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

. 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

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

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