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Lord, Frederick W

physician, congressman, was born Dec. 11, 1800, in Lyme, Conn. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1847 to 1849, and was a delegate to the Baltimore national convention in 1840. He died May 24, 1860, in New York.

Lord, Henry W

merchant, congressman, was born March 8, 1821, in Northampton, Mass. He was United States consul at Manchester, England, from 1861 to 1867, and devised valuable plans for perfecting the consular service. He was elected a representative from Michigan to the forty-seventh congress as a republican.

Lord, John

clergyman, author, was born Sept. 10, 1812, in Portsmouth, N. H.

He was a congregational clergyman widely known as an historical lecturer, who did much to arouse an interest in the study of history. He was the author of History of the United States; Modern History; Points of History; The Old Roman World; Ancient States and Empires; Life of Emma Willard; Beacon Lights of History; and Two German Giants. He died in 1894.

Lord, John Chase

clergyman, author, poet, was born Aug. 9, 1805, in Buffalo, N. Y. He was a prominent presbyterian clergyman of Buffalo, and the author of The Land of Ophir, and Other Lectures; and Occasional Poems. He died Jan. 12, 1877, in Buffalo, N. Y.

Lord, Nathan

sixth president of Dartmouth college, was born Nov. 28, 1792, in Berwick, Maine. For twelve years he filled a successful pastorate in Amherst, Mass., and was made president of Dartmouth college in 1828. He continued his office until 1863, and died Sept. 9, 1870, in Hanover, N. H.

Lord, Scott

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Dec. 20, 1820, in Nelson, N. Y. He has held the offices of judge and surrogate in Utica, N. Y. In 1874 he was elected a representative from New York to the forty-fourth congress. He died Sept. 10, 1885, in Morris Plains, N. J.

Lord, Willis

clergyman, author, was born Sept. 15, 1809, in Bridgeport, Conn. He was a presbyterian clergyman who held several theological professorships as well as pastorates in Chicago and elsewhere. He was the author of Men and Scenes Before the Flood; Christian Theology for the People; and The Blessed Hope. He died in 1889.

Lore, Charles B

lawyer, congressman, was born March 16, 1831, in Odessa, Del. He was elected a representative from Delaware to the forty-eighth congress, and was re-elected to the fortyninth congress as a democrat. a

Lorillard, Pierre

philanthropist, was born in New York city. He founded Tuxedo park, suburban retreat in Orange county, N. Y., combining the advantages of landscape-gardening with facilities for country sports.

Lorimer, George Claude

clergyman, author, was born in 1838 in Scotland. He is a noted baptist clergyman of Boston, pastor of Tremont Temple, and the author of Isms Old and New; Under the Evergreens; The Great Conflict; Jesus: the World's Saviour; and Studies in Social Life.

Lorimer, William

manufacturer, congressman, was born April 27, 1861, in England. He was superintendent of the main water extension of the city of Chicago under Mayor Roche and superintendent of the water department under Mayor Washburne. He was elected to the fiftyfourth and re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.

Loring, Charles Greeley

lawyer, author, was born May 2, 1794, in Boston, Mass. He was a lawyer of Boston, and the author of The Neutral Relations of England and the United States; English Liability for Indemnity; and Life of William Sturgis. He died Oct. 8, 1868, in Beverly, Mass.