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123 others, was reprinted (Philadelphia, 1836). In 1824 he edited at Philadelphia the " American Monthly Magazine," for which he wrote " O'Halloran, or the Insurgent, a Romance of the Irish Rebel- lion," afterward reprinted at Glasgow. He was also the author of "The Wilderness, or Brad- dock's Times, a Tale of the West " (2 vols.. New York, 1823) ; " A Spectre of the Forest, or Annals of the Housatonic" (2 vols., 1823) ; " The Hearts of Steel, an Irish Historical Tale of the Last Cen- tury " (2 vols., Philadelphia, 1825) ; " The Betrothed of Wyoming " (2d ed., 1830) ; and " Meredith, or the Mystery of the Meschianza, a Tale of the Revolution " (1831). Among his poetical works are " Waltham, an American Revolutionary Tale, in Three Cantos " (New York, 1823) ; " The Usurper, an Historical Tragedy, in Five Acts," which was played with great success at the old Chestnut street theatre (Philadelphia, 1829); and "The Antedi- luvians, or the World Destroyed, a Narrative Poem in Ten Books " (1840). Dr. McHenry took an active interest in polities, was the personal friend and ardent admirer of Andrew Jackson, and as a tribute to him published " Jackson's Wreath," a poem (1829). — His son, James, merchant, b. in Larne. Ireland, 3 May, 1817; d. in London, Eng- land, 26 May, 1891, was educated in Philadelphia, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits, and afterward went to England, where he engaged ex- tensively in business at Liverpool. He is said to have been the first to import into England Ameri- can butter and cheese. Mr. McHenry was inter- ested m American railway enterprises. After 1861 he resided in Kensington, London, in one of the most famous private houses in England — Oats Lodge — formerly called Little Holland House, where, for nearly a quarter of a century, the most noted of Americans visiting London enjoyed Mr. McHenry's hospitalities. During the civil war his sympathies were with the National government, and he contributed $500 to the equipment of the Corn Exchange regiment of Philadelphia, and presented to that city a Whitworth-gun battery. — The first James's daughter, Mary, b. in Phila- delphia, married J. Bellargee Cox, and is widely known for her philanthropic work in that city. She aided in founding the Church home in 1856; the Soldiers' reading-room in 1862, which she aided in maintaining until the close of the civil war ; the Lincoln institution in 1865 ; and the Educational home in 1871, with all of which, except the second named, she is still (1898) connected, and has been active in fostering. Since 1873 she has been presi- dent of the board of lady visitors of the Soldiers' home, Philadelphia. She was appointed in 1876 by the Centennial commission one of the thirteen women to represent the thirteen original states. For some years Mrs. Cox Has been active in the movement for the education of Indian children.

MACHIN, Thomas, soldier, b. in Staffordshire, England, 20 Mai'ch, 1744 ; d. in Charleston, Mont- gomery CO., N. Y., 3 April, 1816. He was educated as an engineer, and employed in the construction of the Duke of Bridgewater's canal between Man- chester and Worsley. In 1772 he was sent to New Jersey to examine a copper-mine, and remained in this country, settling in Boston, Mass. He em- braced with ardor the cause of independence, was one of the party that threw the tea overboard in Boston harbor, and fought as an officer of artillery at Bunker Hill, where he was wounded. He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the New York ar- tillery on 18 Jan, 1776, and during that year was employed in placing chains across the Hudson river at the Highlands. He was wounded at Fort Montgomery in October, 1777, where he held a commission as 1st lieutenant, and was attached to Col. John Lamb's artillery regiment ; he served as an engineer in the expedition of Col. Goosen Van Schaick, which destroyed the settlements of the Onondaga Indians in the spring of 1779, and later in the year accompanied Gen. James Clinton's expe- dition into the Genesee country. He was promoted captain of artillery on 21 Aug., 1780, employed on the siege- works at Yorktown, and in 1783 settled in Ulster county, N. Y. Subsequently he estab- lished a mill west of Newburg, N. Y., and coined copper pieces for some of the states prior to the institution of a national coinage. He obtained patents for a large tract of land in the noi'thern part of Oneida county, N. Y., and in 1797 removed to Mohawk, N. Y., where he was engaged for some time in surveying. — His son, Thomas, soldier, b. in New Grange, Ulster co., N. Y., in 1796 ; d. in Albany, N. Y., in May, 1875, served as a captain during the war of 1812-'15, and became a brigadier- general in the New York militia.

MACHRAY, Robert, Canadian Anglican bishop, b. in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1832. He is the son of an advocate, and was educated at King's college in his native city and at Cambridge, where he was graduated in 1851. He was ordained priest in 1856, became vicar of Medingley the same year, and in 1858 was appointed dean of Sydney college, Cam- bridge. In 1860-'l he was university examiner, and in 1865 Ramsden university preacher. In 1865 he was consecrated bishop of Rupert's Land, at Lambeth, by the archbishop of Canterbury, and the bishops of London, Ely, and Aberdeen. The diocese at the time of Bishop Machray's appoint- ment included the present province of Manitoba and the northwest territories. In visiting the mis- sion stations that were scattered over this exten- sive tract of country, he encountered many priva- tions and dangers, and travelled thousands of miles by canoe and dog-sleigh. In 1874 his diocese was subdivided, and the see of Rupert's Land now com- prises the province of Manitoba, part of the district of Cumberland, and the districts of Swan River, Norwayhouse, and Lac La Pluie. In the same year Bishop Machray was appointed metropolitan of the whole northwest country. In 1881 he be- came chancellor of the University of Manitoba, and is now (1888) professor of ecclesiastical history in the theological college there.

McILHENNEY, Charles Morgan, artist, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 4 April, 1858. He studied paint- ing under Frank Briscoe, and anatomy in the Philadelphia academy of fine arts in 1877. He first exhibited in New York in 1882, and has since continued to show pictures in the National acade- my and at the New York water-color society, of which he is a member. In 1878-81 he was on a sketching-tour in the south Pacific. His studio is now (188"8) in New York city. Among his pictures are " Good Bye " (1883) ; " A Gray Summer Noon " (1884) ; " The Shadow of Twilight falls Silent and Grav " (1885) ; " The Old, Old Story " (1886) ; and " The Passing Storm " (1887).

McILVAINE, Joseph, senator, b. in Bristol, Bucks CO., Pa., in 1768; d. in Burlington, N. J., 19 Aug., 1826. He received an academic education, was admitted to the Burlington, N. J., bar in 1791, was clerk of the Burlington county court in 1800-'23, and U. S. attorney for the district of New Jersey in 1801-20. He was elected to the U. S. senate from New Jersey in 1823, in place of Samuel L. Southard, who had resigned, and served from December of that year till the time of his death in 1826.— His son, Charles Pettit, P. E. bishop, b.