trouble so good a man unnecessarily, and therefore leave it all to you; but it would be of great benefit to Your old friend George [Plitt] (From the original letter in the Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Li- brary of Congress, page 1341.) A Special Channel From The Cabinet To The White House Buchanan was a

Harriet Lane (Later Harriet Lane Johnston) By (MRS. A. K.) IDA L. K. HOSTETTER T O ME has been assigned the pleasure of writing about Harriet Lane, the niece of President Buchanan, and mistress of the White House during Buchanan's term. The grandfather of Harriet Lane was James Buchanan, who

allow her $180 per annum, so as to make her income $600. Yours affectionately, James Buchanan P.S. I send this letter by General Thomas for greater security. �Harriet Lane Johnston (1830-1903) Painted in 1899. Photo Courtesy of A. Aubrey Bodine �Surgeon General Foltz shows us the self-assertiveness of

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

, Washington, D.C., for July 5, 1903, commented as fol- lows: Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston, the niece of President James Bu- chanan and lady of the White House during his Presidency, was a person in whom the people of our nation took a kindly interest for half a century. This regard is due not alone to the fact

Harriet Lane Johnston: Pioneer Advocate of Special Care for Children with Chronic Diseases. by Homer T. Rosenberger The renowned Harriet Lane Home at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore has had a tremendous effect upon pediatrics through- out the United States. The "Harriet Lane" set the pattern in