. He needed transportation for the coal from his mines in the City of Manchester. Therefore he was perfecting plans, with the help of others and succeeded in opening navigation by canals. This success led to the construction of several large water- ways throughout England. In his friendly associations

MARION WALLACE RENINGER ANN MOORE & MARY DICKSON It may come as a pleasant surprise to many citizens of Lancaster who have urged that more women be appointed or elected to positions in local, state or national government, when they learn that two of the heads of our Lancaster postoffice, in the

Ito ask questions about his aid to the Negroes. He was entirely reticent and kept silent about his part in it all. From the Gibbons farm a reliable colored man would bring a party �of slaves and give a private signal to Mr. Whitson. He would wake up and no other member of his family knew what went on

, Pa.: Penn- sylvania State University Press, 1962. Moore, John Bassett (ed.). The Works of James Buchanan. 12 vols. New York: An- tiquarian Press, Ltd., reprinted 1960. Shenk, John. "Wheatland Landscape," Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, 67 (1963), 93-100. Taylor, Lloyd C., Jr