the State Bank, or immediately aster- wards, he became president os the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad, the first railroad in Indiana. The State Bank os Indiana was one os the sew State institutions of the period that had a successful career. An account os it has been published in a review

An Old Receipt Book. It is always interesting to make comparisons, and when you have a hundred years as a dividing line and you know what is on this end of the line, curiosity, such as the fisherman possesses under such circumstances, leads us to wonder about the other end. The old book in question

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

, January 4. 1842. �Elizabeth Huber Reigart. Mr. Reigart was postmaster of Lan- caster from 1853 to 1856; he with Dr. Fahnestock were among the first to notify James Buchanan of his nomination for the presi- dency, driving to the latter's home at Wheatland for that purpose on June 6, 1856. Dr. Fahnestock

Uhler), 1851-1915. Title: The attitude of James Buchanan (a citizen of Lancaster County) towards the institution of slavery in the United States / by W. U. Hensel, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 --Views on slavery. Slavery--Law and legislation--United States--History

historical treatment of the Black community:4 African Methodist Episcopal Church. — On June 10, 1817, about fifty per- sons of color assembled at the house of James Clendening, and expressed a desire that the Rev. Daniel Coker and the other circuit preachers of the Methodist denomination should visit the

17u4. Was made Major General in 1752. �file:///Volumes/LCHS%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Clark, Martha Bladen. Title: Biographical sketches / by Miss Martha B. Clark. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Barton, Thomas, 1730-1780. Wright, James. Bradstreet

daguerreotype to citizens of Lancaster, if we are to believe the account which appeared in the Lancaster Intelligencer and Journal of Tuesday, January 4th, 1842: "We invite attention to the advertisement of James Damant and Dr. William B. Fahnestock, two gentlemen well-known in this city for their scientific

of books" or some other such entry. 3 Beyond that we know that large book-dealers in Philadelphia did send consignments of books to country retailers for distributikon in the hinterland. It cannot be assumed, however, that a cross-section of the well-known book stocks kept by Philadelphia bookdealers

the printing establishment of Sleight & Tucker, Jamaica, L. I., and the title page contained the following: "A Valedictory Sermon preached in St. James's Church, Lancas- ter," etc. In the library of The Lancaster County Historical Society are books which were originally the property of the Sunday