Library was the only library for the common people of Lancaster. This does not mean that there were no other sources of literature for the people of the community. Gentlemen's libraries grew to a great extent, some of them becoming quite famous. After a call upon James Buchanan, at Wheatland, in 1852, a

the United States James Buchanan, $50- �Among those g i ving lesser amounts and books are Amos Ellmaker, Esq-, Benjamin Champneys, Esq-, John Yeates, Esq-, Hon- A. L- Hayes, R. Moore, M- D-, Samuel Park, Esq-, Red- mond Conyngham, Esq-, George Bry- an, Esq-, Newton Lightner, Esq-, Geo- Ford, Esq-, E

Libraries in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A LIBRARY company organized in the borough of Lancaster in 1796, continued in existence for about fourteen years.' A brief description of its appears in Vol. XXXIII, pp. 244-5, of the Proceedings of The Lancaster County Historical Society. In the