Alta California : embracing notices of the climate, soil, and agricultural products of northern Mexico and the Pacific seaboard : also, a history of the military and naval operations of the United States directed against the territories of northern Mexico, in the year 1846-'47 : with documents declaratory of the policy of the present administration of the national government in regard to the annexation of conquered territory to this union, and the opinion of the Hon. James Buchanan on the Wilmot Proviso, &c
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18954
- Author
- Captain of volunteers.
- Date of Publication
- 1847.
- Call Number
- 979.4403 C254
1 website
- Responsibility
- by a Captain of volunteers.
- Author
- Captain of volunteers.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Publisher
- H. Packer & Co. ...,
- Date of Publication
- 1847.
- Physical Description
- [2], 5-64 p. (first leaf blank) ; 25 cm.
- Notes
- This copy is a reproduction ISBN 0548410593.
- Description of area: p. 9-12; history and documentation: p. 13-64.
- Anti-annexation tract.
- Summary
- The 1847 publication briefly address climate soil and agriculture in Alta and Baja California in chapter I. The following eight chapters consist of communications from the U.S. Government consisting of instructions in the event Mexico declared war, justification of and motives for war, various reports to Washington, communications with Mexican officials in Alta California, accounts of the military operations in California, the articles of capitulation entered into at Rancho of Cowanga on January 13, 1847, all of which are interspersed with personal observations and comments by the author. The final chapter deals with the question of whether slavery would be allowed in California, the policy of the South and its motive for a slave market and emigrants to California and Northern Mexico [from California State University's Digital Commons]
- Subjects
- Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
- Mexican War, 1846-1848.
- California - Description and travel.
- California - History - 1846-1850.
- Mexico, North - Description and travel.
- California - Annexation to the United States.
- Place
- United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 979.4403 C254
Websites
Appendix to the Congressional globe for the first session, twenty-ninth congress : containing speeches and important state papers
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19786
- 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
- Collection
- Collateral Appraisements
- Title
- Collateral Appraisements
- Object ID
- Coll App 1911 F013 S
- Date Range
- 1911
- Collection
- Collateral Appraisements
- Title
- Collateral Appraisements
- Description
- Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.
- Date Range
- 1911
- Date of Accumulation
- 1849-1913
- Year
- 1911
- Creator
- Register of Wills
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives West
- Storage Container
- Box 0015
- People
- Steinman, Susan S.
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Collateral appraisement
- Collateral inheritance tax
- Place
- None
- Extent
- 16 boxes (8 cubic feet)
- Object Name
- Appraisal
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Object ID
- Coll App 1911 F013 S
- Box Number
- 015
- Additional Notes
- Only: collateral inheritance tax summation.
- 1 item, 1 piece
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 03-00 0312
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Collateral Appraisements
- Title
- Collateral Appraisements
- Object ID
- Coll App 1893 F007 M
- Date Range
- 1893
- Collection
- Collateral Appraisements
- Title
- Collateral Appraisements
- Description
- Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.
- Date Range
- 1893
- Date of Accumulation
- 1849-1913
- Year
- 1893
- Creator
- Register of Wills
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives West
- Storage Container
- Box 0010
- People
- Myer, N. P. B.
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Place
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Extent
- 16 boxes (8 cubic feet)
- Object Name
- Appraisal
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Object ID
- Coll App 1893 F007 M
- Box Number
- 010
- Additional Notes
- Also property tax receipt, 1893.
- 2 items, 2 pieces
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 03-00 0312
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Collateral Appraisements
- Title
- Collateral Appraisements
- Object ID
- Coll App 1849 F002 R
- Date Range
- 1849
- Collection
- Collateral Appraisements
- Title
- Collateral Appraisements
- Description
- Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.
- Date Range
- 1849
- Date of Accumulation
- 1849-1913
- Year
- 1849
- Creator
- Register of Wills
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives West
- Storage Container
- Box 0012
- People
- Rupp, Mary
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Collateral appraisement
- Lancaster
- Collateral inheritance tax
- Place
- Lancaster
- Extent
- 16 boxes (8 cubic feet)
- Object Name
- Appraisal
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Object ID
- Coll App 1849 F002 R
- Box Number
- 012
- Additional Notes
- Also collateral inheritance tax readjustment.
- 2 items, 2 pieces
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 03-00 0312
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Collateral Appraisements
- Title
- Collateral Appraisements
- Object ID
- Coll App 1874 F002 F
- Date Range
- 1874
- Collection
- Collateral Appraisements
- Title
- Collateral Appraisements
- Description
- Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.
- Date Range
- 1874
- Date of Accumulation
- 1849-1913
- Year
- 1874
- Creator
- Register of Wills
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives West
- Storage Container
- Box 0004
- People
- Frantz, Jacob
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Collateral appraisement
- Collateral inheritance tax
- Place
- None
- Extent
- 16 boxes (8 cubic feet)
- Object Name
- Appraisal
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Object ID
- Coll App 1874 F002 F
- Box Number
- 004
- Additional Notes
- Only: memorandum for reduction of inheritance tax charged to administrator.
- 1 item, 1 piece
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 03-00 0312
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Collateral Appraisements
- Title
- Collateral Appraisements
- Object ID
- Coll App 1893 F010 H
- Date Range
- 1893
- Collection
- Collateral Appraisements
- Title
- Collateral Appraisements
- Description
- Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.
- Date Range
- 1893
- Date of Accumulation
- 1849-1913
- Year
- 1893
- Creator
- Register of Wills
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives West
- Storage Container
- Box 0007
- People
- Hoover, Lydia
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Collateral appraisement
- Collateral tax calculation
- Place
- None
- Extent
- 16 boxes (8 cubic feet)
- Object Name
- Appraisal
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Object ID
- Coll App 1893 F010 H
- Box Number
- 007
- Additional Notes
- Only: collateral tax calculation.
- 1 item, 1 piece
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 03-00 0312
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Lancaster & Marietta Turnpike Road Co. Collection
- Title
- Lancaster & Marietta Turnpike Road Co. Collection
- Object ID
- MG0048
- Date Range
- 1848-1916
1 document
- Title
- Lancaster & Marietta Turnpike Road Co. Collection
- Description
- Collection contains correspondence, accounts, newspaper clippings, Pennsylvania and federal tax returns, stock certificate book, minute books, record books, and a receipt and payment book.
- Date Range
- 1848-1916
- Year Range From
- 1848
- Year Range To
- 1916
- Date of Accumulation
- 1848-1916
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 02
- Subjects
- Lancaster & Marietta Turnpike Road Co.
- Roads
- Toll roads
- Business records
- Stockholders
- Letters
- Search Terms
- Business records
- Conewago Trap Rock Company
- Correspondence
- Finding aids
- J. E. Baker Company
- John Goll and Company
- Lancaster and Marietta Turnpike Road Company
- Lancaster and Marietta Turnpike
- Lancaster Automobile Club
- Lancaster Motorist
- Letters
- Manuscript groups
- Marietta Hollow Ware and Enameling Company
- Muller and Bush
- Roads
- Stockholders
- Taxes
- Toll roads
- Turnpikes
- Extent
- 4 boxes, 26 folders, 7 volumes, 2 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0048
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- No restrictions.
- Copyright
- Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
- Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
- Credit
- Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Other Numbers
- MG-48
- Classification
- MG0048
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 29 May 2018.
Documents
- Collection
- Eleanor Fulton, Presbyterian Collection
- Title
- Eleanor Fulton, Presbyterian Collection
- Object ID
- MG0050
- Date Range
- 1703-1991
1 document
- Collection
- Eleanor Fulton, Presbyterian Collection
- Title
- Eleanor Fulton, Presbyterian Collection
- Description
- The work of Eleanor Fulton, a professional researcher. Contains information on the Presbyterian Church in Lancaster County, including First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Donegal Presbyterian Church. Also, genealogy notes for local families and St. James Episcopal Church.
- System of Arrangement
- Organized by subject, arranged chronologically.
- Date Range
- 1703-1991
- Year Range From
- 1703
- Year Range To
- 1991
- Date of Accumulation
- 1703-1991
- Creator
- Fulton, Eleanor
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 02
- Search Terms
- Booklets
- Correspondence
- Diaries
- Donegal Presbytery
- Ephemera
- Genealogy
- Letters
- Newspaper clippings
- Presbyterian Church
- War of 1812
- Extent
- 2 boxes, 56 folders, .75 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0050
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- No restrictions.
- Copyright
- Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
- Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
- Credit
- Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Other Numbers
- MG-50
- Classification
- MG0050
- Description Level
- Fonds
Documents
- Collection
- Marshall W. Warren Family Collection
- Title
- Marshall W. Warren Family Collection
- Object ID
- MG0053
- Date Range
- 1817-1977
1 document
- Collection
- Marshall W. Warren Family Collection
- Title
- Marshall W. Warren Family Collection
- Description
- This collection contains the records of the Marshall W. Warren family, including a marriage announcement, personal notebook, correspondence, and family bible records.
- Date Range
- 1817-1977
- Year Range From
- 1817
- Year Range To
- 1977
- Date of Accumulation
- 1817-1977
- Creator
- Warren family
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 02
- Search Terms
- Correspondence
- Finding aids
- Genealogy
- Letters
- Manuscript groups
- Obituaries
- Probate records
- Warren Cork Company
- Wills
- Extent
- 1 box, 10 folders, .25 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0053
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Related Item Notes
- See also the Photograph Collection
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- No restrictions.
- Copyright
- Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
- Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
- Credit
- Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Other Numbers
- MG-53
- Other Number
- MG-53
- Classification
- MG0053
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Collection cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 12 June 2018.
Documents
