See also:

• LEAVEN (in Mid. Eng. levain, adapted from Fr. levain, in same sense, from Lat. levamen, which is only found in the sense of alleviation, comfort, levare, to lift up)

LEAVEN (in See also:

• MID

Mid. Eng. levain, adapted from Fr. levain, in same sense, from See also:

• LAT

Lat. levamen, which is only found in the sense of alleviation, comfort, levare, to lift up)  , a substance which prioduces See also:

• FERMENTATION

fermentation, particularly in the making of See also:

• BREAD

bread, properly a portion of already fermented dough added to other dough for this purpose (see BREAD) . The word is used figuratively of any See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element, See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence or agency which effects a subtle or See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change . These figurative usages are mainly due to the comparison of the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

Heaven to See also:

• LEAVEN (in Mid. Eng. levain, adapted from Fr. levain, in same sense, from Lat. levamen, which is only found in the sense of alleviation, comfort, levare, to lift up)

leaven in Matt. xiii . 33, and to the warning against the leaven of the See also:

• PHARISEES

Pharisees in Matt. xvi . 6 . In the first example the word is used of a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good influence, but the more usual significance is that of an evil agency . There was among the See also:

• HEBREWS, EPISTLE TO THE

Hebrews an association of the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of fermentation and corruption, which may have been one source of the See also:

• PROHIBITION (Lat. prohibere, to prevent)

prohibition of the use of leavened bread in sacrificial. offerings . For the usage of unleavened bread at the feasts of the See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather, or of See also:

• AMERICAN

American leather See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, large quantities of a See also:

• PASSOVER

Passover and of Mass6th, and the connexion of the two, see material having, more or less, a leather-like See also:

• SURFACE

surface are used, PASSOVER . principally for upholstery purposes, such as the covering of LEAVENWORTH, a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of Leavenworth chairs, lining the tops of See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing desks and tables, &c . There f county, See also:

• KANSAS (known as the Sunflower State ")

Kansas, U.S.A., on the W. See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri See also:

• RIVER

river . LEATHER-LEAVENWORTH 345 Pop . (1900) 20,735, of whom 3402 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born and 2925 were negroes; (into See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 19,363 .

It is one of the most important railway centres See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of the Missouri river, being served by the See also:

• ATCHISON

Atchison, See also:

• TOPEKA

Topeka & See also:

• SANTA

Santa Fe, the See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago, See also:

• BURLINGTON

Burlington & See also:

• QUINCY
• QUINCY, JOSIAH (1744–1775)

Quincy, the Chicago, See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

Rock See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island & Pacific, the Chicago See also:

• GREAT

Great Western, the Missouri Pacific, the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union Pacific and the Leavenworth & Topeka See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . The city is laid out regularly in the bottom-lands of the river, and its streets are named after See also:

• INDIAN

Indian tribes . See also:

• ROLLING

Rolling hills surround it on three sides . The city has many handsome public buildings, and contains the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Leavenworth being the see of a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop . The public institutions include the Kansas See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State Protective See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

Home (1889) for negroes, an Old Ladies' See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

Rest (1892), St See also:

• VINCENT (or VINCENTIUS), ST
• VINCENT, GEORGE (1796-1831?)
• VINCENT, MARY ANN (1818-1887)

Vincent's Orphans' See also:

• ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid earl, right'of seizure)
• ASYLUM, RIGHT OF (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht)

Asylum (1886, open to all sects) and a See also:

• GUARDIAN

Guardian Angels' Home (1889), for negroes—all private charities aided by the state; also St See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John's See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

Hospital (1879), See also:

• CUSHING, CALEB (1800-1879)
• CUSHING, WILLIAM BARKER (1842–1874)

Cushing Hospital (1893) and Leavenworth Hospital (1900), which are training See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools for nurses . There is also a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

• NATIONAL

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers . In the suburbs there are state and See also:

• UNITED

United States penitentiaries . Leavenworth is a trading centre and has various manufactures, the most important being foundry and See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine See also:

• SHOP

shop and flouring and grist-See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

mill products, and See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture . The city's factory products increased in value from $3,251,460 in 1900 to $4,151,767 in 1905, or 27.7% . There are valuable See also:

• COAL

coal mines in Leavenworth and the immediate vicinity . About 3 M . N. of the city, on a See also:

• RESERVATION (Lat. reservare, to keep back)

reservation of about 6000 acres, is Fort Leavenworth, an important United States military See also:

• POST

post, associated with which are a National See also:

• CEMETERY (Gr. Korrsnri7pwv, from Hoiµav, to sleep)

Cemetery and Service Schools of the U.S .

See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

Army (founded in 1881 as the U.S . See also:

• INFANTRY

Infantry and See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

Cavalry School and in 1901 See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed into a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General Service and See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

Staff See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College) . In 1907 there were three general divisions of these schools: the Army School of the See also:

• LINE

Line, for See also:

• OFFICERS

officers (not below the grade of See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain) of the See also:

• REGULAR

regular army and for See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia officers recommended by the See also:

• GOVERNORS

governors of their respective states or territories, offering courses in military See also:

• ART

art, See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering, See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law and See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages; the Army See also:

• SIGNAL

Signal School, also open to regular and militia officers, and having departments of See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field signalling, signal engineering, See also:

• TOPOGRAPHY
• TOPOGRAPHY (Gr. Toros, place, -partied', to write)

topography and languages; and the Army Staff College, in which the students are the highest graduates from the Army School of the Line, and the courses of instruction are included in the departments of military art, engineering, law, languages and care of troops . The course is one See also:

• YEAR

year in each school . At Fort Leavenworth there is a See also:

• COLOSSAL

colossal See also:

• BRONZE

bronze statue of General U . S . See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

Grant erected in 1889 . A military See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison was established at Fort Leavenworth in 1875; it was used as a See also:

• CIVIL

civil prison from 1895 to 1906, when it was re-established as a military prison . Its inmates were formerly taught various trades, but owing to the opposition of labour organizations this See also:

• SYSTEM

system was discontinued, and the prisoners are now employed in See also:

• WORK

work on the military reservation . The fort, from which the city took its name, was built in 1827, in the Indian See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, by See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry Leavenworth (1783–1834) of the 3rd Infantry, for the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of traders plying between the Missouri river and Sante Fe . The See also:

• TOWN

town site was claimed by Missourians from See also:

• WESTON, THOMAS (1737-1776)

Weston in See also:

• JUNE

June 1854, Leavenworth thus being the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest permanent See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement in Kansas; and during the contest in Kansas between the See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery and See also:

• PRO

pro-slavery settlers, it was known as a pro-slavery town . It was first incorporated by the Territorial legislature in 1855; a new See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter was obtained in 1881; and in 1908 the city adopted the See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan of See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government .

On the 3rd of See also:

• APRIL

April 1858 a See also:

• FREE

free-state See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention adopted the Leaven-See also:

• WORTH
• WORTH, CHARLES FREDERICK (1825-1895)

worth Constitution here; this constitution, which was as radically anti-slavery as the Lecompton Constitution was pro-slavery, was nominally approved by popular See also:

• VOTE

vote in May 1858, and was later submitted to See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress, but never came into effect . During the Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War Leavenworth enjoyed great prosperity, at the expense of more inland towns, partly owing to the proximity of the fort, which gave it See also:

• IMMUNITY (from Lat. immunis, not subject to a munus or public service)

immunity from border raids from Missouri and was an important See also:

• DEPOT (from the Fr. depot, Lat. depositum, laid down; the French accent marks are usually dispensed with in English)

depot of supplies and a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place for mustering troops into and out of the service . Leavenworth was, in Territorial days and until after 188o, the largest and most thriving commercial city of the state, and rivalled Kansas City, Missouri, which, however, finally got the better of it in the struggle for railway facilities .