and Ellen Jenkins, the daughter of William Jenkins. This is the home which Eliza E. Smith gave to the City of Lancaster for a public library, May 9, 1898. LANE-BUCHANAN FAMILY Elliott Tole Lane, d. 1841, m. 1813 to Jane Buchanan, sister of James Buchanan. Their children: James Buchanan, Nov. 16, 1814

is presented. Our most illustrious citizen, James Buchanan, had three brothers, two of whom died in early manhood, William Speer Buchanan and George Wash- ington Buchanan. Edward, the youngest brother, became the well-known Episcopal clergyman of Lancaster County and of Trinity Church, Oxford

Papers, Library of Congress). And what a surprise! Early in 1874 a long letter drifted in from dilatory Mr. William B. Reed. He now wanted to resume work on the biography of James Buchanan. The letter, preserved by the Lan- caster County Historical Society, is as follows. New York No 36, East 21st. St

Harriet Lane (Later Harriet Lane Johnston) By (MRS. A. K.) IDA L. K. HOSTETTER T O ME has been assigned the pleasure of writing about Harriet Lane, the niece of President Buchanan, and mistress of the White House during Buchanan's term. The grandfather of Harriet Lane was James Buchanan, who

James Buchanan—Diplomat, International Statesman, President Address of Hon. Robt. L. Owens, excSenator of Oklahoma, upon James Buchanan, delivered at said unveiling exercises. Mr. Chairman and my fellow citizens: IT GIVES me great pleasure to join with you in paying a tribute of respect to the

volumes, published in 1908, by the J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and London. The Society gladly welcomes all such letters and other historical docu- ments, either as a gift or for publication, where the way is clear. The Pennsylvania State Library owns three original letters of James Buchanan

President Buchanan—Misunderstood—Wrongly Judged Address by Hon. J. Hay Brown, Ex Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, delivered at the unveiling of the statue of James Buchanan, 13th President of the United States, held June 1, 1928, in Buchanan Park, Lancaster, Pa. A PROVISION in

volumes, published in 1908, by the J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and London. The Society gladly welcomes all such letters and other historical docu- ments, either as a gift or for publication, where the way is clear. The Pennsylvania State Library owns three original letters of James Buchanan

`College Hill,' and it thundered forth its hoarse notes of acclamation." The day was June 10, 1856, and that morning news had reached Lan- caster that James Buchanan had been chosen by the Democratic National Convention as its candidate for the Presidency. Since 11 o'clock, people had been streaming out to