Samuel FAHNESTOCK

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Could be Baker instead of Becker.  He began thepractice of medicine in
Lancaster.  He became one of the leading physicians,carrying a practice
for 30 years.  For a long time, in connection with his practice, he had a
drug store, on West King Street, above the Sorrel Horse Hotel.  He was
the founder of the Lancaster City and County Medical Society; his
membership dated from 1844.  A man of many accomplishments, and noted for
his philanthropy.  He was the first person in the city to take
daguerreotypes, with the help of James Dament.  He and his father-in-law,
Henry Reigert, were the first to notify James Buchanan of his election to
the Presidency, on 6/19/1856.  He published several books on various
subjects including astronomyand his theory that diseases should be
treated mentally.