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Rh lished " The Modern Horse Doctor " (New York, 1854) ; "The Manual of Veterinary Science " (1855) ; " Anatomy and Physiology of the Horse " (Boston, 1856) ; and " The American Cattle Doctor."

DADE, Francis Langhorn, soldier, b. in Vir- ginia ; killed by Indians near Fort King, Fla., 28 Dec, 1835. He was appointed third lieutenant in the 12th infantry on 18 March, 1813, became first lieutenant in 1816, captain in 1818, and brevet major in 1828. When killed he was on the march to Fort King with a detachment, which was nearly destroyed by a treacherous attack of the Seminole Indians. A beautiful monument was erected at West Point to his memory and that of his command.

DAGG, John Lladley, educator, b. in Mid- dleburg, Va., 13 Feb., 1794; d. in Ilaynesville, Ala., 11 June, 1884. He was ordained to the Bap- tist ministry in 1817, preached for some years in Virginia, and in 1825 removed to Philadelphia, Pa., where he became j^astor of the 5th Baptist church. Retiring from the pastorate in 1833 on account of a diseased throat, he thenceforth devoted himself to teaching and authorship. In 1836 he took charge of the Alabama female athenaaum in Tuscaloosa, and in 1844 was made president of Mercer univer- sity at Penfield, Ga., where he remained for twelve years, giving instruction in theology in addition to his duties as president. In 1856 he resigned the presidency of Mercer universit}^ His published works are " Manual of Theology " ; " Treatise on Church Order " ; " Elements of Moral Science " ; '• Evidences of Christianity " ; and several pamph- lets, including " The More Excellent Way " ; " An Interpretation of John III.: 5"; '"An Essay in Defence of Strict Communion " ; and " A Decisive Argument against Infant Baptism, furnished by One of its Own Proof-Texts."

DAGGETT, David, jurist, b. in Attleborough, Mass., 31 Dec, 1764; d. in New Haven, Conn., 12 April, 1851. He was graduated at Yale in 1783, studied and practised law in New Haven, became state's attorney in 1811, mayor of the city in 1828, and held other local offices. From 1791 till 1813 he was a member of the Connecticut legislature, serving in 1794 as speaker, and from 1797 till 1804 and 1809 till 1813 as a member of the council or upper house. He voted as a presidential elector for Charles C. Pinckney in 1804 and 1808, and for DeWitt Clinton in 1812. He was elected a U. S. senator in the place of Chauncey Goodrich, who resigned, and served from 24 May, 1813, till 3 March, 1819, when he returned to his extensive practice at the bar in Connecticut. From 1826 till 1832 he was a judge of the Connecticut supreme court, and then chief judge till 1834, when he reached the age of seventy years, and was retired under the statute. He became an instructor in the New Haven law-school in 1824, and was professor of jurisprudence from 1826 until he was compelled by the infirmities of age to resign the chair. A sketch of his life by the Rev. Samuel W. S. Dut- ton, D. D., appeared in 1851. — His son, Oliver Ellsworth, clergyman, b. in New Haven, Conn., 14 Jan., 1810 ; d. in Hartford, Conn., 1 Sept., 1880, was graduated at Yale in 1828, studied in the law- school at New Haven, and, after being admitted to the bar in 1831. spent two years in the divinity- school. From 1837 till 1843 he was pastor of the South church in Hartford, Conn., and of the Congregational church in Canandaigua, N. Y., from 1845 till 1867. In September of the latter year he was chosen professor of divinity at Yale, where he remained till 1870, officiating during the same period as pastor of the college church. From 1871 till 1877 he was minister of the Congre- gational church in New London, Conn., after which he resided in Hartford. He published ser- mons and magazine articles, assisted in compiling a book of psalms and hymns (1845), and left a small volume of poems, printed posthumously.

DAGfGETT, Naphtali, clergyman, b. in Attle- borough, Mass., 8 Sept., 1727; d. in New Haven, Conn., 25 Nov., 1780. His grand.father was the great- grandfather of David Daggett. He was graduated at Yale in 1748, studied theology,' was ordained pastor of the Presbyterian church in Smithtown, L. I., in 1751, and in 1756 became professor of divinity at Yale, which post he retained until his death. When President Clapp resigned in 1766, he was chosen president pro tempore, in which ca- pacity he officiated until 1777, when he was suc- ceeded by Dr. Ezra Stiles, When the British attacked New Haven in July, 1779, Dr. Daggett took part in the defence with a shot-gun, but was taken prisoner, and compelled by the enemy to act as a guide, and repeatedly pricked with bayonets un- til his strength failed, and he never fully recovered. He published several sermons and an account of the famous dark day in New England (1780).

DAHLGREN, John Adolph, naval officer, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 13 Nov., 1809 ; d. in Washing- ton, D. C, 12 July, 1870. His father, Bernard Ulric Dahlgren, was Swedish consul at Philadel- phia till his death in 1824. The great object of the son's early ambition was to enter the navy of the United States, and he received his midship- man's warrant on 1 Feb., 1826, making his first cruise in the " Macedonian," of the Brazil squadron, in 1827-'9. He was attached to the sloop " Onta- rio," of the Medi- terranean squad- ron, in 1830-2, and made passed midshipman in the latter year, and in 1834, ow- ing to his mathe- matical proficien- cy, detailed for duty on the coast survey. In this j'ear he wrote a series of letters on naval topics to the Philadelphia "National Gazette," signed "Blue-Jacket."

He was commissioned lieutenant in 1837, and in the same year his hitherto exceptionally fine sight became so impaired by incessant labor as to threaten entire loss of vision, and an absolute rest was needed. During this period of enforced inaction Lieut. Dahlgren resided on a farm. In 1842 he resumed duty, and in 1843 went to the Mediterranean in the frigate " Cumberland," returning late in 1845 to the United States, the cruise having been shortened by the prospect of a war with Mexico. In January, 1847. Lieut. Dahlgren was assigned to ordnance duty at Washington, although he desired, and made an effort to obtain, active duty at sea. Then began those labors as an ordnance officer which for sixteen years demanded the most extraordinary energy, and which finally made Dahlgren chief of ordnance, and gav^e him the world's recognition as a man of science and inventive genius. He saw almost at once the defects in gunnery then existing,