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Rh Pennsylvania in 1820, adopted the profession of law, and practised in his native city. He published, with William H. Haley, " Practice in Civil Actions and Proceedings in the Supreme Court of Penn- sylvania " (2 vols., Philadelphia, 1825-9) ; " Trea- tise on the Law of Limited Partnership in the United States" (1853); and "Treatise on the Law of Partnership " (London, 1867). He edited " Eng- lish Exchequer Reports" (6 vols., Philadelphia, 1835); "Chitty on Contracts" (1835); and. with Ellis Lewis and William McCandless, " The New Law Library" (15 vols., Harrisburg, 1845-'9).

TROUDE, Aimable Gilles (trood), French naval officer, b. in Cherbourg, France, 1 June, 1762 ; died there, 1 Feb., 1824. He took part in two expeditions to Martinique in 1777, afterward served under D'Estaing at Newport and Boston, and was present in all the naval engagements un- der Guichen and De Grasse. After the peace of 1783 he entered the mercantile marine, but re- turned to the service of the state in 1792. He was appointed commander of the " Bergere " in 1795, and fought several battles on the coast of Cayenne, Brazil, and Guadeloupe. He took command of the " Suff ren " in 1805, and assisted in the capture of Dominica. In 1809 he commanded a squadron in- tended to carry troops and military stores to the West Indies, but, having been informed that Guadeloupe was blockaded by the English, he anchored at one of the Saintes islands, where he was discovered and blockaded by an English fleet. After some days he succeeded in forcing a passage, and, having eluded the English cruisers, gained the French coast. ' He was made rear-admiral in 1811, and was retired in 1816.

TROUP, George Mcintosh, senator, b. at Mc- intosh Bluff, on Tombigbee river, Ga., 8 Sept., 1780; d. in Laurens county, Ga., 3 May, 1856. He was graduated at Princeton in 1797, adopted the profession of law, and in 1803-'4 served in the legislature. He was chosen to congress in 1806 as a Jeffersonian Democrat, held his seat by re-elec- tion till 1815, and was an active supporter of the administrations of President Jefferson and Presi- dent Madison. He ardently opposed the compro- mise that was made by the Federalists with the Yazoo speculators, and sustained the war measures against Great Britain in 1812. He became U. S. senator in 1816, having been elected to fill the va- cancy caused by the resignation of William W. Bibb, served two years, and in 1823 became gov- ernor of Georgia. The legislature of that year re- quired the executive to " use his exertions to obtain from the United States the extinguishment of the Indian title to all their remaining territory in Georgia." Gov. Troup accordingly opened a cor- respondence with the secretary of war that resulted in the appointment of a commission that con- cluded a treaty with the Indians by which, in con- sideration of the payment of $27,491, the Creeks ceded to the state all their lands. During Gov. Troup's administration, Lafayette visited Georgia, and was entertained by him with great hospitality in the executive mansion. Troup was returned to the U. S. senate in 1828, but retired before the ex- piration of his term, on account of the failure of his health. He was an able advocate of state sov- ereignty, and, under the conviction that popular rights were imperilled, declared in 1833 " that he would have been carried from his death-bed to the capital rather than not have given his vote against the force bill." See his " Life," by Edward J. Har- den (Savannah, Ga., 1859).

TROUP, Robert, soldier, b. in New York city in 1757; d. there, 14 Jan., 1832. He was gradu- ated at Columbia in 1774, studied law under John Jay, and early in 1776 joined the Revolutionary army on Long Island as a lieutenant. He became aide to Gen. Nathaniel Woodhull shortly after- ward, was taken prisoner at the battle of Long Island, and confined for some time in the " Jersey " prison-ship, but in the spring of 1777 was ex- changed and joined the army in New Jersey. He became aide to Gen. Horatio Gates in August, and participated in the battle of Stillwater, and the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne, 17 Oct., 1777. In February, 1778, he was appointed by congress sec- retary of the board of war. On its dissolution in 1779 he went to New Jersey and completed his law studies with Judge William Patterson. After the peace he became judge of the U. S. district court of New York, held office for several years, and was a member of the assembly. He was the warm per- sonal friend of Alexander Hamilton, and support- ed him in politics. During his latter years he re- sided in Geneva, N. Y., as principal agent of the great Pulteney estate. He published several pam- phlets, including " Vindication of the Claim of Elkanah Watson " (New York, 1821), and " Letter on the Lake-Canal Policy of New York " (1822).

TROUSDALE, William, soldier, b. in Sumner county, Tenn., in 1790 ; d. in Nashville, Tenn., in March, 1872. He served as private and subse- quently as lieutenant in the Creek war under Gen. Andrew Jackson, participating in the battles of Tallahatchie and Talladega. During the latter part of the second war with Great Britain he took Sart in the capture of Pensacola and the battle of Tew Orleans. In 1836 he served in the Seminole difficulties as major-general of militia. During the war with Mexico he was a colonel of infantry, and engaged in all the battles in .the valley of Mexico, being wounded at Molino del Rev, and again in the attack on Chapultepec. In 1849-51 he was governor of Tennessee, and in 1853-'7 he was U. S. minister to Brazil. After that service he did not, again enter public life.

TROUVE, Claude, French clergyman, b. in the diocese of Tours, France, in 1642 ; d. probably in Canada about the close of the 17th century. He was educated by the Sulpitians in Paris, was or- dained a subdeacon, and sent with Francois Salig- nac de la Motte Fenelon, the brother of the illus- trious archbishop of Cambrai, to Canada in June, 1667. He was ordained a priest soon after his arrival. He was then appointed to take charge of an Iroquois mission at the western extremity of Lake Ontario. He reached the village of Kente on 28 Oct., 1668, and began his labors. He was joined by other missionaries the following year, and, with their aid, established missions at the villages of Gandaseteiagon and Ganeraske. He was at Port Royal in 1690, when that town was taken by Sir William Phipps, and was brought as a prisoner to Boston, contrary to the terms of the capitulation. He was exchanged toward the end of the year, and returned to Canada, where he con- tinued his missionary labors.

TROW, James (tro), Canadian member of parliament, b. in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales, 16 Dec, 1827. He was educated at Welchpool, came to Canada in 1841, taught for seven years, and has been warden of the county of Perth for twenty years. He represented South Perth in the legislative assembly in 1867-71, was elected to the Dominion parliament in 1872, and re-elected in 1874, 1878, 1882, and 1887. He is a banker, connected with various financial institutions, and is one of the leaders of the Liberals in parliament. He wrote letters relative to the Franco-Prussian