and Ellen Jenkins, the daughter of William Jenkins. This is the home which Eliza E. Smith gave to the City of Lancaster for a public library, May 9, 1898. LANE-BUCHANAN FAMILY Elliott Tole Lane, d. 1841, m. 1813 to Jane Buchanan, sister of James Buchanan. Their children: James Buchanan, Nov. 16, 1814

`College Hill,' and it thundered forth its hoarse notes of acclamation." The day was June 10, 1856, and that morning news had reached Lan- caster that James Buchanan had been chosen by the Democratic National Convention as its candidate for the Presidency. Since 11 o'clock, people had been streaming out to

part of Pennsylvania approx- imately seventy miles west of Philadelphia. Its land is rich in agricultural value. Throughout the county there are many small, clean, prosperous com- munities. Wheatland, the home of James Buchanan, is located about a mile from Lancaster City. It is a beautiful estate with

. From this equity document we learn of some of the distressing and igno- ble actions of Harriet's Uncle Edward, the Reverend Edward Y. Buchanan. Upon the death of James Buchanan Wheatland belonged to Harriet. She and her husband left for Baltimore on June 6, 1868, almost immediately after Buchanan's

the days of their planting and her part in the ceremony.2 James Buchanan purchased Wheatland in December, 1848, from Mr. William Morris Meredith. Buchanan became established at Wheatland in mid-May, 1849. 3 Knowing that he would be a political contender for the presidential nomination, he began to

Library was the only library for the common people of Lancaster. This does not mean that there were no other sources of literature for the people of the community. Gentlemen's libraries grew to a great extent, some of them becoming quite famous. After a call upon James Buchanan, at Wheatland, in 1852, a