INSCRIPTION ON STEPHEN CHAMBERS'S TOMESTONE IN ST. JAMES'S CHURCHYARD By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER In Vol. 34, p. 104, of the Proceedings of The Lancaster County Historical Society, is a biographical sketch of Stephen Chambers, who in his day was a leading member of the Lancaster bar and an

Widow and Orphan Assurance Society of the City and County of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A NUMBER of citizens of Lancaster met at the house of Wil- liam Cooper on Wednesday evening, February 6th, 1822. Dr. Samuel Fahnestock was appointed chairman, and Nathaniel Lightner secretary. The

. I believe he has already been introduced to you; but lest you may have forgotten him, I give him this testimonial. "With sentiments of affectionate respect "I remain sincerely your friend "JAMES BUCHANAN. "General Andrew Jackson." �The Caldwell family of Lancaster came to Pennsylvania during the

. Jacob Slough's tavern on Fri- day evening, February 28th, 1817. Robert Coleman was appointed chairman, and Samuel Carpenter, Esq., secretary. A society was organized ; and a committee, consisting of Samuel White, Joseph Ogilby and James Humes, was appointed to prepare a constitution1. The Lancaster

was alive. It was presented to Lodge No. 43, by Mr. George B. Willson, who at the time of the anniversary (February 7th, 1917), was the owner of Wheatland and a member of the Lodge. "Lancaster itself is advanced in the esteem of mankind whenever the name of James Buchanan is honored." ��

providing a remedy against the alarming increase of poverty. They were also invited to attend the weekly meetings of the society in its room adjoining the circulating library. Donations and subscriptions for the society were received by Judge Samuel F. Dale and John Light. It is to be regretted that the

next day." He notes that Horatio Nelson, a soy of James Hopkins, Esq., and Ann Ross, died of the "croop." The next curious name is Pigeon. "October 6, 1809, baptized Violet, a black child, belonging to Miss Fanny Slouch, Lancaster. Born May 1st, 180b. Mother's name, Susan, a black woman; formerly lived

- fessor Herbert H. Beck, president of The Lancaster County His- torical Society. Following the invocation by the Rev. Robert S. Miller, pastor of the Unitarian Church of Our Father, Mayor James H. Ross introduced Mr. Garvin, the donor, who, in turn, presented Vernon K. Newswanger, of Lancaster and

James Buchanan During the Administrations of Lincoln and Johnson By PHILIP G. AUCHAMPAUGH, PH.D. Author of "James Buchanan and His Cabinet on the Eve of Secession," and "Robert Tyler, Southern Rights Champion, 1845-1861." CHAPTER I BUCHANAN VIEWS THE SCENE. 1861-1868. Buchanan's return to Wheatland