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174 his death. He was the first author that wrote in the Creole language. His works include " Gram- maire de la langue Creole parlee dans les Antilles danoises " (Copenhagen, 1770), and " Nouveau Tes- tament traduit en creole" (1781).

MAGIE, David, clergyman, b. in Elizabeth, ISI. J., 13 March, 1795 ; d. there, 10 May, 1865. He was graduated at Princeton in 1817, and while pursuing the theological course in the seminary was tutor in the college in 1818-19. On 24 April, 1821, he was installed as pastor of a newly organ- ized Presbyterian church in Elizabeth, with which he remained connected until his death. In 1842 he received the degree of D. D. from Amherst. Dr. Magie was a director in the American board of commissioners for foreign missions, of the Amer- ican tract society, and of the Theological seminary at Princeton. He was the author of " The Spring- time of Life " (New York, 1855), and of a tract en- titled "The Citizen Soldier," of which 250,000 copies were distributed during the civil war.

MAGILL, Edward Hicks, educator, b. in Sole- bury, Bucks CO., Pa., 24 Sept., 1825. He was edu- cated at Yale and at Brown, where he was gradu- ated in 1852. He was principal of the classical department of Providence high-school in 1852-'9, and then submaster of the Boston Latin-school till 1867, when he resigned, and spent some time in travel and study in Europe while waiting for the opening of Swarthmore college. In 1869 he became principal of the Swarthmore preparatory school, and in 1871 president of the Friends' col- lege at Swarthmore, Delaware co.. Pa. The col- lege has prospered under his management, and presents an example of successful coeducation of the sexes, of which President Magill is a strong advocate. While connected with the Boston Latin- school he published a " French Grammar " (Bos- ton, 1865), with a kev ; also two French readers.

MAGILL, Mary Tucker, author, b. in Jefferson county. Va., 21 Aug., 1832; d. in Richmond, 29 April, 1899. She was educated at the University of Virginia, where her father. Dr. Alfred T. Magill. was professor of medicine. She established, with her mother, who was a daughter of Judge Henry St. G. Tucker, a boarding-school at Winchester, Va. Miss Magill has contributed sketches to periodicals and corresponded with various newspapers, and is the author of "The Holcombes," a story of Virginia home life (Philadelphia, 1868) ; " Women, or Chronicles of the Late War " (1870) ; a " School History of Virginia," generally used in the public schools of the state (Baltimore, 1877); and " Pantomimes, or Wordless Poems " (Boston, 1882).

MAGINNIS, John Sharp, clergyman, b. in Butler county, Pa., 13 June, 1805 ; d. in Rochester, N. Y., 15 Oct., 1852. His parents, who came origi- nally from the north of Ireland, removed to Trum- bull county, Ohio, when he was three years old. At the age of twelve he learned the carpenter's trade, but on 25 May, 1827, was licensed to preach as a Baptist. He then went to Waterville college. Me., and to Brown, but left at the end of his sec- ond year on account of failing health. He after- ward studied theology at Newton seminary, Mass., and was pastor of churches in Portland, Me., and Providence, R. I. He then accepted the profes- sorship of biblical and pastoral theology at the Literary and theological institution (now Madison university) in Hamilton, N. Y. In 1851 he became professor of the same branches in the new Theo- logical seminary at Rochester, N. Y., and of phi- losophy in Rochester university. He received the degree of D. D. from Brown in 1844. He was a contributor to religious quarterlies.

MAGOFFIN, Beriah, governor of Kentucky, b. in Harrodsburg. Ky., 18 April, 1815; d. there, 28 Feb., 1885. He was graduated at Center college, Danville, Ky., in 1835, and at the law department of Transylvania university in 1838, began practising law at Jackson, Miss., in 1839, and was elected read- ing-clerk of the Mississippi senate, but returned to Harrodsburg the same year, and practised until he was appointed police judge in 1840. In 1850 he was elected to the Kentucky senate. He was a. presidential elector in 1844, 1848, 1852, and 1856, and a delegate to the National Democratic conven- tions of 1848, 1856, and 1860. He was defeated in 1855 as a candidate for lieutenant-governor, but was elected governor for the term of four years beginning 1 Sept., 1859. In a correspondence with commissioners from Alabama relative to co-opera- tion with the southern states, he proposed in 1860 that the slave states should agree on amendments- to the U. S. constitution that would meet with the approbation of Democrats at the north. In his mes- sage in February, 1861, he recommended a conven- tion of the border states. He replied on 15 April, 1861, to the president's call for 75,000 men, that Kentucky would •' fui-nish no troops for the wicked purpose of subduing her sister southern states."' In May he issued a proclamation forbidding either the United States or the Confederate government to undertake any movement of troops or occupy any post on Kentucky soil, and warning the citi- zens of the state against taking part in hostilities. In August he sent letters to President Lincoln and to Jefferson Davis declaring the neutrality of Kentucky, and requesting the former to withdraw National troops from the state. When Gen. Leoni- das Polk occupied Columbus, the legislature passed a resolution directing the governor to demand by proclamation the evacuation of Kentucky soil by the Confederate forces. He vetoed this resolution, but it was passed over his veto, and he issued the proclamation. Resolutions inviting Gen. Robert Anderson to enroll a vohmteer force and expel the invaders, and requesting the governor to call out the militia and place Gen. Thomas L. Crittenden in command, were likewise carried in spite of his veto. In 1862 he vetoed an act to disfranchise citi- zens that entered the Confederate service, and other measures, and in August, calling an extra session of the legislature, resigned his office. In 1867 he was elected to the State house of representatives,

MAGOON, Elias Lyman, clergyman, b. in Lebanon, N. H., 20 Oct., 1810 ; d. in Philadelphia, Pa.. 25 Nov., 1886. He was the grandson of a Baptist minister, and the son of an architect who was successful in his profession, but was long an invalid. At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to a bricklayer, but he prepared himself by evening study for college, and entered Waterville college (now Colby university). During his vacations he followed his trade. He entered Newton theological seminary in 1836, and in 1839 was ordained as a Baptist minister, and settled over a church in Richmond, Va. After a pastorate of six years, in consequence of a division of his church on the question of slavery he resigned, and was called to a pastorate in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained for four years. In 1849 he took charge of a church in New York city, where he preached for eight years. He next held a pastorate in Albany. N. Y., for ten years; and was then pastor of the Broad street church in Philadelphia, Pa., till April, 1884, when he retired from the pulpit. He subsequently delivered lectures in various parts of the country. He received the degree of D. D. from Rochester university in 1853. He was a collector