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566 the translator, is his daughter. — His son, William Henry, artist, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 21 May, 1828 ; d. in Cambridge, Mass., 4 March, 18(37, left school at the age of sixteen, and entered a counting-house, but a year later devoted himself to art. After spend- ing two years studying in Diisseldorf, Munich, Dres- den, Venice, and Paris, he settled at first in Phila- deljihia, but afterward removed his studio to Bos- ton, residing in Cambridge. His improvement as an artist was rapid, and at the time of his death he held high rank as a painter of portraits, his best work being marked by firnmess of drawing, truth of color, fidelity to characteristic traits, and a fine feeling for expression. He was fortunate in his subjects — Charles Sumner, Lucretia Mott, his father. Dr. Furness, and other well-known persons having sat to him. His most successful achieve- ments, however, but gave promise of what he might have accomplished had he lived. — Another son, Horace Howard, author, b. in Philadelphia, 2 Nov., 1883, was graduated at Harvard in 1854. He spent three years in Europe, returned to his native city, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1859. He has been a diligent student of Shakespeare, and undertook the editing of a new variorum edition, the first volume of which ap- peared in 1871, and eight volumes have been issued up to this date (18!:»8). — Helen Kate, autlior, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 26 July, 1837; d. 30 Oct., 1883, was the wife of Horace Howard. Her maiden name was Rogers. Mrs. Furness published a " Concordance to Shakespeare's Poems," intended as a supplement to Mrs. Clarke's concordance to the plays (Philadelphia, 1873), and also compiled an index to William vSidney Walker's " Text of Shakespeare," which was printed privatelv.

FURTADO, Francisco Jose (foor-tah'-do), Bra- zilian statesnuin, b. in Ueiras, 13 Aug., 1818; d. in Rio Janeiro, 23 June, 1870. He was graduated at the academy of law of Caxias in 1838, and ad- mitted to the bar in the following year. He was appointed city judge of Caxias in 1840, elected president of the municipality in 1841, and in 1844 member of the provincial assembly of Piauhi. In 1847 he was elected deputy to the imperial legis- lature that convened in Rio Janeiro in 1848, but the legislature was dissolved, 19 Feb., 1849, and in December Furtado returned to Caxias, and was judge of the superior court of Para till 1856. In that year the government appointed Furtado president of Amazonas. In a few years the prov- ince, owing to his efforts, became flourishing and productive, and in 1859 he resigned. He was elect- ed deputy to the national legislature in 1861, soon became known as an orator, and on 24 May, 1862, was given the portfolio of justice by the president of the new Mineral ministry, but the lat- ter was overthrown after a few days by the Con- servative party. In 1863 Furtado was re-elected, chosen life-senator by the emperor on 24 July, 1864, and on 31 Aug. was called upon to form a new cabinet. He assumed the government under difficult circumstances, principally through a gen- eral commercial crisis. His energetic and some- what arbitrary measures, although criticised by many, saved the situation, and, the public confi- dence restored, all government obligations were soon paid and a new loan floated. After the sur- render of Montevideo in February, 1865, Furtado applied himself to interior improvements, and took the first energetic steps toward the emancipation of the slaves, but the questions stirred up by the triple alliance in May, 1865, occasioned the resig- nation of the cabinet. In the senate Furtado, in 1870, proposed and carried through a law taking the first steps for the abolition of slavery. In April of that year, as counsel of the city of Rio Janeiro, he was making argument in court, when he was seized with an illness which terminated in his death. He died poor, but the provinces of the empire subscribed $24,000 to enable his widow to educate their children.

FUllTADO DE MENDONÇA, Hipolito J. da Costa (foor-tah'-do), Brazilian journalist, b. in Colonia de Sacramento (now Uruguay) in 1773; d. in London, England, 11 Sept., 1823. He was graduated in philosophy and law at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, in 1795, and began practice at the bar in Lisbon. He was first Portuguese minister to the United States in 1798-1800, and in 1803 was sent to London on a secret mission. But his liberal ideas, confirmed during his stay in the United States, had made him enemies at court, and on his return to Portugal in 1804 he was thrown into the dungeons of the Inquisition, where he remained for nearly three years. Early in 1807, assisted by Freemasons, he managed to escape, and sailed for London. As all his property had been con- fiscated by the Inquisition, he was reduced to pov- erty, and gained a living by his pen. He began in London the publication of the '" Correio Brazili- ense," and notwithstanding that the circulation of the paper was repeatedly prohibited under severe penalties, in 1815 and 1817, it continued to be clandestinely introduced and read in Portugal as well as Brazil. In 1821 and 1822 the " Correio " became the open champion of Brazil, first advo- cating a constitution and afterward independence, and Furtado was at the same time secret agent of the liberal committee with the British government. After the independence of Brazil had been estab- lished in 1822, Furtado was appointed early in 1823 minister to the English, Prussian, and Aus- trian governments, with residence in London. Among other works, Furtado published " Memoria da America Septentrional " ; " Historia de Portu- gal " ; " Nova gramatica Portugueza 6 Ingleza " ; '' Descrip§ao da arvore assucarina " ; and " Descrip- §ao de una machina para tocar a bomba a bordo dos navios som o trabalho de homeus."

'''FUTHEY. John Smith''', author, b in Chester county, Pa.. 3 Sept., 1S20: d. 26 Nov., 1888. His ancestors lived in Arbroath, Forfar co., Scotland. Members of the family went to County Antrim, Ireland, and about 1720 Henry Futhey came thence to Chester county. Pa. The subject of this sketch is the fifth in descent from him. He was educated at local academies, and at the law-school of Dickinson college, Pa. He was admitted to the bar of Chester county in 1843, and was disti'ict attorney for five years. In 1879 he was appointed president judge of the district, and the same year was elected for the full term of ten years. Judge Futhey was an excellent historical scholar, a member of many historical societies, and published much valuable historicfd and antiquarian matter. His principal publications are " Historical Collections of Chester County," a series of 160 papers contributed to a local journal; "History of Upper Octorara Presbyterian Church" (1870); "History of Fxlucational Institutions of Chester County" (1877); "Historical Address on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Paoli Massacre " (1877) ; " History of Chester County," in Egle's " History of Pennsylvania" (1876): " History of Chester County," in connection with Gilbert Cope (1881). He also published, in connection with Dr. Wm. Darlington. " Nota^ Cestrienses," a series of papers contributed to a local journal (1858-61).