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

Nauman and Arthur Armstrong lived was destroyed also. The property belonged to Mr. Arm- strong. This was the third fire with- in three weeks—none accidental. January 23-6:30 a. m.—The citi- zens were again called to action by the cry of fire. The stable of Mrs. Hall, property of James Evans, was set on

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

The Attitude of James Buchanan (a Cit- izen of Lancaster County) towards the Institution of Slavery in the United States It is the happy and appropriate function of an historical society, with even the local limitations of ours, to fearlessly explore and faithfully chron- icle the events of general

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

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

- 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

Epis- copal church, Lancaster, on Friday, March 27th, 1931. The tablet was erected by St. James's church school, with money obtained at Christmas, 1929, and represents the school's birthday gift to the King of kings. The tablet was designed by the James H. Matthews Company, Pittsburgh, Pa.; and the