Acts passed at the third session of the Thirteenth Congress of the United States, : begun and held in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on the nineteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen. : Published by authority
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21036
- Alternate Title
- Acts passed at the first session of the Thirteenth Congress of the United States.
- Corporate Author
- United States.
- Uniform Title
- Laws, etc.
- Place of Publication
- Washington [D.C.]
- Publisher
- Printed by Rapine and Elliot.,
- Date of Publication
- 1815.
- Physical Description
- 429 6,[2], 202, 30 p. ; 23 cm.
- Notes
- Includes treaties between the United States and various Indian nations.
- Acts of the first and second sesssions follow the title page.
- Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
- Yeates's signature at top of title page.
- Book number 252 as assigned by Yeates.
- Shaw & Shoemaker
- Subjects
- Session laws - United States.
- Session laws.
- United States.
- Full leather (Binding)
- Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
- Additional Author
- Yeates, Jasper,
- Additional Corporate Author
- Rapine and Elliot,
- Place
- United States District of Columbia Washington.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
- Call Number
- Book 252 1815
American convention for promoting the abolition of slavery and improving the condition of the African race at Philadelphia, in October, 1819, to the people of the United States
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13728
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Publisher
- Printed by S.W. Conrad,
- Date of Publication
- 1819.
- Physical Description
- 43 p. ; 23 cm.
- Notes
- Meeting convened in Philadelphia, October 15, 1819.
- Report from the Columbia, Pa. Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, p. 11-14.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 326 P544 1819
- 326 A512
Websites
The American law journal and miscellaneous repertory
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21128
- Date of Publication
- 1808-1810.
- Call Number
- B ook 409 1809
- Book 408 1808
- Book 410 1810
- Book 410 1813
- Book 410 1814
- Alternate Title
- American law journal
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Boston, Mass
- Publisher
- W.P. Farrand and Co. ; Farrand, Mallory and Co.,
- Date of Publication
- 1808-1810.
- Physical Description
- 3 volumes.
- Dates of Publication
- Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1808)-v. 3, no. 11/12 (Oct. 1810).
- Vol 4 published under title The American Law Journal, vol.IV being the first of a new series, Philadelphia, published by Moses Thomas, Sergeant Hall, printer, 1813.
- Vol 5 published under title The American Law Journal vol V being the second of a new serices, Baltimore, published by Edward J. Coale, et al, printed by William Fry, 1814.
- Notes
- Title from running title.
- Editor: John E. Hall.
- Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
- Yeates's signature at top of title page.
- Subjects
- Law - United States - Periodicals.
- Law.
- United States.
- Periodicals.
- Full blind tooled leather (Binding)
- Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
- Additional Author
- Hall, John E.
- Yeates, Jasper,
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
- Call Number
- B ook 409 1809
- Book 408 1808
- Book 410 1810
- Book 410 1813
- Book 410 1814
An abridgment of the laws of Pennsylvania, from the year one thousand seven hundred, to the second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eleven. : With references to reports of judicial decisions in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21067
- Responsibility
- By John Purdon, Junr.
- Corporate Author
- Pennsylvania.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Publisher
- Published by Farrand, Hopkins, Zantzinger, and Company. Fry and Kammerer, printers.,
- Date of Publication
- 1811.
- Physical Description
- xxxi, [1], 637, [1] p. ; 24 cm.
- Notes
- Copyright Oct. 25, 1811 by Farrand, Hopkins, Zantzinger and Company.
- Last page blank.
- "The Constitution of the United States of America."--p. [vii]-xviii.
- "The Constitution of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania."--p. [xix]-xxxi.
- "Report of the judges of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania of the English statutes, which are in force in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and of those of the said statutes which, in their opinion, ought to be incorporated into the statute laws of the said commonwealth."--p. [562]-585. Signed on p. 585: Wm. Tilghman. J. Yeates. Thomas Smith. H.H. Brackenridge. December 14, 1808.
- "Index."--p. [587]-637.
- Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
- Yeates's signature at top of title page.
- Book number 306 as assigned by Yeates.
- Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
- Subjects
- Law - Pennsylvania - Digests.
- Annotations and citations (Law) - Pennsylvania.
- Constitutions - United States.
- Constitutions - Pennsylvania.
- Annotations and citations (Law)
- Constitutions.
- Law.
- Pennsylvania.
- United States.
- Leather bindings (Binding)
- Blind tooled leather (Binding)
- Fillet tools (Binding)
- Lettering pieces (Binding)
- Gold tooled leather (Binding)
- Digests.
- Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
- Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
- Additional Author
- Purdon, John,
- Yeates, Jasper,
- Additional Corporate Author
- Pennsylvania. Supreme Court.
- United States.
- Pennsylvania.
- Farrand, Hopkins, Zantzinger, and Co.,
- Fry and Kammerer,
- Place
- United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
- Call Number
- Bookk 306 1811
An accurate and interesting account of the hardships and sufferings of that band of heroes, who traversed the wilderness in the campaign against Quebec in 1775
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19425
- Responsibility
- by John Joseph Henry, Esq.
- Author
- Henry, John Joseph,
- Place of Publication
- Lancaster, Pa
- Publisher
- printed by William Greer ,
- Date of Publication
- 1812.
- Physical Description
- 225 p. ; 16 cm.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
- Call Number
- 090 L244g 1812
An Address of members of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States, to their constituents, on the subject of the war with Great-Britain
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21217
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Publisher
- Printed at the United States' Gazette
- Date of Publication
- [1812?].
- Physical Description
- 24 pages ; 22 cm
- Notes
- Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
- Signature: To Judge Yeates from his obet., James Milner [partially clipped]
- Book number 461 as assigned by Yeates.
- Bound with Proposals, by Farrand and Nichholas for publishing by subscription ...The American Review of history and politics. Place not identified: publisher not identified, 1810 -- Proposals for publishing by subscription, a translation from the French, of. LeSages's historical genealogial chronological and geographical atlas. Philadelphia: Jane Aiken, 1819 -- A description of the chain bridge; invented by Judge Finley, of Fayette County Pennsylvania...Uniontown, Pa: William Campbell, 1811 -- The pioneeer, vol. I, no. IV, May 5, 1812 -- The Port folio (new series) by Oliver Oldschool, Esq. Philadelphia, Saturday, March 12, 1808 -- Annual discourse, delivered before the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on the 13th of November 1810 by Joseph Hopkinson. Philadelphia: published by Bradford and Inskeep; Inseeep and Bradford, New York: and William M'Ilhenry, Boston, Sweeny & M'Kenzie, printers, 1810 -- Reply to Mr. Burke's invective against Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Watt, in the House of Commons on the30th of April, 1792, by Thomas Cooper. London: printed for J. Johnson, in St. Paul's Church Yard; and M Falkner and Co., Manchester, M,DCC,XCII (1792) -- Narrative of the proceedings against Thomas Cooiper, exquire, president judge of the eighth judiciary district of Pennsylvania, on a charge of official misconduct. Lancaster: printed by William Hamilton, 1811; -- [Narrative on the title of West Florida]. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified -- Observations on the conduct of our executive towards Spain. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified -- Letters, addressed to the people of Pennsylvania respecting the internal improvement, of the commonwealth; by means of roads and canals by William J. Duane. Philadelphia: printed by Jane Aiken, No 71, North Third Street, 18ll --An address of the members of theHouse of Representatives, of the Congress of the United States, to their consitutents, on the subject of the war with Great Britain. Philadelphia: printed at the office of the United States' Gazette, date not identified; Documents and facts, relative to military events, during the late war by Jno. P. Boyd. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified-- Darstellung des in Baltimore am 27 und 28sten Julii, 1812, gemachten Angriffs auf die presfreyheit, und das leben der Bertheidiger defelben. Philadelphia: gedruct bey Conrad Zentler, in der Zwenten Stresse, unterhalb der Regs Strasse, 1812 -- Plan of an improved system of the money-concerns of the Union by Erick Bollman, M.D. Philadelphia: printed for the auther. Wiliam Fry, printer, Walnut, near Fifth Street, 1816; Articles of the Farmer's Bank of Lancaster. Place not idenifiied: Printed by Hugh Hamilton, date not identified.
- Shaw & Shoemaker,
- Subjects
- Politics and government
- United States - Politics and government - 1812-1815.
- United States.
- Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)
- Additional Author
- Yeates, Jasper,
- Additional Corporate Author
- United States. Congress. House.
- Federal Party (U.S.)
- Place
- United States Connecticut Hartford.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
- Call Number
- Book 461 n.d.
- Collection
- General Thomas Welsh Family Papers
- Title
- General Thomas Welsh Family Papers, Series F Miscellaneous Family Papers
- Object ID
- MG0828_SeriesF
- Date Range
- 1815-1938
- Collection
- General Thomas Welsh Family Papers
- Title
- General Thomas Welsh Family Papers, Series F Miscellaneous Family Papers
- Description
- The General Thomas Welsh Family Papers, Series F is a collection of documents, newspapers, and newspaper clippings that covers the years 1815 through 1929, as well as genealogy and ephemera from the Welsh family Bible from 1850 through 1938. The series also includes two scrapbooks - the first contains articles from the late nineteenth century pertaining to Thomas Welsh and his family; the second contains newspaper articles and ephemera related to Thomas Welsh and his family from 1854 through 1936.
- Admin/Biographical History
- Thomas Welsh (1824-1863) was a Lancaster County native (born and raised in Columbia), who rose from hardscrabble origins to local fame, first as a Mexican War hero, and then as a brigadier general during the Civil War. He was well known and well respected as a no nonsense officer, for his leadership and gallantry in battle, for his dedication to the service of his country, and for his concern for the welfare of his men.
- Welsh lost his father at the age of 2, and went to work to support his family at age 8. He had very little formal schooling, and was largely self-educated. In 1843, at age 19, he left Lancaster County for Washington City, then went west as an itinerant carpenter/laborer to Cincinnati, Little Rock, and Fort Smith.
- When the Mexican War broke out in 1846, he enlisted in a Kentucky regiment, and was severely wounded at the battle of Buena Vista (1847) from which he never fully recovered. Returning home to Columbia, he re-enlisted as a second lieutenant, assigned to the 11th U.S. infantry regiment in Mexico City. Within days of his arrival in Mexico City, he was declared unfit for service on account of his battle wound, and sent home again.
- Back in Columbia as a civilian, he dabbled in politics, and received a patronage job in the Pennsylvania Main Line of Public Works (the rail and canal system connecting Philadelphia and Pittsburgh). After several years, he opened up a grocery and dry goods store in Columbia's canal basin. He also became an insurance agent. In 1857, he was elected Justice of the Peace, and his reputation grew as a community leader. By 1860, he was president of the Borough Council, a founding member of the Columbia Board of Trade, Vice President of the Columbia Cricket Club, and a canal boat operator, in addition to a dry goods merchant, insurance agent, and Justice of the Peace. He had a wife, 5 surviving children, and legal guardianship of his sister's 4 children.
- When Confederate forces shelled Fort Sumter, marking the beginning of the Civil War, Thomas Welsh raised and organized the first company of volunteers from Lancaster County, and took them into the field as their Captain. Within days, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment, which served out its 90-day enlistment in the Shenandoah Valley.
- Returning to Harrisburg, he was appointed Commandant of Camp Curtin, the problem-plagued processing center for new recruits. In short order, Welsh cleaned up the camp's poor sanitary conditions, improved the health of the camp, and implemented soldierly discipline and training.
- In October 1861, he resigned from his camp duties, and as Colonel of the 45th Pennsylvania, led his regiment into the field. After brief service outside of Washington, they were sent to South Carolina in December, where they were posted to Otter Island. After the battle of James Island, they were recalled to Newport News, in July 1862, then sent to guard Aquia Creek.
- In September, now in brigade command in Burnsides' 9th Corps, Welsh chased Lee's Confederate army west into central Maryland. His brigade broke the enemy line in Fox's Gap, on Sept. 14, then 3 days later achieved the furthest Union advance at Antietam, reaching the edge of Sharpsburg, and nearly cutting off Lee's only avenue of escape. Welsh's gallantry earned him a field promotion to brigadier general, which Congress confirmed on March 13, 1863.
- The 9th Corps (Welsh now in command of the 1st Division) was sent west in the spring of 1863, then dispatched south to support Grant's investment of Vicksburg. After Vicksburg fell, they turned east and defeated Confederate General Johnston at the Battle of Jackson. Welsh contracted malaria in the southern swamps, and died in Cincinnati upon their return north. One of his men later recalled, "Had he lived, Welsh would undoubtedly have attained a much higher command. 1
- 1. Beauge, Eugene, in Albert, Allen D., Ed., History of the Forty-Fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865, Williamsport, PA: Grit Publ. Co, 1912, p. 79.
- System of Arrangement
- The collection is arranged in series:
- Series A Thomas Welsh before the Mexican War
- Series B Mexican War, 1846-1848
- Series C Between the Mexican War and the Civil War, 1848-1861
- Series D Civil War
- Series E Post-Civil War
- Series F Miscellaneous Family Papers
- Series G Papers from the families of Gen. Thomas Welsh and Blanton C. Welsh
- Date Range
- 1815-1938
- Creation Date
- 1815-1938
- Year Range From
- 1815
- Year Range To
- 1938
- Creator
- Wiggin, Richard C.
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 19
- Storage Container
- Box 0001
- People
- Welsh, Thomas
- Subjects
- Condolence notes
- Letters
- Genealogy
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Mexican War, 1846-1848
- Search Terms
- Condolence notes
- Letters
- Correspondence
- Mexican War
- Genealogy
- Civil War
- Extent
- 35 folders
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Poor to excellent
- Condition Date
- 2020-12-29
- Parent Object ID
- MG0828
- Object ID
- MG0828_SeriesF
- Notes
- Added to PP 12/29/2020 by HST
- Provenance: Passed down through the family, Blanton Charles Welsh to Emilie Benson (Welsh) Wiggin to Nancy Jane (Wiggin) Townsend.~~Acquired from: Chuck Townsend, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2016/05/15.
- In Boxes 1 and 2
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
- Copyright
- Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.
- LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.
- Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material.
- Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
- Credit
- Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Classification
- MG0828
- Description Level
- Series
- Custodial History
- Folders 1-35 organized by Richard C. Wiggin prior to donation.
- Collection
- Harry Lincoln Long Collection
- Title
- Harry Lincoln Long Collection
- Object ID
- MG0380
- Date Range
- 1739-1883
, Pennsylvania 17603-3125
717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org
Search Terms:
Accounts
Agreements
Altick and McGinnis
Baltimore, Maryland
Bank of the United States
Barns
Broadsides
Correspondence
Deeds
Drumore Twp.
Estate settlement
Finding aids
Fishing Creek
Independent Whig Steam Press
Insurance policies
1 document
- Collection
- Harry Lincoln Long Collection
- Title
- Harry Lincoln Long Collection
- Description
- The Harry Lincoln Long Collection contains documents of the Long family of Drumore Twp. Most papers pertain to property of the Long and Worrell families, and the estate of Robert H. Long. The documents include a broadside, deeds, land drafts, receipts, insurance policies, and correspondence.
- Date Range
- 1739-1883
- Year Range From
- 1739
- Year Range To
- 1883
- Date of Accumulation
- 1739-1883
- Creator
- Long, Harry Lincoln, 1865-1948
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 09
- People
- Ball, John
- Ball, Joseph
- Barclay, James
- Barclay, Mary
- Black, James
- Boyd, Ann Margaret
- Boyd, Hugh
- Boyd, Isabella R.
- Boyd, Samuel
- Buchanan, James
- Calvert, John
- Churchman, George
- Churchman, John
- Clark, Nathaniel
- Clerk, Nathan
- Collins, Cornelius
- Crawford, David
- Crawford, Edward
- Crawford, Robert
- Dickson, Samuel
- Ensminger, Samuel
- Fairman, George Walter
- Findlay, William
- Forsh, Jonathan
- Gardner, Valentine
- Gill, George
- Gryder, Jacob
- Harrah, Patrick
- Hecket, Frank
- Hibshman, Jacob
- James, John
- King, Robert
- Lamborn, Robert
- Long, Harry Lincoln
- Long, Hugh
- Long, James
- Long, Robert H.
- Martin, Hugh
- McElray, John
- McPherson, James
- McPherson, Martha
- Mitchell, John
- Mitchell, Samuel
- Moore, Alexander
- Neel, Thomas
- Pennepacker, Henry W.
- Penny, Hugh M.
- Penny, John Joseph
- Porter, Thomas
- Quin, Bryan
- Rippey, Matthew
- Robertson, James
- Robinson, James
- Seiple, Samuel
- Slaymaker, Henry Edwin
- Smith, Howard
- Smith, Joseph
- Stevens, Thaddeus
- Walker, John
- Warner, Rily
- White, William
- Widmyer, C.
- Worrell, Elijah
- Worrell, Elizabeth
- Worrell, Joseph
- Yost, Jacob
- Search Terms
- Accounts
- Agreements
- Altick and McGinnis
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Bank of the United States
- Barns
- Broadsides
- Correspondence
- Deeds
- Drumore Twp.
- Estate settlement
- Finding aids
- Fishing Creek
- Independent Whig Steam Press
- Insurance policies
- Invoices
- Land drafts
- Letters
- Manuscript groups
- Mortgages
- Promissory notes
- Real estate
- Real property surveys
- Receipts
- Southern Mutual Insurance Company of Lancaster County
- Surveys
- Extent
- 1 box, 9 folders, .25 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0380
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
- Copyright
- Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
- Credit
- Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Accession Number
- 2005.MG0380
- Other Numbers
- MG-380
- Classification
- MG0380
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Harry Lincoln Long was the donor's maternal grandfather; he kept these documents for the family.
- Added to database 20 February 2022.
Documents
- Collection
- Robert H. Goodell Family Papers
- Title
- Robert H. Goodell Family Papers
- Object ID
- MG0548
- Date Range
- 1810-1949
Club of Lancaster
Schwaigaru, Wurtenberg, Germany
Student Army Training Corps
Taxes
United States Army
�230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125
717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org
Related Materials:
Goodell, Robert H. 1942. “The First Columbia Bridge.” Journal of the
1 document
- Collection
- Robert H. Goodell Family Papers
- Title
- Robert H. Goodell Family Papers
- Description
- The Robert H. Goodell Family Papers contain documents, ephemera and family papers of Robert H. Goodell, his father, Joseph E. Goodell and their Hilliard, Sener and Zahm antecedents.
- Date Range
- 1810-1949
- Year Range From
- 1810
- Year Range To
- 1949
- Date of Accumulation
- 1810-1949
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 11
- People
- Albraith, George
- Albraith, John
- Eberman, Jacob
- Gignilliat, Leigh Robinson
- Goodell, J. R.
- Goodell, Joseph Edward
- Goodell, Robert Hilliard
- Miller, Eliza Sehner
- Sener, Godlieb
- Sener, Samuel Miller
- Sehner, Gotlieb
- Steinman, John Friedrick
- Yeates, Jasper
- Zahm, Godfried
- Zahm, Matthias
- Subjects
- Ephemera
- Family archives
- Genealogy
- Search Terms
- Articles
- Bonds
- Cards
- Chemists
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Columbia Bridge Company
- Culver Military Academy
- Diplomas
- Ephemera
- Family archives
- Family crests
- Finding aids
- First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster
- Fort Sheridan, Illinois
- Genealogy
- Lancaster Country Club
- Manuscript groups
- Obituaries
- Officers' Reserve Corps
- Pecano, The
- Pennsylvania Serenaders
- Programs
- Receipts
- Rotary International
- Schwaigaru, Wurtenberg, Germany
- Student Army Training Corps
- Taxes
- United States Army
- Extent
- 1 box, 3 folders, .25 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0548
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Related Item Notes
- Goodell, Robert H. 1942. "The First Columbia Bridge." Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, v. 46, no. 4-5. https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2270
- Goodell, Robert H. 1943. "John L. Boswell and The Columbia Spy." Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, v. 47, no. 2. https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo589
- Goodell, Robert H. 1943. "Matthias Zahm's Diary." Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, v. 47, no. 4. https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo616
- Goodell, Robert H. 1953. "The Second Columbia Bridge." Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, v. 57, no. 1.
- Photograph of H. S. Wolfe and Robert Hilliard Goodell (3-18-01-02)
- Photographs of Goodell family members (2-16-11-09)
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Restrictions are noted at the item level.
- For original items that may be used by researchers, contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
- Copyright
- Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
- Credit
- Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Other Numbers
- MG-548
- Classification
- MG0548
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Added to database 19 January 2022.
Documents
- Collection
- James Buchanan Collection
- Title
- James Buchanan Collection
- Object ID
- MG0096
- Date Range
- 1816-present
1 document
- Collection
- James Buchanan Collection
- Title
- James Buchanan Collection
- Description
- The James Buchanan Collection, 1816-present, contains material that pertains to the life and legacy of James Buchanan and his Lancaster home, Wheatland. The collection includes correspondence of James Buchanan and letters written by his niece, Harriet Lane Johnston. Newspaper articles discuss Buchanan's life and Wheatland, tell the story of Buchanan's romance with Ann Coleman, and report on commemorative events. Legal and personal business are represented by deeds, financial matters, and Buchanan's probate records.
- Political papers include the Presidential appointment of Buchanan as Minister to Russia, certification to represent Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate, and a series of letters regarding the Atlantic slave trade in 1819 and Liberia in 1858. In letters, Buchanan outlined his reasons for not wanting to run for Governor, wrote about the confidence bestowed on him by the Democratic Party, and established a fund for the city of Lancaster to purchase wood and coal for poor women during the winter. After the Crimean War, Buchanan wrote to the ambassador to the United Kingdom and observed that Russia seemed to be intent on recovering its military prestige and had made vast naval preparations.
- There is an assortment of ephemera, such as programs for memorial celebrations, material related to John Updike's play Buchanan Dying, commemorative stamps, sheet music, and invitations. Souvenir pamphlets from Wheatland provide history about Buchanan's home and the museum. Speeches range from those given by Buchanan to several that honor his life and Presidency. A scrapbook describes the establishment of Wheatland as a museum and contains newspaper articles about archaeology on the site in 1948.
- Admin/Biographical History
- James Buchanan was born on April 23, 1791 to James Buchanan and Elizabeth Speer. He was the second child born out of ten children, and he would go on to outlive all but one of his siblings. Most popularly remembered as Pennsylvania's only President and as a lifelong bachelor, Buchanan committed a lifetime to politics. In 1821, he left his law practice and embarked on his political career after having been voted into the U.S. House of Representatives. He would remain in the House for five consecutive terms before serving as the U.S. Minister to Russia, a Senator in the U.S. Senate, the U.S. Secretary of State, the U.S. Minister to Great Britain, and finally, the 15th President of the United States. He died in his bedchamber at Wheatland at 8:30 AM on June 1, 1868. He was 77 years old.
- Date Range
- 1816-present
- Creation Date
- 1816-present
- Year Range From
- 1816
- Creator
- LancasterHistory (Organization)
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 03
- Other Creators
- Buchanan, James (1791-1868)
- Subjects
- Ambassadors
- Historic houses
- Legal documents
- Legislators--United States
- Letters
- Memorials
- Monuments
- Personal correspondence
- Presidents--United States
- Russia
- Slavery
- Statues
- Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
- Search Terms
- Ambassadors
- Buchanan Collections
- Historic houses
- James Buchanan
- James Buchanan Presidential Library
- Legal documents
- Letters
- Memorials
- Monuments
- Correspondence, Personal
- Presidents
- Russia
- Senators, United States
- Slavery
- Statues
- Wheatland
- Extent
- 2 boxes, 80 folders, 1 scrapbook, 1 oversized item, 4 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0096
- Location of Originals
- Location of originals is noted when known.
- Newspaper articles were preserved as photocopies.
- 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 (JBFP)
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm in the LancasterHistory Research Library
- LancasterHistory Library collection
- Photograph collection
- Curatorial collection
- Wheatland Mansion
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Please use digital images and transcriptions when available.
- Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
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- Credit
- Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Classification
- MG0096
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Digitization of the James Buchanan Collection was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
- James Buchanan and Wheatland Scrapbook, February 1936-May
- 1948 was cataloged as part of a project funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ME60112, 2007-2008.
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