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Lea, Matthew Carey – Learned, Walter

Lea, Matthew Carey

chemist, author, was born Aug. 18, 1823, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a chemist of Philadelphia whose Manual of Photography is a standard work.

Lea, Pryor

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born in 1794, in Knox county, Tenn. He served in the Creek war in 1813. He was United States district attorney in 1824; and was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1827 to 1831. In 1837 he moved to Jackson, Miss.; and in 1847 to Goliad, Texas. He projected the work called the Central Transit, for building a railroad from Arkansas Bay to Mazatlan; and was president of the company.

Lea, Sumter

soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born Feb. 16, 1835, in Marion, Ala. He attended the university of Alabama; and has attained success as one of the leading lawyers of his native state.

He was a member of the constitutional convention; served with distinction as a member of the Alabama state legislature; and during the war was a staff officer in the confederate army.

Leach, De Witt C

state librarian, state legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 23, 1822, in Clarence, N. Y. He was chosen a member of the Michigan legislature in 1849; and was state librarian in 1855 and 1856. He was elected a representative to the thirty-fifth congress from Michigan; and was re-elected to the thirty-sixth congress.

Leach, Frank Willing

lawyer, author, was born Aug. 26, 1855, in Cape May, N. J. He is a successful lawyer of Philadelphia, Pa., and the author of The Signers of the Declaration of Independence: Their Ancestors and Descendants.

Leach, James Madison

soldier, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in 1824 in Landsdowne, N. C. He served ten years in the legislature of North Carolina; and in 1856 was a presidential elector. In 1850 he was elected a representative from that state to the thirty-sixth congress. He served in the confederate army; and was in the confederate congress. He was elected to the state senate after the rebellion, and was elected to the forty-second and fortythird congresses as a conservative.

Leadbetter, D. P

congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He moved to Ohio; and was elected a representative in congress from 1837 to 1841.

Leake, Walter

soldier, governor, United States senator, was born about 1780, in Virginia. He was a soldier in the revolutionary war. He served as senator of the United States from 1817 to 1820; and in 1821 was elected governor of Mississippi. He died Nov. 17, 1825, in Mount Salus, Miss.

Leaming, Jeremiah

clergyman, author, was born in 1717, in Middletown, Conn. He was an episcopal clergyman of Connecticut, and the author of Defense of Episcopal Government; Evidences of the Truth of Christianity; and Dissertations.

He died in September, 1804, in New haven, Conn.

Leaming, Thomas

soldier, patriot, was born Aug. 20, 1748. He possessed a large landed estate in New Jersey; and was a member of the convention of 1776 to frame a constitution for that state and declare its independence. He died in 1797, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Learned, Amasa

congressman, was born Nov. 15, 1750, in Killingly, Conn.

He was a representative in congress from Connecticut from 1801 to 1805; and in 1818 was a member of the state constitutional convention. :

Learned, Walter

author, poet, was born June 22, 1847, in New London, Conn. He is a poet of New London who has published Between Times, a collection of poems; and translated Ten Tales from Coppee.

He has also contributed extensively on various subjects to the leading newspapers and magazines of the United States; and his poems have been given a place in a number of standard collections.