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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (LEWISOHN MACKAY.) 



chemistry, and published 42 papers thereon in 

 the Proceedings of those societies. In 1872 he 

 became expert chemist to the water-boards of 

 Newark and Jersey City, and afterward he held 

 the same post in Hoboken, Albany, New London, 

 Jamestown, Philadelphia, Reading, Wilmington, 

 Plymouth, Ottawa, and other cities. In 1881 he 

 became a member of the New Jersey State 

 Board of Health and chairman of its Council 

 of Analysts. He was president of the Interna- 

 tional Water-Purifying Companies. In the early 

 part of 1902 1.3 was prostrated with cancer and 

 was informed that he had a few weeks only to 

 live. At this, he resigned his chair at Stevens 

 Institute, called his classes together, and bade 

 the students farewell. A few days before his 

 death he was presented with a loving-cup by the 

 students. 



Lewisohn, Leonard, merchant, born in Ham- 

 burg, Germany, about 1848; died in London, Eng- 

 land, March 5, 1902. He came to the United 

 States in 1864 as an agent for his father, who 

 was in the feather business, and two years later 

 his brother joined him and the firm of Lewisohn 

 Brothers, importers of feathers, bristles, etc., was 

 formed. In 1868 the brothers engaged in the 

 metal trade, and in a few years became the most 

 conspicuous copper dealers in the United States. 

 Mr. Lewisohn was one of the organizers of the 

 American Smelting and Refining Company, of the 

 Tennessee Copper Company, and the Feather 

 River Exploration Company, and a member of 

 the New York Coffee Exchange. He made many 

 gifts for charitable purposes, including $100,000 

 to the Sheltering Guardian Society, $60,000 to the 

 Montefiore Home, $50,000 to the Jewish Seminary, 

 and $10,000 to the Young Men's Hebrew Associa- 

 tion. (See GIFTS AND BEQUESTS.) 



Lippitt, Francis James, lawyer, born in 

 Providence, R. I., July 19, 1812; died in Washing- 

 ton, D. C., Sept. 27, 1902. He was graduated at 

 Brown University in 1830, and was attached to 

 the American legation in Paris in 1834-'35. He 

 served in the Mexican War as captain of the 1st 

 New York Volunteers, and in 1849 was chairman 

 of the California State Constitutional Conven- 

 tion. In the civil war he was colonel of the 2d 

 California Infantry and was promoted brigadier- 

 general of volunteers. In 1877-'82 he was coun- 

 sel for the United States in the Department of 

 Justice. He lectured before the Boston Univer- 

 sity Law School in 1873 and 1874, and the Naval 

 War College in 1896, 1897, and 1900. His publi- 

 cations include Treatise on the Practical Use of 

 the Three Arms; Treatise on Intrenchments; Spe- 

 cial Operations of War; Field Service in War; 

 Criminal Law in Massachusetts; Physical Proofs 

 of Another Life; and contributions on economic 

 subjects to American and English periodicals. 



Litchfield, Henry G., military officer, born in 

 New York, Dec. 14, 1837; died in New York 

 city, Jan. 26, 1902. He entered the National army 

 as a private in March, 1862; was made 2d lieuten- 

 ant in the 18th United States Infantry in July, 

 1862; 1st lieutenant and transferred to the 36th 

 Infantry in April, 1863; captain, February, 1869; 

 assigned to the 2d Artillery in 1871; and was re- 

 tired in 1892. In September, 1863, he was bre- 

 yetted captain for gallant and meritorious serv- 

 ice in the battle of Chickamauga. He served in 

 the Army of the West; accompanied Sherman in 

 his march to the sea; took part in the battles of 

 Missionary Ridge, Hoover s Gap, Peach Tree 

 Creek, Buzzard's Roost, and Bentonville, N. C., 

 and was brevetted lieutenant-colonel for gallant 

 and meritorious services in the last-named battle. 

 In 1879-'83 he was on special duty on the staff of 



Gen. Hancock; in 1886-'89 commanded the mili- 

 tary post at St. Augustine, Fla.; and later at 

 Fort Trumbull, Connecticut, and Fort Schuyler, 

 New York. 



Lockwood, Henry Clay, lawyer, born about 

 1839; died in New York city, Dec. 24, 1902. He 

 studied law; entered the National army in 1802; 

 was appointed a captain and assigned to the 

 staff of Brig.-Gen. Morris, and participated in 

 the battles of the Wilderness and Spottsylvania 

 Court-House. He also served on the staffs of 

 Gens. Martindale and Ames; was brevetted 

 major for gallantry at the storming of Fort 

 Fisher in 1865; and was mustered out of the serv- 

 ice w r ith the full rank of major in 1866. Re- 

 turning to New York, he took up the practise 

 of law. In March, 1872, he was commissioned 

 major of the 71st Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y., and 

 in September following lieutenant-colonel. He 

 was author of The Abolition of the Presidency; 

 True History of the Army at Fort Fisher; and 

 the Making of the Monocrate. 



Long, Charles D., jurist, born in Grand 

 Blanc, Mich., June 14, 1841; died in Detroit, 

 Mich., June 27, 1902. He entered the National 

 army as a private when the civil war broke out, 

 and in the battle of Wilmington Island, Georgia, 

 in April, 1862, received two severe wounds, which 

 rendered him an invalid for life. A shot shat- 

 tered his left arm, which had to be amputated 

 above his elbow, and another pierced his hip. He 

 studied law, and was elected a judge of the Su- 

 preme Court of Michigan in 1887, and reelected 

 in 1897. 



Lord, James Brown, architect, born in New 

 York city, April 26, 1859; died there, June 1, 

 1902. He was graduated at Princeton University 

 in 1879, and studied architecture with William A. 

 Potter. He designed many of New York's best- 

 known structures, including the two Delmonico 

 buildings; the Hospital for Babies; the court- 

 house for the Appellate Division of the Supreme 

 Court, in Madison Square; and the first of the 

 Carnegie libraries, and 16 of the other 65. He 

 also designed many of the beautiful homes in 

 Tuxedo Park, completed plans for a new building 

 in University Place for the Sailors' Snug Har- 

 bor, and was selected as the architect of the 

 Memorial Building to be erected by the class of 

 1879 of Princeton University. 



Loring, Charles Greely, military officer, born 

 in Boston in 1828; died in Prides Crossing, Mass., 

 Aug. 20, 1902. He was graduated at Harvard Uni- 

 versity in 1848; served in the civil war as cap- 

 tain, lieutenant-colonel, and inspector-general of 

 the 9th Army Corps till July, 1865, when he re- 

 signed; and was brevetted major-general of vol- 

 unteers. He became a trustee of the American 

 Museum of Fine Arts in 1873, and was executive 

 officer from 1876 till 1902. 



McCulloch, Hugh, poet and litterateur, born 

 in Fort W 7 ayne, Ind., March 9, 1869; died in 

 Florence, Italy, March 27, 1902. He was edu- 

 cated at Harvard University, and was an as>i-; 

 ant in English there in 1892-'94, afterward going 

 abroad and devoting himself to literary study 

 and work. The Quest of Herakles, a volume of 

 poems published several years before his dealli, 

 exhibited much promise, and was characterized 

 by careful technique and reserve power. 



Mackay. John William, capitalist, born in 

 Dublin, Ireland. Nov. 28, 1831; died in London, 

 England, July 20, 1902. He removed with his 

 parents in 1840 to New York, where he learned 

 the ship-building trade. On the discovery of gold 

 in California he went thither and led a miner's 

 life for several years. In 1860 he removed to 



