Eskridge, 34 years Harriet R., 26 years Mary Elizabeth, d Besides many worthy bequests, James Buchanan did not forget his nephews and nieces, who were: Harriet Lane Johnston J. Buchanan Henry, a son of the Rev. Robert Henry and Harriet Buchanan (1802-1840) James B. Lane, grandnephew Mary E. Dunham, niece

To What Extent Did Harriet Lane Influence the Public Policies of James Buchanan? Homer T. Rosenberger The careful education and training of Harriet Lane were di- rected principally toward the social graces and toward the art of political maneuver. Her perceptive mind, her close association from

Harriet Lane (Later Harriet Lane Johnston) By (MRS. A. K.) IDA L. K. HOSTETTER T O ME has been assigned the pleasure of writing about Harriet Lane, the niece of President Buchanan, and mistress of the White House during Buchanan's term. The grandfather of Harriet Lane was James Buchanan, who

York under date of February 12, 1874, and, among other things, stated, "Not a word from the Executors or any thing further from Mr. [James Buchanan] Henry. I think it is high time." (Page 2154, Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Con- gress). In a letter of April 21, 1874, from 120 Park Street

Harriet Lane Home, at its eighth meeting, authorized Miss May S. Kennedy, its President, to sign the agreement with the Johns Hopkins Hospi- tal. MONOGRAM, HLJ, CARVED IN STONE ABOVE ENTRANCE OF THE HARRIET LANE HOME Close-up view of a monogram in honor of Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston, between the stone

of her life. It reads In the memory of the Founder of this House Harriet Lane Johnston and of her husband Henry Elliot Johnston and her two sons James Buchanan and Henry Elliot Johnston, Jr. And in perpetual witness of the love and sorrow of the wife and mother which quickened and deepened her

: "To What Extent did Harriet Lane Influence the Public Policies of James Buchanan" Vol. 74 No. 1, 1970, "The Passing of a Great Lady: Mrs. Harriet Lane John- ston" Vol. 75 No. 1, 1971, and "Harriet Lane Johnston: Pioneer Ad- vocate of Special Care for Children with Chronic Diseases" Vol. 76 No. 1, 1972. �

will of June 1, 1895, is the only will by Mrs. Johnston that this writer has found. The will of Harriet Lane Johnston and the will of her uncle, James Buchanan, stand in sharp contrast to each other when com- �pared. The uncle and the niece each left a considerable fortune for their day. Both, in death

of the lands included in them; except also a fairly large percentage which may be found in the Historical Society at Phladelphia, in our own county records and else- where. Copies of many of the Taylor Papers are in our own library also. �The assessment lists of our county began in 1718. Those now in

. Lane of Mercersburg, Maria, who married Dr. Yates of Meadville, Pa., and Jane, wife of Mr. Henry of Greensburg. She died in 1840 and it was her son, James Buchanan Henry, who, with his cousin, Har- riet Lane, and Miss Hetty Parker constituted the family of Hon. James Buchanan for many years in the home