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48 ber, 1722, when the rector and Mr. Johnson, of Stratford, upheld the divine right of episcopacy. Of course, Mr. Cutler could not remain in Yale college, and the tnistees promptly voted his dis- missal. He thereupon, in company with Mr. John- son and Mr. Browne, sailed for England, in Novem- ber, 1722, was ordained by the bishop of Norwich, in March, 1723, and received the degree of D. D. from both Oxford and Cambridge. He was ap- pointed missionary by the Propagation society, re- turned to America, and took charge of Christ church, Boston, which was first opened for public worship on 29 Doc. Dr. Cutler continued in this place during his long and useful life, always a con- sistent churchman, yet rarely engaging in contro- versy. He published several single sermons, and was one of the most influential and learned of the Episcopal clergy in colonial days.

CUTT, John, colonial governor of New Hamp- shire, b. in England in 1(525 ; d. in Portsmouth, N. H., 27 March, 1681. He came to this country with his brothers, Richard and Robert, before 1645. Richard, b. in 1627, settled on the Isles of Shoals and became a fisherman, but afterward removed to Portsmouth. Robert, b. in 1G28, became a noted ship-builder in Kittery, while John established himself in Portsmouth as a merchant, becoming also a farmer and a mill-owner, and acquired a large property. During the union with IMassachusetts he was sent as deputy to the general court, and was one of a committee from Portsmouth appointed under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts and against the claims of Capt. John Mason. He was appointed president of the province by Charles II. in 1679, and continued in that office until his death, when he was succeeded by Richard Waldron. The de- scendants of these brothers (who now spell the name Cutts) include all the families on both sides of the Piscataqua. — Charles, senator, b. in Ports- mouth, N. H., SI Jan., 1769 ; d. in Fairfax coun- ty, Va., 25 Jan., 1846. He is fourth in descent from Gov. John Cutt's brother Robert. He was graduated at Harvard in 1789, studied law with Judge Pickering, and was admitted to the bai\ In 1804 he was elected to the New Hampshire legis- lature, becoming speaker of that body during the same year. He was elected a senator from New Hampshire, served from 3 Dec, 1810, till 3 March, 1813, and subsequently was appointed senator to fill a vacancy during a recess of the legislature, holding office from 24 May till 21 June, 1813. From 1814 till 1825 he was secretary of the U. S. senate. — Richard, politician, b. on Cutts island, near Saeo, Me., 22 June, 1771 ; d. in Washington, D. C, 7 April, 1845. He was a first cousin of Charles, and was descended from Robert. He was graduated at Harvard in 1790, after which he studied law, but was diverted to business, was ex- tensively engaged in commerce, and spent some time in Europe. On his return he became a mem- ber of the Massachusetts legislature, serving in 1799 and in 1800. He was elected as a democrat to congress, and with subsequent re-elections served continuously through six terms, from 7 Dec, 1801, till 3 March, 1813, but was finally defeated by Cy- rus King, when a candidate for the 13th congress. In June, 1813, he was appointed superintendent- general of military supplies, an office which he continued to fill until it was abolished, in March, 1817, after which he was appointed second comp- troller of the treasury, remaining as such until 1829. He continued to reside in Washington in retirement imtil his death. In 1804 he married Anna Payne, sister of President Madison's wife. — His son, James Madison, b. on Cutts island, near Saco, Me., 29 July, 1805 : d. in Washington, D. C, 11 May, 1863. lie was educated in Washington, and was destined for the bar. but the war of 1812 swept away much of his father's property, and young Cutts, then a student in William Wirt's of- fice, was compelled to give up his studies. He was appointed in the treasury department, becoming chief clerk in the second comptroller's office, and ultimately, during Buchanan's administration, sec- ond comptroller. This office he held until his death, through the administration of President Lincoln. His daughter Ada married, first, Senator Stephen A. Douglas, and, several years after his death. Col. Robert Williams, U. S. A. — Another son, Richard Doniinicns, surveyor, b. in Wash- ington, D. C, 21 Sept., 1817; d. there, 13 Dec, 1883. He was educated at Georgetown college, and entered the coast survey in 1843, remaining in its service for over forty years. His first eft'oi'ts were directed toward raising the standard of topo- graphical work, which he accomplished with emi- nent success. Of late years the higher scientific work of the survey has occupied his attention, and his operations have extended to all parts of the country. The shores of the Chesapeake, the coasts of the Pacific, the plains of Texas, and the moun- tains of New England equally bear testimony to his professional ability. To him the navigators of the Pacific are indebted for the first surveys of San Francisco, San Diego, and Monterey bays, and some other minor harbors on the coast. In 1855 he was appointed U. S. siu-veyor upon the Inter- national fisheries commission for the settlement of the limits of the fishing-grounds between the United States and the British dominions in North America. In the civil war he was on the staff of Gen. Henry W. Halleck, and received the brevet rank of brigadier-general of volunteers in Marcii, 1865. In 1873 he was one of the U. S. commis- sioners to the Vienna international exposition, and in 1883 he attended the International geodesic conference in Rome, which was convened for the jjurpose of considering a universal prime meridian and the unification of time. He held at his death the office of first assistant superintendent cif the coast survey, having direct charge of the office and topography. In 1845 he married Martha Jefl'erson Hackley, granddaughter of Thomas Mann Ran- dolph, of Tuckahoe, Ga.

CUTTER, Ammi Rnhaniah, physician, b. in North Yarmouth. Me.. 4 March, 1735 ; d. in Ports- mouth, N. H., 8 Dec, 1819. His father, the first minister of that town, was chaplain of a New Eng- land regiment at the siege of Louisbui'g in 1745. His son was graduated at Harvard in 1752. and afterward studied medicine with Dr. Clement Jack- son, of Portsmouth. He was surgeon of Col. Rob- ert Roger's rangers until they were disbanded, and in 1758 surgeon of the New Hampshire troops in the successful expedition against Louisburg. He was physician-general of the eastern department, stationed at Fishkill from April, 1777, until the beginning of 1778, when he resumed practice at Portsmouth. He was a delegate to the New Hamp- shire constitutional convention, a Whig, and long president of the New Hampshire medical societv*.

CUTTER, Calvin, physician, b. in Jaffrey," N. H., in 1807 ; d. in Greene, Me., 25 March, 1880. He was a pupil at the New Ipswich academy, and afterward taught in Wilton, N. H., and Ashby, Mass. In 1829 he studied medicine, and practised his profession in Rochester, N. H., from 1831 till 1833. in Nashua from 1834 till 1837. and in Dover from 1838 till 1841. Between 1842 and 1856 Dr. Cutter visited twenty-nine states of the Union, delivering