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252 Bartlett, Willard, lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 14, 1846, in Uxbridge, Mass. In 1869-83 he practiced law. In 1898-1903 lie was professor of medical jurisprudence in the Long Island college hospital. In 1884 he became justice of the supreme court of New York for the second district, his present term ending in 1911.

Bartlett, William, merchant, philanthropist, was born Jan. 31, 1748, in Newburyport, Mass. He amassed a fortune; which he largely spent in charity and for the advancement of religion and morals. At the foundation of Andover theological seminary in 1807 he gave it thirty-thousand dollars endowed a professorship and built a house for the use of the incumbent. His gifts to this institution reached a quarter of a million dollars; and he also gave largely toward temperance work, missions and the educa- tion of ministers. He died Feb. 8, 1841, in Newburyport, Mass.

Bartlett, William Chambers, soldier, was born in New York. In 1858 he was a cadet in the military academy. During the civil war he served as lieutenant, colonel and captain; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. In 1892 he was retired from the United States army.

Bartlett, William Francis, soldier, orator, was born Jan. 6, 1840, in Haverhill, Mass. He served in the civil war as captain of the fifty-seventh regiment Massachusetts volunteers; and was promoted brigadier-general for gallant and meritorius conduct. In 1875 he won a sudden reputation as an orator by an adress delivered at the battlefield of Lexington on the centennial anniversary of the fight. In 1900 the Massachusetts state legislature appropriated twenty thousand dollars for the erection of a statue to his memory as a hero of the civil war. He died Dec. 17, 1876, in Pittsfield, Mass.

Bartlett, William Holmes Chambers, scien- tist, author, was born in 1809 in Lancaster, Pa. In 1834-71 he was an instructor at West Point; and then retired with rank of colonel. He was the author of Treatise on Optics; Analytical Mechanics; and Spherical Astronomy. He died Feb. 10, 1893, in Yonkers, N.Y.

Bartlett, William H., soldier, author. He served in the Union army in the civil war; and in 1899 was commander of the Grand army of the republic for Massachusetts. He is the author of Facts I Ought to Know About the Government of My Country.

Bartlett, William Pitt Greenwood, mathematician, author, was born Oct. 27, 1837, in Boston, Mass. He became one of the crops of computers for the Nautical Almanac. He published several paperg on the elements of quaternions in the Mathematical Monthly; and on interpolation in the Memoirs of the American Academy. He died Jan. 13, 1865, in Cambridge, Mass.

Hartley, Ellas Hudson, educator, chemist, author, was born Dec. 6, 1849, in Bartley, N.J. He was educated at the Princeton high school of Illinois; and in 1873 graduated from Cornell university. In 1875-78 he was professor of chemistry at Swarthmore college. In 1880-86 he was instructor in chemistry, and in 1886-91 was professor of chemistry at the Long Island college hospital; and since 1891 has been professor of chemistry; toxicology and pediatrics in that institution. In 1893-1902 he was dean and professor of organic chemistry at the Brooklyn college pharmacy; and is visiting physician to the Sheltering arms nursery and other institutions. He has been president of the American society of public analysts; and is a member of the leading medical and scientific societies of America. He is the author of Textbook of Medical and Pharmaceutical Chemistry; and Manual of Clinical Chemis- try.

Bartley, Mordecai, soldier, congressman, governor, was born Dec. 16, 1783, in Fayette county. Pa. He was captain and adjutant in the war of 1812; and was a state senator in 1817-18. In 1823-31 he was a representative to the eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first congresses from Ohio and governor of Ohio in 1844-46, declining a renomination. He died Oct. 12, 1870, in Mansfield, Ohio.

Bartley, Thomas W., lawyer, jurist, state senator, governor, was born Feb. 11, 1813, in Jefferson county. Pa. He served two years in the house of representatives; and four years in the state senate of Ohio. In 1851 he was elected judge of the supreme court of Ohio; and served in that position two terms, three years of the time as chief justice. In 1844 he became acting governor of Ohio. He died in Ohio.

Barto, A., governor. He was governor of Minnesota. He died Nov. 4, 1899, in St. Cloud, Minn.

Bartol, Cyrus Augustus, clergyman, author, poet, was born April 30, 1813, in Freeport, Maine. His first and only settlement in

the ministry was as colleague with Rev. Dr. Charles Lowell, at West church, Boston, in 1837. In 1861-1900 he was the sole pastor, having rendered distinguished service of more than half a century over one of the oldest and most influential societies of Boston. He was the author of Pictures of Europe; Christian Spirit and Life; Radical Problems; The Rising Faith; Principles and Portraits; Church and Congregation; and Christian Body and Form. He died in 1900 in Boston, Mass.

Bartol, William Cyrus, educator, astronomist, author, was born Nov. 34, 1847, in Huntingdon, Pa. In 1873 he graduated from