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Learned, William Law

lawyer, jurist, was born July 24, 1821, in New London, Conn. He entered into the active practice of law in Albany, N. Y., and has been presiding justice of the supreme court of New York state.

Leary, Cornelius L

business man, congressman, was born Oct. 22, 1813, in Baltimore, Md. In 1856 he was a presidential elector; and in 1861 was elected a representative from Maryland to the thirty-seventh congress.

Leavenworth, Henry

soldier, was born Dec. 10, 1783, in New Haven, Conn. He was a general in the war of 1812. He established several military posts on the frontier, one of which formed the nucleus of the present flourishing city of Leavenworth, Kan. He died July 21, 1834, in Cross Timbers, I. T.

Leavitt, Dudley

almanac maker, was born May 23, 1772, in Exeter, N. H.

He was known throughout his native state as Old Master Leavitt, and made its almanacs for over half a century. He also edited the Gilmanton Gazette and New Hampshire Register. He died Sept. 15, 1851, in Meredith, N. H.

Leavitt, E. Bradford

clergyman, theologian, was born June 4, 1868, in Boston, Mass. For several years he was pastor of the unitarian church of Brattleboro, Vt.; and is now the popular pastor of All Souls' church of Washington, D. C.

Leavitt, Humphrey Howe

lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born June 18, 1796, in Suffieid, Conn.

He served in the state legislature in 1825 and 1826; and in the senate in 1827. He was a representative in congress from 1831 to 1834; and was for many years judge of the district court of Ohio. He died in March, 1873, in Springfield, Ohio.

Leavitt, John Mcdowell

clergyman, author, poet, was born May 10, 1824, in Steubenville, Ohio. He was an episcopal clergyman, and the author of Faith, a poem; Afranius; The Siege of Babylon, a tragedy; Hymns to Our King; New World Tragedies from Old World Life; Reasons for Faith; and Visions of Solyma. He died in 1888.

Leavitt, Joshua

reformer, author, was born Sept. 8, 1794, in Heath, Mass.

He organized one of the first Sabbathschools in western Massachusetts. He prepared a new reading book, called Easy Lessons in Reading. He died Jan. 16, 1873, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Leavitt, Mary A

poet, was born in Vernon, Ind. She is the daughter of illustrious parentage. Her father, Dr. Ezra Fitch Peabody, being a direct descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins, the story of whose courtship and marriage Longfellow has immortalized in the Courtship of Miles Standish. She is the author of a volume of poems; and temperance and missions have especially enlisted her voice and She is the wife of Robert Leavitt, pen. a prominent merchant of Vernon, Ind.

Leavitt, Mary Clement

educator, lecturer, was born Sept. 22, 1830, in Hopkinton, N. H. She is a successful lecturer on temperance, missions, white cross, equal suffrage, travels, and other subjects; and her great work has been in organizing the World's Woman's Christian Temperance union; of which she is the honorary life president. For twenty years she taught her own school for young ladies and children in Boston, where she was also a salaried church singer.

Leavitt, Samuel

author. He is a journalist of Joliet, Ill.; and the author of Dictator Grant; Our Money Wars; and other works on economy.

Lecompte, Joseph

congressman, was born in Woodford county, Ky. He was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1825 to 1833.