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Rh possession of their camp. Tlie savages outnum- bered the Englisli two to one, and were commanded by their able chief, Paugus. They were met in a sparsely wooded place, and at the tiv^t fire Capt. Lovewell fell, mortally wounded. His men with- drew in good order to the lake to escape being sur- rounded, and the fight continued from 10 a. m. till nightfall, when the Indians, having lost their chief, retired from the field. Only nine of Capt. Love- well's company escaped unhurt. The survivors and tiie widows and children of the slain received a grant of Lovewell's town or Suncook (now Pem- broke), N. H. A long ballad, entitled " Lovewell's Fight," was composed at the time. Rev. Thomas Symmes published " Historical Memoirs of the Fight of Pigwacket," with a sermon on Lovewell's death (1725). This was republished, with notes by Nathaniel Bouton (Boston, 1861). See also " Expe- ditions of Capt. Lovewell," edited by Frederick Kidder (1805). — His brother, Zaccheus, soldier, b. in Dunstable, Mass., 22 July, 1701; d. there, 12 April, 1772, served in the French war, succeeding Joseph Blanchard as colonel of the regiment of New Hampshire volunteei"s in April, 1758, and was ordered to join Gen. Prideaux at Niagara on 29 July, 1759. — Another brother, Jonathan, b. in Dunstable, Mass., 14 May, 1713; d. in 1792, was a preacher, and in later life was appointed a judge.

LOW, Abiel Abbot, merchant, b. in Salem, Mass., 7 Feb., 1811 ; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., 7 Jan., 1893. He early became a clerk in a mercantile liouse, and subsequently for several years was with his fatiier, who was an importer of drugs and India goods in New York city, and had resided in Brooklyn, N. Y., since 1829. In 1833 he sailed for Canton, China, where he became a partner in an American mercantile house in 1837. Three years later he returned home and engaged in the China tea and silk trade. As his business increased he built many of his own ships. He was made a member of the New York chamber of connnerce in 1846, and in 1863 was elected its president, hold- ing the office till the close of 1866, when he re- signed. He was frequently called upon to address the chamber and other bodies, or to consult with the government at Washington in relation to com- mercial or financial interests, and his voice and influence were always decided and powerful in sup- port of the plighted faith of the nation. During the war he was treasurer of the Union defence committee of New York, a member of the war fund committee of Brooklyn, and president of the general cominittee of citizens in Brooklyn that was ap- pointed in aid of the sanitary service. Mr. Low was for many years president of the board of trus- tees of the Packer institute. He contributed gifts to the Brooklyn library, the City hospital, and nuiny other educational, benevolent, and religious enter- prises. — His son, Seth, merchant, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., 18 Jan., 1850, was graduated at Columbia in 1870, became a clerk in his father's mercantile house, and in 1875 was admitted as a partner. He was elected a member of the New York chamber of commerce, and made addresses on the carrying trade and related subjects, which commanded at- tention. Mr. Low was a founder of the Brooklyn bureau of charities and its first president, and at the same time he began to take part in political reform. He was nominated for the mayoralty in 1881 as a reform candidate, and, being elected by a decisive majority, gained much praise by his ad- ministration of the city government. He was the first mayor in the state to introduce the system of competitive examination for appointments to mu- nicipal offices. He was re-elected in 1888, and served for another term of two years. In 1890 he became president of Columbia university, later giving $1,000,000 for a university library build- ing, and in 1897 he was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Greater New York.

LOW, Edward, buccaneer, b. in Westminster, London ; d. in Martinique in 1724. After making several voyages with his brother, he went alone to Boston, where he embarked on a vessel that was bound for the Gulf of Honduras. Here he quar- relled with tiie captain, and, putting to sea in the long - boat with several companions, captured a small ship, on which they raised the black flag, and became pirates. By 1722 he had several ves- sels under his command with which he ravaged the coasts of New England and the Antilles. His crews were constantly increased by sailors that deserted their ships or were forced to join him. In the roadstead of St. Michael he took several ships, and, being in want of water and provisions, he had the boldness to demand them of the gov- ernor of St. Michael, promising to surrender the captures he had just made, and threatening to burn them if his demands were not complied with. The governor did what the pirates asked, and Low kept his word. On returning to the Antilles, he committed horrible cruelties on those who fell into his power, especially on those who concealed their money or threw it into the sea. In an engage- ment with a ship-of-war, in June, 1723, one of Low's vessels was so badly damaged that he left it to its fate and fled. This ship was taken and brought to Rhode Island, where two thirds of the crew were hanged. After this the career of Low was marked by greater atrocities. His fleet in- creased, for he often manned the vessels that he took, giving the command to one of his subordi- nates. Not only New England, Cape Breton, Newfoundland, and the Antilles suffered from his ravages, but they extended as far as the coasts of Guinea. Cruelty had become so familiar to him that he took an eager pleasure in torturing and murdering his prisoners. Towai-d the end of July, 1723, he captured a large vessel, of which he took command, with the title of admiral, and hoisted on the main-mast a black flag with a death's-head in red. When he was in the Caribbean sea in January, 1724, a quarrel arose between him and his crew. The officer next in command showed himself violently opposed to an enterprise on which Low was bent, and the latter avenged him- self by murdering his subordinate in his sleep. The crew seized their leader and two or three of his partisans, lowered them into a boat, and abandoned them without provisions. A ship from JMartinique • met them and brought them to the island, where they were recognized and executed. See •' History of the English Pirates," by Charles .Johnson (London, 1734).

LOW, Frederick Ferdinand, governor of California, b. in Frankfort, Me., 30 June, 1828; d. in San Francisco, 21 July, 1894. At twenty-one lie went to California, and, after spending some time in the mines, established himself in business in San Francisco, and in 1854 removed to Marysville, where he became a banker. He was elected as a Republican to congress in 1860, and, after the expiration of his term in 1863, was appointed collector of the port of San Francisco. He was elected governor the same year, and served for the four-years' term beginning' 1 Jan., 1864. From 1809 till 1874 he was U. S. minister to China. In February, 1871, he was empoAvered to negotiate with Corea "for the protection of shipwrecked seamen and for a treaty of commerce and navigation.