Ladreyt, Casimir
educator, author, was born in 1797 in France. He came to the United States about 1836, taught the French language, and published French Pronunciation; The Study of French Simplified; and other text-books. He died July 4, 1877, in Boston, Mass.
LA FARGE, JOHN, landscape and figure painter, author, was born March 31, 1835, in New York city. He is a noted figure and landscape artist of New York city; and the author of a book entitled Lectures on Art.
LA FAYETTE, MARQUIS DE, soldier, was born in 1757 in France. He was commissioned major-general by the continental congress in 1777. He died in 1834 in France.