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 HBRRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Altham, George J., aeronaut, inventor, was born May 27, 1863, in Fall River, Mass. He first turned his attention to aerial navigation; and discovered the simple law in iierostatics that a forward velocity to a moving body in the air is the most important principle in aerial navigation. In 1895 he was awarded a silver medal for a steam turbine; and in 1896 perfected his hydrocarbon motor.

made

He

also invented the Altham fuel, of asphalt and peat, now extensively

used in Boston and other

cities.

Altham, John, pioneer, missionary, was born about 1600. In 1633 he came with Leonard Calvert to Maryland; and fitted up an Indian hut as a chapel. He preached the

Roman catholic own dialect. He

faith to the Indians in their died in 1641 in Maryland. Althaus, Edward, soldier, educator, author, was born May 3, 1849, in Germany. In 1870 he was second-lieutenant in the Franco -German war. He has been professor of German in the high schools of New York City; and is a member of the Modem language association of America. He is the author of the

Grammar School Word-Book and Etymology; and synopsis of German Grammar. Althouse, Adelbert, naval officer, was bom Illinois. In 1887 he was a naval cadet; and in 1900 became lieutenant. In 1901 he was attached to the Constella-

about 1850 in

tion.

Altman, Benjamin, merchant, millionaire,

was born July

11, 1843, in

New York

City.

He

succeeded to his father's dry goods business, which in 1876 he located in the present quarters on Eighteenth street and Sixth avenue in New York City. He has made a valuable and costly collection of art objects and antiques, many of which he gathered while on a voyage around the world.

Altman, Henry, merchant, statesman, was bom Aug. 12, 1854, in Rochester, N.Y. In 1873 he graduated from Cornell university of Ithaca, N.Y. He is a successful merchant of Buffalo, N.Y.; and has always taken an active part in all movements of a public character in that city. He has been president of the Buffalo republican league; and is a trustee of the public library association. AltOD, Charles DeLancey, physician, author, was born May 9, 1845, in Kenosha, Wis. Since 1878 he has been medical referee for the United States of the Connecticut mutual life insurance company of Hartford, Conn. He is the author of The Therapeutic

Value of Mountain Forests. Altsheler, Joseph Alexander, journalist, author, was born April 29, 1862, in Three Springs, Ky. Since leaving college he has been on the Louisville Courier Journal and the New York World. He is the author of The Rainbow of Gold and The Hidden Mine; The Sun of Saratoga; A Knight of Philadelphia; A Soldier of Manhattan; The Last Rebel; A Herald of the West; and My Captive.

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Alvarado, Jean Bautista, soldier, governor, in Mexico. He led a. revolt against the authority of Mexico; and in 1836 he seized Monterey, and held that city with a force of native Californians and adventurers from the United States. Independence was declared, and he was made governor, which position he filled until 1843.

was born

Alvey, Richard Henry, lawyer, jurist, was born in March, 1826, in Maryland. He was one of the Pierce presidential electors in 1852; and was a, member of the Maryland state constitutional convention in 1867. He was chief judge of the fourth judicial circuit and a judge of the Maryland court of appeals in 1867-83; was chief justice of the Maryland court of appeals in 1883-93; and in 1893-1906 was chief justice of the court of appeals for the District of Columbia. In 1896 he was a member of the Venezuela boundary commission. He died Sept. 14, 1906, '

Hagerstown, Md. Alvord, Benjamin, soldier, author, was born Aug. 18, 1813, in Rutland, Vt. He was a United States officer who served in the Mexican and civil wars; and attained the rank of brigadier-general. He was the author of Tangencies of Circles and Spheres; and Interpretation of Imaginary Roots in Questions of Maxima and Minima. He died Oct. 16, 1884, in Washington, D.C. Alvord, Benjamin, soldier, was born in Washington territory. In 1882 he graduated from the United States military academy; and was made second lieutenant in the twentieth regiment Uiiited States infantry. In 1891 he became first lieutenant; in 1898 attained the rank of captain; the same year became major and chief of ordnance of volunteers; and in 1899-1901 was major and in

assistant adjutant-general.

Alvord, Corydon, A.,

printer,

publisher,

was born about 1812 in Winchester, Conn. In 1845 he removed to New York, where he made a specialty of printing illustrated books. In the reproduction of old books and papers he succeeded in copying the diacolora-

made by age, in a remarkable degree. He was an active member of the typogra-

tions

phical society; and president of the typoHe died Nov. 28, 1874, in Hartford,

theta;.

Conn. Alvord, Henry Clay, clergyman, genealogist, was born April 30, 1854. Since 1886 he he has been pastor of the old south church at South Weymouth, Mass. He is the author of Descendants of Jonathan Gillet. Alvord, Henry author, was born field,

Elijah,

March

soldier, educator, 11, 1844, in Green-

He enlisted as a private soldier and passed through every grade major in 1865. At the close of the

Mass.

in 1862; to that of

war he was appointed to the regular army with the rank of captain of cavalry; and remained at such until 1872, when he civil

became a special Indian commissioner. He taught for several years at Williston semi-