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Rh served for five years. During the war for independ- ence he probably sympathized with the mother country, as he was, by order of the council, placed on his parole to give neither succor nor information to the enemy. He remained in Philadelphia during the British occupancy. In May, 1784, he was ap- pointed president judge of the court of common picas, and in September of the same year he became a judge of the high court of errors and appeals, which latter office he retained until 1800, when the court was abolished. In 1785 he was chosen a jus- tice for the dock ward of Philadelphia, and in the same year was appointed president of the court of quarter sessions of the peace and oyer and terminer. In 1701, at which time he was still at the head of the court of common pleas, he was appointed an as- sociate justice of the supreme court, in which office he served till 1799. Gov. McKean then nominated Judge Shippen to be the chief justice, which office he resigned in 1805. He "was a man of large views," said Chief-Justice Tilghman. " Everything that fell from that venerated man," said Judge Duncan, "is entitled to great respect." The best extant portrait of him is that by Gilbert Stuart, now in the Corcoran gallery in Washington, and is represented in the accompanying vignette. To his pen we owe the first law reports in Pennsylvania. In 1790 he received the degree of LL. D. from the University of Pennsylvania, of which institution he was a trustee from 1791 till his death. His third daughter, MARGARET, b. in Philadelphia in 1760 ; d. in London, 24 Aug., 1804. was second wife of Benedict Arnold. Joseph, another son of the second Edward, soldier, b. in Philadelphia. 30 Oct., 1732: d. in Lancaster, Pa., 10 Feb., 1810, was graduated at Princeton in 1753. and shortly after- ward entered the provincial army, in which he rose to the rank of colonel, and served in the expedition that captured Fort Du Quesne, After the troops were disbanded he went to Europe, partly on a mercantile venture, but chiefly for travel. He re- turned to Philadelphia in 1761, and in the follow- ing year was chosen to succeed the Rev. Richard Peters as secretary of the province, in which post he served until the Revolution, when the provincial council ceased to exist. He subsequently removed to Lancaster. Pa., where in 1789 he became a judge of the county courts. He was fond of the fine arts, early noted Benjamin West's genius, and, with William Allen and other friends, greatly aided him with means for pursuing his artistic studies in Italy, for which West was grateful during life. He was for more than forty years a member of the American philosophical society. Edward, great- grandson of the second Edward, lawyer, b. on his father's estate. "Elm Hill," Lancaster co.. Pa., 16 Nov., 1821, was the son of Dr. Joseph Galloway Shippen. He received an academical education. studied law, and. on 11 April. 1846, was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia, where he has since prac- tised, gaining reputation in his profession. Mr. Shippen is known for his active interest in educa- tion. He was for many years a member of the board of public education in Philadelphia, and from 1864 till 1869 its president. He has been a delegate to several national educational conven- tions, before some of which he has delivered im- portant addresses. He is one of the founders of the Teachers' institute and of the Teachers' benevo- lent association of Philadelphia. By an appoint- ment of the mikado, he was for many years in charge of the Japanese boys that were sent by the government of Japan to this country to be edu- cated. During the civil war he was chief of the educational department of the sanitary commis- sion. During the Centennial exposition in 1876 Mr. Shippen was the president of the Chilian com- mission. For his benevolent interest in the Ital- ians in Philadelphia he received, on 10 Oct., 1877, from Victor Emanuel, the order of Cavaliere della Con >na d'ltalia. He is the president of the art club of Philadelphia. He is consul for the Argen- tine Republic, Chili, and Ecuador, at Philadelphia, and has filled these posts for many years. Several of Mr. Shippen's addresses on educational subjects have been published, among them one on the dedi- cation of the Hollingsworth school, 31 Oct., 1867 (Philadelphia. 1867); "Compensation of Teachers" (1872); and "Educational Antiques" (1874). Ed- ward, great-grandson of Chief-Justice Edward, surgeon, b. in New Jersey, 18 June, 1826, is the son of Richard Shippen. lie was graduated at Prince- ton in 1845, and at the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1848, entered the navy as assistant surgeon, 7 Aug., 1849, and was commissioned sugeon, 26 April, 1861. He was on the "Congress" when she was destroyed by the " Merrimac " at Newport News, Va., and was in- jured by a shell, and in 1864-'5 was on the iron- chul frigate "New Ironsides "in both attacks on Fort Fisher and the operations of Bermuda Hun- dred. He made the Russian cruise under Admiral Farragut, was commissioned medical inspector in 1871, was fleet-surgeon of the European squadron in 1871-'3, in charge of the Naval hospital in 1874-'7, commissioned medical director in 1876, and was president of the naval medical examining board at Philadelphia in 1880-'2. Dr. Shippen has contributed largely to Hamersley's " Naval Encyclopaedia," the " United Service Magazine," and to kindred publications.

SHIPPIN, William, soldier, b. about 1745; d. near Princeton, N. J., 3 Jan., 1777. He followed the sea in his youth, was a soldier in the royal army about 1769, and subsequently engaged in the provision business in Philadelphia. In March, 1770, he was commissioned as captain of a privateer, and later in the year he commanded the marines in a schooner cruising in Delaware river, which took several prizes. His force was transferred to an armed boat, and afterward joined Washington's army. He was killed in the battle of Princeton.

SHIRAS, Alexander Eakin, soldier, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 10 Aug., 1812 ; d. in Washing- ton. I). ('., 14 April, 1875. His grandfather emi- grated from Petershead, Scotland, about 1765. The son was appointed to the U. S. military acad- emy through his uncle. Maj. Constantine M. Eakin, and was graduated there in 1833. lie was assigned to the 4th artillery, and served on frontier and garrison duty till 1839, when he was assistant pro- fessor of mathematics at West Point till 1*43. He was made commissary of subsistence, ! March, 1847, with the staff rank of captain, and served in the subsistence bureau in Washington till his death, rising to the head of his department, with the rank of brigadier-general, which he attained on 23 June. 1874. A large share of the credit for the manner in which the National nnnies were supplied during the civil war is due to Gen. Shims. At the close of the war he was brevetted brigadier- general and major-general, U. S. army.

SHIRLAW, Walter, artist, b. in Paisley, Scotland, 6 Aug., 1838. He came to the United States with his parents in 1840, and later followed for some time the occupation of bank-note engraving. He first exhibited at the National academy in 1861, and subsequently decided to devote himself altogether to art. He was elected an academician of the Chicago academy of design in 1868. In