the Philadelphia region when Congress came to Lancaster and probably the members found some difficulty in being comfortably and con- veniently lodged. (A letter from James Duane to Geo. Clinton dated York Town, Penn. Oct. 3d says "Lancaster they found crowded and in other respects exceptionable.") The

Monday, the 29th, 1777, Marshall entered in his diary: "Took leave of sundry of the Congress, who were setting off for Yorktown." During their stay in Lancaster, members of the Congress, wrote letters to their families and friends; and, in some instances, to the governors of the states which they

rely confidently that she will not deceive, I shall most heartily rejoice should her account of you be favor- able. In that event, God willing, I intend to pay you a visit. Most affectionately, James Buchanan." In a postscript Buchanan says "your letter is without date, and does not purport to come

the Lancaster County Historical Society for May, 1928, Vol. XXXII, pages 67-72, appear a number of letters written by James Buchanan of Lancaster, fifteenth President of the United States. Shortly after these documents were published, the Society received commendatory letters from historical societies