. His love for music had a great influence on Mrs. Johnston, and it prob- ably caused her to establish what is now St. Albans School. Dr. Hodges was born in Bristol, England, in the same year that Harriet Lane was born in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania-1830. He acquired his love of music naturally, from his

formation of the Harriet Lane Home. The certificate was filed for record, in the Office of the Clerk of the Court at five p.m. on that Christmas eve. Apparently Henry Elliott and Harriet Lane Johnston did not want to be incorporators of the new institution, perhaps as a matter of modesty. Henry Elliott

and at the same time recollections of her accomplishments will be attended with pleasing reflections. In her native county the Franklin Repository, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, July 6, 1903, reported: Harriet Lane Johnston. Death of Famous Mercersburg Lady of the White House. Harriet Lane Johnston

an Episcopalian. Forster's "Recollections of James Buchanan" were published in the Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, Journaland were reprinted many years later in that same newspaper, in the issues for June 18 and 25 and July 9 and 16, 1954. The installment in the issue for July 9 is the one that leaves the

, stated: "Acting with Wheatland, near Lancaster 7 July 1866. �Judge William Rush Gillan, of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in an advisory capacity, the trustees have acquired Stony Batter from the heirs of its late owner, Mr. D. M. B. Shannon, of Mercersburg. . . . An agent of the trustees is even now