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 1857

1861

JAMES BUCHANAN.

There had been half a score and four Pres-i-dents ere James Bu-chan-an came in. His name put one more on the list.

It was in the Spring of 1791, in a wild gorge near one end of the Blue Ridge, at Sto-ny Bat-ter, Penn-syl-va-ni-a, that a son was born to one James Bu-chan-an, a man from the north of Ire-land. He had come to A-mer-i-ca, a poor man, in 1783. His first work was to stake a claim. Soon he built a rude log house where high hills would be on all sides, and a clear stream would flow near his door. When the first James had been five years in that place, and felt that he could care for a wife, he found a good one to share his lot. Her name was Speer and her folks had land near