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530 nand Durang mounted a chair and sang them for the first time. In a short period they were familiar throughout the United States. A collection of Key's poems was published with an introductory letter by Roger B. Taney (New York, 1857). James Lick bequeathed the sum of $60,000 for a monument to Key, to be placed in Golden Gate park, San Francisco, Cal., and it was executed by Will- iam W. Story in Rome in 1885-'7. The height of this monument is fifty-one feet. It consists of a double arch, under which a bronze figure of Key is seated. It is surmounted by a bronze statue of America with an unfolded flag. The material is travertine, a calcareous stone of a reddish yellow hue, extremely porous, but of great durability. — Francis Scott's grandson, John Ross, artist, b. in Baltimore, Md., 16 July, 1837, studied art in Munich and Paris for several years, after which he removed to Chicago, and then to Boston, where he exhibited about one hundred of his pictures, in- cluding " Marblehead Beach," "Ochre Point, Newport," " Morning Stroll," and a view of " The Golden Gate, San Francisco," for which he received a medal at the Centennial exhibition of 1876. His " Cloudy Morning, Mount Lafayette," was at the National academy, New York, in 1878. He has been successful in his works in black and white.

KEY, Thomas Marshall, lawyer, b. in Wash- ington, Ky., 8 Aug., 1819 ; d. in Lebanon, Ohio, 15 Jan., 1869. He was graduated at Yale in 1838, studied law, and settled in practice in Cincinnati, Ohio. For many years he served in the Ohio senate, where he had much influence. He at first opposed the civil war, but afterward actively supported the government, and was sent by Gov. William Dennison as a commissioner to Gov. Beriah Magoffin, of Kentucky, to persuade him not to aid the Confederates. He served upon the staff of Gen. McClellan, and after the war took an active part in Ohio politics. He was the author of the first congressional bill for the emancipation of slaves in any part of the United States, and wrote the bill for the emancipation of slaves in the District of Columbia.

KEYES, Emerson Willard, lawyer, b. in Jamestown, Chautauqua co., N. Y., 30 June, 1828. He was graduated at the State normal school, Albany, in 1848, and engaged in teaching for several years. He was deputy superintendent of public instruction of New York in 1857-'65, and act- ing superintendent in 1861-'2, during which time he was instrumental in organizing teachers' institutes. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar of Albany in i862. In 1865 he was appointed deputy superintendent of the banking department of New York state, serving till 1870, and was also acting superintendent in 1865-'6, exercising great influence on the present system of banking. From 1870 till 1873 he was state bank examiner, and from 1879 till 1883 practised law in New York city, and was a member of the New York bar association. He is now (1887) connected with the board of education in Brooklyn, N. Y., as examiner of legal papers and questions relative to the laws of education, etc. He has published " New York Court of Appeals Reports " (4 vols., Albany, 1867-'9) ; " History of Savings-Banks in the United States" (2 vols., New York, 1876-'8); and "New York Code of Public Instruction " (Albany, 1879).

KEYES, Erasmus Darwin (keeze), soldier, b. in Brimfield, Mass., 29 May, 1810. He removed to Kennebec county, Me., in youth, and was appointed from that state to the U. S. military academy, where he was graduated in 1832. He was assigned to the 3d artillery, served in Charleston harbor during the nullification troubles of 1832-'3, and in 1837-41 was aide to Gen. Winfield Scott. He became captain, 30 Nov., 1841, served in garrison till 1844, and then as instructor of artillery and cavalry at West Point till 1848, after which he was again on frontier and garrison duty till 1860. During this time he commanded a battery of artillery against hostile Indians in the northwest, took part in several engagements, and was promoted major on 12 Oct., 1858. He was mili- tary secretary to Gen. Scott from 1 Jan., 1860, till 19 April, 1861, on 14 May became colonel of the 11th infantry, and on 17 May was made brigadier" general of volunteers. He was in New York and Boston, despatching and recruiting troops, till 3 July, and then served in the defences of Washington, in the battle of Bull Run, and in the peninsula campaign, commanding the 4th corps of the Army of the Potomac from March, 1862, and being promoted to major-general of volunteers on 5 May. He was brevetted brigadier-general in the regular army on 31 May for his conduct in the battle of Fair Oaks. He organized a raid to White House, Va., 7 Jan., 1863, commanded the expedition to West Point, Va., on 7 May, and was engaged in another under Gen. John A. Dix toward Richmond in June and July. He served on the board for retiring disabled officers from 15 July, 1863, till 6 May, 1864, when he resigned, and removed to California. He was president of the Mexican gold-mining company in 1867-'9, and vice-president of the California vine-culture society in 1868-72. Gen. Keyes has published " Fifty-Years' Observation of Men and Events" (New York, 1884). — His son, Edward Lawrence, physician, b. in Charleston, S. C, 28 Aug., 1843, was graduated at Yale in 1863, and at the medical department of the University of New York in 1866, and, after eighteen months of study in Europe, settled in practice in New York city. He became lecturer on dermatology in Bellevue hospital medical college in 1871, was made professor of that branch in 1872, and since 1875 has been also adjunct professor of surgery. He is a member of various medical societies, connected with several hospitals, and besides papers has published "Genito-Urinary Diseases with Syphilis " with Prof. William H. Van Buren (New York, 1874); "Tonic Treatment of Syphilis" (1877); "Venereal Diseases" (1880); and an article on "Urinary Calculus" in the sixth volume of the "International Encyclopedia of Surgery" (1886).

KEYL, Ernst Gerhard Wilhelm, clergyman, b. in Leipsic, Germany, 22 May, 1804; d. in Monroe, Mich., 4 Aug., 1872. He was graduated at Leipsic in 1829, and, after holding Lutheran pastorates, came to this country in 1847, and officiated successively in Missouri, Milwaukee, Wis., Baltimore, Md., and Willshire, Ohio. For many years he was president of the eastern district of the Missouri synod, of which he was a founder. He was the author of &ldquo;Lutherophilus&rdquo; (St. Louis, 1854); &ldquo;Katechismus-Auslegung aus Dr. Luther's Schriften&rdquo; (4 vols., 1853-'68); and &ldquo;Predigt-Entwürfe über die Sonn und Festtags-Evangelien aus Dr. Luther's Predigten&rdquo; (1866). His biography was published by Rev. J. F. Kostering (St. Louis, 1882).

KEYSER, Ephraim, sculptor, b. in Baltimore, Md., 6 Oct., 1850. He was educated at Baltimore city college, and studied art in the Maryland academy of arts in 1871-'2. He went to Munich in 1872 and studied under Prof. Widmann in the Royal academy, remaining there until 1876, when he removed to Berlin, and entered the studio of Prof. Albert Wolff, under whose tuition he modelled a figure of Psyche, for which he gained the