- Collection
- James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan
- Title
- Letter from James Buchanan to Elliott Eskridge Lane
- Object ID
- JBFP 1.1.1.072
- Date Range
- 1855/12/21
2 documents
4 images
- Title
- Letter from James Buchanan to Elliott Eskridge Lane
- Description
- Letter from James Buchanan to Eskridge Lane grieving over the death of Harriet’s sister, Mary; continuing his dislike of his position and the London weather; determining to remain abroad until the nominating convention and not to interfere in the Senatorial campaign even though Glancy Jones might be a candidate; and thinking James Henry’s decision to take a steamer to Europe foolish. Legation of the United States.
- Date Range
- 1855/12/21
- Creator
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Container
- JBFP Part 1, Box 1
- People
- Buchanan, James
- Henry, James Buchanan
- Jones, Jehu Glancy
- Lane, Elliott Eskridge
- Johnston, Harriet Lane
- Lane, Mary Elizabeth Speer
- Search Terms
- Correspondence
- Correspondence, Personal
- Letters
- Elections
- Political candidates
- Bereavement
- Harriet Lane Johnston
- James Buchanan
- Buchanan Collections
- James Buchanan Presidential Library
- Extent
- 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 7.5 x 9 in.
- Object Name
- Letter
- Language
- English
- Condition Notes
- Letter torn
- Parent Object ID
- JBFP Part 1 Series 1
- Object ID
- JBFP 1.1.1.072
- 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
- JBMS1995.195
- Other Number
- JBFP Part 1, Series 1, Subseries 1, Folder 72
- 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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