: Harriet Lane : (Later Harriet Lane Johnston) / by (Mrs. A.K.) Ida L. K. Hostetter. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Johnston, Harriet Lane, 1830-1903. Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 --Correspondence. Women--Biography--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical

. Harriet Lane Johnston, who it will be remembered was the niece of Mr. Buchanan and his closest confidant "before, during and after his presidency." J. M. W. Geist, Esq, Editor Lancaster New Era: SIR: My attention has been directed to an editorial in your paper of this date, in which you refer to a visit

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