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he began to study for the ministry, a year Liter went to Philadelphia to continue his studies, and was ordained in 1792. After holding several pastorates, he was called to York. Pennsylvania, 1809, and remained until failing health compelled him to retire in 1842. He then went to Williamsburg. Pennsylvania, where several of his children lived, and remained there the rest of his life. In 1825 he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of Pennsyl- vania. He was one of the founders of the general synod of the Lutheran church in the United States, in 1821 : an active supporter ot the theological seminary at Gettysburg. Pennsylvania, and for many years president of its board of directors. He was also active in the establishment of Pennsylvania Col- lege, and for more than twenty-one years was one of its trustees. For more than thirty years he was leader of the Lutheran church in this country, and actively engaged in all its important operations. He was a frequent contributor to periodicals, and a poet of merit. He died in Williamsburg. Pennsylvania. October 7, 1854.

Shields^ Patrick Henry, born in Prince Edward county, \'irginia. May 16. 1773, son or James Shields, whose will was proved in that county. November 28, 1776. In accordance with his father's will, he was given a collegiate education at Hampden- Sidney and William and Mary colleges. He inherited a large tract of land near Lexing- tr n. Kentucky, and removed to that state in 1801. but found the title to the estate defec- tive. In 1805 he went to Indiana territory, and joined his classmate and friend, Wil- liam Henry Harrison. He was made the first judge of Harrison county in 1808. It is

said that he fought in the battle of Tippe- canoe. His house was often the headquar- ters of the territorial authorities. He was a member of the constitutional convention at Corydon in 1816, and filled judicial offices until his death. As one of the founders of the state, he took an active part in reform- ing the territorial courts, in organizing the school system, and in maintaining the con- gressional ordinance of 1787, which pro- hibited the indefinite continuance of slavery, though he was at the time himself a slave- holder. According to family tradition, he was the author of the constitutional article which confirmed Indiana as a free state. He died in Xew Albany, Indiana, June 6, 1848.

Wood, John, born in Scotland, about 1775. He was living in Switzerland in 1798, at the time of the French invasion. On returning home, he became master of the Edinburgh Academy for the improvement of arts in Scotland. About 1800 he emigrated to the United States. In 1806 he edited the "West- ern World" in Kentucky, and in 18 17 he had charge of *The Atlantic World,'' a paper published at Washington, D. C. He after- wards lived in Richmond, Virginia, where he made county maps. Besides other works, he published "General View of the History of Switzerland ;" "Letter to A. Addison. Esq., in Answer to his *Rise and Progress of Rev- olution f "History of the Administration or John Adams." which was suppressed by Aaron Burr, and republished with notes and appendix by John Henry Sherburne: "Nar- rative of the Suppression by Col. Burr of the 'History of the Administration of John Adams,' with a biography of Jefferson and Hamilton:'' *Tull Statement of the Trial Acquittal of Aaron Burr.*' He died in Rich- mond, \'irginia, in May. 1822.

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