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 UKRRlNtJSHAWS I.IMKAUV OF AMKKK'AN BIOGRAPHY. cuvalry; and in

was

18(55

lircvrttcd

volunletTH.

of

(liiT-gi'ni'ral

dictl

Leiter, Levi Zeigler, merchant, capitalist, In was born in 1S-J3 in Leiter-burg. Md. ISCm he and Marshall Field s«dd tin ir inter-

liii^n-

Mav

14.

their old linn to .lohn '. Farwell, a controlling interest in the dry The firm licame Field. Palmer and Leiter then Field, when he l.ciler and ••ompany until 1881 He then gave »old his interest ami retirwl. his attenti(ui to buying and improving busi-

Leiper, George Gray, lawvor. eongrcHsman, 3, 178G, in iJelaware county. In 1820-;J1 he was a represLMit alive from I'rnnsylvania to the twenty-first eon^•re.-*s. lie (lie<I Nov. 17, 18G8. iu Leipidia,

ests

was born Feb.

goods business of Potter Pahner.



i'a.

Thomas,

Leiper,

niannfaoturer, in SiH»tland. In 1780

soldier,

was born Ii«t. !"». 17-4."), he was en^iaifcd in the mannfaeture of toin Dehiware county. l*a.; and sub-

ba«'eo

freely

Rcribetl

improvement

the

to

of

his

neiKhlK)rh«x»d. He founded the Philadelphia city troop: ami serve«l as a lieutenant in the

revolutionary war.

In the

war

of

1812 he

was commissioner for the defence of IMiilaand became president of the city

delpliin



In 18(»!( lu' constructed the first IM'rmanent tramway in .meri»'a. He died July I!. I82.>, in Delaware coiinty, I'a. Leisenring, John, civil and ininin;^ engineer, congressman, was born .Tune 3, 18.53. in Asliton, Pa. He was president of numerous coal and iron companies; and a director of several national banks. In 185>5-97 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican. He die<l .Tiin. 19. 1001. in Philadelphia. Pa. Leistr, Joseph, farmer, rabbi, author, poet, wan born in 1873 in Canandaigua, N.V. He has iM'en ral»bi of Kinuston, N.Y., and Sioux City. Iowa. lie is the author of Hefore the liawn, a collection of verse; The Lustinps of nnincii.

in


 * nd boiiglit

Pa.

ness properties in Cliicagr), III. He died in P.I04 in ( hicago. HI. Leland, Aaron, clergyman, jurist, lieutenwas born -May 28. 17(51. in aiil governor, llolliston, .Mass. He was a member of the ermont state legislature in 1801-11. during which period he was thrice elected -.peaker. He was a councillor for four years; and for live successive years electeil lieUteiimt-governor of 'ermoiit. He .iKo served as .in assistant justice eial years he was prosecuting attorney if Noble* county. Ohio; and in 1S1M5 !>!• was lie iiieniber of the Ohio state legislature, was cleeled an associate justice of the f»n-

.1

pieine court of torro. N.Mi'X.

New



authority upon (lypsy lore. He was the ail

mat, was born .March 2!l, 18.">7. in Pittsburg. Pa. In 1881-8(5 In- was euKa^ed in the steel and l»e<"anie president brokeraK** business of the Carnexie sii-^d company. In 18S>7-l'.>Ul he was envoy e.xlraordimtry and m'nister and since plenipotentiary to Swil/erlaml !•(!(( lias been and>iissador to Turkey. Leisler, Jacob, stddier. jurist, was Imrn in IJermany. In 1»583 he was a']»pointed one of the judges, or <-ommissioners. of the court

fiiciuH.

poems



I(5!M.

in

in New New York

Benjamin

c«ui;ir«'s>nian. wa«« Ixnii ti

rsburg. .Md.

In

He

York.

dietl

Hd.

legislator, 13. 18l:i, in Lei-

18.30-34 he

taught H-h!» he was a ( Uiio to the thirty fourth thirty liflh congress«.s as a lepulilican.

(Uii<».

lie

was

lature in 18 4S 4!». representative from

and lie

ili)-i|

ill

(

)lii<).

Letter, Joseph, railroad presi«lent, capitalwas born Dee. 4. 18(58, in I'hieago, III. In IS'M h.' grailuated fr<»m Harvard iiniver si(y. In 18H2 08 he was agent for his father, the late Levi Z. l^-i(»'r. lie is vice-pn-sident fuel company: a director I niversal «>f (he ist,

the Chicago Kdison company; and a director in the South Siile elevate*! railway rompany. Il«' is the principal owner of tlw loal mines at Zeighr. 111.: and president of the Zeigler ami gulf railroad company. in

Land:

The

and other Songs of the l-Jiys

The

of the Fiiglish

and T heir Language; Origin of

(

Jypsies

the (.'ypsies;

lawyer,



Sea and

.May

city.

F.,

Mreit-

Mallads;

.Music Lesson of Con-

I

Leiter,

Hans

of

tlior

inann



1(5.

died in So-

lived much in Kurope. He was consideretl an

C'anaway and .Miss Willie, a libretto. Leishman, John C. A., merclumt. diplo-

of admiralty

He

Mexico.

Leland, Charles Godfrey, author, poet, was He is born .ug. I.'). 1824. in Philadelphia. a xery versatile Philadelphia author: and

The

y p s i e s; Leg««nds of

(J

.Mgon(|iiin

The

New

Sketch B(M»k .brnhani iiieolii and the .Abolition of Slavery; Practical Kdiication: Manual of Wood Carving; .md Memoirs. He died in 19(t3 in Italy. Leland, Henry, painter, artist, was liorn in |S.*iO. ill Walpolc. Mass. His principal paintings are A Chevalier of the Time of Henry III: and An Italian (iirl. He <|ied i:M<,ditnd:

l^gvpliaii



I

Mec.

.").

1.S77.

ill

Paris,

ranee.

Leland, Henry Perry, soldier, author, was born «)et. 2S. 1S2S. in Pliila.l.-ljdiia. Pa. lie '•erveil as lieutenant in a nnsylvania regiiiK'nt during the civil war. He was the anIhor of The .Anu'ricans in Home; an*l The (.'rev Hay Mare, and other humorous sketches. He did Sc,)!. 22. 18(58. in Philadelphia. Pa. Leland, John, eh-rgyinan, founder, was born May 14. I7.")4. in Crafton. .Mass. He was a prolific writer. :iiid luring his liftciMi years' ministry in Virginia preached more th«*i I

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