it was executed, though this is no proof that I did not. Have you inquired for it at the Recorder's office? If you do not find it there, you might go out to Wheatland & Miss Harriet [Harriet Lane, Buchanan's niece] will give you the key of my desk in the library. You might see whether it is there or

it was executed, though this is no proof that I did not. Have you inquired for it at the Recorder's office? If you do not find it there, you might go out to Wheatland & Miss Harriet [Harriet Lane, Buchanan's niece] will give you the key of my desk in the library. You might see whether it is there or

. Attempts were made during the reign of this monarch and that of his successor, James II, to establish the Church of England in Scotland and destroy the religious system universally established and dearly cherished by a people devoted to king and country• These attempts were pursued by persecutions as mean

church, and sat with them during divine service. During the first year, twenty pupils earned prayer books, and this enabled them to participate in the public services. Attached to the school was a library. The books were presented by members of the congregation. The library was used as an additional

hundred acres in extent), are, perhaps, worth from 4,000 to 20,000 dollars." Lancaster County in 1830 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN N the Library of Congress is an interesting work, in two volumes, entitled "Three Years in North America." It was published in New York in 1833. The author, James Stuart, Esq

The Washington Association of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER Among the treasures preserved in the collections of the Lan- caster Lounty Historical Society is a little pamphlet of 16 pages, nve incnes long by three wide, entitled : CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF

unusual interest to the citizens of Lancaster. In the Library of Congress is an alcove devoted to George Washington. It contains practically all that has ever been printed about this illustrious man. I have gone through this great collection of books and pamphlets with more than ordinary care, but, thus

stated that President Buchanan "returned to his home [Wheatland] following his term as President of the United States and prac- tised law at the Lancaster bar." James Buchanan was admitted to the bar, in Lancaster, November 17th, 1812, and practiced law here until he entered upon his political career

II. JEROME BONAPARTE IN LANCASTER By William Frederic Worner Jerome Bonaparte, youngest brother of Napoleon, was born in the town of Ajaccio, on the island of Corsica, November 15, 1784. He shared the fortunes of the Bonaparte family in the early years of the French Revo- lution. After receiving

better able to count the cost " Thomas Ashe in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN the Library of Congress is an old and interesting book on travel in the I United States. The work, in three volumes, was printed in 1808, in Lon- don, for Richard Phillips, Bridge street, by John Abraham, Clement's