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Rh Gulf blockading squadron; after which he was a member of the light-house board until 1872. He was commissioned commodore on the retired list, l(i July, 1862. and rear-admiral, 25 July, ISCii.

STRICKLAND, Samuel, Canadian author, b. in Rey.lnn Hall. Suffolk, England, in 1809; d. in Lakefield, Upper Canada, in 18C7. He entered the military service, attained the rank of lieutenant- colonel, and emigrated to Canada in 1826. He was a brother of Susanna Moodie, Agnes Strickland, and Catherine Parr Traill (</. r.). lie wrote " Twen- ty-seven Years in Canada West, or the Experience of an Early Settler," edited by Agnes Strickland (2 vols., London, 1853).

STRICKLAND, William, architect, b. in Phil- adelphia, Pa., 1787 ; d. in Nashville, Tenn., 7 April, 1854. He studied under Benjamin H. Latrobe, and in 1809 became a landscape-painter. At this time and subsequently he did considerable work as an aquatint engraver, producing a series of views of Philadelphia and a few portraits of decided merit. His first important architectural work was the old Masonic hall. Chestnut street, Philadelphia, which was opened for use, 27 Dec., 1810. The style was Gothic. His next important work was the U. S. bank, modelled after the Parthenon at Athens, and finished in AHIMIM, IS',,'4. Hi 1 now tnnk his place as one of the chief architects in the country, and as such built the new Chestnut street theatre, the Arch street theatre, U. S. custom-house, St. Ste- phen's Episcopal church, the Merchants' exchange, U. S. mint, and the U. S. naval asylum, all in Philadelphia. Mr. Strickland was one of the first architects and engineers that turned his attention to the construction of railroads, and he went to Europe to study the system. On his return he built the Delaware breakwater for the U. S. government. His last work was the state-house at Nashville, Tenn., and he died while engaged in superintend- ing its construction. By a vote of the legislature of the state his remains were placed in a crypt in that edifice. He published "Triangulation of the Entrance into Delaware Bay " (Philadelphia); "Re- port on Canals and Railways" (1826); and, with Gill and Campbell. " Public Works of the United States" (London, 1841).

STRICKLAND, William Peter, clergyman, b. in Pittsburg, Pa., 17 Aug., 1809; d. in Ocean Grove, X. J.. 15 July, 1884. He was educated at Ohio uni- versity, Athens, Ohio, from which he afterward re- ceived the degree of D. D. In 1832 he entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church in Ohio, and, after serving in the itinerancy and also for five years as an agent of the American Bible society, he removed to Xew York in 1856, where he was con- nected with the Methodist book concern, and was an associate editor of the " Christian Advocate." From 1865 till 1874 he supplied the pulpit of the Presbyterian church in Bridgehampton, L. I., and then he was installed as its regular pastor, but three years later he resigned on account of his wife's health. Afterward he labored as an evangelist. In 1862 he served as chaplain of the 48th New York regiment at Port Royal, S. C. Dr. Strickland pub- lished " History of the American Bible Society " (New York, 1849; continued to 1856, 1856); "His- tory of the Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church " (Cincinnati, 1850) ; " Genius and Mission of Methodism " (Boston, 1851) ; " Manual of Bibli- cal Literature " (New York, 1853) ; ' Light of the Temple" (Cincinnati, 1854); "The Astrologer of Chaldea, or the Life of Faith" (1855); "Chris- tianity demonstrated by Facts " (1855) : "Pioneers of the West " (New York, 1856) ; " The Pioneer. Bishop, or the Life and Times of Francis As- bury " (1858) ; " Old Mackinaw, or the Fortress of the Lakes and its Surroundings " (Philadelphia, 1860); and "Life of Jacob Gruber " (New York. I860). He also edited numerous volumes of sermons and other works, among them the " Autobiography of Peter Cartwright" (1856), and was editorially con- nected with several journals in the west, besides the one mentioned above.

STRINGER, Samuel, physician, b. in Mary- land in 1734: d. in Albany. N. Y.. 11 July. 1817. He studied medicine in Philadelphia with Dr. Thomas Bond, was appointed to the medical depart- ment of the army in 1755 by Gov. William Shirley, .tin 1 M-rved in the campaign of 1758 at Ticonderoga. He then settled in Albany, and on 14 Sept.. 1775, was appointed director and physician of the hospi- tals of the northern department, and authorized to appoint a surgeon for the fleet that was then fitting out upon the lakes. He accompanied the troops in the invasion of Canada, but was dismissed the service by congress, 9 Jan., 1777; and in February that body ordered an inquiry to be made concern- ing medicines that he had bought. Gen. Philip Schuyler remonstrated against his removal, and on 15 March, 1777, he was reprimanded by congress. Dr. Stringer afterward practised in Albany with great reputation till his death.

STRINOHAM, James S., physician, b. in New York city in 1775; d. in St." Croix. W. I., 28 June, 1817. He was graduated at Columbia in 1793, and began to study theology, but abandoned it for medicine, which he pursued first under Dr. Samuel Bard and Dr. David Hosack in New York, and then at the University of Edinburgh, where he received his degree in 1799. He was professor of chemistry in Columbia in 1802-'13, and of medical jurisprudence in the College of physicians and sur- geons from 1813 till his death. He was the first to lecture here on the latter science, and may be regard- ed as its founder in the United States. Dr. String- ham was one of the most efficient of the early pro- moters of science in this country. He was a phy- sician of the New York hospital, a member of the Royal medical society of Edinburgh, and a fellow of the New York literary, philosophical, and historical societies. He published " De Absorbentium Sys- temate," his inaugural dissertation; and various essays and papers in medical journals.

STRINGHAM, Silas Horton, naval officer, b. in Middletown. Orange Co., N. Y., 7 Nov., 1798; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., 7 Feb., 1876. navy as a mid- shipman, 15 Nov., 1809, and in the frigate " Presi- dent " partici- pated in the en- gagements with the "Little Belt" and " Belvidere." He was commis- sioned lieuten- ant, 9 Dec.. 1814, and served in the schooner "Spark" in the Mediterra- nean in K15-'16, participating in the Algerine war. During a storm at Gibraltar, up- on one occasion, he went in a boat with six men to rescue the crew of a French brig that had capsized. He succeeded in getting the crew, but was unable to get