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

, Martin Luther. "The Lanes of Lancaster," Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, 66 (1962), 176-186. Hostetter, Ida L. "Harriet Lane," Papers Read Before the Lancaster County Histori- cal Society, XXXIII (1929), 97-112. Klein, Philip S. President James Buchanan: A Biography. University Park

bill on Febru- ary 21, 1822. Samuel Gorgas and Joseph Gorgas (third generation) were subscrib- ers to the "History of Lancaster County," published in 1844. According to Mrs. W. C. Frankfort of 229 West Main Street, Ephrata, the Gorgas family were also fine cabinet makers. Mrs. Frankfort has in her

of Lancaster County. In Columbia, for example, the Negro barbers found early and continued support from the Quaker abolitionists in the form of land grants and loans. The lumber merchants, particularly Stephen Smith, James Burrill, and William Whipper, were financed, patronized, and protected by

Furniture Making by the Slaugh Family of Lancaster, Pennsylvania Albert Fletcher Seitz The purpose of this study was to determine the conception of Slaugh furniture making in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and to discover the unique implication of both the Slaugh family and their furniture. The methods