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100 1 $aBuchanan, James,$d1791-1868.
245 00 $aJames Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston papers,$f1825-1887$g(bulk 1840-1866).
300 $a1,600$fitems.
300 $a6$fcontainers plus$a1$foversize.
300 $a4$fmicrofilm reels.
300 $a3$flinear feet.
351 $aArranged 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.
506 1 $aRestrictions apply.
520 8 $aCorrespondence, 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.
530 $aMicrofilm edition available, in part,$dno. 16,939.
533 $aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.$bWashington, D.C. :$cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service,$d1977.
541 $cGift,$aMay S. Kennedy,$d1918.
541 $cOther gift, transfer, and purchase,$d1903-2010.
533 $aIn part, typewritten transcripts.$b[S.l.].
545 0 $aU.S. president, secretary of state, and representative and senator from Pennsylvania.
546 $aCollection material in English.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and on Internet.
600 10 $aJohnston, Henry Elliot,$dd. 1884$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aJones, J. Glancy$q(Jehu Glancy),$d1811-1878$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPoinsett, Joel Roberts,$d1779-1851.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bDept. of State.
610 20 $aAmerican Party.
610 20 $aDemocratic Party (Pa.)
610 20 $aDemocratic Party (U.S.)
610 20 $aRepublican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
610 20 $aWhig Party (U.S.)
611 20 $aDemocratic National Convention$d(1852 :$cBaltimore, Md.)
630 00 $aNew York herald.
650 0 $aAbolitionists$zUnited States.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xPolitics and government.
650 0 $aCanals$zDelaware.
650 0 $aCrimean War, 1853-1856.
650 0 $aDiplomatic and consular service, American$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aFashion.
650 0 $aInternational trade.
650 0 $aMissouri compromise.
650 0 $aMonopolies$zGreat Britain.
651 0 $aNational banks (United States)
650 0 $aNullification (States' rights)
650 0 $aOregon question.
650 0 $aPresidents$zUnited States$vMessages.
650 0 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xElection$y1852.
650 0 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xElection$y1856.
650 0 $aPolitical conventions$zMaryland$zBaltimore.
650 0 $aPostal service$xInternational cooperation.
650 0 $aRailroads$zUnited States.
650 0 $aSlavery$zUnited States.
650 0 $aTariff$zUnited States.
651 0 $aCumberland Road.
651 0 $aNorthwest boundary of the United States.
651 0 $aCuba$xForeign relations$zUnited States.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zUnited States.
651 0 $aKansas$xHistory$y1854-1861.
651 0 $aMexico$xForeign relations$zUnited States.
651 0 $aNebraska$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aPennsylvania$xPolitics and government$y1775-1865.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zCuba.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zMexico.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$y1815-1861.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xCauses.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1815-1861.
651 0 $aWashington (D.C.)$xSocial life and customs.
656 7 $aCabinet officers.$2itoamc
656 7 $aPresidents$zUnited States.$2itoamc
656 7 $aRepresentatives, U.S. Congress$zPennsylvania.$2itoamc
656 7 $aSenators, U.S. Congress$zPennsylvania.$2itoamc
700 1 $aJohnston, Harriet Lane,$d1830-1903.$tJames Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston papers.$f1825-1887.
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010009