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Brown, Abram English, historian,

was born Jan.

autlior,

31, 1849, in Bedford,

Mass.

He

is the author of Beneath Old Roof Trees, a volume of local history; Beside Old Hearthstones; History of Bedford; Bedford Old Families; Glimpses of New England Life; Flag of the Minute ilen; John Hancock; and other works. Brpwn, Addison, lawyer, jurist, author, was born Feb. 31, 1830, in West Newbury, Mass. He attended Amherst college in 1S48-49; he graduated from Howard college in 1852; and graduated from Harvard

Law He

school

then

in

1854. to

moved

New York

City where he was actively engaged in the practice of law and retired in 1908. In 1881-1901 he

was

United

States

district judge for the southern district of

New

York. He was one of the principal founders and contributors to the New York botanical garden. He is the author, with Dr. N. L. Britton, of Britton and Brown's Illustrated Flora of North America, in three volumes; An Index -Digest, of his decisions; The Elgin Botanic Garden; and The New Hampshire Grants.

Brown, Agnes, painter, artist, was born Newburyport, Mass. She paints landscapes, flower-pieces, and animals in oil-colors;

in

her especial forte being cats.

president of the ilissouri baptist sanitarium. Brown, Albert Frederic, architect, author, was born Aug. 8, 1863, in Southold, N.Y. Since 1880 he has been engaged as an architect in Providence, R.I. He is the author of Early Connecticut Houses.

Brown, Albert Gallatin, lawyer, congressman, governor. United States senator, was

May

Chester District, S.C. In 1839-41 and 184753 he was a represent-

31, 1813, in

ative from Mississippi to the twenty-sixth, thirtieth,

pany of Philadelphia and

New York

City.

He

died Dec. 17, 1834.

Brown, Alexander, historian, author, was born Sept. 5, 1843, in Glenmore, Va. In 186165 he was a soldier in the confederate service; was a merchant in 1865-80; and for over a quarter of a century has been interested in farming in his native county. Since his youth he has been interested in literary work and the degree of D.C.L. was conferred on him by the university of the South. He is the author of The Genesis of the United States; The Cabells and Their Kin; and The History of the First Republic in America. Brown, Alexander, banker, founder, was born Oct. 35, 1858, in Baltimore, Md. On the death of his father he became head of the banking house of Alexander Brown and sons;

vice-president of the Canton company; is president of the Macon and northern railroad; and a director of the Mechanics' national bank; and numerous other business organizations. He effected the consolidation of all the passenger railways and electric light companies in the city of Baltimore, Md. Brown, Alexander E., civil engineer, manufacturer, inventor, was born May 14, 1853, in Cleveland, Ohio. He took a special course in civil engineering at the Brooklyn polytechnic institute and for one year was a member of the United States geological survey. He is vice-president and general manager of the Brown hoisting machine company of Cleveland, Ohio. He has secured several hundred patents on hoisting machinery. Brown, Alice, litterateur, author, was born Dec. 5, 1857, in Hampton Falls, N.H. She is a writer on the staff of the Youth's Companion. She is the author of Fools of Nature, a novel; Meadow Grass, a collection of New England stories; By Oak and Thorn, a volume of English travel; Robert Louis Stevenson, a study; Life of Mercy Otis Warren; The Road to Castaly; and The Day of His is



Brown, Alanson David, manufacturer, financier, was born March 31, 1847, in Granville, N.Y. He is president of the Hamilton and Brown shoe company of St. Louis, manufacturers of shoes. He is founder and

born

Brown, Alexander, banker, founder, was born Nov. 17, 1764, in Ireland. He was the founder and president of the banking house of Alexander Brown and sons of Baltimore, Md. ; was founder of Shipley and company of Liverpool and London, England; and also the founder of the Brown brothers and com-

thirty-first

and thirty-second congresses; tenth governor of Mississippi in 1843-48. He was a judge of the circuit superior court in 185353. In 1853-61 he was United States senator, but was expelled in

1861, and joined the confederate states government. He died June 13, 1880, near Jacksonville, Miss.

Youth. Brown, Andrew, soldier, journalist, was born in 1744 in Ireland. He fought on the patriot side at Lexington and Bunker Hill; was made gejneral mustering officer in 1777; and served under Gates and Greene with the rank of major. In 1788 he established the Federal Gazette, which was changed in 1793 to the Philadelphia Gazette. This was the main channel through which the friends of the federal constitution addressed the public; and it was the first journal to publish regular reports of the debates in congress.

He

died Feb.

4,

1797, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Brown, Anna Robeson, litterateur, author, was born in 1873 in Pennsylvania. She is the author of Sir Mark; and The Black Lamb.