officers were elected as follows : President, Robert Coleman. Vice-presidents, William Kirkpatrick and James Humes. Secretaries, Adam Reigart and Samuel White. Counsellors, Charles Smith, George B. Porter and Edward Coleman. Treasurer, Joseph Ogilby. Committee of Correspondence, Daniel Buckley, Casper

), my grandfather's eldest child, and received the follow- ing reply: "Chickies, Lan'r Co., Pa., "28 May, 1868 "John Wiley, Esq'r, "Dear Sir: "Upon returning from Philadelphia I find your letter of the 13th inst. Your impressions about the Fesslers are correct, although I do not recol- lect the fact you

the way, like many small to wns in New England, had a famous academy, which figures largely in its several copious histories, and the town library has a bust os Stevens to com- memorate his many gifts to it. It remains to notice the persons to whom in this letter he sends his re- gards—"Your brother

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

city. Wm. L. Gill's gallery, 19 East King Street, is in the building in which for a time President James Buchanan lived. B. Frank Saylor's gallery, 42-44 West King Street, Was the home for many years of Colonel Reah Frazer, prominent lawyer and Democratic leader, a contemporary of Buchanan and Stevens

James Hopkins and William Jenkins on that committee was asso- ciated James Buchanan. Mr. Buchanan in his long public ca- reer more than once admitted that he had in later years changed some of the political views he entertained in his youth. Thus he recanted the first part of his memorable 1815 Fourth

v. A BENJAMIN FRANKLIN LETTER By William Frederic Worner In the Division of Manuscripts in the Library of Congress in Washington, D. C., there is an original letter writen by Benjamin Franklin to Edward Ship- pen, Esq., of Lancaster, Pa. The communication is a short one, and in it the illustrious

it is referred to as St. James" African church. No evidence of independent church activity is found until 1848 when the congregation was incorporated. Therefore, within those parameters, using the various city directories it is possible to develop a fragmentary list of Bethel"s ministers that can

- came the friend of Mercer and Wash- ington. He published a sermon upon Braddock's defeat in 1755. John Penn, the proprietary Governor, was an admirer of Thomas Barton, and said, "He deserved the commen- dation of all lovers of their country." In 1759 he was elected pastor of St. James' Church

many years ago by the Right Rev. Dr. Samuel Bowman, assistant bishop of Pennsylvania and beloved rector of St. James's Protestant Epis- copal church, Lancaster, from 1830 to 1861. James Damant, organist of St. James's church and an excel- lent scholar, taught a school for young ladies, which was quite