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152 Painting" (London, 1848) ; and " The Temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli " (London, 1858), and frequently contributed to periodical literature.

HEAD, Natt, governor of New Hampshire, b. in Hookset, N. H., 20 May, 1828; d. there, 12 Nov., 1883. His great-grandfather was a lieuten- ant-colonel in the war of the Revolution, losing his life at the battle of Bennington, and his grand- father served also in that war. Natt engaged in the manufacture of bricks and lumber in Hook- set, and later became a railroad and general building contractor. He early connected himself with military organizations, held various offices, and sat in the legislatures of 1861 and 1862. From 1864 till 1870 he was adjutant-general of the state. "When he was called to this office New Hampshire had furnished 26,000 men to the national service, but had not a complete set of the muster-rolls of a single organization, nor was there a record of the deeds of New Hampshire men on the battle-fields. Gen. Head obtained the records of the career of every officer and enlisted man, and published them in four volumes (1865-?6), with biographical sketches of field-officers killed or who died in the service, besides sketches of the regiments and battalions. Gen. Head also compiled the military records of the state from 1823 to 1861. When the Soldiers' asylum at Augusta, Me., was burned he was placed in charge of the institution during the illness of the deputy-governor, and subsequently rebuilt it. Gen. Head was president of the New Hampshire agricultural society, and was prominent in further- ing the agricultural interests of the state, and of the Patrons of husbandry. He was chosen to the state senate in 1876 and 1877, and was president of the senate the last year. Under the new con- stitutional amendment of the state providing for biennial elections, he was chosen governor, to serve for two years, 1879-'80.

HEADE, Martin Johnson, artist, b. in Bucks county, Pa. He began his career as a portrait- painter, studied in Italy, travelled in the west, and then settled in Boston as a landscape-painter. This brought him into relations with Rev. James C. Fletcher, who induced him to visit Brazil with a view to preparing an illustrated work on hum- ming-birds. The difficulties then existing in prop- erly chromo-lithographing his fine designs caused the abandonment of the work, but the pictures were purchased by Sir Morton Peto and taken to London. Mr. Heade has painted many western and tropical scenes, also views on the Hudson and the Massachusetts coast, which are characterized by rich effects of color and light, and by poetic sentiment. His studio is in New York city. Among his best-known works are " High Tide on the Marshes," " Nicaragua," " Off the California Coast " (which was exhibited at the Centennial ex- hibition at Philadelphia in 1876), and "South American Scene." He* has recently sent to exhibi- tions of the Academy " On the St. John's River, Florida" (1885), and "Sunset, Florida" (1886).

HEADLEY, Joel Tyler, author, b. in Walton, Delaware co., N. Y., 30 Dec, 1813. He was gradu- ated at Union in 1839, and studied theology at Auburn seminary. Being compelled by ill health to abandon his profession at the outset, he spent a year in foreign travel, and then engaged in literary work. In 1846 he became associate editor of the New York " Tribune," succeeding Henry J. Ray- mond. He passed the following summer in the Adirondack region for his health, and repeated his visit for several successive seasons. The results of his wanderings were published in letters to the New York papers, which were afterward issued in book-form under the title of " The Adirondacks, or Life in the Woods " (New York, 1849). This vol- ume first attracted attention to the Adirondack re- gion. Shortly afterward, in a series of articles in " Harper's Magazine," he described the adventures of Lieut. Strain's party, which was sent by the U. S. government to explore a route for a canal across the isthmus of Darien. These articles were re- issued in a volume in 1885. His other works in- clude " Napoleon and his Marshals," which was the first American book that was issued by the house of Scribner and Co. (2 vols., New York, 1846) ; " Wash- ington and his Generals " (1847) ; " Life of Crom- well " (1848) ; " Sacred Scenes and Characters," il- lustrated by Darley (1849) ; " Life of Washington," which reached a sale of over 100,000 copies (1857) ; "Life of Havelock" (1859); "Chaplains of the Revolution" (1861); "The Great Rebellion" (2 vols., 1864); "Grant and Sherman, their Cam- paigns and Generals" (1865); " Farragut and our Naval Commanders " (1867) ; " Sacred Heroes and Martyrs " (1865) ; and " The Achievements of Stan- ley and other African Explorers," including Liv- ingstone, Cameron, and Baker (1877). — His cousin, Phineas Camp, author, b. in Walton, N. Y., 24 June, 1819, studied law, and was admitted to- the bar in 1847 ; afterward studied theology, was- graduated at the seminary at Auburn, N. Y., and held pastorates in the Presbyterian and Congrega- tional churches. He contributed to the " Christian Parlor Magazine," the New York " Observer " and " Tribune," and other newspapers and periodicals. His first book was " Historical and Descriptive- Sketches of the Women of the Bible " (Auburn, 1850) ; and he has also published " Life of the Em- press Josephine " (New York, 1851) ; popular biog- raphies of Kossuth (1852), Lafayette (1853), Mary. Queen of Scotts, and other works of the same character ; " Hero Boy, or Life of Gen. Grant," " Patriot Boy, or Life of Gen. 0. M. Mitchell," and " Life of Ericsson " (1863) ; and biographies of Gen. Sheridan and Admiral Farragut (1864). Among his later works are the " Life and Military Career of Maj.-Gen. W. T. Sherman " (New York, 1865) - r "Life and Campaigns of Gen. U. S. Grant" (1866); " Massachusetts in the Rebellion " (Boston, 1866) ;. " Half-Hours in Bible Lands " (1867) ; " Court and Camp of David " (Boston, 1869) ; "Island of Fire" (1874) ; " Evangelists in the Church " (Boston, 1875) ; and " Public Men of To-Day " (1882).

HEALY, George Peter Alexander, artist, b. in Boston, Mass., 15 July, 1813. He went to Paris in 1836, and remained there several years, with occasional visits to the United States. He painted portraits of Louis Philippe, Marshal Soult, Lewis Cass, Clay, Calhoun, Webster, Seward, Pierce, Gen. Sherman, Orestes A. Brownson, William H. Prescott, Henry W. Longfellow, Cardinal McCloskey, and Stephen A. Douglas. In twenty years he executed nearly 600 portraits. His large historical picture of " Webster's Reply to Hayne," which contains 130 portraits, was completed in 1851, and now hangs in Faneuil hall, Boston. At the Paris international exhibition in 1855 he exhibited a series of thirteen portraits and a large picture representing Franklin urging the claims of the American colonies before Louis XVI. He resided in Chicago from 1855 till 1867, when he went to Europe, and made his residence in Rome. For the past ten years he has lived in Paris. He sent to the Philadelphia centennial exhibition portraits of Thiers, the Princess of Roumania, Elihu B. Washburne, and Lord Lyons. At the Paris salon of 1878 he exhibited a " Portrait of a Lady " and one of Gen. Grant. He has frequently exhibited in the