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Rh ed to his large estate, called Spring Hill, in West Newbury. He was an ardent patriot, and a leader of the whigs of Essex county, among whom were many notable men. He was distinguished for his elegance of manners and scholarly accomplish- ments, and entertained Washington, Adams, Tal- lejTand, and other famous persons at Spring Hill. He was a delegate from Massachusetts to the con- vention of committees of the New England prov- inces that met in Providence, R. I., 25 Dec, 1776, speaker of the house of representatives, and a member of the senate of Massachusetts, and was chosen a senator in the 1st congress, and drew the lot for the short term, serving from 14 April, 1789, till 3 March, 1791. Following the advice of his friend, President Washington, he sold his property in Massachusetts to invest in real estate in Wash- ington ; but through the mismanagement of his agent he lost a great part of the sum thus invest- ed, and commercial losses that occurred at the same time reduced him to poverty. In 1815 he obtained the post of surveyor of the port of Bos- ton, which he held until his death.

DALY, Angustin, dramatist, b. in Plymouth. N. C, 20 July, 1888. His education was "receiv-ed partly in Norfolk, Va., and in the public schools of New York city. He began his literary career as dramatic editor of the "Sunday Courier," in New York city, in 1859, and continued as such on the " Sunday Courier," the New York " Times," the " Sun," the " Express," and the " Citizen," until 18G9, when he openetl the Fiftli Avenue theatre on Twenty-fourth street. This building was destroyed by fire in 1873, and three weeks later he opened another theatre, formerly the " Globe," in Broad- way, under the former name. In 1879 he estab- lished Daly's theatre in Broadway, near Thirtieth street. He has three times taken his entire com- pany to California, twice to England', and once to Germany and France, where the merits of his management and training were warmly acknowl- edged. His career as a dramatic author began in 1802 with an adaptation from the German of Mo- senthal's " Deborah," and since then he has pro- duced original plays — among them "Divorce," "Pique," "Horizon," "Under the Gaslight," and many adaptations from French and German au- thors. Most of his productions have won popu- lar success. Mr. Daly has also, for several seasons, managed the " Grand' Opera House " in New York. His noted achievement is the organization of com- binations of players, complete scenic presentations, and elevation of dramatic purposes. He is an en- thusiast and a hard worker in his profession, de- voting all his time to the success of his theatre, a great reader, and a well-informed student of the dramatic literature of many nations.

DALY, Charles Patrick, jurist, b. in New York city, 31 Oct., 1816. He received a little school- ing, early went to sea before the mast, serving three years, and later became a mechanic's appren- tice. Afterward he studied law in his native city, was admitted to the bar in 1839, elected a member of the legislature in 1843, became justice of the court of common pleas in 1844, first judge in 1857, and chief justice from 1871 to 1886, his term ex- piring by limitation of age, when he returned to the practice of his profession. In 1860 he received from Columbia the degree of LL. D. Justice Daly has for many years been president of the A.merican geographical society, lectured at Colum- bia law-school, delivered discourses before learned societies^ and made public addresses. He has visited Europe on five occasions. It has been said of Justice Daly that, as a lawyer, no large fee has ever tempted him to enlist his services on behalf of an undeservins- cause. He is the author of nu- merous biographical, scientific, and legal papers, most of them issued in pam- phlet-form. His publications em- brace " Historic- al Sketch of the Judicial Tribu- nals of New York from 1623 to 1846"(NewYork, 1855): "History of Naturaliza- tion and its Laws in Differ- ent Countries " (1860) ; " Are the Southern Pri- vateersmen Pi- rates f" (1862); "Origin and His- tory of Institu- tions for the Pro- motion of Useful Arts by Industrial Exhibitions " (Albany, 1864) ; " When was the Drama introduced in America?" (1864); 13 a-oIs. of " Reports of Cases in the Court of Common Pleas, Citv and County of New York " (New York, 1868-'87);" "First Settlement of Jews in North America " (1875) ; " What we know of Maps and Map-making before the Time of Mercator " (1879).

DALY, Sir Dominick, governor of Prince Ed- ward island, b. in 1798; d. in Adelaide, South Australia, 19 Feb., 1868. He was acting chief secretary in Canada for nearly twenty-six years, and in 1851 was appointed governor of the island of Tobago. In 1854 he was knighted, and trans- ferred to Prince Edward island, of which he was governor till 1859. In 1861 he was appointed gov- ernor of South Australia. He married a daugh- ter of Sir Allan JMcNab. — His son, Malacliy Bowes, Canadian statesman, b. at Marchmount, Quebec, 6 Feb., 1836, educated at St. Mary's col- lege near Birmingham, England. He was admit- ted to the bar of Nova Scotia in 1864, and was pri- vate secretary to his father during his occupation of the gubernatorial chair at Prince Edward island for six years, occupying tlie same position during the administrations in Nova Scotia of Sir R. G. Macdonnell, Sir Hastings Doyle, and Sir Fenwick Williams, the " hero of Kars." Mr. Daly sat in the house of commons as representative of Halifax, where he resides, from 1878 to 1882. He was ap- pointed lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia in 1890, and for a second term of office in 1895.

DALZELL, James, soldier, d. near Detroit, Mich., 30 July, 1763. Of his early life nothing is known. He was a companion of Israel Putnam in some of the most adventurous passages of that rough veteran's life, and afterward an aide-de-camp to Gen. Jeffrey Amherst. He led a detachment of 260 men to the relief of the garrison of Detroit, reaching that place at daybreak, 29 July, 1763. After one day's rest, Capt. Dalzell led a night sally against the Indians, in which his command of 247 men was surprised on the banks of a rivulet, called Parent's creek, defeated and dispersed. Dalzell fell and was scalped while attempting to bring off the wounded. His heart was torn out, and with it the Indians wiped the faces of their prisoners. The stream received the name of "Bloody Run," by which it is known to this day.