James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston papers,
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868.
James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston papers, 1825-1887 (bulk 1840-1866). - 1,600 items. 6 1 containers plus oversize. 4 microfilm reels. 3 linear feet. - Arranged in 5 series. Series 1: Series I: James Buchanan Papers, 1825-1868; Series 2: Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, 1846-1887; Series 3: Special Documents File, 1826-1861; Series 4: Additions, 1842-1867; and Series 5: Oversize, 1860.
Restrictions apply.
Correspondence, notes, drafts of remarks, commissions, land patents, and other papers relating chiefly to Buchanan's career in the Senate, as U.S. secretary of state, and as minister to Great Britain prior to his presidency in 1857. Subjects include Democratic politics in Pennsylvania and the U.S.; presidential politics including the elections of 1852 and 1856; the Democratic convention of 1852 held in Baltimore, Md.; the Know Nothings (American Party); the Whig Party; Afro-Americans in the Republican party; sectional strife between North and South; Missouri compromise; Kansas and Nebraska; nullification; abolitionists; the National Bank; Cumberland Road; Delaware Canal; transcontinental railroad; and notice of Buchanan in the New York Herald. Other subjects include Joel R. Poinsett's negotiations with Mexico; blockade of Mexico; Oregon question; British attempts to obtain a marine postal monopoly; trade treaties; tariffs; Ostend Manifesto; and the Crimean war. Includes a version of the 1858 State of the Union message. Correspondents include J. Glancy Jones. Johnston's correspondence relates primarily to ladies' fashions, social affairs, romantic ventures, and selection of a biographer of James Buchanan. Includes correspondence with her husband, Henry Elliot Johnston.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.
Washington, D.C. :
Library of Congress Photoduplication Service,
1977.
In part, typewritten transcripts.
[S.l.].
U.S. president, secretary of state, and representative and senator from Pennsylvania.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010009 Index published by the Library of Congress in 1979 available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and on Internet. Cataloged in record 78027313.
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Johnston, Henry Elliot, -1884 --Correspondence.
Jones, J. Glancy 1811-1878 --Correspondence.
Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851.
United States. Department of State.
American Party.
Democratic Party (Pa.)
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Whig Party (U.S.)
Democratic National Convention Baltimore, Md.) (1852 :
New York herald.
Abolitionists--United States.
African Americans--Politics and government.
Canals--Delaware.
Crimean War, 1853-1856.
Diplomatic and consular service, American--Great Britain.
Fashion.
International trade.
Missouri compromise.
Monopolies--Great Britain.
Nullification (States' rights)
Oregon question.
Presidents--United States--Messages.
Presidents--Election--United States--1852.
Presidents--Election--United States--1856.
Political conventions--Maryland--Baltimore.
Postal service--International cooperation.
Railroads--United States.
Slavery--United States.
Tariff--United States.
National banks (United States)
Cumberland Road.
Northwest boundary of the United States.
Cuba--Foreign relations--United States.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States.
Kansas--History--1854-1861.
Mexico--Foreign relations--United States.
Nebraska--History--19th century.
Pennsylvania--Politics and government--1775-1865.
United States--Foreign relations--Cuba.
United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
United States--Foreign relations--Mexico.
United States--History--1815-1861.
United States--History--Causes.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.
Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs.
Cabinet officers.
Presidents--United States.
Representatives, U.S. Congress--Pennsylvania.
Senators, U.S. Congress--Pennsylvania.
James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston papers, 1825-1887 (bulk 1840-1866). - 1,600 items. 6 1 containers plus oversize. 4 microfilm reels. 3 linear feet. - Arranged in 5 series. Series 1: Series I: James Buchanan Papers, 1825-1868; Series 2: Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, 1846-1887; Series 3: Special Documents File, 1826-1861; Series 4: Additions, 1842-1867; and Series 5: Oversize, 1860.
Restrictions apply.
Correspondence, notes, drafts of remarks, commissions, land patents, and other papers relating chiefly to Buchanan's career in the Senate, as U.S. secretary of state, and as minister to Great Britain prior to his presidency in 1857. Subjects include Democratic politics in Pennsylvania and the U.S.; presidential politics including the elections of 1852 and 1856; the Democratic convention of 1852 held in Baltimore, Md.; the Know Nothings (American Party); the Whig Party; Afro-Americans in the Republican party; sectional strife between North and South; Missouri compromise; Kansas and Nebraska; nullification; abolitionists; the National Bank; Cumberland Road; Delaware Canal; transcontinental railroad; and notice of Buchanan in the New York Herald. Other subjects include Joel R. Poinsett's negotiations with Mexico; blockade of Mexico; Oregon question; British attempts to obtain a marine postal monopoly; trade treaties; tariffs; Ostend Manifesto; and the Crimean war. Includes a version of the 1858 State of the Union message. Correspondents include J. Glancy Jones. Johnston's correspondence relates primarily to ladies' fashions, social affairs, romantic ventures, and selection of a biographer of James Buchanan. Includes correspondence with her husband, Henry Elliot Johnston.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.
Washington, D.C. :
Library of Congress Photoduplication Service,
1977.
In part, typewritten transcripts.
[S.l.].
U.S. president, secretary of state, and representative and senator from Pennsylvania.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010009 Index published by the Library of Congress in 1979 available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and on Internet. Cataloged in record 78027313.
mm 76014258
Johnston, Henry Elliot, -1884 --Correspondence.
Jones, J. Glancy 1811-1878 --Correspondence.
Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851.
United States. Department of State.
American Party.
Democratic Party (Pa.)
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Whig Party (U.S.)
Democratic National Convention Baltimore, Md.) (1852 :
New York herald.
Abolitionists--United States.
African Americans--Politics and government.
Canals--Delaware.
Crimean War, 1853-1856.
Diplomatic and consular service, American--Great Britain.
Fashion.
International trade.
Missouri compromise.
Monopolies--Great Britain.
Nullification (States' rights)
Oregon question.
Presidents--United States--Messages.
Presidents--Election--United States--1852.
Presidents--Election--United States--1856.
Political conventions--Maryland--Baltimore.
Postal service--International cooperation.
Railroads--United States.
Slavery--United States.
Tariff--United States.
National banks (United States)
Cumberland Road.
Northwest boundary of the United States.
Cuba--Foreign relations--United States.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States.
Kansas--History--1854-1861.
Mexico--Foreign relations--United States.
Nebraska--History--19th century.
Pennsylvania--Politics and government--1775-1865.
United States--Foreign relations--Cuba.
United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
United States--Foreign relations--Mexico.
United States--History--1815-1861.
United States--History--Causes.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.
Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs.
Cabinet officers.
Presidents--United States.
Representatives, U.S. Congress--Pennsylvania.
Senators, U.S. Congress--Pennsylvania.