United States and on the international horizon. A Contemporary's Estimate Mrsl Roger A. Pryor states that Harriet Lane was Buchanan's "confidante in all matters political and personal." (Reminiscences of Peace and War, page 39.) It is rather doubtful, however, that much reliance should be placed on this

from J. Fraise Richard of May 10, 1886, addressed to Mrs. Johnston in Baltimore is preserved by The Historical Society of Pennsylvahia. In the letter Richard states that he is writing the history of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and asks "Would I be un- reasonable in asking of you a brief account of

. Meanwhile, the status of medical care for children was still at a low level in the United States. Dr. L. Emmett Holt, Sr., at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in New York City, was raising the level of pediatrics. He and Thomas Morgan Rotch at Harvard were full professors of pediatrics. However

Newport. From the mid 1800's until the beginning of World War I Narragan- sett Pier was among the greatest summer resorts in Eastern United States. In addition to the Pier there were private cottages. The Pier was destroyed by the hurricane of 1938. Mrs. Johnston stayed in a beautiful cottage and was

1890's was a period of hard times in the United States. The Panic of 1893 began with the failure of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad in February of that year and the failure of the National Cordage Company in May. From 1893 to 1897, the period in which Mrs. Johnston made her will, there was a