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Lippitt, Francis James

soldier, author, was born in 1812, in Rhode Island.

He is a soldier who served in the federal army during the civil war, and was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He is the author of A Treatise on the Tactical Use of the Three Arms; Treatise on Entrenchments; Special Operations of War; Field Service in War; Massachusetts Criminal Law; and Physical Proofs of Another Life.

Lippitt, Henry

manufacturer, governor, was born Oct. 9, 1818, in Providence, R. I. He is now head of the firm of Henry Lippitt and Co., and the Lippitt Woolen Co., in Providence, R. I. He is also president of the Rhode Island National bank. In 1875-76 he served as governor of Rhode Island.

Lippmann, Julie Mathilde

author, poet, was born in 1864, on Long Island. She is a writer of Brooklyn; and the author of Through Slumbertown and Wakeland, a book for juvenile readers.

Lipscomb, Abner Smith

soldier, lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born Feb. 10, 1789, near Abbeville, S. C. For several years he was a member of the Alabama legislature; became judge of the supreme court in 1819, and in 1823-35 was chief justice of Alabama. He died Dec. 3, 1857, near Austin, Tex.

Lispenard, Leonard

congressman, was born in 1716, in New York city. He was a delegate from New York to the colonial congress, which met in New York city in 1765. He died Feb. 15, 1790, in New York city.

Lister, Edwin

manufacturer, state legislator, was born Sept. 10, 1829, in Newark, N. J. He has been president since 1887, and is now principal owner of the Lister Agricultural Chemical works. He has served as alderman in Newark three times, in 1872-76 and in 1882-84; and a member of the assembly in 1886.

Litchfield, Elisha

lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1795, in Canterbury, Conn. He served five years in the New York legislature from Onondaga county; and in 1848 was speaker. He was many years a justice of the peace at Delphi, N. Y.; and was a representative in congress from New York from 1821 to 1823, and again from 1823 to 1825.

He died Aug. 4, 1859, in Cazenovia, N. Y.

Littauer, Lucius Nathan

manufacturer, congressman, was born Jan. 20, 1859, in Gloversville, N. Y. He was engaged in the glove-manufacturing business of his father at Gloversville, N. Y., to which he succeeded in 1882; and is at present engaged extensively therein. He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.

Littell, Eliakim

journalist, was born Jan. 2, 1797, in Burlington, N. J. He removed to Philadelphia in 1819, and established a weekly literary paper entitled the National Recorder, whose name he changed in 1821 to the Saturday Magazine.

He died May 17, 1870, in Brookline, Mass.

Littell, John Stockton

author, was born in 1806, in Burlington, N. J. He edited with biographical and historical notes Alexander Graydon's Memoirs of my own Times; and published a sketch of the Life, Character and Services of Henry Clay. He died July 11, 1875, in Philadelphia.

Littell, Squier

physician, author, was born Dec. 9, 1803, in Burlington, N. J.

He was a Philadelphia physician; and the author of Manual of Diseases of the Eye; and Illustrations of the Prayer Book. He died July 4, 1886, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Littell, William

lawyer, author, was born about 1780, in New Jersey. He was a lawyer of Frankfort, Ky.; and the author of Statute Law of Kentucky; Selected Cases; and Festoons of Fancy.

He died in 1825, in Frankfort, Ky.