stated that President Buchanan "returned to his home [Wheatland] following his term as President of the United States and prac- tised law at the Lancaster bar." James Buchanan was admitted to the bar, in Lancaster, November 17th, 1812, and practiced law here until he entered upon his political career

Einstein. Presidents John Quincy Adams, James K. Polk, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, and several other presidents also placed their names on the honorary rosters.' After a long and proud history the societies disbanded in 1960, finally succumbing to overwhelming competition from fraternities and other

located. The west end of Lancaster, preferably near Franklin and Marshall College, was suggested as a suitable location. Wheatland, the mansion of President James Buchanan; Rock Ford, the home of General Edward Hand; and Old City Hall on Penn Square were cited as historic structures worthy of preservation

election as Governor. Also presided at a meeting held Mar. 16, 1831 in fur_ thering James Buchanan for Vice Pres. of the U. S. He also was presi- dent of meeting held Friday, Feb. 1, 1833 at which time Lancaster county was aroused at the threatened secession from the Union by South Carolina. The citizens

were James Humes and George Hamilton. Their furnace was purchased from John F. Steinman, Humes' assignee, in 1843, by Hon. James Buchanan (afterwards president) and John Reynolds of Cornwall, Lebanon County. �Buchanan visited the furnace in June, 1843. The iron made at this furnace had a high

by the earli- est adventurers to the Chesapeake, one of whom, Sir James Argol, wrote to England in 1613 that he hoped to make a cut, "between our bay and the Dela- ware." Argol was apparently in the region of Lancaster County nearly as early as Captain John Smith and Stephen Brule. Vol. 4 p. 270

James Regar and the Reverend Mr. Glessner read papers on "French Language," not exactly the intellectual fare that would "turn on" blacksmith apprentices. Dr. Washington Lemuel Atlee disclosed to his audience the mysteries of chemistry while Dr. George Kerfoot offered lectures on anatomy. In those days