July 27, 2024
Tag: Lancaster PA
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James Buchanan at Home in Pennsylvania and the rankings of presidents of the United States
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Wheatland, the home of James Buchanan, is a small estate in the rolling-hills of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, eighty miles west of Philadelphia. It was much the same 165 years ago, an unlikely place to find a presidential candidate who would be dubbed a “doughface.”
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July 13, 2020 5 Comments
It appears that there is no American postcard of Miss Mabel Hirst. In the UK, yes, but no Americans. Which is a shame because, as you can see, she was a great beauty. And mysterious, because there is no biography. Which makes her all the more interesting to try to collect.