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Rh 1864). He received the degree of S. T. D. from Trinity in 1869 and Oxford in 1888, and that of LL. D. from William and Mary in 1876. He was elected bishop of Iowa, and consecrated in Geneva, N. Y., 10 Sept., 1876. In 1887 he was elected bishop of Nova Scotia, but did not accept. After his ele- vation to the episcopate he continued his labors in the line of church history especially. He pub- lished more books probably than any other cler- gyman in the Episcopal church. A list of his writings is furnished in Dr. Batterson's " Ameri- can Episcopate " (1885). They include " Journals of the General Conventions of the Protestant E|)is- copal Church of the United States of America," with illustrative notes, with Dr. Francis L. Hawks (Philadelphia. 1861) ; " Documentary History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United Sta,tes of America," with documents relating chiefly to Connecticut, with the same co-editor (2 vols.. New York, 1863-'4) ; " Historical Collections of the Amei'iean Colonial Church," including " Virginia " (1871), "Pennsylvania" (1872), "Massachusetts" (1873), " Maryland " (1878), and " Delaware " (1878) ; " Handbook of the General Convention " (4th ed., 1881) ; " Some Summer Days Abroad " (Davenport, Iowa, 1880) ; " The History of the American Epis- copal Church, 1587-1883" (2 vols., Boston. 1885); "Life Lessons from the Book of Proverbs" (4th ed., 1885); numerous sermons preached on special occasions (1864-'85) ; and "The American Church and the American Constitution" (1895).

PERSICO, Ignatius, R. C. bishop, b. in Naples, Italy, 30 Jan., 1823. After completing his classical course in the Jesuit college in Naples, he entered the order of the Minor Capuchins, was ordained in 1846, and in ] 847 was graduated at the Propa- ganda in Rome, and became apostolic missionary to Patna. He was made apostolic visitor to the East Indies in 1852, was subsequently sent to Eng- land to advocate before the government the inter- ests of the Roman Catholic population in India, and secured the same privileges for this church that were accorded to the Established church. He was consecrated bishop of Gratianopolis in 1854, established schools, churches, and missions in Cash- mere, Cabul, Afghanistan, and Thibet, was captured and imprisoned during the Sepoy war, and on his release became a chaplain in the British army. He resigned his vicariate in 1867 on account of the failure of his health, spent the next two years as missionary to Charleston, S. C, was a member of the provincial and Vatican councils at Baltimore, and in 1870 became bishop of Savannah, which see he resigned in 1873. Since 1878 he has been bishop of the united dioceses of Aquino, Ponte- corvo, and Sosa, Italy.

PERSON, Thomas, patriot, b. in Granville county, N. C, about 1740; d. in Franklin county, N. C, in November, 1799. He was devoted to the cause of liberty, strenuously opposed the stamp- act, and was an active Regulator. In 1770 he pre- sented a petition from the inhabitants of Bute county complaining of the many exorbitant and oppressive measures of the public officers. For a time he was confined in prison by Gov. Tryon, from whom he suffered severe treatment, and he was one of those that were excepted in Tryon's proclama- tion of 1771, which offered pardon to those that would take the oath of allegiance. While he was on parole he rode secretly to Goshen by night and secured his valuable possessions in a brick kiln, re- turning at dawn to Hillsboro. W^hen the British soldiers demanded of the Rev. Mr. Micklejohn, in "whose house he resided, whether Person had broken his parole the night before, " I supped and break- fasted with the general," was the equivocal reply. He was a delegate from Granville to the first colo- nial assembly that met in New Berne in defiance of the royal governor in 1774. ;ind to that which met in Halifax on 15 April, 1776. and again on 12 Nov., 1776, to form the state constitution. He was ap- pointed a brigadier-general of militia in 1776, and from 1777 till his death represented Granville county in the legislature. He was a surveyor by profession, and owned 70,000 acres of land. He left to Mr. Micklejohn his house, "Goshen Place," in Granville, which was afterward called " The Glel)e." For his liberality to the State university one of the halls at Chapel Hill bears his name. A coimty of North C!arolina was also named for him in 1791.

PESADO, José Joaquin (pay-sah'-do), Mexican poet, b. in San Agustin del Palmar, 9 Feb., 1801 ; d. in the city of Mexico, 3 March, 1861. His edu- cation was acquired by his own efforts. He was an authority in the Spanish language, was familiar with Latin, Italian, French, and English, and studied philosophy, theology, law, history, and natural science. He entered public life in 1833 as a member of the legislature of Vera Cruz, of which, in 1834, he became governor. In the same year, with Francisco Modesto Olaguibel, he conducted a paper, " La Oposicion," and wrote a short novel at- tacking the conduct of the Inquisition of Mexico. In 1838 he entered the cabinet of Bustamante as minister of the interior and foreign affairs, but in 1839 he retired from public life. He received in 1854 the honorary degree of LL. D. from the Uni- versity of Mexico, was a member of all the sci- entific, artistic, and literary societies of the country, and corresponding member of the Royal Spanish academy. He published a collection of " Poesias originales y ti-aducidas" (1839; 2d ed., 1840); a volume containing part of his poem " La Revela- cion" (1856); and a partial translation of the "Gerusalemme Liberata" of Tasso (1860).

PESCHAU, Ferdinand William Elias, clergy- man, b. in Zellerfeld-Clausthal, Hanover, Germany, 17 Feb., 1849. His father was of French descent. His parents emigrated to this countrj' when the son was five years old, and settled in Wheeling, W. Va. He was graduated at Pennsylvania college, Gettysburg, in 1872, and at the Lutheran theologi- cal seminary there in 1873. In the autumn of the same year he was licensed to preach, and in 1876 he was ordained. He has taught in several j)laces, held various pastorates, and since 1882 has had charge of a congi'egation at Wilmington, N. C. He twice declined the presidency of North Caro- lina college. He has filled many offices of honor in his church, and is an agreeable and forcible public speaker. He is a frequent contributor to religious and secular periodicals, in 1880 was managing editor of " The Southern Monthly Illustrated Maga- zine," and since 1882 has been one of the editors of " The Lutheran Visitor." Among his works are several musical compositions, and he is also the author of numei'ous poems, among them an "Ode to Jackson," which was sung at the unveiling of the equestrian statue of (xen. Andrew Jackson, at Nashville, Tenn. A volume of his sermons and addresses was publisheil in 18S9.

PESSAO, Jose Elloy (pes-song), Brazilian soldier, b. in Bahia, 27 "July, 1792": d. there, 2 March, 1841. He received his education in his native city, enlisted in the army, and was promoted to the rank of captain. The captain-general, Count d'Arcos, obtained for him leave to attend the University of Coinibra. and after his graduation he returned to Brazil with the rank of major. He took part in a revolutionary demonstration in