the days of their planting and her part in the ceremony.2 James Buchanan purchased Wheatland in December, 1848, from Mr. William Morris Meredith. Buchanan became established at Wheatland in mid-May, 1849. 3 Knowing that he would be a political contender for the presidential nomination, he began to

presidential elections of 1808 and 1812 substantiated this claim. The State maintained an unbrok- en loyalty to the national administration throughout this period. The first decade of the nineteenth century was marked by a suc- cession of Democratic Governors, United States Senators and Con- gressmen; and the

farmers' markets are unique. Within a twenty mile radius of the city, history offers to tourists the birthplace of 3 �Robert Fulton; Wheatland, the home of James Buchanan; the furnaces of the old Iron Masters of Pennsylvania, and Baron Stiegel's home; old Pequea and Donegal churches; the Cornwall mine

Democrats, now fearing the worst, tried to sal- vage the election by unleashing their big political gun, James Buchanan, the Friday night (October 9, 1829) prior to the election. At that time he made "a flourishing speech at a meeting in the Court House against the anti-masons and in favor [as the Anti

the author. The staff at the library of the Lancaster Newspapers Incorpor- ated was always more than willing to aid in procuring the news- papers used in this paper. The facilities of the Lancaster County Historical Society were indispensable as were the services of Mrs. Charles Lundgren, the Society