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company, manufacturers

New York

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City.

of

has contributed valuable

articles on medical and scientific subjects to American literature. Dagg, John Leadley, clergyman, college

president, author, was bom Feb. 13, 1794, in Middleburg, Va. He was president of Mercer university of Georgia in 1844-56. He was the author of Manual of Theology; Elements of Moral Science; Evidences of Christianity; and English Grammar. He died June 11, 1884, in Haynesville, Ala. Daggett, Aaron Simon, soldier, author, was born June 14, 1837, in Greene Corner, Maine. He served through the civil war; and received the rank of major and lieutenant-colonel; and subsequently retired in 1902 with the rank of brigadier-general. He is the author of America in the China Relief

Expedition. Daggett, David, educator, lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was bom Dec. 31, 1764, in Attleborough, Mass. He was state's attorney and mayor of New Haven; and frequently a member of the legislature and member of the council. He served as a presidential elector on several occasions; and in 1813-19 he was United States senator from Connecticut. In 1826-33 he was a judge of the supreme court of the state; and was chief judge in 1832-34. He died April 12, 1851, in New Haven, Conn. Daggett, Mrs. Mary Stewart, author, was born May 30, 1856, in Morristown, Ohio. She is the author of The Broad Isle; and Mariposilla.

Daggett, Naphtali, clergyman, author, was born Sept. 8, 1737, in Attleborough, Mass. In 1756-80 he was professor of divinity at Yale. He published several sermons and an account of the famous dark day in New Eng-

He

land.

died Nov. 25, 1780, in

New

Haven,

Conn. Daggett, Oliver Ellsworth, educator, clergyman, author, poet, was born on Jan. 14, 1810, in New Haven, Conn. He assisted in compiling a book of psalms and hymns; and left a small volume of poems, printed posthumously. He died Sept. 1, 1880, in Hartford. Daggett, Rollin M., journalist, diplomat, congressman, was born in 1831 in Richville, N.Y. In 1862 he removed to Virginia City, Nev. was elected to the territorial council in 1863; and was a presidential elector in 1876. In 1879-81 he was a representative from Nevada to the forty-sixth congress. In 1883-1901 he was United States minister to the Hawaiian Islands. He died Nov. 13, 1901, in Hawaii. Daggett, Hufus, soldier, was born in New York. In 1861 he was first lieutenant in the fourteenth regiment New York volunteer infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted briga;

dier-general of volunteers.

Dahlgren, Charles Bunker, civil engineer, author, was bom Oct. 16, 1839, in Philadelphia, Pa. After the civil war he was engaged in engineering. He was the author of several

standard technical works on the Historic Mines of Mexico. He was also a captain of the United States navy. Daggett, Washington L., merchant, statesman, was born May 6, 1835, in New Vineyard, Maine. He was educated in the public .

schools

his native in Strong, and in 1861

of

town and

Maine; graduated from Kent's Hill seminary. For forty-two years he was a

member

of the firm

Daggett brothers and has now retired from active business. He has traveled extensively in the United of

States,

Canada

and'

Europe. In 1870 he was a representative to the Maine state legislature; and was off'ered a candidacy to the state senate. He was a delegate to the World's Sunday school convention in London; and president of the district convention. For nearly half a century he has been identified with the business, public, social and religious aff'airs of New England at Strong, Maine. Dahle, Herman B., merchant, banker, congressman, was born on March 30, 1855, in Daleyville, Wis. In 1877 he commenced business with his father as a dealer in general merchandise at

Mount Vernon, Wis.; and in 1887 moved to Mount Horeb, his present home. In 1891 he took his brother as a partner, establishing the firm of Dahle brothers. In 1901 he established the Mount lioreb bank; and is now president of that institution. In 1899-1903 he was a representative from Wiscnosin to the fifty-sixth and fifty-seventh congresses as a, republican.

Dahlgren, John Adolph, naval

officer,

in-

ventor, author, was born Nov. 13, 1809, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a famous United states naval ofiicer

and was made admiral in 1863. He invented the cannon bearing his name ; and conducted the siege of Charleston during the civil war. He was the author of Thirty-Two Pounder Practice for Rangers ; System of Boat Armament in the United States Navy and Naval Percussion

Locks and Primers; Ordnance Memoranda; Shells and Shell Guns; Memoir of Ulric