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accompanied Irving in his "Tour on the Prairies "

Latrobe, John Hazelhurst Bone-

val, 1SQ3-. . An American lawyer ;

b in Philadelphia ; admitted to the Bal- timore bar in 1825 ; is a member of the Maryland Historical Society, and has given much time to historical and other literary work.

Latto, Thomas C. Aiken Dunn. An American 3ournalist, of Brooklyn, N.Y.

Laughan, Dr. . A Farmei. An

American writer.

Laujon, Pierre, 1727-1811. The Fi ench Anacrcon, A French poet ; b. in Pans; president of the "Caveau Mod- erne," a Paris club, noted for its good dinners, but every member must be a poet.

Laurence, Richard, DLC, 1760- 1839. It. C. ; Enoch. An English orien- talist ; b. in Bath ; Corpus Christi Coll , Oxford, 1782; Arabic Professor at Ox- ford, 1814-22; Archbishop of Cashel, 1822-39; d. in.Dublm.

Laurent, Emile, 1819-. Hlmile Col- ombey ; Un ancien enfant de chceur. A French bibliographer; attached to the Royal Library, 1845-47 ; afterwards sub- librarian to the Corps legislate/.

Laurie, Rev. Thomas, 1821-. A Re- turned Missionary. A Scottish-American missionary to Syria, 1841-57 ; and pastor at West Roxbury, Mass., from 1857

Lausanne, Laurent Jean de, -1877 Laurent-Jan. A French humorist ; friend of Balzac.

Law, Hon. Elizabeth Susan, 1799-. E. S. L.; E. S. Z. An English lady; afterwards Lady Colchester, wife of Charles Abbot, 2d Lord; 8d daughter of 1st Lord Ellenborough,

Law, Thomas, 175&-1S34. Justinian. An English-American financier; a brother of Lord Ellenborough ; d. at Washington, DC

Lawler, Peter. Peter Pindar. An English writer.

Lawrence, Bessie. Agatha. An American poet of the day.

Lawrence, Frederick, 1821-67. A Bai nster. An English lawyer and biog- rapher; b. at Bisham, Berks.; called to the bar at the Middle Temple, 1849; d. in London.

Lawrence, James, Esq., 1773-1840. St. Ives. An English writer; a Knight of Malta, who styled himself Sir James Lawrence, and on the Continent the Chev- alier de Lawrence ; d. in London.

Lawrence, John, 1756-abont 1836. Wm. Henry Scott. An English sporting

writer ; a literary farmer ; b at Colches- ter; became a merchant in London.

Lawrence, Mrs. Margarette (Woods). Meta Lander. An American writer, of Lawrence, Mass ; wife of Dr. E. A. Lawrence, and daughter of Dr. Leonard Woods, of Andover.

Lawrence, Mrs Mary (Hall), 1749- 1815. Una; Fidelia. A celebrated beauty ; b. in Jamaica ; wife of Richard James Lawrence, Esq., of Fairfield, Ja- maica; d. in London.

Lawrence, Roger. A Lay Hand; A Known Friend of Mr. Leslie. An Eng- lish religious writer of the first part of the 18th century.

Lawrence, Mrs. Hose. A Lady. An English writer, of Wavertree Hall, Liver- pool.

Lawrence, William Beach, LL.D., 1800-80. An American Citizen. An American jurist; b in New York City; Columbia Coll., 1818 ; called to the Bar, 1823; Lieut.-Gov. of Rhode Island; passed the last years of his life in Wash- ington, and d. there.

Lawrence, William Richards, M.D. One of the Board of Managers An Amer- ican physician ; b., 1812, at Longwood, Mass. ; Harv. Med. School, 1845 ; resident at Brookline, Mass.

Lawrie, W. F. B. W. F. B. L. An English writer.

Lawry, Rev. John. L. An English clergyman ; Prebendary of Rochester.

Lawson, Miss Charlotte Eliza

See "Riddell, Mrs. C. E. (L )

Lawson, E. M. E. M. L. An Eng- lish writer of the day.

Lawson, James, 1799-. A Cosmopo- lite. A Scottish-American poet and prose writer: b. at Glasgow; of New i r ork City from 1815.

Lawson, Rt. Hon. James Anthony, LL.D, 1817-. John Bradley. An emi- nent Irish lawyer ; b. at Waterf ord ; Trin. Coll., Dublin; called to the Irish bar, 1840; Judge of the Irish Court of Com- mon Pleas from 1868.

Lawson, John, D.D., -1760. A Late Eminent Divine of the Church of England. An English clergyman ; Trin. Coll., Dub- lin; Rector of Swanscombe, in Kent, where he died.

Lawton, Charlwood. N. N. An English writer of the first part of the 18th century.

Lay, E. Elizabeth. E. E. L. An American (*) writer of the day.

Lea, Mrs. Blorlde (Clemson). C. de Flori. An American "Southland" writer; a granddaughter of John C. Calhoun ; b.