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

not averse to seeking trade for this new business venture through advertising, as told by a report in the local newspaper very early in 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 attainments

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

June 1778 2 July 1778 to 1 March 1781 �93/3, 1991 91 Congress Under the Articles of Confederation Philadelphia, Pa. Princeton, N.J. Annapolis, Md. Trenton, N.J. New York, N.Y. 1 March 1781 to 21 June 1783 30 June 1783 to 4 November 1783 26 November 1783 to 19 August 1784 1 November 1784 to 24 December

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

businessmen, tradesmen, and property-owners such as James Clendenin, Benjamin Galloway, and Isaac Gilmore as well as their families are mentioned as the recipients of the chur- ches" baptismal, marriage, and burial services. The Black presence in these two congregations probably did not meet �212 JOURNAL with

real estate, and went to New York, joining Howe's army as Chaplain. In a letter written by Mr. Barton, No- vember 2, 1776, he says: "I was obliged to shut up my churches to avoid the fury of the populace who would not suffer the Liturgy to be used unless the Collects and Prayer for the King and Royal

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

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