. Robert Fulton, Senior, was not suited for farm life. Robert's mother was Mary Smith Fulton, a sister of Col. Robert Smith of Revolutionary fame in Chester County. Both the Fulton and Smith families were of Scottish ancestry. They had emi- grated from Ireland to America in the early 1700's. It was

of Liberia. Pennsylvania's Colonization So- ciety was incorporated in Philadelphia on December 29, 1829. It was be- lieved by these leaders that a direct appeal should be made to the State Legislature — but it came to nothing. With the great interest now taken in the new African nations, we should

HISTORICAL NOTES on. the DISTAFF SIDE MARION WALLACE RENINGER HARRIET LANE The most famous of Lancaster County women was Harriet Lane, niece of President James Buchanan, who was born in Mercersburg, Penn- sylvania. She was the daughter of Jane Buchanan, James' favorite sister, and Elliot T. Lane

Historical Society Papers, Vol. XV. They were "people who risked life and property in securing clothing, feeding and helping on their way to freedom, the poorest of the poor, members of a despised race, whose helpers were few indeed." As anti- slavery Abolitionists they worked to repeal the slave laws long