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Rh house, where they were surrounded by superior forces, and capitulated on the following day. But the terms of the surrender were violated, and Duclerc and Fonvielle were assassinated.

FOOT, Joseph Ives, clergyman, b. in Water- town, Conn., 17 Nov., 1796; d. near Knoxville, Tenn., 21 April, 1840. He removed with his parents in 1810 to West Granville, Mass., and was educated at Phillips Andover academy and at Union college, where he was graduated in 1821. He then studied theology at Andover, was or- dained on 30 Sept., 1824, and labored as a home missionary in South Carolina and New Hampshire in 1824-'(}. He was pastor of Congregational churches in West Brookfield, Mass., in 1826-'32, Salina, N. Y., in 1833-5, and in Cortland, N. Y., in 1835-7. He then removed to Westport, Conn., where he united with the Presbyterian church, and in 1839 became pastor at Knoxville, Tenn. In July of that year he was chosen president of Washing- ton college, Tenn., but did not decide to accept the office till the following year. He was on his way to the college when he was thrown from his carriage, and died on the following day. The college had given him the degree of D. D. Dr. Foot published various sermons, including three on " Perfectionism " (1834), and an historical dis- course on the town of Brookfield (1828), and con- tributed to the " Literary and Theological Re- view," and other periodicals. A selection from his manuscript sermons, with a memoir by his brother, the Rev. George Foot, was published after his death (Philadelphia, 1841).

FOOT, Samuel Alfred, jurist, b. in Watertown, N. Y., 17 Dec, 1790; d. in Geneva, N. Y., 11 May, 1878. He was graduated at Union in 1811, stud- ied law in Milton, N. Y., and with his brother, Ebenezer Foot, of Albany, and was admitted to the bar in 1813. He was district attorney for Albany county in 1819-21, removed to New York city in 1825, and in 1844 to Geneva, N. Y. He was judge of the court of appeals in 1851, and in 1856-'7 served two terms in the legislature, where he introduced resolutions condemning the Dred Scott decision. Judge Foot became a member of the African colonization society in 1851, and was president of the American Bible society in 1843-'7. [e warmly espoused the National cause in 1861, and had five sons in the army, three of whom lost their lives. At the time of his death he was prob- ably the oldest practising lawyer in the state. He received the degree of LL. D. from Jlobart in 1834, and from Union in 1853. His autobiography was printed privately (2 vols., New York, 1873).

FOOT, Solomon, senator, b. in Cornwall, Addi- son CO., Vt., 19 Nov., 1802 ; d. in Washington. D. C, 28 March, 1866. He was graduated at Middle- bury in 1826, was principal of Castleton, Vt., seminary in 1826-'8, tutor in Vermont university in 1827, and in 1828-31 held the chair of natural philosophy in the Vermont academy of medicine, Castleton. He was admitted to the bar in the lat- ter year, and began practice in Rutland, where he lived until his death. He was a member of the legislature in 1833, 1836-'8, and 1847, speaker of the house in 1837-8 and 1847, delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1836, and state attorney for Rutland in 1836-'42. He was then elected to congress as a Whig, and served from 1843 till 1847. He was an unsuccessful candidate for clerk of the house in 1849. was then chosen U. S. senator from Vermont, and served from 1851 till his death, becoming a Republican in 1854. He was chairman of important committees, and was president pro tempore of the senate during a part of the 36th congress and the whole of the 37th. Senator Foot was prominent in debate, and took an active part in the discussions on the admission of Kansas to the Union in 1858. He was chosen president of the Brunswick and Florida railroad company about 1854, and visited England to ne- gotiate the bonds of the company.

FOOTE, Arthur William, musician, b. in Sa- lem, Mass., 5 March, 1853. He studied composition with Stephen A. Emery, and later with Prof. John K. Paine at Harvard, where he was graduated in 1874, and in 1875 took the degree of A. M. for a special course in music. He then settled in Bos- ton, and studied the organ and piano-forte under B. J. Lang. His published works include about twenty compositions for the piano-forte, songs, vocal quartettes, three pieces for violoncello and piano-forte, three pieces for violin and piano-forte, a string quartette, a trio for piano-forte, violin and violoncello, which was played at the meeting of the Music-teachers' national association, 1 July, 1886, and at one of the London Monday popular concerts in February, 1887, and a scene from " Hiawatha " for male chorus, solo, and orchestra, produced by the Apollo club, Boston, in May, 1886. Among his unpublished works are a suite for string orchestra, played in one of the Boston symphony concerts in May, 1886, and in one of the London symphony concerts in January, 1887, and an overture for orchestra, "In the Moun- tains." He has also translated Jean Paul Richter's " Fugue " (Boston, 1875).

FOOTE, Elial Todd, physician, b. in Gill, Mass., 1 May, 1796 ; d. in New Haven, Conn., 17 Nov., 1877. ' He went with his parents in 1798 to Sherburne, N. Y., where he was educated, studied medicine there and in New York city, and began practice in Jamestowni, N. Y., in 1815, being the first physician there. He was a member of the legisla- ture in 1820 and in 1826-7, associate judge of common pleas in 1818-'23, and in the latter year became first judge of Chautauqua county, holding the office till 1843, when he retired. He owned the land on which a large part of the present city of Jamestown is built, and was active in public improvements there. Three churches of the town are built on land given by him for the purpose. Dr. Foote was known as the " father of Chautau- qua county." He was also active in the temper- ance and anti-slavery movements. He removed in 1845 to New Haven," Conn., and resumed the prac- tice of medicine. He was a founder of the New Haven colony historical society, and a member of many other "societies. He collected much mate- rial relating to the early history of Chautauqua county, which formed the basis of the history of that county by A. W. Young (Buffalo, 1875).

FOOTE, Elisha, commissioner of patents, b. in Lee, Mass., 1 Aug., 1809 ; d. in St. Louis, Mo., 22 Oct., 1883. He was educated at the Albany insti- tute, and studied law with Judge Daniel Cady in Johnstown, N, Y., meanwhile supporting himself by teaching and surveying. After being admitted to the bar, he settled in western New York, and was district attorney and then judge of the court of common pleas of Seneca county. His specialty was patent law, and he made several valuable in- ventions. In 1864 he was appointed to the board of appeals at the U. S. patent office, where from July, 1868, until April, 1869, he was commissioner.

FOOTE, George Anderson, physician, b. in Warren county, N. C, 16 Dec, 1835. "He was graduated at Jefferson medical college, Philadelphia, in 1856, and was a surgeon in the Confederate army during the civil war. He was publicly thanked by