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54 Mammals of Portions of Kansas, Colorado, "Wyoming, and Utah" (1874): "Geographical Variation in North American Birds" (1874); and "Notes on the Natural History of Portions of Montana and Dakota" (1875). He has also written "Mammals and Winter Birds of East Florida" (Cambridge, 1871); "The American Bison, Living and Extinct" (1872); "Monographs of North American Rodentia," with Dr. Elliott Coues (1876); "History of North American Pinnipeds, a Monograph of the Walruses, Sea Lions, Sea Bears, and Seals of North America" (1880). From 1876 to 1883 he edited the "Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club," and since then (1884-'6) he has had charge of "The Auk," a quarterly journal of ornithology.

ALLEN, John, soldier, b. in Rockbridge co., Va., 30 Dec, 1771; killed in the battle of the river Raisin, 22 Jan., 1813. He was the son of an early settler in Kentucky, and began the practice of law at Shelbyville in 1795. In 1812 he raised a regiment of riflemen which was engaged in the battle of Brownstown and formed the left wing at the river Raisin.

ALLEN, Joseph, merchant, b. in Boston, 2 Sept., 1749; d. in Worcester, Mass., 2 Sept., 1827. He was a nephew of Samuel Adams, and was engaged in trade at Leicester, Mass., where he contributed to the endowment of the academy. Removing to Worcester in 1776, he was clerk of Worcester CO. court from 1776 to 1810, a member of the state constitutional convention in 1778, a delegate to congress from 1811 to 1813. and councillor from 1815 to 1818.

ALLEN, Joseph, clergyman, b. in Medfield, Mass., 15 Aug., 1790; d. in Northborough, Mass., 23 Feb., 1873. He was graduated at Harvard in 1811, and was ordained pastor of the Congregational church at Northborough in 1816, which relation he sustained until his death. He was a delegate to the peace congress of Paris in 1849. His published works include "Historical Account of Northborough" (1826) ; "History of the Worcester Association" (1868) ; and "Allen Genealogy" (1869), besides sermons, text-books, and Sunday-school books.—His son. Joseph Henry, author, b. in Northborough, Mass., in 1821 ; d. in 1898. He issued "Ten Discourses on Orthodoxy" (Boston, 1849). setting forth Unitarian doctrines in theology, "Hebrew Men and Times" (Boston, 1861), and "Christian History in Three Great Periods" (3 vols., 1880-'82) ; also of a number of classical text-books, of the "Memoirs of the Rev. Hiram Withington," and a "Manual of Devotion" (Boston, 1852).—His son, William Francis, educator, b. in Northborough, Mass., 5 Sept., 1830 ; d. 9 Dec. 1889. He was graduated at Harvard, became professor of ancient languages, and afterward of the Latin language and literature, in the university of Wisconsin. He has published a number of text-books and a collection of "Slave Songs" (1867).

ALLEN, Moses, clergvman, b. in Northampton, Mass., 14 Sept., 1748 : d. Feb. 8, 1779. He was graduated at Princeton in 1772, was licensed to preach in 1774, and was ordained at Christ's church parish, south of Charleston, S. C, in 1775. In 1777 he took charge of the church at Midway, Ga. The British force under Gen. Prevost burned his church and devastated the district in 1778. He officiated as chaplain to the Georgia brigade, and was captured when Savannah was reduced by the British in December. His eloquent patriotic appeals and energetic exertions in the field had rendered him obnoxious to the British, and they refused to release him on parole with the officers. He was confined in a loathsome prison-ship, and was drowned in attempting to escape.

ALLEN, Nathan, physician, b. in Princeton, Mass., 13 April, 1813; d. "ni Lowell, Mass., 1 Jan., 1888. He was graduated at Amherst college in 1836, after which he studied at the Pennsylvania medical college and received his degree there in 1841. He then settled in Lowell, Mass., and acquired a large practice. Dr. Allen was a member of the state board of charities of Massachusetts, and after 1862 was examining supervisor of pensions. In 1857 he was elected a trustee of Amherst college He was the author of "The Opium Trade" (Lowell, 1853), and of numerous pamphlets on social and physiological subjects, the most important of which are "Medical Problems of the Day" (1874);. "State Medicine and Insanity" (1876); and "Normal Standard of Women for Propagation" (1876).

ALLEN, Oscar Dana, chemist, b. in Hebron, Me., 25 Feb., 1836. He was graduated at the Sheffield scientific school in 186i, and ten years later he received the degree of doctor of philosophy for original investigations, having in the mean time been an assistant professor there. In 1871 he became professor of metallurgy and assaying, and in 1873 was appointed to the chair of analytical chemistry and metallurgy. Prof. Allen's researches have been chiefly on the rare elements caesium and rubidium. These investigations and his other scientific papers have appeared principally in the "American Journal of Science." The latest American edition of " Fresenius's Quantitative Analysis" (New York, 1881) was edited and revised by him. He is a member of numerous scientific societies.

ALLEN, Paul, editor, b. in Providence, R. T., 15 Feb., 1775; d. in Baltimore, 18 Aug., 1826. He was graduated at Brown university in 1796, studied law, and became a newspaper writer in Philadelphia. He prepared the "Travels" of Lewis and Clarke for the press, and was afterward one of the editors of the "Federal Republican " at Baltimore. He suffered the hardships of poverty and was for a time confined in jail for a small debt. He wrote for a magazine called the "Portico," in association with Pierpont and Neal, and subsequently edited the "Journal of the Times" and the "Morning Chronicle," the latter of which had a wide circulation. He projected a "History of the Revolution," and obtained a large list of subscriptions. The work, which appeared under his name in 1819, was really written by his friends John Neal and Watkins, as he was too indolent to fulfil his engagements either on this or on a "Life of Washington," which was extensively advertised and subscribed for. He published in 1821 a poem called "Noah," originally in twenty-five cantos, but cut down by the advice of Neal to five. He published a small volume of poems in 1801, and a "Life of Alexander I." in 1818.

ALLEN, Phillp, statesman, b. in Providence, R. I., 1 Sept., 1785; d. there, 16 Dec, 1865. He was graduated at Rhode Island college in 1803, and engaged in mercantile business, chiefly in the West India trade established by his father, who died in 1803. Pie began the manufacture of cotton at Smithfield about 1812, and in 1831 established the print works at Providence. In 1819 he was elected to the legislature, and served also as one of the commissioners for the settlement of the state debt. In 1851 he was elected, as the candidate of the democratic party, governor of Rhode Island, and again in 1852 an'd 1853. From 1853 and 1859 he was U. S. senator, serving in the committees on commerce and naval affairs.

ALLEN, Richard, clergyman, b. in 1760; d. in Philadelphia, 26 March, 1831. He became a local