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

is presented. Our most illustrious citizen, James Buchanan, had three brothers, two of whom died in early manhood, William Speer Buchanan and George Wash- ington Buchanan. Edward, the youngest brother, became the well-known Episcopal clergyman of Lancaster County and of Trinity Church, Oxford

Administration of her bachelor uncle, James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States. — From the Col- lections of the Library of Congress. �A hostess with little perceptivity and restraint would have soon placed the President in embarrassing situations. Because of her good judgment a number of Buchanan's

" 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

`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

trust your own health is good, & that your family are all well & prosperous! Hoping to hear from you — believe me Very truly yours Harriet Lane Johnston May 13/86. Baltimore. This Mr. Cooper was John M. Cooper who had been a staunch admirer of James Buchanan for many years. He was editor of the Valley

, 100, 206, April 1, 1814. Lancaster County Court House. 21 Oct. 24, 1816. Invitation in Foundation MSS, F. & M. Library. �JAMES BUCHANAN 1819 Buchanan had built a fine reputation in politics and in the law. He had served as a prosecuting attorney and as a state as- semblyman. He had gained wide praise

THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT JAMES BUCHANAN One hundred years ago, today, in the stately mansion just a stone's throw from the building where we are gathered, James Buchanan clad in a dressing gown and slippers, sat alone in his study trying to calm his nerves and to itemize a list of incidentals

county, Ky., in 1813, "changed the whole course of Ameri- can history." Briefly stated, the nar- rative goes,in that year the late James Buchanan, afterwards President, lo- cated at Elizabethtown,Hardin county, Ky., to practice law, his choice being directed by the fact that his father owned a tract of

family of the late W. U. Hensel, for- mally presented to Mr. Paul Heine, owner of the magnificent hostelry, a marble tablet to commemorate the visit to the old Cadwell House of Abraham Lincoln, James Buchanan, Horace Greeley, General Winfield S. Hancock and Theodore Roosevelt. These distinguished