Home of James Buchanan, Wheatland, Lancaster, PA
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| "Wheatland"--Home of James Buchanan. James Buchanan, fifteenth President of the United States, was born near Mercersburg, Franklin Co., Pa., on April 23d, 1791. He was graduated from Dickinson College in 1809, and was never married. In 1848, he purchased a small estate of twenty-two acres, known as "Wheatland." The house, a substantial brick mansion, was his home when not occupying an official residence in Washington or London. He died here on June 1st, 1868. |
