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62 DAMEN, Arnold, clergyman, b. in Holland about 1800. After entering the Society of Jesus, he came to the United States, and the development of the Roman Catholic church in the west is con- sidered to be largely his work. In 1857 he erected a Jesuit establisliment in Chicago ; he also built the great Church of the Holy Trinity, and founded the College of St. Ignatius in the same city. His success as a missionary has been very great. As a pulpit orator he ranks very high in the religious body to which he belongs.

D'AMICO, Carlos A. (da-am-e'-ko), Argentine statesman, b. in Buenos Ayres in 1844. At the age of twenty-one he was graduated in law at the uni- versity of his native city, and opened an office in Buenos Ayres. At the same time he took an active part in politics, affiliating himself in the national autonomist party, of which he is still one of the chief supporters. In 1868, when the allied armies, having repelled the forces of Lopez, were about to invade Paraguay, D'Amico accepted a commission in a regiment of national guards, was present at all the battles of the allied armies on Paraguayan territory, and rose to the rank of major. He then returned to his law practice, but soon was elected secretary of the federal senate, and in 1877 to con- gress as member for Buenos Ayres. In October, 1880, he was appointed secretary of state of the government of the state of Buenos Ayres, which office he held until, in 1883, he was called to the federal senate as senator for Buenos Ayres. At the expiration of the term of Gov. Roeha, in 1884, D'Amico was chosen governor of the state of Buenos Ayres. He is, perhaps, the most popular orator of the Argentine republic, and in the chamber of deputies, as well as in the senate, uses his gifts to defend the interests of his native state and the federation in general. As minister of the state government, he initiated measures granting in- creased facilities for communications with Europe and the countries of both Americas, and fostering emigration and the public-school system. He was one of the originators of the railroad to Mendoza, destined to cross the Andes after traversing the immense pampas, and to put Chili in connnunica- tion with the Atlantic seaboard. During his term as minister he worked incessantly for the execution of the project to found a new capital, and, when his idea was accepted by Grov. Roeha, the foundations of the new city, La Plata, were laid in 1883. When he became governor he pushed the progress of this favorite city still more energetically, and its growth and embellishment made rapid strides. Under his administration were either begun or completed the palace of the government, the ministerial buildings, the house of congress, the progreso bank, and a great number of public-school buildings. His term as governor will expire in the latter part of 1887.

DAMON, David, clergyman, b. in East Sudbury (now Wayland), Mass., 12'Sept., 1788; d. in Read- ing, Mass., in 1843. His father was a farmer, barely able to support his family, so that the son was dependent for his education entirely upon his own exertions. He prepared himself for college at Phillips Andover academy, and was graduated at Harvard in 1811. He was one of the founders of the Harvard Lyceum, at Cambridge, in 1810-11, and was the third scholar in a class of which Ed- ward Everett and N. L. Frothingham were the first and second. He studied theology at Andover, but was not graduated, was licensed to preach 22 Nov., 1813, ol-dained 1 Feb., 1815, and installed as pastor of the Unitarian church in Lunenburg, Mass, lie occupied various parishes in New Eng- land until 1835, when he settled in East Cambridge, Mass. In January, 1841, he delivered the annual sermon before the legislature of Massachusetts, and in May of the same year the Dudleian lecture at Harvard. The degree of D. D, was conferred upon him by his alma mater in 1843. His death was caused by apoplexy, which attacked him while he was officiating at tlie funeral of his friend, Edmund Parker. His publications consisted principally of sermons and addresses.

DAMON, Howard Franklin, physician, b. in Scituate, Mass., in 1833 ; d. in Boston, 17 Sept., 1884. He was graduated at Harvard in 1858, and at the medical department of that institution in 1861. He was physician and superintendent of the Boston dispensary in 1862-4, and was afterward admitting physician to the city hospital, and physi- cian to the department of skin diseases among out- door patients. He was a member of the American medical association, of the Boston society for medi- cal improvement, the Boston microscopical society, and was corresponding member of the New York dermatological society. He was the author of " Leucocythasmia," a Boylston prize essay (Boston, 1864) ; " Photographs of Skin Diseases " (Boston. 1870) ; " Neuroses of the Skin " (Philadelphia, 1868) ; "Structui-al Lesions of the Skin" (Philadelphia, 1869) ; and " Some General Remarks on the Fre- quencv of Skin Diseases " (1870).

DAMPIER, William, navigator, b. in East Co- ker, Somersetshire, 8 June, 1652 ; d. in St. Stephen's Parish, London, 17 March, 1714. Early in life he was left an orphan, when he was taken from school and placed on board of a vessel bound for New- foundland, and on his return he engaged as a com- mon sailor on a vessel sailing for the East Indies. He served in the Dutch war during 1673 under Sir Edward Sprague, but failing health led him to settle in the country. In 1674 he became under- manager of an estate in Jamaica, but soon engaged in the coasting trade, and made two voyages to the bay of Campeachy, where he also remained for some time with the logwood-cutters as a common workman, and subsequently published an account of his experiences. In 1678 he returned to Ja- maica, and then sailed to England, but again re- turned to the West Indies during the following year, when he was persuaded to join a party of buccaneers, with whom he crossed the isthmus of Panama, and spent 1680 on the Peruvian coast, successfully plundering several towns. After another privateering voyage on the Spanish main, he set out on an expedition, under Capt. John Cook, against the Spaniards in the South sea. They sailed from Virginia in August, 1684, cruised along the coasts of Guinea, and then, doubling Cape Horn, entered the Pacific. Here the expe- dition was joined by another ship from London, bent on a similar errand, and. after stopping at the island of Juan Fernandez, they cruised together up the coast of South America, capturing several prizes. While near Cape Blanco, off the coast of Mexico, Capt. Cook died, and was succeeded by Capt. Davis. Here a vessel commanded by Capt. Swan joined the expedition. Unsuccessful attacks were made on Guayaquil, and also on a Spanish fleet laden with treasures from Peru, but they suc- ceeded in capturing several prizes. After a time- Dampier left Davis and, joining Swan, set out for the East Indies across the Pacific ocean. On reach- ing Mindanao, the crew mutinied, and Swan, with others, was left on the island. Dampier continued, cruising in East Indian waters for several years, until he landed at Bencoolen, where he acted as a gunner in the English fort. In 1691 he sailed for England, reaching home in September. Subse-