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 HERRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Bullock, Charles Jesse, educator, author, 21, 1869, in Boston, Mass. He is professor of economics at Williams college. He is the author of The Finances of the United States; and Introduction to the Study of Economics. Bullock, James Dunwoody, soldier. He was prominently identified with the confederacy during the civil war. He was directly responsible for the building of the famous

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steamship Alabama, which wrought such havoc with the shipping of the union during the civil war. He was the naval agent of the confederacy in England during the civil war; and besides the Alabama arranged for the building of ten other vessels which were turned out of English shipyards for the service of the south. The property destroyed and the loss occasioned by the Alabama and its fellows formed the basis of the celebrated Alabama claims, in settlement of which, after eight years' discussion, England finally paid fifteen million dollars into the treasury ol the United States. He died Dec. 1, 1900, in Liverpool, England. Bullock, Jonathan Russell, lawyer, jurist, state senator, lieutenant-governor, was born Sept. 6, 1815, in Bristol, R.I. In 1844-46 he was the first representative to the general assembly from the town of Bristol. In 1859 he was elected to the state senate; and in

1860 was chosen lieutenant-governor. He died in 1899, in Bristol, K.I. Bullock, Robert, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Dec. 8, 1828, in Oxford, N.C. In 1862 he went into the civil war as lieutenant colonel of the seventh regiment Florida volunteers; and was promoted to brigadiergeneral in 1864. He was elected judge of probate during Johnson's reconstruction; and was appointed judge of county criminal courts by the governor. He was a Tilden elector in 1876; and was elected to the state legislature in 1879. In 1889-93 he was a. representative from Florida to the fiftyfirst and fifty-second congresses as a democrat. In 1897 he was appointed county judge. Bullock, Rufus Brown, business man, governor, was born March 28, 1834, in Bethlehem, N.Y. He formed the Southern express company, and became one of its active managers. During the civil war he continued this occupation under the direction of the confederate government, establishing railroads and tele^aph lines on interior routes. After the cessation of hostilities he resumed the management of express affairs; and was elected one of the trustees and secretary of the Southern express company. He was also associated in the organization of the first national bank of Georgia, and was elected its president. He became president of one of the largest cotton mills in Atlanta. He was the twenty-seventh governor of Georgia in 186973. He died in 1907 in Atlanta, Ga. Bullock, Stephen, jurist, congressman, was

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constitution of Massachusetts; and frequently served in the state legislature. In 1797-99 he was a representative from Massachusetts to the fifth congress. He subsequently became judge of the common pleas for Bristol county; served in, the state senate; and was a member of the executive council of Massachusetts. He died in 1816 in Massachusetts. Bullock, WiUiam A., manufacturer, inventor, was bom in 1813 in Greenville, N.Y. He gave his energies to the problem of constructiiig a printing press that should embody in one machine accurate self-adjustment and feeding, perfecting or printing on both sides, with the highest rate of speed. He was successful in accomplishing all these objects; and the Bullock web perfecting press revolutionized the art of press building. Subsequent modifications and improvements have brought the delivery up to thirty thousand an hour. He died April 14, 1867, in Philadelphia, Pa. Bullock, William B., soldier, lawyer. United States senator, was born in 1776 in Georgia. In 1797 he began the practice of law; and in 1809 was mayor of Savannah, Ga. He served in the war of 1812 in the Savannah heavy artillery. In 1813 he was a representative from Georgia to the United States senate to fill a vacancy. He was the founder of the State bank of Georgia. He died May 6, 1852, in Savannah, Ga. Bullock, Wingfield, state senator, congressman. He was a member of the Kentucky state senate in 1812-13; and was a representative in congress from Kentucky in 1820-21. He died Oct. 13, 1831, in Kentucky. BuUus, Oscar, naval officer, was born about 1800. In 1848 he was commissioned com-

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Bump, Charles Weathers, journalist, hiswas born Dec. 13, 1872, in Baltimore, Md. In 1890-91 he was a reporter, then dramatic critic, then news editor of the Baltimore Sun; and in 1901-05 was news torian, author,

editor of the Baltimore Evening News. He was the author of Down the Historic Susquehanna; Churches and Religious Institutions of Maryland; and The Voyage of the Ark and the Dove. He died about 1905 in

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Bump, Orlando Franklin, lawyer, author, was born in 1841 in New York. He is a lawyer of Baltimore, Md. He is the author of The Law and Practice of Bankruptcy. Bumpus, Herman Carey, educator, author, was born May 5, 1863, in Buckfield, Maine. Since 1893 he has been professor of comparative anatomy in Brown university. He is Laboratory Course in Inthe author of

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Bumstead, Freeman Josiah, physician, auwas bom on April 31, 1836, in Boston, Mass. In 1867-71 he was a professor in the college of physicians and surgeons of New

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