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322 authorities. In 1816 he regained his liberty and went to Jamaica, and in 1818 to Philadelphia, where he wrote a work entitled "Triunfo de la Libertad sobre el Despotismo." He returned to South America in 1818, and wrote for a Republican paper called " Corrco del Orinoco." He was soon appointed director of the revenues, and elected to the congress of 1819. At his death he was vice- president of Colombia.

ROSE, Aquila, poet. b. in England in 1695 ; d. in Philadelphia, Pa., 22 Aug., 1723. He is de- scribed by Benjamin Franklin in his " Autobiogra- phy" as "an ingenious young man of excellent character, much respected in the town, secretary to the assembly, and a pretty poet." His writings were issued as " Poems on Several Occasions, by Aquila Rose: to which are prefixed some other Pieces writ to Him, and to his Memory after his Decease. Collected and published by his Son, Joseph Rose " (Philadelphia. 1740).

ROSE, Chaunrey, philanthropist, b. in Wethers- field, Conn.. 24 Dec., 1794; d. in Terre Haute. Inil. 13 Aug., 1^77. He was educated in the < iiiioii schools of his district, and during the autumn of 1817 visited the states of Indiana, Illi- nois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama, looking for a place in which to re- side and en- gage in busi- ness. After spending the winter in Mt. Sterling. Ky., he settled in April in Terre Haute. and soon ;i tier- ward moved to Purke county. where for six years he devoted his attention to milling. In 1825 he returned to Terre Haute and entered business, becoming one of the most succe^tu! merchants of that region. His profits were judi- ciously invested in land, and he acquired a large fortune. He was active in securing railway trans- portation in Indiana, and was the principal pro- moter of the Terre Haute and Indianapolis railroad. On the death of his brother John, he found that the will, if it were executed under the laws of New York, would not accomplish the clearly defined in- tentions of the testator, lie accordingly instituted legal proceedings to have it set aside, and after six years of litigation sueeeeded in doing so. The estate was then valued at $1,000.000. to which he In rame -iole heir. All Inm-h l.^alU miit led to the money, he at once endeavored to carry out his brother's wishes and expended about $1.500.000 in charities, principally in New York. Besides other sums, he contributed $12,000 to endow an academy in Wethersfield, and his gifts for philan- thropic purposes in Terre Haute and vicinity ex- ceed $1.000,000. Among the special objects of his interest were the Providence hospital, the Free dis- peiisary, and the Rose orphan asylum, which he endowed with sufficient money to assure its per- manency. His chief benefaction was the build- ing and equipment of Rose polytechnic institute (of which the principal building is shown in the accompanying illustration), to which he left the ill-enter part of his estate, so that this institution lias a productive capital, exclusive of the buildings. of at least $500.000. In 1874 it was organized as the Terre Haute school of industrial science, with Mr. Rose as president of its board of managers, and in 1875 it assumed its present designation. Its chief purpose is to provide higher education in mechanical engineering, and it is the only separate school of its character in the western states.

ROSE, Ernestine Louise Lasmond Potowsky, reformer, b. in Peterkoff, Poland, 18 Jan., 1810. d. 3 Aug., 1892. She was born of Jewish parentage, but early abandoned that creed. In 1829 she visited England, became a disciple of Robert Dale Owen, and soon afterward married William E. Rose. In 1836 she came to New York and circulated the first petition for the property rights of married women, there being in 1837 a bill pending in the New York legislature on this subject. Mrs. Rose lectured in the chief cities of the United States, and was a delegate from the National woman suffrage association to the Woman's industrial congress in Berlin on 9 Nov., 1869. Later she attended all of the woman's-rights conventions, and she had repeatedly addressed legislative assemblies. She had lived for some time in France and England, and frequently spoke on religious topics, temperance, and the enfranchisement of women.

ROSE, George Maclean, Canadian publisher, b. in Wick. Scotland, 14 March, 1829 ; d. in Toronto, 10 Feb., 1898. He was educated at the Presbyterian aeademy in his native place, and learned the print- ing trade in the office of the "John O'Groat Jour- nal." In 1851 he came to Canada, and in 1853, with his brother Henry, he established a small job-print- ing office in Montreal, In 1856 the partnership was dissolved, and George, removing to Upper Canada, aided in founding the Merrickville " Chronicle," and was also city editor of the London "Proto- type." Since 1858 he had been in the printing business in Toronto and Montreal as manager or proprietor, and with his brother Daniel he carried on the most extensive publishing and printing es- tablishment in the Dominion. Mr. Rose had long been an active temperance reformer in the United States as well as in Canada. He was president of the Toronto board of trade in 1882, and for five years a director of the Ontario bank. He edited "Life of Henry Ward Beecher" (Toronto. lss7) and " Cyclopfficua of Canadian Biography" (1888).

ROSE, Sir John, bart., Canadian statesman, b. in Turriff, Scotland, 2 Aug., 1820; d. in Caithness, 24 Aug., 1888. He was educated at King's college, Aberdeen, and accompanied his parents to Canada, and settled with them in Lower Canada. He took an active part in suppressing the rebellion of 1837, taught for a time in the eastern townships, afterward studied law in Montreal, was admitted to the bar in 1842. and soon had the largest commercial practice in the city. Mr. Rose was a member for Montreal in the Canada assembly from 1857 till 1861, and for Centre Montreal from 1861 till the union, when he declined to be a candidate for that eon-iituency, and was elected for Huntingdon, which he continued to represent until his retirement in 1869. He was solicitor-general for Lower Canada from November, 1857, till August, 1858. a member of the cxeeuthe eouneil of Canada, from 6 Aug., 1858, till June. ISIil. and became receiver-general. 6 Aug., ls5s. He was a second lime solicitor-general for Lower Canada from 7 Aug.. is'is. till 10 Jan.. 1S51I, and nunmi.-sinner of public works from 11 Jan.. 1S.19. till 12 June. ISIil. when he retired, owing to feeble health. In Isi!4 he was appointed by the British government a commissioner for the settlement of claims that arose under the ( in -.in treaiy itli the U. S. government. He be-