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Levan, William Barnet

civil engineer, inventor, author, was born June 3, 1829, in Easton, Pa. He is the inventor of a steam engine governor; a self-recording steam engine indicator and glass water gauge; and an improved stationary engine. He is the author of Useful Information for Engineers; and the Steam Engine Indicator and Its Use.

Leverett, John

colonial governor of Massachusetts, was born in 1616 in England. He was one of the governor's council in 1665-71, major-general in 1663- 73, and deputy governor in 1671-73, becoming governor at the latter date. He died March 16, 1679, in Boston, Mass.

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Leverett, John

lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 25, 1662, in Boston, Mass. was a judge, speaker of the colonial legislature, member of the council, and president of Harvard from 1707 until his death. He died May 3, 1724, in Boston, Mass.

Leveridge, John

soldier, lawyer, was born Sept. 15, 1792, in New York city.

During the war of 1812 he served as a private. He was a founder of the St.

Nicholas club and of the old Public School society, and was said to be the oldest active member of the American bar. He died Feb. 17, 1886, in New York city.

Levering, Eugene

merchant, banker, was born Sept. 12, 1845, in Baltimore, Md. He has been a successful merchant in his nauve city; president of the National Bank of Commerce; and president of the board of trade.

Levin, Lewis C

lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 10, 1808, in Charleston, S. C. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1845 to 1851. He died March 14, 1860, in Philadelphia.

Lewis, Abner

congressman, was born in New York. He was a member of the assembly of that state from Chautauqua county in 1838 and 1839; and was a representative in congress from New York from 1845 to 1847.

Lewis, Abram Herbert

clergyman, author, was born Nov. 17, 1836, in Scott, N. Y. He is a seventh day baptist clergyman of Plainfield, N. J., and a writer of much prominence in his denomination. He is the author of Sabbath and Sunday; Biblical Teachings Concerning the Sabbath and Sunday; Critical History of the Sabbath; Critical History of Sunday Legislation; Biography of the Puritan Sunday; and Paganism in Christianity.

Lewis, Alonzo

author, poet, was born Aug. 28, 1794, in Lynn, Mass. He was a verse writer of Lynn, once styled The Lynn Bard. He was the author of Forest Flowers and Sea Shells; and His-. tory of Lynn. He died Jan. 21, 1861, in Lynn, Mass.

Lewis, Barbour

soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1824, in Alburg, Vt. He entered the army as a captain of volunteers in 1861, and served until 1864. In 1863 he was appointed, by the military authorities, judge for the district of Memphis, and served as such in 1863-64. In 1867 he was appointed president of the board of county commissioners of Shelby county, Tenn., and held the office until 1869. He was elected to the forty-third congress.

Lewis, Burwell Boykin

soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born July 8, 1838, in Montgomery, Ala.

He resided at Monticello and Tuscaloosa; served in the confederate army as an officer; and was a presidential elector in 1868. He served in the state legislature from 1870 to 1872; and in 1874 was elected a representative from Alabama to the forty-fourth and re-elected to the fortysixth congresses as a democrat.

Lewis, Charles Bertrand

journalist, author, was born in 1842 in Ohio.

He is a journalist of Detroit on the staff of the Free Press for many years, and since 1891 on that of The New York World. He is the author of Quad's Odds; Goaks and Tears; and The Lime Kiln Club.