Foltz, at the birth place of her uncle, Presi- dent Buchanan, and erecting a suitable monument to the memory of her distinguished relative." The Journalcontinued, "Owing to some difficulty as to acquiring title to the ground her laudable intention was, very unfortunately, never carried out." A letter

Franklin and Marshall College Library. ° George Tichnor Curtis, Life of James Buchanan, N. Y., 1883, I, pi 21. 10 Boston Herald, Aug. 28, 1883; Boston Post, Sept. 12, 1883, containing the refutation. �In those days Lancaster was a proud community which was still quite conscious of the fact that it had

Union, but he would be pretty safe in the Senate; at least a vast improvement over Brodhead. If Forney got the Senate, there would be no resistance to Jones in the Cabinet. After much prodding, and very late in the game, on January 7th, Buchanan wrote a guarded letter to Harrisburg, stating his personal

characteristic which appears to have stuck with him throughout his life. He jumped into things with both feet. He was only twenty years old and writing his first letter to the then U. S. Senator James Buchanan. But that did not stop Forney from recommending another young man for a position. The letter also would

contacts would help almost anyone to recognize and analyze the broad issues of the day. Ten years of correspondence between James Buchanan and Harriet Lane, from 1847 to 1857, clearly indicate a mutual respect and admiration of each for the other. In such an atmosphere advice �is sought, given, and

" l James Buchanan, Big Wheel of the Railroads BY OLIVER S. SPROUT While much has been written concerning the early development of our railroads; two local men appear as having been slighted in the roles they filled as railroad builders. Their advancement of land transport techniques would have

vessel leave the ways after the bottle of sparkling Conestoga water, wielded by Harriet Lane (Johnston), broke upon her side. Miss Lane was accompanied by her uncle, James Buchanan, president of the United States, and in his honor the ship was christened with the name of his native town; also present

HON. JASPER YEATES Born in Philadelphia, April 7, 1745. Received Bachelor 0f Arts and Master of Arts degrees from College of Philadelphia. Admitted to the Bar in 1765. Married in 1767 Sarah Burd, daughter of Colonel James Burd and Sarah Shippen Burd. Chairman of Committee of Correspondence of

they thought the law could not reach. Joe Choynski and James J. Corbett (who later won the World Heavy- weight Championship from John L. Sullivan) grew up in San Francisco. As boys they started to box about the same time, and became bitter rivals. Several times the police were called to stop the

their planning by James Shand, another employee of the Hart- ford firm. Shand was a native of Lesmahagow, Scotland. At the age of fifteen he began a three-years' draper's apprenticeship with Wil- liam Tenant, a Lanark merchant. At the completion of his appren- ticeship, he became a clerk in a Glasgow