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 HEURINOSHAWa LIHRAUY UF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Lewis,

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pliysiciiin,

bum March

was

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autlior,

1820, in Auburn, N.Y. I'li v.sicianand In lK."i2-0.'5 lit- Itcturt'd on hygieno and pliysiology; and subsequently founded a normal physical traininft school in Boston, Mass. Uv was the autliur of New ( Jy .nnasticH Our (Jirin; 0»ir l)ip'»tion; ('ha»«tity: an be was a n'pn'scntative from Alabama to tUv twenty-first, twenty -second, twenty-third, twen* ty-fourth, twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth, twen-

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mnjircssrs, and tw«'nfy ri^litli 1843-48 he was United States senadied Oct. 26, 1848, in New York

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sculptor, artist, was Elmonia, July 4, 1845, near Albany, N.Y. lirr cliief works ar«' Tin' Frffdwoiii

Lewis,

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an; Di-utli of Cleopatra, a vividly reulistic work, sent to the Centennial exhibition in ISH); Til.' Old Scow Makf-r and His Daughter; liagur: and Kcbci a at tlu' Well. Lewis, Edmund Darch, paniter. artist, i

wa«

liorn Get. 17.

IHHT. in Tiiilad. Ipliia. l*a.

p to 187G he worked principally at iandpainting: and since then has devoted marine views. Among his work.s sre (Jiieen of the .Xntilles; Valley of the l iiiri; Autumn on the Susi|uehaiina Midday on Lake jJeorge; Fairmount Park; Bass Rockn After a Storm; and Indian Rock of I

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Lewis, £nocfa| educator, author, was born Jan. 20, 1778, in Radnor, Pa. He was an <* of I'ennsylvaniu; and in 1847-<>U had charge of a paper called the Friends Review. He was llic autlior of X'indical inn of flic Society Oaths; liaptism; and Life of oi Fiit'iid.N-. William IV lui He died June 14, 1850, In I'hiladelpliia.

Lewis,

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lawyer, jurist, autlior, wji« In 1708, in Lewisberry, Pa.

was made president jud^e seeon1

of the

district;

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was an associate

of the supreme court of Pennsylvania and ii 1854-57 was chief justice. He was one of the commissioners to revise the criminal code of Pennsylvania. He was the author (»f Ahrid^rment of the jii.stice

of the Cnited States. He diwl Mardi l!». 1H71, in riiiladelphia. Lewis, Mrs. Estelle Anna Blanche, author, pwt, was born in April, 1H24. near Haitil

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more, Md.

She was a Brtwklyn writer;

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was

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1880, in Kngland. Levris, Eugene Caataer, eivil engineer, capitalist, was born in lS4(i in Tennessee, lie was general agent of the Sycamore powder company of Nashville. Tenn. He was

enj,Mneer nt" fli.- Memphis. Clarksville Luuisville railroad; and engineer for

and re-

building the bridges destroyed during the civil war. Lewis, Fielding, patriot, was iMirn in 172(!, ill Spot tsylvania county. Pa. He was the pruprietor of half of the town of Fredericksbiir*?, V«.. of which he was the first mayor, till much of the adjoining territory. During li:t revolution he was an ardent patriot. He was a magistrate and a member of the iiL-iiiia le^ii-lature for many vt ars. lb died ill December, 17S1, in Fredericksburg.

Vn. Lowis, Francis, signer of the declaration of iiiiU pendence, congressman, was born in Mnrc!«. 1713, in Wales. In 173.> he setth^d Nev. 'oik as a iiuKhant: and in the ill priMeciitioii

of

his

business viaited Russia

ami other parts of Europe. He became one of the Sons of Liberty, and in 1777-7n be Mas a delegate from New York to the concongress;

signed the articles of and was also one of the the declaration of independence. died Dec. 30, 1803, in New York City.

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Lewis, Francis Albert, lawyer, author, was born Oct. 1, 1857, in Philadelphia, Pa. Since 1860 he has been engaged in the prac* tice inv of the Stock Kxchange. Lewis, Fred E., lawyer, congressman, was born Fei). S. lHt;r.. in Alleiitown. Pa. He is a lawyer; has been president of the board of trade. In 1013>15 he was a member of the sixty-third confrress.

Lewis, George Albert, importer, illustrator, artist, geneak^t, was born July 3, lH2n. in Philadelphia, Pa. For many year-* In- *as lu the Chinese and foreign importing and shipping business; and In 1863MKui w.iH a cashier of the City national Sank ot Philadelphia, Pa. He is a noted ^artist, illustrator, genealogist, now retireil

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She was the aiithor of Sappho of Lesbos; K«Hords of the Heart; Child of the Sea; Myths of the Minstrel; and Helemah, or the Fall of Monte/.uma. She died Nov. 24,

in Europe.

George Albert, manufacturer ami Naugatuek, Conn., was born Feh lS4.'t. in Sharon, Conn. He is president the Naiigatuek national bank.

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Lewis, George John, journalist, banker

was born Mardi 28. LSHl. in (own, .Miuu. For ten years he was a banker of Ketchum, Idaho. He «erved as a inemlMT the Maim legisla ilaie-niati. i

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lS1>7-ns was secretary 1S'.»7 In he was thr candidate for the United Stattw senate from Idaho. He is now publisher

ture in IS't.J; and in 'if state of Idaho.

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