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 tion of the colonial history of New York. He died May 6, 1873, in New York City.

Brodhead, Richard, congressman, United States senator, was born in 1811 in Pike county, Pa. In 1843-49 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth and thirtieth congresses. In 1851-57 he was United States senator from Pennsylvania. He died Sept. 16, 1863, in Easton, Pa.

Brodhead, Thornton F., soldier, lawyer, state senator, was born in 1823 in New Hampshire. He served through the Mexican war as an officer in the fifteenth infantry; and was twice brevetted for bravery. He was elected to the state senate; and in 1852 was appointed postmaster of Detroit. At the beginning of the civil war he raised the first Michigan cavalry regiment, at the head of which he served under General Banks, Fremont and Pope. He died Aug. 31, 1862, in Alexandria, Va., of wounds received at the second battle of Bull Run.

Brodie, Alexander Oswald, soldier, civil engineer, governor, was born Nov. 13, 1849, in Edwards, N.Y. In 1866 he was cadet in the

United States military academy at West Point, N.Y. In 1870 he was appointed second lieutenant of the first cavalry; became first lieutenant during 1875; and resigned in 1877. While in the array he saw service against the Indians in Arizona, Washington, California and Idaho. In 1878-82 he was in the cattle trade in Kansas; and in 1882-87 was engaged in mining in Dakota and Arizona. In 1898 he became major of the first United States volunteer cavalry, known as the rough riders; and was promoted to lieutenant-colonel. In 1898 he was a candidate for congress and in 1902 was appointed governor of Arizona. In 1905 he was appointed major and assistant chief of the record and pension office of the United States army.

Brodie, William, physician, surgeon, was born July 28, 1823, in England. He began the practice of medicine in Detroit, Mich. In 1855-56 he was an alderman in that city. In 1861 he was a surgeon in the civil war. In 1885-86 he was president of the American medical association; and in 1875 was president of the Michigan medical society.

Brodrich, Patrick Thomas, soldier, was born in Ireland. In 1864 he entered the United States military academy as a cadet; graduated in 1868; and was made second lieutenant in the twenty-fifth regiment United States infantry; and in 1869 was assigned to the twenty-third regiment United States infantry. In 1874 he was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant; and in 1876-86 was regimental adjutant. He died March 28, 1888.

Brogden, Curtis H., soldier, congressman, was born in 1816. He early took an interest in military affairs; and became a general of militia. He was elected to the state legislature in 1838; and in one or the twenty years. In 1857-67 he was comptroller of the state. He was a presidential elector from 1868; and in 1869 was appointed a other of the two houses served for nearly collector of internal revenue. After the additional service of four years in the state senate in 1872, he was elected lieutenant-governor and on the death of Governor Caldwell in 1874, became the thirty-second governor of North Carolina and held that position until 1877. He was also a justice of Wayne county. Ii 1877-79 he was a representative from North Carolina to the forty-fifth congress. He died Jan. 6, 1901, in Goldsboro, N.C.

Brokaw, Isaac Vail, merchant, was born Nov. 27, 1835, in New Brunswick, N.J. He formed a partnership and began a clothing

business under the firm name of Dunham and Brokaw. This business was most successfully carried on in 1856-61, and when Mr. Dunham retired then Mr. Brokaw continued the business under his own name. In 1866 he admitted to partnership his brother, William Vail Brokaw, thereafter adopting the name of Brokaw Brothers of New York City; and their firm became one of the largest clothing establishments in New York City.

Bromberg, Frederick George, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born June 19, 1837, in New York City. In 1858 he graduated from Harvard

university; and in 1861-63 studied chemistry in that institution. In 1863-65 he was a tutor of mathematics at Harvard. In 1867-69 he was city treasurer of Mobile, Ala.; and in 1869-71 was postmaster of that city. In 1868-73 he was a member of the Alabama state senate. In 1873-75 he was a representative from Alabama to the forty-third congress as a liberal republican. He originated the idea of the uniform negotiable instruments law of 1886, In 1900-03 he was president of the Mobile bar association; and in 1906 was president of the Alabama state bar association.

Bromfield, John, merchant, philanthropist, was born April 11, 1779, in Newburyport,