and Ellen Jenkins, the daughter of William Jenkins. This is the home which Eliza E. Smith gave to the City of Lancaster for a public library, May 9, 1898. LANE-BUCHANAN FAMILY Elliott Tole Lane, d. 1841, m. 1813 to Jane Buchanan, sister of James Buchanan. Their children: James Buchanan, Nov. 16, 1814

Wheatland's Landscape: 18 4 8-18 6 8 John Shenk Wheatland, the home of President James Buchanan, is a beautiful country estate located a mile and a half west of downtown Lancaster. In- side the vine-covered brick mansion, the rooms and furnishings have been faithfully restored to the minutest

"plaster of Pa- ris," or gypsum (calcium sulphate, or hydrous sulphate of lime) seemed to fascinate Judge Peters, and he began an extensive correspondence with his compatriots to learn of their results in the application of gypsum. Gen- eral Hand was one to whom the set of queries was sent. Judge Peters

Mason pro- ducts. The remaining five were listed as being built by Norris of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Second, let us look at the builder. He was James Alexander Norris, one of the brothers of William Norris, who had built locomotives since al- most the beginning of railroads in America. James A. Norris

Maria Duchman 1833 162. Edward Hughes Duchman 1838 1840 ( ?) 163. Maria Lightner 1800 1845 164. Grace Clarkson 1765 ( ?) 1824 ( ?) 165. Rev. Joseph Clarkson 1830 Rector Saint James' Protestant Episcopal Church, Lancaster, Pa., 1799-1830. 166. Gerardus Clarkson 1792 1857 167. Susan Clarkson 1803 1861 168

, Pennsylvania" United States Census of Population Lancaster County Planning Commission APPENDIX A TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE LANCASTER DEVELOPMENT CO., Lancaster, Pa., May 2, 1927 Your Board of Directors have declared a dividend of $9 per share on all stock of record at this date. The enclosed check is for the

transactions. I sup- plemented these sources with the manuscript collections of Samuel Evans, a local Columbian politician and historian, and John Jay Wisler, Sr., a Lancaster County chronicler. Probably less relevant for my research, but nevertheless, invaluable for a history of any inarticulate class, are

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the author. The staff at the library of the Lancaster Newspapers Incorpor- ated was always more than willing to aid in procuring the news- papers used in this paper. The facilities of the Lancaster County Historical Society were indispensable as were the services of Mrs. Charles Lundgren, the Society