gave support to the idea that there should be a book about the Fifteenth President. Buchanan now de- �cided to write his own book, a documented account of his actions as President, the account to be based on official papers, and cor- respondence of those who worked with him. Late in 1862 Buchanan

. 5, 1836 �THE REDOUBTABLE HARRIET LANE Harriet Rebecca Lane, daughter of Elliot T. Lane and wife Jane Bu- chanan (sister of President James Buchanan), was born May 9, 1830, at Mercersburg, Pa., in the home later known as the Waidlich House on Main Street. She was doubly orphaned at the age of eleven

his splendid present. Complements to our Club — as the proper organization of the Demo- cratic party of this city — are always considered by us as complimentary to the great worth of our noble candidate, the Hon. James Buchanan, whose election to the Presidency, on the 4th of November, will be pro

HISTORICAL NOTES on. the DISTAFF SIDE MARION WALLACE RENINGER HARRIET LANE The most famous of Lancaster County women was Harriet Lane, niece of President James Buchanan, who was born in Mercersburg, Penn- sylvania. She was the daughter of Jane Buchanan, James' favorite sister, and Elliot T. Lane

The Last Child Born in the White House Miriam Eyde Bixler In the year of 1915, during President Wilson's administration, some very proud Lancaster County relatives and friends rejoiced in the birth of a child in the White House. We're referring, of course, to the birth of Dr. Francis Bowes Sayre

1921. �conversation at the dinner-table consisted mainly of this subject rather than, as one would imagine, show business. They had never heard of the Amish and Mennonite people and I remember one new film salesman who, upon leaving our theatre, saw an Amishman standing outside on the sidewalk, walked