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a drygoods store at Hartford, Conn; and few years later a moved hin business to Cincinnuti, Ohio. He

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prominently identified with the business and public that city; and held several positions of trust and He was the honor. autlior of The Miser's atfairs

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Our Destiny. Lossing, Benson John, engraver, historborn Feb. 12, 1813, in ian, author, was Ihitcliess county, N.Y. He was an artist and wood-engraver of Poughkei'psie; and made mnnv valuable contributions to AmKiss, or

eriean history. His later years were spent at Dover Plains, N.Y. He was the author of Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution; Pittorial Field-Hcwk of the War of 1812; Pictorial Fi«'ld-Ro<>k of the Civil War; Life of (eneral Philip Schuyler; The Two Spies; Nathan Hale an«l John Andr§; Cyclopjedia of United Statx-s History; Mary and Martha Washington; History of the United

States Navy for Boys; Mount Vernon and Its Associations; The Empire State; a History of New York; Life of Washington; Lives of the Presidents; and other works. died June 3, 1891, in Dover Plains, N.Y. Lothbury, Clarence, clergyman, author. is et»nne<-ted with the Nunc Licet press He is the author of of Philadelphia. Pa. God Winning I's; A Little I.K)wer than the Angels; and The Code of Joy. Lothrop. Charles Henry, surgeon, inventor, author, was born Sept. 3. 1831, in TaunHe is the inventor of an apton, Mass. paratus for treating fractures of the leg; and of a ruhlwr appliance for club-foot, lie srrvt'd during the civil war as surgeon of the first Iowa cavalry; and has been an e-xamining surgeon for pensions since 1808. In 1876 he edited the Southern Medi-

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Lothrop, Daniel, publisher, founder, was born Aug. 11, 1831, in Rocliester, N.H. He was the founder and president of the publishing house of D. Lothrop and company of Boston, Mass. He founded Wide-Awake, The Pansy and many other magazines. He »ind March 18. 18M2, in Boston, Mass. Lothrop. Mrs. Fannie Mack, musician, journalist, author, was lx>rn in Brodliead, She owns the largest collection of Wis. She is associate portraits in the world. and is a coneilitor of The Si'archlight tributor to magazines and perio1 -.IS counsel for the Michigan Central railroad



company in 1854-1880. In 1882 he was made a member of the commission in whose charge the public library of Detroit was placed. He died July 12, 1897, in Detroit, •Mich.

Lothrop, Mrs. Harriet Mulford Stone, litwas born June 23, 1844, in Conn. She is a popular writer of juvenile literature, living at Concord, Mass. She is the author of Five Little Peppers Books; The Pettil>one Name; So As by Fire; Half- Year at Bronckton; What the Seven Did; Old Concord, Her Highways terateur, author,

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Other New England Stories; A Little Maid of Concord Town; The Judge's Cave; and many other works. Lothrop, Samuel Kirkland, clergyman, was born Oct. 13. 18 4, in Utica, N.V. He was a noted clergyman of Massachusetts. He died June 12. 1886. in Boston, Mass. Lothrop, Thornton Kirkland, lawyer, author, was born in 1830 in New Hampshire; and is a son of the late Samuel Kirkland Lothrop. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools of New England; and graduated from Harvard university. He is an eminent lawyer of Boston, Mass.; is a trustee of the Boston Athenjpum; a trustee of the Music of fine arts; and identified with the public and social welfare of that city. He has written extensively on historical subjects; and is a member of the Massachusetts histori-

He is a member of the Somerset and Union clubs; and a member of various other clubs and societies. He is the author of Life of William S. Seward, in the American Statesmen series. Lott, John A., lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born in 1805. In 1841 he was a member of the Rhode Island state assembly; and in 1842-46 was a state senator. He was justice of the supreme court in 18."i7-6.t; and judge of the court of appeals in 1869. He died July 20, 1878, in Flatbush. RJ. Lotta, Charlotte Crabtree, actress, was born in 1847 in New York City. Her first stage appearance was at six years of age in Petahima. Cal. She has played in Englantl and the L^nited States for thirty years: as the Marchioness in Little Nell; and in Firefly, Topsy, Musette, Bob, Nitouche, and The Little Detective; and has retired from the stage. Lotz. Matilda, painter, artist, was born in Franklin. Tenn. She has been called the Rosa Bonheur of America. She has exhibited in many foreign countries; and is an animal painter of note. Lotze, Adolphus, manufacturer, inventor, cal society.

was born Aug. 11, 1812. in Germany. In 1838 he took up liis residence in Cincinnati^ and founded a large stove manufacturing plant. He was the inventor and maker of the first warm air furnaces manufactured in the western states. For near-

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