Masonic Order Activities and the Anniversary Celebration of James Buchanan Scrapbook, No date

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Collection: The Scrapbook Collection

Object ID: MG-434, Box 075

Title: Masonic Order Activities and the Anniversary Celebration of James Buchanan Scrapbook, No date

Dates: No date available

Extent: 1 volume

Creator: Unknown.

Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 22

Description:   This scrapbook contains a considerable amount of information about Freemasons and James Buchanan’s involvement as a Freemason. Commemorating James Buchanan’s 100th year as a Freemason, the book shows the events surrounding that celebration through newspaper clippings and handwritten notations. An item of special interest is the facsimile of a handwritten letter by James Buchanan from 1816. The volume conveys information about the bicentennial of Templarism in Lancaster County. Bylaws and historic member lists are available for Lancaster and Elizabethtown. Some names mentioned are Marquis de Lafayette, Commodore Thomas MacDonaugh (head of a local Freemason chapter), and Andrew Jackson.