, Edward, Archibald, Maurice, William, George and Patrick. All lived on large estates, where they were greatly respected and known as the "Lairds of Buchanan." This early history may probably account for the statement made by some historians that "James Buchanan, our President, was a born Courtier and his

Commissioners to Washington to see President Buchanan and lay before him her imagined grievances. In the Charleston Harbor there were two forts, Moultrie and Sumter. Major An- derson of the United States Army with a small body of troops, occupied the first named fort until the cloud of rebellion began to hover

memory of a great American, James Buchanan, who lived and died in Lancaster County, surrounded by those who ardently admired and loved him He was born on April 23, 1791, on Dunwoodie Farm near Cove Gap, Pa., the son of an immigrant from Donegal, Ireland. His father, was educated, wise, of great force of