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death of--biographical notice of, iii. 11.

Laurens, Henry, treaty of peace signed by, in 1782, iii. 15.

Lear, Tobias, secretary of Washington at Mount Vernon, iii. 49; Master and Miss Custis educated by, iii. 50; admiration of, for the private character of Washington, iii. 51; Washington's power to control his feelings witnessed by, iii. 194; use of a farm left to, by Washington, iii. 539; resident at Mount Vernon in 1799, iii. 551; account written by, of the last illness of Washington, iii. 552-557.

Lechmere's Point, intrenchment commenced on, by Putnam, i. 764.

Ledyard, Colonel, murder of, by Major Bromfield, ii. 727.

Lee, Arthur, address of Wilkes, lord-mayor of London, written by, i. 604.

Lee, Charles, of Virginia, successor of Bradford, as attorney-general, in 1795, iii. 372.

Lee, General Charles, talents and acquirements of, i. 542; account of the early life of, i. 542-545; estate purchased by, in Virginia--appointed second major-general by the second continental Congress, i. 545; remarks of Mrs. Mercy Warren on the personal appearance of (_note_),