Eskridge, 34 years Harriet R., 26 years Mary Elizabeth, d Besides many worthy bequests, James Buchanan did not forget his nephews and nieces, who were: Harriet Lane Johnston J. Buchanan Henry, a son of the Rev. Robert Henry and Harriet Buchanan (1802-1840) James B. Lane, grandnephew Mary E. Dunham, niece

: Harriet Lane : (Later Harriet Lane Johnston) / by (Mrs. A.K.) Ida L. K. Hostetter. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Johnston, Harriet Lane, 1830-1903. Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 --Correspondence. Women--Biography--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical

To What Extent Did Harriet Lane Influence the Public Policies of James Buchanan? Homer T. Rosenberger The careful education and training of Harriet Lane were di- rected principally toward the social graces and toward the art of political maneuver. Her perceptive mind, her close association from

York under date of February 12, 1874, and, among other things, stated, "Not a word from the Executors or any thing further from Mr. [James Buchanan] Henry. I think it is high time." (Page 2154, Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Con- gress). In a letter of April 21, 1874, from 120 Park Street

the White House he was elected honorary member, March 10th, 1858. He had also been a member of Chapter No. 43, Royal Arch Masons. Preceding the speech of District Deputy Grand Master, Thaddeus G. Helm, on "Buchanan as a Mason," a reception of the Grand Lodge officers of Pennsylvania and other Masonic

Minute Book, preserved at the Harriet Lane Home: Josiah Lee Johnston, Mrs. Margaret P. Johnston, William Graham Bow- �doin, Mrs. Ann G. Winchester, Miss Maria Winchester, and Rev. J. S. B. Hodges. Mr. Bowdoin was nominated to serve as chairman of the meeting and Mr. D. K. Este Fisher was chosen to serve