committee, consisting of Henry Bear, Francis Bo ggs. Moore Connel, Benjamin Grimier, James H. Houston. William Jenkins, Michael R. Johnston, Robert Patterson, George B. Porter, William Russel and J. S. Sterret, prepared an excellent address in which Lancaster's distinguished townsman James Buchanan was

Public Dinner Declined by James Buchanan By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N Monday evening, March 3rd, 1828, the Hon. James Buchanan, who represented this district in the Congress of the United States, arrived in Lancaster for a short stay. A number of his friends met at Stehman's tavern on the day

, accompanied by two Spanish gentle- men, his fellow travelers, arrived in Lancaster from the Federal City on Friday, the 15th instant, and proceeded to Philadelphia on Monday [the 18th instant]." Public Dinner Tendered to James Buchanan on the Eve of his Departure for Europe By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER T HE

and East King streets, and established in beautiful Wheatland a home destined to be widely known for its comfort, dignity, repose, and kindly hospitality. Mr. Buchanan, by his will dated August 21st, 1867, bequeathed the historic estate to his talented and popular niece, Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston

among the Buchanan Papers. H. S. P. In this study H. S. P. indicates that the mate- rial has been taken from the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsyl- vania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The letters L. C. indicate that the mate- rial is to be found in the Library of Congress. "On the