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660 sanitary posts of White House and City Point, and subsequently visited the governors of the loyal states, whom he aided in the organization of auxiliary associations for the continued supply of hospital stores. When the war was over he established and conducted for seven years the Pennsylvania sanitarium for the treatment of alcoholic and opium inebriety. In 1875 he settled in Burlington, N. J., where he afterward continued in charge of a home for nervous invalids. He had been most active in relation to the care of inebriates, and in 1872 he was summoned before the committee on habitual drunkards of the British house of commons. His advice and recommendations were approved and adopted by the committee, and were made the basis of a law that is now in existence. He issued the first call for the meeting that resulted in the formation of the American association for the cure of inebriates, and was afterward president of that organization. Dr. Parrish was vice-president of the International congress on inebriety in England in 1882, and was a delegate to the International medical congress in Washington in 1887. He was also a member of scientific societies both at home and abroad. In 1848 he established the &ldquo;New Jersey Medical and Surgical Reporter,&rdquo; which is now issued from Philadelphia without the state prefix and under new management. He also edited &ldquo;The Sanitary Commission Bulletin,&rdquo; and has been associated in the control of other publications, such as the Hartford &ldquo;Quarterly Journal of Inebriety.&rdquo; Dr. Parrish is the author of many papers and addresses on topics pertaining to that branch of medical science, and &ldquo;Alcoholic Inebriety from a Medical Standpoint&rdquo; (Philadelphia, 1883). &mdash; Another son, Edward, pharmacist, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 31 May, 1822; d. in Fort Sill, Indian territory, 9 Sept., 1872, studied at a Friends' school, and was graduated at the Philadelphia college of pharmacy in 1842. He then purchased a drug-store, and engaged in the active practice of his profession. In 1849 he established a school of practical pharmacy. He was elected to membership in the College of pharmacy in 1843, in 1845 a trustee, and in 1854 secretary of the college. He was chosen to the professorship of materia medica in 1864, and in 1867 exchanged his chair with Prof. John M. Maisch (q. v.), taking that of practical pharmacy, on which branch he continued to lecture until his death. Prof. Parrish was active in the movement that led to the founding of Swarthmore college, and was its first president in 1868-'70. In August, 1872, he was appointed commissioner to the Indians with a view toward establishing peace, but he was attacked by malarial fever and died. He was a member of the committee of revision of the U. S. pharmacopoeia in 1850 and 1860. Prof. Parrish joined the American pharmaceutical association at its first meeting in 1852, and filled various offices, including that of president in 1868. He was also a member of other societies, and was elected to honorary membership in associations in Great Britain. His contributions to the &ldquo;American Journal of Pharmacy&rdquo; are more than forty in number. He published &ldquo;An Introduction to Practical Pharmacy&rdquo; (Philadelphia, 1856), which has since passed through five editions; &ldquo;The Phantom Bouquet, a Popular Treatise on the Art of Skeletonizing Leaves and Seed Vessels, and adapting them to Embellish the Home of Taste&rdquo; (1863); and &ldquo;An Essay on Education&rdquo; (1866). &mdash; The first Joseph's grandson, Stephen, artist, b. in Philadelphia, 9 July, 1846, was engaged in mercantile pursuits until his thirtieth year, when he applied himself to art, taking a year's tuition from a local

teacher. In 1878 he first exhibited at the Pennsylvania academy in Philadelphia, and in 1879 at the National academy, New York. He soon turned his attention also to etching, and in December, 1879, produced his first plate. Since then he has applied himself to both branches of art, exhibiting in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, London, Liverpool, Paris, Munich, Dresden, and Vienna. He is a member of the New York etching club and the Society of painter-etchers of London. In 1885-'6 he travelled in Europe. His etchings include &ldquo;Northern Moorland&rdquo; and &ldquo;Low Tide &mdash; Bay of Fundy&rdquo; (1882); &ldquo;Coast of New Brunswick,&rdquo; &ldquo;Winter Evening &mdash; Windsor, N. S.,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Bethlehem&rdquo; (1884); &ldquo;London Bridge&rdquo; and &ldquo;On the Thames&rdquo; (1886); and &ldquo;A Gloucestar Wharf&rdquo; (1887). Among his paintings are &ldquo;November&rdquo; (1880); &ldquo;In Winter Quarters&rdquo; (1884); &ldquo;Low Tide &mdash; Evening&rdquo; (1885); &ldquo;On the Rance, Brittany&rdquo; (1886); and &ldquo;The Road to Perry's Peak.&rdquo; He has also made etchings of several of his pictures.

PARROTT, Enoch Greenleaf, naval officer, b. in Portsmouth. N. H.. 10 Dec, 1814; d. in New York city, 10 May, 1879. He entered the U. S. navy as a midshipman in 1831, became lieutenant in 1841, and was engaged under Com. Matthew C. Perry against Beraly and the neighboring towns on the west coast of Africa in 1843. He served on the " Congress " during the war with Mexico, and was on JohnC. Fremont's expedition from Monterey to Los Angeles, and at the capture of Guaymas and Mazatlan. He was commissioned commander in 1861, was with the expedition that destroyed the Norfolk navy-yard, and in the brig " Perry " cap- tured the Confederate privateer " Savannah," tor which he received the commendation of the navy department. He commanded the "Augusta" in 1861-'3, participated in the battle of Port Royal, engaged the Confederate rams at the time of their sortie from Charleston, and commanded the " Ca- nonicus," of the North Atlantic squadron, in the engagements with the iron-clads on James river in 1864, and in the fights with Howett's battery. He commanded the " Monadnock " in the attacks on Fort Fisher in December, 1864, and January, 1865, and was at the surrender of Charleston, S. C. He was commissioned captain in 1866, commodore in 1870, rear-admiral in 1873, and was retired in 1874.

PARROTT, John Francis, senator, b. in Green- land, N. H., in 1768; d. there, 9 July, 1836. He received a public-school education, was in the legis- lature in 1811-'12, elected to congress as a Demo- crat in 1816, serving one term, and was a member of the IT. S. senate in 1819-25.

PARROTT, Robert Parker, inventor, b. in Lee, N. H., 5 Oct., 1804 ; d. in Cold Spring, N. Y., 24 Dec, 1877. He was graduated at the IT. S. military academy in 1824, assigned to the artillery, and till 1829 was on duty at West Point as assist- ant professor of natural and experimental philoso- phy in 1824-'6, and of mathematics till 1828, and then as principal assistant in the former subjects. He was promoted 1st lieutenant, 27 Aug., 1831, and served in garrison till 1834, 'then on ordnance duty till 1835, and on the staff during operations in the Creek nation in 1836. On 13 Jan., 1836, he was made captain of ordnance, and assigned to duty in the ordnance bureau at Washington, but on 31 Oct. of that year he resigned his commission and became superintendent of the West Point iron and cannon foundry at Cold Spring, Putnam co., N. Y. While in charge of this institution he de- vised and perfected, by long and costly experi- ments, the system of rifled cannon and projectiles that is known bv his name. These were used ex-