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252 a trustee of the public schools. While employed by the Rev. A. Wright as assistant translator," he made the first draft of most of the nine Epistles, the book of Revelation, and the Old Testament as far as the Psalms, besides aiding generally in the work of revision and correction.

DULANY, Daniel, statesman, b. in Marvland in July, 1721 ; d. in Baltimore, Md., 19 March, 1797. He was a lawyer of Annapolis, Md., and served many years as commissioner-general, secretary of state, at- torney-general, and councillor of Maryland, before the Revolution. Few details regarding his career have been preserved, but he ranked high in his profession, and was considered one of the most dis- tinguished men of his time. Although a loyalist, in which character he engaged in a warm news- paper discussion with Charles Carroll, he was earnestly opposed to the stamp-act, being credited with tlie following sentiment : " There may be a time when redress may be obtained. Till then 1 shall recommend a legal, orderly, and prudent re- sentment to be expressed in a zealous and vigorous industry. A garment of linsey-woolsey, when made the distinction of patriotism, is more honor- able than the plumes and the diadem of an em- peror without it. Let the manufacture of Amer- ica be the symbol of dignity and the badge of vir- tue, and it will soon break the fetters of distress." Josiah Quincy, of Massachusetts, while on a journey to the southern states in 1773, speaks of having spent "three hours with the celebrated Daniel Delany." He was the author of " Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes on the British Colonies," etc. (London, 1706).

DULANY, Lloyd, loyalist, d. in London, Eng- land, in 1782. He was a resident of Annapolis, Md. In May, 1774, the Whigs of that city passed resolutions calling upon the lawyers to bring no suits for the recovery of debts due from residents to citizens of Great Britain till the Boston port bill should be repealed. Three days later Mr. Dulany's name appeared at tlie heail of a protest, in which the opinion was expressed that the reso- lution was " founded in treachery and rashness," and that "' our credit as a commercial people will expire under the wound." He was killed in a duel with the " Rev." Bennet Allen, in Hyde park.

DULANY, William, officer of marines, d. in Beltsville, Md., 4 July, 1868. He was appointed from Virginia as 2d lieutenant, 10 June, 1817, be- came 1st lieutenant, 19 June, 1819, and captain, 1 July, 1884. He was promoted to a brevet major- ship, for meritorious conduct in the Florida war, 3 March, 1843, and made full major, 17 Nov., 1847. He served in the Mexican war, and succeeded to the command of a battalion on the death of Maj. Twiggs. He was made brevet lieutenant-colonel, 14 Sept., 1847, for " gallantry at Chapultepec, the capture of the Belen gate and the city of Mexico," and colonel, 26 July, 1861.

DULCE Y GARAY, Domingo (dool'-thay). Mar- quis of Castel Florite, governor-general of Cuba, b. in Rioja, Spain, in 1808 : d. in Madrid, 23 Nov., 1869. He entered the army in 1823, took part in the first Carlist war, where he distinguished himself by his bravery, and in 1841, when a captain, be- came famous for his gallant defence of the queen's palace with 48 men against 1.000 insurgents under Diego Leon. Isabella made him brigadier-general in 1847, and in 1849 he was promoted to field- marshal. In 1855, while commanding the cavalry in Madrid, he took part with Marshal O'Donnell in the Vicalvaro insurrection, and was afterward made a lieutenant-general. In 1862 Serrano made him governor-general of Cuba, where he became popular. He took stringent measures against the slave traffic, founded free high-schools, and intro- duced useful reforms in every department. Dur- ing his administration occurred the famous extra- dition case of Col. Argiielles, who, having sold as slaves 141 African negroes who were entitled to their freedom by the law, fled to the United States to avoid punishment. The Spanish government asked for his extradition, and, although there was no treaty between the two countries at that time, Sec. Seward, after a long diplomatic correspond- ence, ordered Argiielles to be surrendered to the governor-general of Cuba. In 1866, after the fall of the liberal government. Gen. Dulce returned to Spain and made a report, in which he suggested a measure whereby all children born thenceforth of slave mothers should be declared free from birth. He was shortly afterward arrested on sus- picion of being engaged in a conspiracy to depose the queen, but was soon released. The "Revolution of 1868 restored him to influence, and in January, 1869, he was again appointed governor of Cuba, under very trying circumstances. A great part of the island was in open revolt, and Gen. Dulce tried to bring about peace by sending a special commis- sion to the insurgents, but failed. After a short though eventful administration. Gen. Dulce was compelled to resign by the Spanish volunteers at Havana, on account of his desire to deal merci- fully with captured insurgents. He returned to Spain in June, 1869, in broken health, and died during the same vear.

DU LHUT, or DULUTH, Daniel Greysolon, explorer, b. in Lyons, France ; d. near Lake Superior in 1709. He belonged to the numerous class of lesser French nobles, many of whom found themselves in Canada without incomes from their estates, and yet were prevented by pride from engaging in trade. It was these men and their sons that composed the " coureurs de bois." They were really forest outlaws, and many were the royal edicts launched against them, but without effect. At several periods of colonial history they comprised the entire male population under middle age, wives, children, and farms being abandoned for the tree, fascinating life of the woods. Du Lhut is said to have induced, on one occasion, all the young men to enlist under his leadership for the period of four years, and at one time 800 men, out of a total population of 10,000, mysteriously disappeared. The profit to be derived from the trade in furs, with the freedom from all priestly or secular control enjoyed in the wilderness, were the chief causes of this exodus. Du Lhut's traffic was carried on under the protection of Count Prontenac, and with the assistance of certain merchants, of whom his uncle. Patron, was one. He spent his time in the trackless forests, in the Indian towns, or in remote posts which he himself had planted, trading, fighting, ruling lawless savages and scarcely less ungovernable whites, and from time to time going to France to hold interviews with Seignelay, the colonial minister. He built a trading post on the north side of Lake Superior, at the mouth of a river entering Thunder bay, where Fort William now stands. Du Lhut left Quebec in September, 1678, to explore the upper Mississippi, visited three large Sioux towns in the summer of 1679, held a council near Lake Superior to reconcile the Assiniboines with the neighboring tribes, and in June, 1680, started with four Frenchmen, an Indian, and two canoes to continue his explorations. On reaching the St. Croix he learned that there were three Europeans on the main riv^er below. They proved to be