purser ship in the Navy, or pay Master in the Army." Mrs. Clymer's letter comprises pages 1172 and 1173 in the Harriet Lane Johnston Papers in the Manuscript Division of the Li- brary of Congress. And of course, during the White House years Harriet was asked �to intercede for persons aspiring appointment

United States and the Buchanan family, over a period of fifty years, was priceless at time of his death and would become increasingly useful as source material for historians. Main- ly through the efforts of his niece, Harriet Lane Johnston, a large portion of these papers have been preserved in both

services were held at the home of his brother, James B., on North Duke Street. Harriet Lane, sister of the dceased, came from Washington, accompanied by her ccusin, James Buchanan Henry, pri- vate secretary of the President. Elliot Eskridge was born October 7, 1823, and had become a favorite of the

1895 was humanitarian. It pro- vided medical facilities for white children of any creed or national- ity. In 1895, or in 1903, the time of her death, in cities as Southern in attitude as Baltimore and Washington it would not be expected that a facility like the Harriet Lane Home would be made available