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 LANDER

LANDER

His sjstem was adopted in Mexico, Colombia and elsewhere in South America under a National Lancasterian society. He is the author of : Improi'emeHts in Education{i%Oo-Ql); The British JSystemof Education (1812); Epitome of the Chief Events and Transactions of My Oini Life (1833). He .lied in New York city, Oct. 24, 1838. '

LANDER, Edward, jurist, was born in Salem, Mass., Aug. 11, 1810 ; eldest son of Edward and Eliza (West) Lander, and grandson of Peter Lander and of Nathaniel West. He was fitted for college at the Salem Latin school and at Put- nam's academy. North Andover, Mass., and was graduated from Harvard, A.B., 1835, A.M.. 1838, LL.B., 1839. In 1841 he removed to Indiana, where he was prosecuting attorney for the fifth judicial cirfuiit comprising eight counties and in- cluding Indianajwlis. During the Mexican war he raised a company and served for fourteen months as captain in the fourth Indiana volun- teers. In 1850 he was appointed by Governor Wright, judge of the court of common pleas to fill a vacancy, and at the next session of the legislature he was elected for a full term. In March, 1853, he was appointed by President Buchanan, chief justice of the supreme court of Washington Territory. In 1858 he declined the renomination for this office, intending to practise law in San Francisco, Cal., but received an injury to his spine from which he did not recover for several years. In 1865 he vi^ent to Washington, D.C., as counsel for the Hudson Bay company in their case against the United States, tried before an international commission created under treaty with Great Britaiii for the pvirpose of deciding upon the value of the rights and propertj' claimed by the company in Oregon. This case occupied his attention for five years, after which he prac- tised law in Washington, D.C. He held theoflSce of president of the Harvard Society of Washing- ton for many years.

LANDER, Frederick West, soldier, was born in Salem, Mass., Dec. 17, 1821 ; son of Edward and Eliza (West) Lander. He vpas educated as a civil engineer at Drummer Academy, B3'field, Mass.; entered the service of the U.S. government as surveyor, and made two trips across the con- tinent to determine a railroad route to the Pacific. The second expedition was undertaken at his own expense and he was the only member of the party who survived the hardships. His knowledge of the country enabled him to survey and construct the great overland wagon route in 1858, and for five fruitful expeditions across the continent, he received official recognition from the secretary of the interior. In 1861 he was employed by the U.S. government to visit secretly the southern states in order to determine the strength of the insurgents, and when McClellau assumed com-

mand of the army in western Virginia, he became volunteer aide on his staff. He was commis- sioned brigadier-general of volunteers, I^Iay 17, 1861 ; participated in the capture of Philipjii, June 3, and the battle of Rich Mountain, July 11, 1861. He was given command of one of the three brigades making up Gen. C P. Stone's division on the upper Poto- mac in July, 1861, and upon llie defeat of Ihe Fedejal forces at Ball's Bluff, Oct. 21, 1861, he hastened to Edward's Ferry, which place he lield with a single com- pany of sharpshoot- ers. In this engage- ment he was severely wounded. He reorganized his brigade into a division, and on Jan. 5, 1862, at Hancock, Md., he defended the town against a greatlj' superior Confederate force. On Feb. 14, 1862, although still suffering from his wound, he led a brilliant charge at Blooming Gap into a pass held by the Confederates, thereby securing a victory for which he received a special letter of thanks from the secretary of war. On March 1, 1802, he re- ceived orders to move his division into the Shen- andoah Valley to co-operate with General Banks. While preparing the plan of attack on the Con- federates, he died of a congestive chill caused by exposure and hardships, and his command was as- sumed by General Shields. His death was an- nounced in a special order issued by General McClellan, March 3, 1802. He is the author of numerous patriotic i)oems inspired by incidents of the campaign. He died in camp on the Caca- jion River, Morgan county, Va., March 2, 1802.

LANDER, Jean Margaret Davenport, actress, was born in Wolverhampton, England, Ma}' 3, 1829 ; daughter of Thomas Donald, and of Scotch descent. Her father became manager of the Richmond theatre, where in 1837 Jean made her first a]ipearance on the stage. She was brought to the United States in 1838, and acted in various cities until 1843, when she returned to Europe to travel and to study music under Garcia. She appeared at the London Olympic, where she be- came famous as Juliet in " The Countess," and as Julia in "The Hunchback." She played in Hol- land, 1840-48, and returned to England where she was prominent as a reader. She again visited the United States in 1849, appearing at the Astor Place opera-house in New York, Sept. 24, 1851, and in California in 1865, and subsequently twice