Lamb, John E
lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 26, 1852, in Terre Haute, Ind. He was appointed prosecuting attorney for the fourteenth judicial district of Indiana in 1875, and was elected to that position in 1876. He was elected a representative from Indiana to the forty-eighth congress as a democrat. LAMB, MRS. MARTHA JOAN READE [NASH], journalist, author, born Aug. 13, 1829, in Plainfield, Mass. She was an historical writer of New York city; and editor of the Magazine of American History in 1883-93. She was the author of The History of the City of New York, her chief work, which is the result of a vast amount of patient labor and research. Her other works include, Spicy, a novel; Play- School Stories: The Christmas Owl; Snow and Sunshine, a Story for Girls; and Wall Street in History. She died in 1893.