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Harriet Rebecca Lane Johnston (May 9, 1830 – July 3, 1903) acted as first lady of the United States during the administration of her uncle, lifelong bachelor president James Buchanan, from 1857 to 1861. She has been described as the first of the modern first ladies, being a notably charming and diplomatic hostess, whose dress-styles were ...
Plans of Harriet Lane. Harriet Lane measured 177.5 feet long, 30.5 feet wide and 12 feet from the bottom of the hull to the main deck. [1] Her propulsion was a double-right-angled marine engine with two side paddles, supported by two masts; the entire ship was sheathed and fastened with copper.
In 1995, Harriet Lane conducted a trial Alaska patrol to determine the feasibility of placing a medium-endurance cutter in the Seventeenth District. In 1996, Harriet Lane was the on scene commander for much of the initial search and recovery of TWA Flight 800 off Long Island. She escorted an international fleet of tall ships during the OPSAIL ...
The USCGC Harriet Lane (WSC-141) was a 125-foot patrol boat, commonly known as a "buck-and-a-quarter", 1926–1946. She was the second ship named for Harriet Lane . She was based in Boston, Provincetown and Gloucester, Massachusetts .
USCGC Harriet Lane refers to three ships of the United States Coast Guard: USRC Harriet Lane (1857) , a revenue cutter serving in the United States Revenue Cutter Service 1861–1881 USCGC Harriet Lane (WSC-141) , a 125-foot cutter in service with the Coast Guard 1926–1946
Harriet Lane Levy (March 29, 1866 – September 15, 1950) was a California writer best known for her memoir, 920 O’Farrell Street. Levy was also an avid art collector, a childhood friend of Alice B. Toklas , and an acquaintance of Gertrude Stein .
Harriet Lane is a British writer, author of Alys, Always and Her. Her journalism has appeared in the Observer, the Guardian, Vogue and Tatler. [1] Life and career
Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins originated in 1912 when the original Harriet Lane Home for Invalid Children opened. The new hospital was set to be named after Baltimore resident Harriet Lane Johnston after she donated $400,000 in 1903 to establish the home as a memorial to her two sons who had died in childhood. After a few years of building, the ...