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568 years, some of the time its president, judge of pro- bate, and chief justice the latter part of his life. — Isaac's son, John, soldier, b. in Plymouth, Mass., 27 May, 1702 ; d. in Hingham, Mass., 17 April, 1774, with the exception of Sir William Pepperell, was the most distinguished military leader in New England at that period. The council appointed him, on 14 Aug., 1740, captain of the company that was raised in Boston to serve in the expedition against Cuba. He went as a commissioner in 1752 to Fort St. George, Me., to adjust territorial and other disputes with the Indians. While a major- general of militia and captain in the British army in 1755, he was directed by Gov. William Shirley, who was advised by Gov. Lawrence, of Nova Sco- tia, to proceed to that province to remove the Acadians. The most responsible persons for the manner in which that act was accomplished appear to have been Lawrence and his council, and Admi- rals Boscawen and Moysteyn. Winslow acted un- der written and positive instructions, and he said to the Acadians, before reading the decree, that it was " very disagreeable to his natural temper and make," but that it was not his business to " ani- madvert, but to obey such orders as he should re- ceive." The following year he took the field with about 8,000 men to serve against the French. Re- ceiving from Gov. Hardy, of New York, in July, a commission as major-general and commander-in- chief, he established himself at Fort William Henry on Lake George ; but Montcalm, fearing to risk the encounter, turned aside to capture Oswego. That general then returned to Canada, and the army of Winslow to Massachusetts. He served again as major-general against the French in the expedition of 1758-9 to the Kennebec. In 1762 he was appointed chief justice of the court of common pleas in Plymouth county. He participated as a commissioner in the first effort that was made to solve the vexed question — Which is the true river St. Croix? — in determining the easterly line of Maine with James Otis and William Brattle, in 1762. During the stamp-act troubles he was a councillor of the province in the legislature, and was associated on various occasions with Samuel Ad- ams and others in preparing documents upon that controversy. The town of Winslow in Maine was named, in 1771, in his honor. His house in Plym- outh is still standing, and in Pilgrim Hall are his sword and a portrait of him in military dress. — Edward, loyalist, brother of Gen. John, b. 7 June, 1714; d. in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 8 June, 1784, was graduated at Harvard college in 1736, was successively clerk of the courts, registrar of probate, and collector of the port, at Plymouth, and removed to Halifax at the evacuation of Boston. — Edward's son, Edward, governor of New Bruns- wick, b. in Plymouth in 1746; d. in Fredericton, New Brunswick, in 1815, was graduated at Har- vard in 1765, and served as clerk of the county court in his native place. In 1775 he was ap- pointed colonel in the royal army at Boston, and in 1782 he became muster-master-general for North America of the American forces in the service of the crown. After the war he settled in New Brunswick, was a member of the first council of that colony, and, successively, surrogate-general, judge of the supreme court, and governor of the province. He was a founder and eminent spirit of the Old Colony club, under whose auspices the long line of celebrations began, and he delivered the first anniversary oration, 22 Dec, 1770.

WINSLOW, Edward Francis, soldier, b. in Augusta, Me., 28 Sept., 1837. He was educated at the Augusta high-school, removed in 1856 to Mount Pleasant, Henry co., Iowa, and soon afterward be- came interested in the construction of railways. He was a captain in the 4th Iowa cavalry in 1861, and was promoted major, 3 Jan., 1863, and colonel on the day that Vicksburg fell. He then took part in the campaign against Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, and soon afterward was appointed by Gen. Sherman chief of cavalry, and placed in com- mand of the cavalry forces of the 15th corps, which posts he held till March, 1864. In Febru- ary, 1864, he commanded the cavalry of Gen. Sher- man's army in the campaign against Gen. Leo- nidas Polk, and successfully attacked the Confed- erate cavalry near Jackson. He was in command of a brigade of cavalry in the engagement at Gun- town, Miss., in 1864, and after the defeat of the National forces covered the retreat. In October, 1864, Col. Winslow's brigade formed part of Gen. Al- fred Pleasonton's force in pursuit of Gen. Sterling Price. He was severely wounded at Big Blue river on 22 Oct., and was unable to resume his command till November. He was brevetted brigadier-gen- eral of volunteers, 12 Dec, 1864, with his brigade participated in the expedition against Selma, Montgomery, Columbus, and Macon in the spring of 1865, and on 16 April took Columbus, Ga., by assault. Soon after retiring to civil life he en- gaged in the construction of railways. On 1 Nov., 1879, as vice-president and general manager of the Manhattan elevated railway in New York city, he took charge of that property and unified the sys- tem of control and management of its lines; but, having been elected president of the St. Louis and San Francisco railway company and vice-president of the Atlantic and Pacific railway company, he severed his connection with the Manhattan com- pany, 31 March, 1880. He was also for several years president of the New York, Ontario, and Western railway company, and formed an associa- tion for the purpose of building the West Shore railway, which he completed in about three years.

WINSLOW, James, banker, b. in Connecticut in 1816 ; d. in New York city, 18 July, 1874. After having been employed in the hardware-store of Erastus Corning in Albany, he removed to New York and, after following the hardware business for several years, entered the banking-firm of Wins- low, Lanier and Co., which had been established by his brother and his father-in-law, and which rendered important services to the government during the administration of President Lincoln in connection with war loans. He was subsequently identified with the rise of national banks, and was connected as an officer with several.

WINSLOW, Jens Olaus, Danish explorer, b. in Flinen island in 1739 ; d. in Copenhagen in 1794. He was a lieutenant in the navy when he was appointed in 1780 to the command of the Danish colonies in Africa. In 1784 he was sent on a voyage around the world, visiting the West Indies, Brazil, and the Spanish possessions on the Pacific coast, Manila, India, and returned to Copenhagen in June, 1787, with valuable charts and rich collections in natural history. After his promotion as post-captain he again explored the West Indies in 1788-'90, and in particular studied the condition of the negroes and the African slave-trade. He wrote "Reise omkring Verden" (3 vols.. Copenhagen, 1787, illustrated); "Journal holden i skibet Christianstad paa reisen til Cuba, Puerto Rico ogVestIndien"(2vols., 1790); and presented to the Academy of sciences of Copenhagen a memoir on the condition of the negroes in the West Indies as compared with the life of the negroes on the west coast of Africa, which was published in Olaus