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Rh voyage was made as master of the "London" in 1621, sent out for the purpose of driving the Portuguese from Ormuz. During the siege, while engaged in making measurements, he was shot, and died almost immediately. Baffin was the first to determine longitude by observing the time of the moon's culmination. See "The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-'22," edited, with notes and an introduction, by Clements R. Marlyham, C. B., F. R. S., published by the Hakluyt society (London, 1881).

BAGBY, Arthur Pendleton, governor of Alabama, b. in Virginia in 1794; d. in Mobile, Ala., 21 Sept., 1858. He received a liberal education, and settled in Alabama in 1818. He soon gained a reputation as a criminal lawyer, and in 1820-'2 was sent to the legislature, where he was chosen speaker of the house. He was governor from 1837 to 1841, when he was sent as a democrat to the U. S. senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Clement C. Clay. Here he served until 16 June, 1848, when he accepted the office of minister to Russia. On 14 May, 1849, he withdrew and returned home. He was afterward one of the commission appointed to codify the laws of Alabama.

BAGBY, George William, author, b. in Buckingham CO., Va., 13 Aug., 1828 ; d. in Richmond, Va., 29 Nov., 1883. He was educated at Edgehill school, Princeton, N. J., and at Delaware college, Newark, Del., leaving the latter at the end of his sophomore year. Subsequently he studied medicine and was graduated at the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania. In 1853 he became editor of the Lynchburg (Va.) daily "Express," and was for some time the Washington correspondent of the New Orleans "Crescent," Charleston "Mercury," and Richmond "Dispatch." Prom 1859 he was, until its suspension near the end of the war, editor of the "Southern Literary Messenger," and at the same time associate editor of the Richmond "Whig," and a frequent contributor to the "Southern Illustrated News." From 1 Jan., 1870, to 1 July, 1878, he was state librarian of Virginia. He lectured frequently, and met with success as a humorist in many parts of Virginia and Maryland. He was the author of many humorous articles published under the pen name of "Mozis Addums." His sketches were collected and published by Mrs. Bagby, as "The Writings of Dr. Bagby ""(3 vols. Richmond, 1884-'6).

BAGIOLI, Antonio, musician, b. in Bologna, Italy, in 1795; d. in New York, 11 Feb., 1871. He began the study of music early in life, and, after a preparatory course in several schools, entered the conservatory at Naples, and remained there for several years under Zingarelli. In 1832 he arrived in New York as musical director of the Montresor troupe, the first Italian opera company that ever visited the United States. After a successful season the opera troupe went to Havana; but Bagioli remained in New York and established himself as a teacher of music, attaining a success probably unsurpassed by any professor in this country. He published "One Hour of Daily Study for the Acquirement of a Correct Pronunciation of the Vowels, which is the only Method to become a Perfect Vocalist" (New York, 1864).—His only daughter, Theresa, married Gen. Daniel E. Sickles.

BAGLEY, John Judson, politician, b. in Medina, N. Y., 24 July, 1832; d. in San Francisco, Cal., 27 July, 1881, He received a common-school education in Lockport, N. Y., and in early life emigrated with his father, settling in Constantine, Mich. At the age of fifteen he went to Detroit and secured employment in a tobacco factory. On attaining his majority he began a business of his own in the same line, and was continuously engaged with it until his death, accumulating a large property. He held numerous positions of public trust in the Detroit city government, and in 1868-'9 was chairman of the republican state central committee, gaining great credit for the ability with which he conducted the presidential canvass of 1868. In 1872 he was the republican candidate for governor, and was elected by a majority exceeding that of the Grant electors. He was reelected in 1874. His administrations were marked by his interest in all measures tending to the public good. The educational and charitable institutions were benefited by the judicious legislation urged by him, and the status of the liquor traffic owes its improved condition to his recommendations. In 1881 he was prominently mentioned as a candidate for the U. S. senate, but lost the nomination in the republican caucus by a single vote. He was actively identified with the Unitarian church in Detroit, and his donations to various charitable institutions were large and numerous.

BAGOT, sir Charles, British Diplomatist, b. in Blithfield, Stafford co., England, 23 Sept., 1781; d. in Kingston, Canada, 18 May, 1843. He was the second son of William, first Lord Bagot. In 1807 he was made under foreign secretary of state; in 1814 was sent on a special mission to Paris; was minister-plenipotentiary at Washington from 1816 to 1819; in 1820 was appointed ambassador to Russia; in 1824 was sent on a similar mission to Holland; and in 1834 was sent as a special ambassador to Austria. On 10 June, 1842, after the death of Lord , he became governor-general of British North America, which office he retained until his death.

BAHNSON, George Frederick, Moravian bishop, b. in Christiansfeld, Denmark, 16 Sept., 1805; d. in Salem, N. C, 11 Sept., 1869. He was educated at the Moravian college and the theological seminary in Germany, and in 1829 emigrated to the United States and entered the boarding-school at Nazareth, Pa., as a tutor. Five years later he began his ministerial career. The two churches in which he labored longest and with most success were those at Lancaster, Pa., and Salem, N. C. He was consecrated to the episcopacy at Bethlehem, 13 May, 1860, and presided over the southern district. In 1869 he went to Europe to attend the general synod of the Moravian church, and in the course of the journey his health failed, and he died a few weeks after his return. Bishop Bahnson was a man of commanding presence, a powerful preacher, and a ripe scholar.

BAILEY, Ann, scout, d. in Harrison township, Gallia co., Ohio, 23 Nov., 1825. She was reputed to have been born in Liverpool, England, about 1725, to have been kidnapped at the age of nineteen, carried off to Virginia and sold, and to have married a man named Trotter when thirty years of age. Trotter was a member of Col. Lewis's regiment, and was killed by the Indians in the battle of Point Pleasant on 10 Oct., 1774. His widow, moved by revenge, assumed male clothing and adopted the life of a scout and spy, and was often employed to convey information to the commandants of forts. In 1790 she married a soldier named John Bailey, stationed at Fort Clendenin, on Kanawha river. She was exceedingly expert with the rifle, possessed a black horse of remarkable intelligence, and made many perilous journeys from the settlements on the James and Potomac rivers to Fort Clendenin and other distant outposts. On one occasion she rescued the garrison of the fort from destruction by bringing a supply of ammu-