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26 dren," which were printed privately by his son, Frederick Augustus Tallmadge (New York, 1859). Col. Tallmadge married the daughter of Gen. William Floyd, a signer of the Declaration of In- dependence. — His son, Frederick Augustus, lawyer, b. in Litchfield, Conn., 29 Aug., 1792 ; d. there, 17 Sept., 1869, was graduated at Yale in 1811, studied law at the Litchfield law-school, was admitted to the bar. and began practice in New York. During the closing months of the war with Great Britain he commanded a troop of volunteer cavalry on Long Island. He was made an alder- man of New York in 1834, a common councilman in 1836. and was a state senator from 1837 till 1840, serving as president of that body and at the same time as ex-officio judge of the supreme court of errors. In 1841-'6 he was recorder of New York, and he held this office again from 1848 till 1851. He was elected to congress as a Whig and served from 6 Dec, 1847, till 3 March, 1849. From 1857 till 1862 he was general superintendent of the Met- ropolitan board of police, and in 1862-'5 he was clerk of the court of appeals. Afterward he practised law in New York city. He became best known for the energy that he displayed while he was recorder in suppressing the Astor place riot of May, 1849. (See Forrest, Edwin.)— Another son, William Smith, served as a colonel in the war of 1812.

TALLMADGE, James, lawyer, b. in Stanford, Dutchess co., N. Y., 28 Jan., 1778 ; d. in New York city, 29 Sept., 1853. His father, Col. James (1744 to 1821), led a company of volunteers at the cap- ture of Gen. John Burgoyne. After graduation at Brown in 1798 the son studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practised several years in Pough- keepsie and New York, and also gave attention to agriculture, owning a farm in Dutchess county. For some time he was private secretary to Gov. George Clinton, and during the war of 1812-'15 he commanded a company of home-guards in the defence of New York. He was elected a repre- sentative to congress as a Democrat, and served from 1 Dec, 1817, till 3 March, 1819, but declined a re-election. In that body he defended Gen. An- drew Jackson's course in the Seminole war, and in- troduced, as an amendment to the bill authorizing the people of Missouri to form a state organiza- tion, a proposition to exclude slavery from that state when admitted to the Union. In support of this amendment Gen. Tallmadge delivered a pow- erful speech, 15 Feb., 1819, in opposition to the extension of slavery. This was widely circulated, and was translated into German. He was a dele- gate to the New York constitutional conventions of 1821 and 1846, a member of the state assembly in 1824, and delivered a speech on 5 Aug., 1824, on the bill to provide for the choice by the people of presidential electors. In 1825-'6 he was lieuten- ant-governor of New York, and while holding this office he delivered a speech at the reception of Lafayette in New York on 4 July, 1825. In 1836 he visited Russia, and aided in introducing into that country several American mechanical inven- tions, especially cotton-spinning machinery. From 1831 till 1850 he was president of the American institute, of which he was a founder. He also aided in establishing the University of the city of New York, which gave him the degree of LL. D. in 1838. and he was president of its council for many years. Gen. Tallmadge was a leading expo- nent of the Whig doctrine of protection to Ameri- can industry, and published numerous speeches and addresses which were directed to the encour- agement of domestic production. He also deliv- ered a eulogium at the memorial ceremonies of Lafayette by the corporation and citizens of New York, 26 June, 1834. Gen. Tallmadge was an eloquent orator and vigorous writer. His only daughter was one of the most beautiful women in the country, and after her return from Russia, to which court she accompanied her father, married Philip S. Van Rensselaer, of Albany, third son of the patroon. Their only surviving son, James Tallmadge Van Rensselaer, is a well-known lawyer of New York citv.

TALLMADGE, Nathaniel Pitcher, senator, b. in Chatham, N. Y, 8 Feb., 1795 ; d. in Battle Creek, Mich., 2 Nov., 1864. He was graduated at Union in 1815, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1818, and served in the lower house of the legislature in 1828, and in the state senate in 1830-'3. He was then elected to the U. S. senate, and served from 2 Dec, 1833, till 17 June. 1844, when he resigned. In 1844 he was appointed gov- ernor of Wisconsin territory, changing his resi- dence from Poughkeepsie, N. Y., to Fond du Lac, but he was removed in 1846. Mr. Tallmadge be- came a convert to spiritualism. He published sev- eral speeches and contributed an introduction and appendix to Charles Linton's " Healing of the Na- tions " (New York, 1855). — His son, Grier, soldier, b. in Dutchess county, N. Y, in 1826; d. in Fort Monroe, Va., 11 Oct., 1862, was graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1848, assigned to the 1st artillery, and served on garrison duty in the west. In 1861 he was made captain in the quartermas- ter's department at Fort Monroe, discharging also the duties of assistant adjutant-general. The " con- traband " idea put into practice by Gen. Benjamin F. Butler is said to have originated with him.

TALLMAN, Peleg, merchant, b. in Tiverton, R. I., 24 July, 1764 ; d. in Bath, Me., 12 March, 1840. He received a public-school education, and at the age of fourteen entered the privateer service against Great Britain. He served on the " Trum- bull," lost an arm in the engagement between this vessel and the " Watt " in 1780, and was captured and imprisoned in England and Ireland in 1781-'3. Subsequently he became master of a vessel and afterward a merchant at Bath, where he acquired a fortune. He was elected to congress as a Demo- crat, served from 4 Nov., 1811. till 3 Match, 1813, but declined a re-election and refused to support the war with England.

TALMADGE, Matthias Burnet, lawyer, b. in Stamford, Dutchess co., N. Y., 1 March, 1774; d. in Poughkeepsie, N. Y, 7 Oct., 1819. He was gradu- ated at Yale in 1795, studied law with Chief-Justice Spencer at Hudson, N. Y., and began the practice of his profession at Herkimer. While residing there he represented his county in the legislature, and the western district of New York in the state senate. Having been appointed judge of the U. S. district court for New York, he removed to New York city, where he won distinction as a jurist. In 1811 he united with the Baptist church in Pough- keepsie, and thenceforth became active in the en- terprises of that denomination. He married Eliza- beth, daughter of Gov. George Clinton.

TALMAGE, John Van Nest, missionary, b. in Somerville, N. J., 18 Aug., 1819. He was graduated at Rutgers in 1842 and at New Brunswick seminary in 1845, in which year he was licensed by the classis of Philadelphia. Since 1846 he has been a missionary of the Reformed church in China. Rutgers gave him the degree of D. D. in 1867. He has translated several books of the Bible into the Amoy colloquial dialect, and is the author of a " Chinese-English Dictionary " (1888).