: Harriet Lane : (Later Harriet Lane Johnston) / by (Mrs. A.K.) Ida L. K. Hostetter. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Johnston, Harriet Lane, 1830-1903. Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 --Correspondence. Women--Biography--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical

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

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

. Lane of Mercersburg, Maria, who married Dr. Yates of Meadville, Pa., and Jane, wife of Mr. Henry of Greensburg. She died in 1840 and it was her son, James Buchanan Henry, who, with his cousin, Har- riet Lane, and Miss Hetty Parker constituted the family of Hon. James Buchanan for many years in the home

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

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

v. A BENJAMIN FRANKLIN LETTER By William Frederic Worner In the Division of Manuscripts in the Library of Congress in Washington, D. C., there is an original letter writen by Benjamin Franklin to Edward Ship- pen, Esq., of Lancaster, Pa. The communication is a short one, and in it the illustrious

Pennsylvania in most interesting and enlightening records. Our Society has in its Library a copy of this Diary and there is within its covers a graphic pen picture of the period which in its gripping details and its lifelike portrayal is unsurpassed by any other revolutionary lore. His residence during the

II. ITEMS FROM LETTERS (Relating to Early Events in Lancaster, Pa.) Made by Dr. John W. Jordan 1774 Nov. 24 Wm. Henry is getting better but very slowly. He dare not go out yet. There are many sick in the town. 1775 Jan'y 19 Early in the month Tobias Riem died, and shortly before three died in the