Unveiling of the Tablet Commemorating the Bicentennial of the James Wright House and the Sesquicentennial of the Borough of Columbia, Pennsylvania By ELIZABETH F, G, HIESTAND a Five Great Granddaughter of John Wright Paraphrasing the words of the old familiar song, "The sun shone bright on the old

little stone mill, which James Wright, the builder of the stone house, built on the Shawnee Run, down on what is now called Front Street below Mill Street. �The house was built on Susannah Wright's purchase, by her brother James, but as she was left an interest in the Blunston-Bethel house, Second and

MURAL PRESENTED TO CITY OF LANCASTER By WILLIAM FREDERIC WARNER On Friday evening, December 28th, 1934, a mural painted on one of the walls of the council chamber of the municipal building, (depicting "The Arrival of James Hamilton," in 1729, who came for the purpose of establishing Hickory town as

in the three R's—readin', ritin', and 'rithmetic—and many were no doubt not infrequently sub- jected to corporal tortures according to the rigid discipline of the olden time schoolmaster. We have before us now a letter written by one of these old- time teachers, James Caffrey, addressed to Nathaniel

graphed and sent me a copy. By this kindly act, for which we are grateful, he has rendered most valuable service, for he has rescued the drawing from its obscurity, and has given to us the only out- line, so far as known, of the original building of St. James's church. LETTERS OF JAMES BUCHANAN By

, 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