Page:Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography (1900, volume 1).djvu/211

Rh BARTLETT, Joseph Jackson, soldier, b. in Binghainton, N. Y., 4 Nov., IHoi ; d. in Baltimore, Md., 14 Jan., 1893. He was admitted to the bar and began practice in 1858. In May, 1861, he entered the ai-my as major of the 27th New York infantry, in September following was made colonel, and in October, 1862, was commissioned brigadier-general. He commanded brigades and divisions in the array of the Potomac, and was present at the surrender of Appomattox, with the rank of major-general. Under Johnson he held the office of U. S. minister to Sweden, and during Cleveland's first adminis- tration he was deputy commissioner of pensions.

BARTLETT, Josiah, signer of the declaration of independence, b. in Amesbury, Mass., 21 Nov., 1729 ; d. in New Hampshire, 19 May, 1795. He received the rudiments of a classical education, and when only sixteen began the study of medicine with his relative. Dr. Ordway, of Amesbury. Young Bart- lett worked so earnestly that he soon exhausted the scanty library of his instructor, and was obliged to have recourse to that of a neighboring clergy- man. In 1750 he began to practise at Kingston, N. H. When prostrated by a fever in 1752 he was cured by treatment of his own, when that of the local physicians had failed, and, learning from this experience the value of freedom from dogmatical rules in practice, he soon became eminent in his pro- fession. During the prevalence of an alarming throat disease in 1754 he used Peruvian bark with great suc- cess, although this course was opposed to usage. Dr.Bart- lett began po- litical life in 1765 as a dele- gate to the leg- islature, an of- fice which he filled annually until the revo- lution. Here he frequently op- posed the royal policy, and Gov. Wentworth, hoping to gain his support, appointed him a magistrate, and later, in 1770, to the com- mand of a militia regiment. He continued a zeal- ous whig, however, and in February, 1775, was de- prived for this reason of both offices. In 1774 the loss of his house by fire compelled him to decline an election to the proposed general congress. In 1775, Grov. Wentworth having left the province, Dr. Bartlett became a member of the committee of safety, upon which for some time the government practically devolved, and in September of that year he accepted a commission as colonel of the 7th regiment. He was chosen to the continental congress on 23 Aug., 1775, and again on 23 Jan., 1776. He was the first to give his vote for the declaration of independence, and was the sec- ond to sign it. In June, 1776, he was appointed general naval agent, and resigned from congress soon afterward. In 1777 he was with Stark at Bennington, engaged as agent of the state in pro- viding the New Hampshire troops with medical supplies. In March, 1778, Dr. Bartlett was again elected to congress, and still again in the following August. In October he obtained leave of absence to attend to his private business, and from that time was prominent in state rather than national affairs. He became chief justice of the court of common pleas in 1779, muster master of troops in 1780, justice of the superior court in 1782, and chief justice in 1788. In the last-named year he was an active member of the state convention that adopted the federal constitution. In 1789 the death of his wife greatly depressed his spirits, and he declined an election to the U. S. senate, plead- ing his advanced age. He was, however, chosen president of the state by the legislature in 1790 and in 1791 and 1792 by popular election. In 1793 he became the first governor of New Hamp- shire under the new state constitution, which of- fice he held till 1794.

BARTLETT, Samuel Colcord, educator, b. in Salisbury, N. H., 25 Nov., 1817; d. in Hanover, N. II., 16 Nov., 1898. His early life was spent on a farm, where he worked hard. He was graduated in 1836 at Dartmouth, acting as a tutor in 1838-'9, and then studied at Andover theological seminary, graduating in 1842. He was ordained on 2 Aug., 1843, and was pastor of the Congregational church, Monson, Mass., until 1846, when he became pro- fessor of intellectual philosophy and rhetoric in Western Reserve college. From 1852 till 1857 he was in charge of the i^ranklin street church, Man- chester, N. H., and from 1857 to 1859 pastor of the New England church in Chicago. Meanwhile, in 1858, he had become professor of biblical literature in Chicago theological seminary, where he continued until 1877, when he was elected president of Dart- mouth college. He crossed the desert of El Tih to Palestine in 1874, with a view to comparing in de- tail all the circumstances and conditions of the region with the narrative of the journey of the children of Israel. Besides numerous articles in periodicals, orations at the centennial of the battle of Bennington, the quarter millennial celebration of Newburyport, the dedication of the Webster statue at Concord, and at literary anniversaries, he has published " Life and Death Eternal, a Refuta- tion of the Doctrine of Annihilation " (Boston, 1866; 2 ed., 1878); "Sketches of the Missions of the A. B. C. F. M." (1872); "Future Punishment" (1875) ; " From Egypt to Palestine, Observations of a Journey " (New York, 1879) ; and " Sources of Plistory in the Pentateuch " (1883). — His son, Edwin Julius, b. in Hudson, Ohio, 16 Feb., 1851, was graduated at Lake Forest academy in 1868, and at Dartmouth in 1872, after which he studied at Rush medical college, receiving his degree in 1879. From 1879 till 1883 he was associate pro- fessor of chemistry in Dartmouth college, and in 1883 he became full professor.

BARTLETT, Washington Allen, Californian official, b. about 1820 ; d. in 1871. He was the first alcalde at San Francisco after the American conquest in 1846. He had been lieutenant on board one of the vessels of the American fleet, and was selected for his new office because of his knowledge of Spanish. His position was extremely difficult, but he succeeded in giving general satisfaction. During a revolt of the native Californians in the early months of 1847. he was captured by an irregular party and held for some time as prisoner. After his release he served once more for some years in the navy, and after 1855 lived in New York city. His daiighter married Signer Oviedo, a rich Cuban, in 1859, and the ceremony was celebrated with such magnificence that it was popularly known as the " Diamond Wedding." Under this title a poem descriptive and satirical was written by Edmund C. Stedman, which had o-