus Stevens
- Year Range From
- 1840
- Year Range To
- 1850
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- DAC
- Storage Wall
- Island 2
- Storage Cabinet
- Unit 10
- Storage Container
- Box 0262: Encased Images
- People
- Stevens, Thaddeus
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Portraits
- Stevens and Smith Center
- Object Name
- Daguerreotype
- Object ID
- 2012.999
- Accession Number
- 2012.999
- Collection
- Red Rose Coin Club Collection
- Title
- Red Rose Coin Club, Frank W. Woolworth
- Object ID
- 2004.058
- Date Range
- 2004
- Collection
- Red Rose Coin Club Collection
- Title
- Red Rose Coin Club, Frank W. Woolworth
- Description
- 2004 Red Rose Coin Club 39th Commemorative Set, "Frank W. Woolworth"
- Plastic frame, 3 coins (2 Bronze & 1 Silver).
- Date Range
- 2004
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- DAC
- Storage Cabinet
- Cabinet 2
- Storage Shelf
- Shelf 1
- Storage Container
- Box 0004
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Object Name
- Coin, Commemorative
- Material
- Bronze, Silver
- Object ID
- 2004.058
- Accession Number
- 2004.058
- Collection
- History Collection: Person
- Title
- Self Portrait
- Description
- Daguerreotype, Self Portrait of/by J. Houston Mifflin seated as painter in front of portrait of a lady, circa 1845
- Year Range From
- 1845
- Year Range To
- 1855
- Creator
- Mifflin, J. Houston
- Storage Location
- LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
- Storage Room
- Museum North
- Storage Wall
- South Wall
- Storage Cabinet
- Unit 01
- Storage Shelf
- Shelf 2
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Object Name
- Daguerreotype
- Condition
- Good
- Object ID
- 2005.028
- Accession Number
- 2005.028
- Collection
- Red Rose Coin Club Collection
- Title
- Red Rose Coin Club, Lancaster County Almshouse Bicentennial
- Object ID
- 2007.500.5
- Date Range
- 2001
- Collection
- Red Rose Coin Club Collection
- Title
- Red Rose Coin Club, Lancaster County Almshouse Bicentennial
- Description
- Commemorative Coin Set, "Lancaster County Almshouse"
- Plastic frame, 3 coins (2 Bronze & 1 Silver).
- Date Range
- 2001
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- DAC
- Storage Cabinet
- Cabinet 2
- Storage Shelf
- Shelf 1
- Storage Container
- Box 0004
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Object Name
- Coin, Commemorative
- Object ID
- 2007.500.5
- Collection
- Red Rose Coin Club Collection
- Title
- Red Rose Coin Club, Harriet Lane
- Object ID
- 2007.500.35
- Date Range
- 2000
- Collection
- Red Rose Coin Club Collection
- Title
- Red Rose Coin Club, Harriet Lane
- Description
- Commemorative Coin Set, "Harriet Lane"
- Plastic frame, 3 coins (2 Bronze & 1 Silver).
- Date Range
- 2000
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- DAC
- Storage Cabinet
- Cabinet 2
- Storage Shelf
- Shelf 1
- Storage Container
- Box 0004
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Object Name
- Coin, Commemorative
- Object ID
- 2007.500.35
- Collection
- History Collection: Places & Spaces
- Title
- Red Rose Coin Club, Strasburg Rail Road
- Object ID
- 2002.064
- Date Range
- 2002
- Collection
- History Collection: Places & Spaces
- Title
- Red Rose Coin Club, Strasburg Rail Road
- Description
- Plexiglass boxed set of three medals commemorating the Strasburg railroad, set includes two medals in bronze and one in silver.
- Date Range
- 2002
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- DAC
- Storage Cabinet
- Cabinet 2
- Storage Shelf
- Shelf 1
- Storage Container
- Box 0004
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Railroads
- Medals
- Strasburg Railroad
- Object Name
- Coin, Commemorative
- Material
- Bronze, Silver
- Condition
- Excellent
- Object ID
- 2002.064
- Accession Number
- 2002.064
- Collection
- Decorative Arts Collection: Base Metals
- Title
- Decorated File Box, 1830-54
- Object ID
- 1908.002
- Date Range
- 1830-1854
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- Collection
- Decorative Arts Collection: Base Metals
- Title
- Decorated File Box, 1830-54
- Description
- Domed lid sheet iron box with wire bail handle. Painted black with red border lines and painted drapery ornament in gold.
- Label on interior connects box to documents relating to the Asiatic cholera epidemic in Columbia in 1854.
- label on side reads, "Francis X. Reuss Collection"
- Date Range
- 1830-1854
- Year Range From
- 1830
- Year Range To
- 1854
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- DAC
- Storage Wall
- Island 1
- Storage Cabinet
- Unit 06
- Storage Shelf
- Shelf 3
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- cholera
- Object Name
- Box, File
- Material
- Sheet Iron
- Height (in)
- 6.25
- Width (in)
- 8.75
- Depth (in)
- 4.75
- Condition
- Good
- Condition Notes
- Broken Latch
- Object ID
- 1908.002
- Accession Number
- 1908.002
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