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Ledyard, Henry – Lee, Charles Arnold

Ledyard, Henry

lawyer, state senator, was born March 3, 1812, in New York city. He was a member of the Michigan state senate in 1857-58; and subsequently was assistant secretary of state at Washington, D. C. He died in 1880, in London, England.

LEDYARD, HENRY BROCKHOLST, railroad president, was born Feb. 20, 1844, in France. In 1883 he became president of the Michigan Central railroad at Detroit.

Ledyard, John

traveler, was born in 1751, in Groton, Conn. He fitted himself for a missionary to the Indians; but subsequently embarked with Captain Cook on his last voyage around the world.

He died Jan. 17, 1789, in Cairo, Egypt.

Lee, Albert Lindley

soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born Jan. 16, 1834, in Fulton, N. Y. He removed to Kansas, where he was judge of the state supreme court in 1861. He became major of the seventh Kansas cavalry in that year; and was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers.

Lee, Alfred

bishop, author, was born Sept. 9, 1807, in Cambridge, Mass.

He was the first protestant episcopal bishop of Delaware, and prominent as a low churchman. He was the author of The Harbinger of Christ; Life of St.

Peter; Eventful Nights in Bible History; Life of St. John; and Treatise on Baptism. He died April 12, 1887, in Wilmington, Del.

Lee, Andrew

clergyman, author, was born May 7, 1745, in Lyme, Conn.

Among his publications are An Inquiry Whether it be the Duty of Man to be Willing to Suffer Damnation for the Divine Glory; The Declensions of Christianity an Argument for Its Truth; and Sermons on Various Important Subjects. He died Aug. 25, 1832, in Lisbon, Conn.

Lee, Ann

was born Feb. 22, 1736, in England. She was the founder of the religion of the so-called Shakers. She died Sept. 8, 1784, in Watervliet, N. Y.

Lee, Arthur

congressman, was born Dec. 20, 1740, in Stratford, Va. In 1781 he was elected to the assembly of Virginia, but was immediately chosen a delegate to the continental congress, where he remained until 1785. He was appointed secretary of the treasury, which office he held until 1789. He died Dec. 12, 1792, in Urbana, Va.

Lee, Benjamin

physician, author, was born Sept. 26, 1833, in Norwich, Conn.

He is a physician of Philadelphia, and the author of Treatment for Angular Curvature of the Spine; and Tracts on Massage.

Lee, Benjamin Franklin

clergyman, author, was born Sept. 18, 1841, in Gouldtown, N. J. He was a methodist clergyman of African birth; president of Wilberforce university since 1876, and the author of Wesley the Worker; and Causes of the Success of Methodism.

Lee, Charles

lawyer, state legislator, was born in 1758, in Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia state legislature; and was appointed attorney-general of the United States in 1795, serving until 1801. He died June 24, 1815, in Farquhar county, Va.

Lee, Charles Alfred

physician, author, was born Maren 3, 1810, in Salisbury, Conn. He was a physician of New York city who published Elements of Geology for Popular Use; and Human He died Feb. 4, 1872, in Physiology.

Peekskill, N. Y.

Lee, Charles Arnold

journalist, state legislator, was born Dec. 14, 1845, in Pawtucket, R. I. Since 1878 he has been editor and proprietor of the Rhode Island Gazette and Chronicle. In 1880 and 1881 he was a member of the Rhode Island assembly.