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192 ton Mather, who mentions him in his " Mantissa," and says in one of his sermons : We generally esteemed him as a truly pious man, and a very prudent one." He was an accomplished scholar and writer, and preached to the Indians in their own language. He published a sermon "preached to and at the request of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery company in 1703," an election sermon (Boston, 1709), and a work entitled " The Confes- sion of Faith," written in English and also in the Indian dialect. Edward's daughter, Rebecca, b. in Boston, Mass., 23 May, 1656, was the heroine of a romantic episode in the history of the colony, commemorated by John G. Whittier in " Leaves from Margaret Smith's Journal " (1849). Her por- trait is in possession of the New England historic genealogical society. See Sullivan S. Rawson's ' Memoir of Edward Rawson, with Genealogical Notices of his Descendants" (Boston, 1849), and " Genealogy of the Descendants of Edward Raw- son," by Reuben Rawson Dodge (1849 ; revised ed., Worcester, Mass., 1875).

'''RAY. Isaac''', physician, b. in Beverly, Mass., 16 Jan., 1807; d. in Philadelphia, Pa., 31 March, 1881. He was graduated in medicine at Bowdoin in 1827, and practised in Portland and Eastport, Me. In 1841 he was appointed superintendent of the state insane asylum in Augusta, and in 1845 he was made superintendent of the Butler hospital for the insane in Providence, R. I. He held this office until 1866, and then removed to Philadelphia. Brown gave him the degree of LL. D. in 1879. In addition to many contributions to medical jour- nals and other periodicals, and a series of valuable official reports, he was the author of " Conversations on Animal Economy " (Portland, 1829) ; " Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity" (Boston, 1838; Lon- don, 1839 ; 5th ed., enlarged. Boston, 1872) ; Edu- cation in Relation to the Health of the Brain " (1851); and " Mental Hygiene" (1863).

RAY, James Brown, governor of Indiana, b. in Jefferson county, Ky., 19 Feb., 1794; d. in Cin- cinnati. Ohio, 4 Aug., 1848. After studying law in Cincinnati, he was admitted to the bar, and began to practise in Brookville. In 1822 he was elected to the legislature, in which he frequently served as president pro tempore. From 1825 till 1831 he was governor of Indiana, and in 1826 he was appointed U.S. commissioner, with Lewis Cass and John Tipton, to negotiate a treaty with the Miami and Pottawattamie Indians for the purchase of lands in Indiana. The constitution of the state preente,| the governor from holding any office under the U. S. government, and he was consequently in- volved in a controversy. Through his exertions the Indians gave land to aid in building a road from Lake Michigan to Ohio river. Gov. Ray was active in promoting railroad concentration in In- dianapolis. He practised law, was a defeated can- didate for congress in 1837, and in his later years became very eccentric.

RAY, John, lawyer, b. in Washington county, Mo., 14 Oct., 1816 : d". in New Orleans, La., 4 March, 1888. His grandfather, John Ray, emigrated to Missouri, and was associated with Daniel Boone. He was a member of the 1st Constitutional con- vention there, and Ray county was named for him. The grandson was educated at Augusta college and Transylvania university, where he was graduated in 1835. He removed to Monroe, La., studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1839, and took high rank in his profession. He was elected in 1844 to the state house of representatives, and in 1850 to the state senate. In 1854 and again in 1859 he was nominated by the Whig* fr lieutenant-gov- ernor, but was defeated. In 1860 he was an elector on the Bell-and-Everett presidential ticket, and canvassed northern Louisiana for those candidates, against the growing feeling in favor of secession. Throughout the civil war Mr. Ray was a consistent Unionist, and at its close he favored the plan of re- construction that was advocated by the Republican party. In 1805 he was elected to congress, but, with all other representatives from the seceded states, he was refused a seat in that body. In 1868-'72 he was again state senator. During the former year he was appointed to revise the civil code, the code of procedure, and the statutes of the state of Louisiana, and his revisions were adopted by the legislature of 1870. In 1872 he re- moved to New Orleans, where he resided until his death, and where he served as registrar of the state land-office from 1873 till 1877. In 1873 he was elected to the U. S. senate by the " Kellogg " legis- lature; but his election was contested by William L. McMillen, who had been chosen by the " Mc- Enery " legislature. Neither contestant was given the seat. In 1878 Mr. Ray was appointed by John Sherman, then secretary of the treasury, special at- torney for the United States to prosecute the 'whiskey cases." He was also one of the attorneys of Mrs. Myra Gaines (q. v.), and at the time of his death was engaged in the prosecution of an important suit by which Louisiana is endeavoring to establish her title to certain swamp lands given to her by the general government. His services had also been secured by the great majority of the French citizens of New Orleans to prosecute their claims under the international commission of 1880 to adjust the claims of French subjects against this government growing out of the operations of the National forces in Louisiana during the civil war. He published " Ray's Digest of the Laws of Louisiana" (2 vols., New Orleans, 1870).

RAYMOND, Benjamin Wright, merchant, b. in Rome, N. Y.. 23 Oct., 1801 ; d. in Chicago, 111., 5 April, 1883. His father, a native of Massachu- setts, was for several years engaged in surveying the northern counties of New York, selected the site of Potsdam, lived there for several years, and was judge of the county. After serving as a clerk for several years, the son engaged in business for himself, first in Rome and next in Bloomfield. and in 1837 removed to Chicago and began business as a merchant. In 1839 he was elected the third mayor of Chicago, and he was re-elected in 1842. He was one of the originators of the city of Lake Forest, a founder of Lake Forest university and president of its board of trustees, and was a member of the board of trustees of Beloit college and Rockford female seminary. In 1864 he organized the Elgin national watch company, and became its president. His son. George Lansing, educator, b. in Chi- cago, 111., 3 Sept., 1s;!!i. was graduated at Williams in 1862, studied theology at Princeton, and was pastor at Darby, Pa., in 1870-'4. He was professor of oratory at Williams in 1874-'81, and became professor of oratory and aesthetic criticism at Princeton in 18S1. ' He is the author of "Ora- tor's Manual " i( 'liic-agn. 1S7! i " Modern Fishers of Men," a novel (New York, 1879): " ALifein Snug" (1886); "Poetry as a Representative Art " (issiii: "Ballads of the Revolution, and other Poems" (1887); and "Sketches in Song" (1887).

RAYMOND, Henry Jarris, journalist, b. in Lima, Livingston co., 'N. Y., 24 Jan., 1820: d. in New York city, 18 June, 1869. His father owned and cultivated a small farm on which the son was employed in his youth. He was graduated at the University of Vermont in 1840, studied law in