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Rh residence in Massachusetts, with a party of seventeen, purchased land and settled in Newport about 1638. In 1685 and in 1689 he was governor.

BULL, Ole Bornemann, violinist, b. in Bergen, Norway, 5 Feb., 1810; d. there, 18 Aug., 1880. Music came as if by instinct to this artist. When only five years of age he played on the violin without having any previous training. His fondness for music was encouraged by his uncle, Jens Bull, and in his eighth year he began receiving instruction. A year later he was first violinist at the theatre where his father acted, the latter being a clever amateur performer. In 1822 he studied under Lundholm, a Swede who settled in Bergen, and soon acquired the little that this musician could impart to him. Later his father, who desired that he should become a clergyman, placed him under the care of Musæus; but, as he was not permitted to use his violin, he soon revolted. In 1828 he was sent to the university at Christiania; but his stay was short, and he became director of the philharmonic and dramatic societies. He then determined to study music under Louis Spohr at Cassel; but his reception was so cold that he turned his attention to study and spent a few months at Gottingen. Returning to Norway, he gave several concerts, and so obtained funds with which to visit Paris. His experiences there were the same as those of many men of genius that, first and last, have been attracted to that gay capital. Faith in himself, hope, struggling, despondency, death almost, then rescue and success, is the brief story. After a severe illness at the residence of Madame Villeminot, whose granddaughter he married some years later (1836), he was enabled to give his first concert under the patronage of the duke of Montebello, and with the proceeds he made a concert tour through Switzerland and Italy, spending some time in hard study at Milan. His first really great success was made in Bologna. Malibran and De Beriot were to appear together at a concert; but at. the last moment Malibran declined to sing on account of indisposition, and De Beriot claimed that he was suffering from a sprained thumb. Ole Bull was hastily sought out, and, although he had retired for the night, hurried to the theatre. Wearied and almost unnerved, choosing his own composition and closing his eyes, he played with such ecstasy of feeling that he captivated his audience. His reputation was now established, and he continued in Italy, giving concerts in the principal cities until May, 1835, when he returned to Paris. The Grand Opera was open to him, and he gave several concerts there, after which he played in Lyons and elsewhere in France. In 1836 he visited London, and. after a series of successful concerts, made a tour through the United Kingdom. During the following years he visited Belgium, Germany, Russia, Sweden, and his own home in Norway, then Denmark, Austria, and until 1843 travelled in continental Europe. Late in 1843 he landed in Boston, and travelled through the United States, Canada, and part of the West Indies, returning to Paris in December, 1845. From that time until 1852 he was in Europe, with the exception of a brief experience in Algiers with Gen. Youssuf in 1847. In 1848 he settled in Norway, and for some time devoted all his energies to the establishment of a national theatre in Bergen, in which he was successful; but ultimately its management passed into other hands. In 1852 he returned to the United States and remained for five years. "While in Pennsylvania he purchased a large tract of land in Potter co. and endeavored to found a colony, to which he gave the name Oleana; but he had been deceived in regard to the land-titles, and the project, after considerable expenditure, was abandoned. He returned to Bergen, where for a time he managed the theatre he had originated, but later made concert tours, and from 1863 till 1867 was so occupied in Germany, Poland, and Russia. During 1867 he again visited the United States, returning to Bergen for a short time in 1870, when he married Miss Thorpe, whom he had met in 1868 at Madison, Wis. In 1872 he spent the summer in Norway, but returned to the United States in the autumn. Later he spent some time in Europe ; but in 1876 he again came to this country, and appeared in the principal cities afterward. During the years that followed, his summers were spent abroad and his winters in America, that of 1879, at Cambridge, Mass. See "Ole Bull: a Memoir," by his widow, Sara C. Bull, (Boston, 1883).

BULL, William, lieutenant-governor of South Carolina, b. in 1710; d. in London, 4 July, 1791. He was a son of William Bull, who had also been lieutenant-governor of South Carolina, and who died in 1755, aged seventy-two. After distinguishing himself in his studies at home, he went to Europe and became a pupil of Boerhaave, the famous Leyden physician, and, having completed his studies, returned to South Carolina. He was a member of the colonial council of South Carolina in 1751 and speaker of the house of delegates in 1768, and was appointed lieutenant-governor of that colony in 1764. He continued in the latter office many years, and was commander-in-chief of the colony. In 1782 he accompanied the British troops to England, and remained there until his death.

BULLARD, Asa, clergyman, b. in Northbridge, Mass., 26 March, 1804; d. in Cambridge, Mass., 5 April, 1888. He was graduated at Amherst in 1828, and from- 1829 till 1831 he studied at Andover theological seminary, and on 13 Jan., 1832, was ordained. In 1831 he became agent and secretary of the Maine Sabbath-school union, and in 1834 was elected secretary of the Massachusetts Sabbath-school society (afterward Congregational publishing society), continuing as such until 1875, when he became honorary secretary and its representative before the churches. He edited a great number of the society's books, and also wrote "Children's Album of Pictures and Stories" (Springfield, 1867); "Children's Book for Sabbath Hours" (1875); "Sunnybank Stories" (Boston, 1863); "Fifty Years with the Sabbath-Schools" (Boston, 1876). From 1834 till 1844 he edited "The Sabbath-School Visitor." and afterward he had charge of "The Well-Spring."

BULLARD, Henry Adams, jurist, b. in Groton, Mass., 9 Sept., 1781 ; d. in New Orleans, La., 17 April, 1851. He was graduated at Harvard in 1807, and studied law. He accompanied Gen. Toledo on his revolutionary expedition to New Mexico in the spring of 1813 in the capacity of aide and military secretary. The revolutionists were defeated by the royal troops at San Antonio, and Bullard suffered many hardships, but reached Natchitoches, where he entered upon the practice of his profession. He was elected a district judge in 1822, entered congress in 1831, and served till 1834, when he was raised to the supreme bench of Louisiana, and held that office till 1846, except in 1839, when he served as secretary of state for Louisiana. In 1847 he became professor of civil law in the law-school of Louisiana. In 1850 he was elected to the legislature, and a few weeks later was chosen to serve out the unexpired term of Charles M. Conrad in congress, but died from fatigue after returning from Washington.