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470 but the condition of his health prevented him from accepting a permanent pastorate. He resided for five years in St. Augustine, Fla., studied law with his uncle, Kiah B. Sewall, of Mobile, Ala., returned to Maine before the civil war, was admitted to the bar in I860, and has since practised in Wiscassett. He is the author of a " Memoir of Joseph Sewall, D. D." (Boston, 1846) ; " Lectures on the Holy Spirit and his Converting Power " (1846) ; " Sketches of St. Augustine and its Advantages for Invalids " (New York, 1848); and "Ancient Dominions of Maine" (Bath, 1859). Jotham's grandson. John Smith, educator, b. in Newcastle, Me., 20 March, 1830, was graduated at Bowdoin in 1850, went with the expedition of Com. Matthew C. Perry on the " Sarataga " as captain's clerk to China and Japan, taught for a year after his return, then entered Bangor theological seminary, and was graduated in 1858. He was pastor of the Congregational church at Wenham, Mass., till 1867, when he became pro- fessor of rhetoric and English literature at Bow- doin. He exchanged this chair in 1875 for that of homiletics at Bangor theological seminary.

SEWARD, Theodore Frelinghuysen, musician, b. in Florida, N. Y., 25 Jan., 1835. He is a cousin of William H. Seward. He left his father's farm at the age of eighteen to study music under Lowell Mason and Thomas Hastings, became organist of a church in New London, Conn., in 1857, and in Rochester, N. Y., in 1859, removed to New York city in 1867, and conducted the " Musi- cal Pioneer," and afterward the New York " Musi- cal Gazette." He first became interested in the tonic sol-fa system during a visit to England in 1869, and on his return endeavored ineffectually to introduce the method without adopting the nota- tion. He subsequently took charge of the perform- ances of the " Jubilee singers," wrote down more than one hundred of their plantation melodies, and, while making the tour of Europe with them, in 1875-'6, became more impressed with the advan- tages of the new system of musical instruction. After a course of study at the Tonic sol-fa college in London, he returned to the United States in 1877, intending to make the establishment of the system his sole purpose. Besides writing on the subject for many religious and educational jour- nals, and lecturing before gatherings of teachers, he has edited the " Tonic Sol-Fa Advocate " and the " Musical Reform." taught the system in classes and public schools, and prepared a series of text-books. He was the founder of the American tonic sol-fa association, and of the American vocal music association. In conjunction with Lowell Mason, he prepared "The Pestalozzian Music- Teacher" (New York, 1871). Among his other pub- lications are " The Sunnyside Glee-Book " (New York, 1866); "The Temple Choir" (1867); and " Coronation " (1872).

SEWARD, William Henry, statesman, b. in Florida, Orange co., N. Y., 16 May, 1801 ; d. in Au- burn, N. Y., 10 Oct., 1872. His father, Dr. Sam- uel S. Seward, descended from a Welsh emigrant to Connecticut, combined medical practice with a large mercantile business. His mother was of 1 ri.-li extraction. The son was fond of study, and in 1816 entered Union, after due preparation at Farmers' Hall academy, Goshen, N. Y. He withdrew from college in 1819, taught for six months in the south, and after a year's absence returned, and was graduated in 1820. After reading law with John Anthon in New York city, and John Duer and Ogden Hoffman in Goshen, he was admitted to tin- bar at Utica in 1823, and in January, 1823. settled in Auburn, N. Y., as the partner of Elijah Miller, the first judge of Cayiiga county, whose daughter, Frances Adeline, he married in the following year. His industry and his acumen and power of logical presentation soon gave him a place among the leaders of the bar. In 1824 he first met Thurlow Weed at Rochester, and a close friendship between them, personal and political, continued through life. In that year also he entered earnestly into the political contest as an advocate of the election of John Quincy Adams, and in October of that year drew up an address of the Republican convention of Cayuga county, in which he arraigned the " Al- bany regency " and denounced the methods of Mar- tin Van Buren's supporters. He delivered an an- niversary address at Auburn on 4 July, 1825. He was one of the committee to welcome Lafayette, and in February, 1827, delivered an oration expres- sive of sympathy for the Greek revolutionists. On 12 Aug., 1827, he presided at Utica over a great convention of young men of New York in support of the re-election of John Q. Adams. He declined the anti-Masonic nomination for congress in 1828, but joined that party on the dissolution of the National Republican party, with which he had pre- viously acted, consequent upon the setting aside of its candidate for Andrew Jackson. In 1830 he was elected as the anti-Masonic candidate for the state senate, in which body he took the lead in the oppo- sition to the dominant party, and labored in behalf of the common schools and of railroad and canal construction. He proposed the collection of docu- ments in the archives of European governments for the "Colonial History of New York," advocated the election of the mayor of New York by the direct popular vote, and furthered the passage of the bill to abolish imprisonment for debt. At the close of the session he was chosen to draw up an address of the minority of the legislature to the people. On 4 July, 1831, he gave an address to the citizens of Syracuse on the " Prospects of the United States." On 31 Jan., 1832, he defended the U. S. bank in an elaborate speech in the state senate, and at the close of that session again prepared an address of the minority to their constituents. In 1833 he travelled through Europe, writing home letters, which were afterward published in the "Albany Evening Jour- nal." In January, 1834, he denounced the removal of the U. S. bank deposits in a brilliant and ex- haustive speech. He drew up a third minority address at the close of this his last session in the legislature. On 16 July, 1834, he delivered a eulogy of Lafayette at Auburn.

The Whig party, which had originated in the opposition to the Jackson administration and the " Albany regency," nominated him for governor on 13 Sept., 1834, in the convention at Utica. He was defeated by William L. Marcy, and returned to the practice of law in the beginning of 1835. On 3 Oct. of that year he made a speech at Auburn on education and internal improvements. In July, 1836, he quitted Auburn for a time in order to assume an agency at Westfield to settle the differences between the Holland land company and its tenants. While there he wrote some political essays, and in July, 1837, delivered an address in favor of universal education. He took an active part in the political canvass of 1837, which resulted in a triumph of the Whigs. He was again placed in nomination for uo - ernor in 1S38. and after a warm canvass, in which he was charged with having oppressed settlers for the benefit of the landcompany.anil was assailed by anti- slavery men, who had failed to draw from him an rxptv-sion of abolitionist principles, lie was elected by a majority of 10,421. The first Whig governor was hampered in his administration by rivalries and