Signers of petition: Henry H. Kurtz, Abraham Stauffer, Adam Keller, Henry Martin, John P. Swinehardt, Abraham Eberly, Arthur Quin, Jacob Landis, Joseph W. Brener, [signature in German], John Gerber, John Kepperling.
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Signers of petition: John Flory, A. S. Keller, John Swinehart, Abraham Eberly, Henry Bomberger, Emanuel Sailor, Jacob Hiestand, John Neff, William Whitcraft, Daniel Dietrich, Henry Nickel, Martin F. Andrews, William [Swift], Conrad [Weahl], Jacob L. Landis.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
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Wheatland, home of James Buchanan, Lancaster, Pa. Display at National Wax Museum. Wheatland is the home of James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States and the only president to be born in Pennsylvania. Buchan was a bachelor and his niece, Miss Harriet Lane was White House hostess during his presidency. Here, Buchanan and Harriet Lane receive news of his election to the presidency from the front porch of "Wheatland" in June, 1856. The home is open to visitors.
