Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography

Thousands of short American lives — soldiers, inventors, preachers, governors, novelists — each given a paragraph: born where, did what, and why anyone remembered.

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1072 lives in this part of Herringshaw's American Biography, printed on pages 565–606.

Labagh, Isaac P – Lavretta, C. L

215 lives · printed pages 565–573

Law, Andrew – Leutze, Emanuel

252 lives · printed pages 573–583

Levan, William Barnet – Loan, Benjamin F

223 lives · printed pages 583–592

Lochman, Augustus Herman – Loyall, George

260 lives · printed pages 592–602

Lozier, Charlotte Irene – Lyttleton, William Henry

122 lives · printed pages 602–606

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