Lease – Lehighton
Lease
the contract establishing the quantities yearly available in nearly all relation between landlord and tenant.
Leasehold
a dependent tenure derived either from a freehold or a copyhold, and held by lease . Schemes for the enfranchisement of leaseholds (allowing persons having long leases of small portions of land a right to purchase the fee-simple) concern mainly building leases.
Lebanon
a city of Indiana, the county seat of Boone co. It is on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St.
Louis and the Central Indiana railroads.
Its industries include saw mills, chair factories, a condensed-milk factory, grain elevators, etc. Pop. (1910) 5,474; (1920) 6,257.
Lebanon Valley College
an educational institution in Annville, Pa.; founded in 1866 under the auspices of the Gossard..
Lee
FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a brother of Richard Henry Lee; born in Stratford, Va., Oct. 14, 1734. He died in Richmond, Va., April 3, 1797.
Leeuwin
CAPE (lā'vin), the S. W. corner of Australia, notable on account of the tempestuous weather usually encountered there.
Leeward Islands
the W. section of the Lesser Antilles (so called in distinction from the Windward Islands with reference to the trade winds). Of the whole group Guadalupe, Martinique, St. reference to the trade winds). Of the tinction from the Windward Islands with of the Lesser Antilles (so called in dis- LEEWARD ISLANDS, the W. section
Legion
a division of the ancient men varying at different periods from 2,000 to 6,000. Originally the legion was divided into 15 companies (manipuli), each of which contained 60 rank and file, two officerscalled centurions-and one standard-bearer (vexillarius). Afterward it was divided into 10 cohorts, each and each company into two centuries. cohort into three companies (manipuli),
Legion
AMERICAN. See AMER- ICAN LEGION. of merit founded by Napoleon I., when
Leh
the walled capital of Ladakh, State of Kashmir, India; 3 miles from the bank of the Indus, 11,538 feet above the sea; is one of the chief markets of the trade between Tibet and Chinese Turkestan on the one hand and the Punjab on the other. Pop. about 4,000.
Lehigh
a river which flows 120 miles through Eastern Pennsylvania to the Delaware River. Its scenery is very picturesque, and the valley is famous for its rich mines of anthracite coal.
Lehighton
a borough of Pennsylvania, in Carbon co. It is on the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Canal, and on the Lehigh Valley and the Central of New Jersey railroads. Its industries include silk and lace mills, a meatpacking house , a shirt factory, car shops, stone works, foundries, etc. It contains two parks.
Pop. (1910) 5,316; (1920) 6,102.