its obscurity, and has given to us the only out- line, so far as known, of the original building of St. James's church. LETTERS OF JAMES BUCHANAN By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN 1908, the J. B. Lippincott Company, of Philadelphia and Lon- don, published, in twelve volumes, "The Works of James Buchanan

INSCRIPTIONS ON TOMBSTONES IN THE GRAVEYARD ADJOINING ST. JAMES'S CHURCH, LANCASTER. * COPIED BY WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER 1. In memory of / James Bolger. / A native of the County / Kilkenny, Ire- land. / Died July 24, 1860. / Aged 52 years. / Be ye also ready, for in such / an hour as ye think not

contingent had taken possession of Fort Duquesne on November 25, 1758. Rev. Mr. Barton returned home and 1759 founded St. James Church, Lan- caster, and was the first rector of St. lames Parish, and Missionary for the Congregation of Paquea and Caernarvon. This position he filled for twenty years, and in

church, and sat with them during divine service. During the first year, twenty pupils earned prayer books, and this enabled them to participate in the public services. Attached to the school was a library. The books were presented by members of the congregation. The library was used as an additional

world ; most assuredly, however, she did not give the bell which to-day peals forth its summons from the steeple of old Saint James, because she died in 1714—sixteen years before Lancaster was surveyed, and thirty years before the parish was founded. This statement should effec- tually dispose of the