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424 Michigan normal school at Ypsilanti, where he remained till 18(55. In that year he removed to Florida and settled in Jacksonville, where he was chairman of the State Republican committee during the canvass of 1868, which brought Florida back into the Union. He was then chosen U. S. senator, serving from 2 Julv, 1868, till 3 March, 1869. In 1869-83 he was president of Iowa state agricultural college, where he is still a professor. It gave him the degree of LL. D. in 1873, and he received the same from Michigan university in 1879. He was president of the first teachers' association of Michigan in 1851. In 1882 he was sent to Europe by the commissioner of agriculture to inspect colleges of that science, and his report was published by the U. S. government. Dr. Welch is the author of "Analysis of the English Sentence" (New York, 1850) ; " Object Lessons " (1861); "Talks on Psychology" (1888); and "The Teachers' Psychology" (1888).

WELCH, John, jurist, b. in Harrison county, Ohio, 28 Oct., 1805. He was graduated at Franklin college in 1828, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1833. He was prosecuting attorney from 1834 till 1839, sat in the Ohio senate in 1846-'7, and in 1850 was elected to congress, serving one term. He was a member in 1852 of the national convention that nominated for the presidency, and in 1856 was an elector on the ticket. He was a judge of the court of common pleas in 1863-'5, and was then raised to the supreme bench, serving thirteen years. He resumed practice, but retired after seven or eight years, and has since devoted himself to literary pursuits. The degree of LL.D. was given him by Franklin college in 1867. Judge Welch has invented a new method of computing interest, and is the author of “Mathematical Curiosities” (Athens, Ohio, 1883); “Index-Digest of Ohio Decisions” (Cincinnati, 1886); and lectures and essays on “,” “Mob Law,” “History of Ohio University,” and other subjects. - His brother, Johnson, b. in Harrison county, Ohio, 15 Sept., 1809; d. in New Athens, Ohio, 1 April, 1837, became a minister of the Presbyterian church, adhering to the Scotch, or Seceding party, and at the time of his death was the president of Franklin college.

WELCH, Ransom Bethune, clergyman, b. in Greenville, N. Y., about 1825. He was graduated at Union college in 1846, studied two years at An- dover theological seminary, and then at Auburn, where he was graduated in 1852. In 1853-4 he arranged a system of colportage in Mississippi for the American tract society. lie was ordained in December, 1854, as pastor of the Dutch Reformed church at Gilboa, N. Y., remained there till 1856, and was then in charge of a congregation at Cats- kill till 1859. He was professor of logic, rhetoric, and English literature at Union college in 1860-'76, and since the latter date has occupied the chair of Christian theology in Auburn theological seminary. He received the degree of D. D. from the University of the city of' New York and Rutgers in 1868, and that of LL. D. from Maryville college, Tenn., in 1872. He was a delegate to the Presbyterian alli- ance at Belfast, Ireland, in 1884, and London in 1888, and to the centennial conference of Foreign missions at London in the latter year. In 1886 he became vice-president of the American institute of Christian philosophy. Prof. Welch is the author of " Faith and Modern Thought," with an intro- duction by Prof. Tayler Lewis (New York, 1876) ; " Outlines of Christian Theology " (1881) ; separate addresses ; and contributions to current religious literature. In 1881 he became an associate editor of the '.' Presbyterian Review."

WELD, Horatio Hastings, author, b. in Bos- ton, Mass., 4 Feb., 1811 ; d. in Riverton, N. J., 27 Aug., 1888. He became a printer and then edited newspapers in Lowell, Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, but in 1845 took orders in the Prot- estant Episcopal church. He was rector succes- sively of St. James's, Downingtown, Pa. ; Trinity, Morristown, N. J. ; and Christ church, Riverton, N. J. He received the degree of S. T. D. from Andalusia college, Pa., in 1868. Dr. Weld has published " Corrected Proofs," a volume of sketches (Boston, 1837); "Life of Christ" (Philadelphia, 1850) ; " Scripture Quotations " (1850) ; and M Sa- cred Poetical Quotations" (1851), and has edited " Scenes in the Lives of the Apostles " (Philadel- phia, 1846) ; " Scenes in the Lives of the Patriarchs and Prophets " (1847) ; " Women of the Scriptures " (1848) ; "Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, with a Narrative of his Public Life and Services " (New York, 1849) ; " Sacred Poetical Quotations " (1851) ; and " The Star of Bethlehem " (1852).

WELD, Isaac, British traveller, b. in Dublin, Ireland, 15 March, 1774; d. near Bray, County Dublin, 4 Aug., 1856. His father, Isaac Weld, of Dublin, was a personal friend of Charles James Fox. The son travelled extensively on this conti- nent, and was for fifty-six years connected with the Royal society of Dublin, of which he was long secretary and vice-president. His journey in this country was prompted by the idea that the Irish people would afterward be led to emigrate hither in great numbers. Arriving in Philadelphia in September, 1795, he made his way, on horseback, on foot, or in a canoe, through dense forests and along rivers, trusting often to friendly Indians for safe conduct. In the cities he saw much of the best society, and made the acquaintance of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. The result of his trip was his " Travels through the States of North America and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada during the Years 1795. 1796, and 1797" (London, 1799, many later editions; French translation, 3 vols., Paris. 1800 ; German transla- tion, 3 vols., The Hague, 1801-2). Mr ; Weld wrote also " Illustrations of the Scenery of Killarney and the Surrounding Country" (1807).— His 'half- brother, Charles Richard, English traveller, b. in Windsor, England, in 1818 ; d. in Bath, 15 Jan., 1869, was for many years assistant secretary of the Royal society, and the author, among many other works, of " A Vacation Tour in the United States and Canada " (London, 1855).

WELD, Lewis, educator, b. in Hampton, Conn., 17 Oct., 1796 ; d. in Hartford, Conn., 30 Dec, 1853. He was graduated at Yale in 1818, and became a teacher in the American asylum for the education of the deaf and dumb, of which, on the resignation of Thomas H. Gallaudet in 1830, he was made principal. Previously he served