DANIEL PRATT 1809 . . . . 1887 "GENERAL DANIEL PRATT, the great American traveller and standing candidate for the Presidency, dropped into our sanc- tum this morning, looking as fierce and wide awake as ever and not a whit discouraged by his failure to reach the White House in his previous presidential

retirement from the office of Collector of the Port of Philadelphia. Throughout his entire life he was active in political affairs and as the mentor of James Buchanan, he has been given prime credit for putting Mr. Buchanan in the White House. Later, differences arose between him and Buchanan and he became

of the world. His rise was quick in Boston and nine years after his arrival we find him directing the Salem Massachusetts Brass Band in a march down Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D. C., at the inauguration exer- cises for President James Buchanan. The Salem Band was such a standout under his

, 1876 The house of Jacob Lindemuth in Manheim is today the Washing- ton House on Market Square. "JAMES BLACK, ESQ. of this city at the Prohibition State com- mittee meeting in Philadelphia yesterday was chosen as a Presidential Elector for the Ninth District." —September 6, 1876 Four years previous