allow her $180 per annum, so as to make her income $600. Yours affectionately, James Buchanan P.S. I send this letter by General Thomas for greater security. �Harriet Lane Johnston (1830-1903) Painted in 1899. Photo Courtesy of A. Aubrey Bodine �Surgeon General Foltz shows us the self-assertiveness of

and at the same time recollections of her accomplishments will be attended with pleasing reflections. In her native county the Franklin Repository, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, July 6, 1903, reported: Harriet Lane Johnston. Death of Famous Mercersburg Lady of the White House. Harriet Lane Johnston

Harriet Lane Johnston: Pioneer Advocate of Special Care for Children with Chronic Diseases. by Homer T. Rosenberger The renowned Harriet Lane Home at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore has had a tremendous effect upon pediatrics through- out the United States. The "Harriet Lane" set the pattern in

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

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

. His love for music had a great influence on Mrs. Johnston, and it prob- ably caused her to establish what is now St. Albans School. Dr. Hodges was born in Bristol, England, in the same year that Harriet Lane was born in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania-1830. He acquired his love of music naturally, from his

them out of my hands, into the hands of others who have no right to them. Yours, Very Respectfully, Harriet Lane Johnston. This letter is preserved by the Lancaster County Historical Society. It is also reproduced on page 11, "Answer of Defendants." Neither Mr. Swarr nor Edward Y. Buchanan replied to

Buchanan letters / by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 --Correspondence. Caldwell, James A. Barton, George W., 1807-1851. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1904/1905 Description: [37

part of Pennsylvania approx- imately seventy miles west of Philadelphia. Its land is rich in agricultural value. Throughout the county there are many small, clean, prosperous com- munities. Wheatland, the home of James Buchanan, is located about a mile from Lancaster City. It is a beautiful estate with

of guidance. (6) Adam Diller, who had captained a company of militia, marching in the same regiment as had James Buchanan, to the defense of Baltimore, in 1814, lived in Lancaster, and had served as sheriff of the county from 1828 through 1830. It is unlikely that the one-hundred-and-twenty-foot