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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Dale, William Johnson, soldier, physician, surgeon, was born Sept. 5, 1815, in Gloucester, Mass. In 1863 he was raised to the rank of brigadier-general, in connection with his appointment as surgeon-general of Massachusetts. Dales,

John Blakely, clergyman, author, was born Aug. 6, 1815, in Kortright, N.Y. He was a united presbyterian clergyman of Philadelphia; in 1846-79 was editor Christian Instructor; and in 1867-76 was professor of church history in Newburg seminary. His principal writings include Roman Catholicism; Dangers and Duties of Young Men; and The Gospel Minister. He died Aug. 28, 1893, in Chautauqua, N.Y. Dall, Mrs. Caroline Healey, lecturer, author, was born June 22, 1822, in Boston, Mass. She is the author of Essays and Sketches; Historical Pictures Retouched; Life of Dr. Marie Zakrzewski; Woman's Rights Under the Law; The Romance of the Association, or One Last Glimpse of Charlotte

Temple and Eliza Wharton; What

We

Really Know About Shakespeare; Woman's Place in History; Life of Dr. Anandabai Joshee College, Market and Court ; Woman's Right to Labor; Essays on Confucius; Patty Gray's Journey to the Cotton Islands; My First Holiday, or Letters from Colorado; Egypt's Place in History; Barbara Fritehie;

and Margaret and Her Friends. Dall, Charles Henry Appleton, missionary, author, was born on Feb. 12, 1816, in Baltimore, JId. He was a unitarian missionary to Calcutta. He was the author of The Temperance Movement in Modern Times; and Theism in Questions and Answers. He died July IS, 18S6. Dall, William Healey, naturalist, author, was born Aug. 21, 1845, in Boston, Mass. He has been connected with the United States survey coast and the geological sur-

vey; and since 1893 has been professor of invertebrate paleontology at the Wagner institute of science of Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of Alaska and its Resources; Tribes of the Extreme

Northwest



Scientific

Results of the Exploration of Alaska; Coast Pilot of Alaska Pacific Coast Pilot ; Reports on the Mollusca of the Blake Expedition; and contributions to the Tertiary Fauna of Florida, in five volumes. Dallas, Alexander James, cabinet officer, author, was born June 21, 1759, on the Island of Jamaica. He was secretary of state in 1796-1801; and in 1814-16 he was secretary of the treasury. He was the author of Features of Jay's Treaty; Speeches on the Trial of Blount; Address to Constitutional Republicans; and Causes and Character of

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the Late War. He died Jan. 14, 1817, in Trenton, N.J. Dallas, George Milflin, vice-president of the United States, author, was born July 10, 1793, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was an eminent lawyer; and assisted his father in his duties as secretary of the treasury. In 1825 he Avas elected mayor of Philadelphia and in 1829-31 was dis;

trict attorney.

Then

in

1831-33 he was United States senator to fill a vacancy; and took part in the debates of the stormy session of 1832-33. He declined a re-election; and in 1837-39 was ambassador to Russia. In 1845-49 he was vice-president of the United States. During 1856-61 he was United States minister to England. He was the author of a series of Letters from London; Eulogy on Andrew Jackson;' and numerous speeches and addresses. Died Dec. 31, 1864, in Philadelphia. Dallas, George Mifflin, lawyer, jurist, was born Feb. 7, 1839, in Pittsburg, Pa. Since 1892 he has been United States circuit judge of the third circuit of Pennsylvania. He was a delegate to the constitutional convention which framed the present constitution of Pennsylvania. Dallas, Mary Kyle, author, poet, was born in 1830. She was a noted poet and storywriter. She died Aug. 25, 1897, in New York City. Dallas, Robert Frank, painter, artist, was born June 6, 1855, in Camillus, N.Y. In 1886 he was made instructor in oil painting and modeling in the college of fine arts of New York City; and in 1893 became professor of

these classes. Dallas, Trevamon Barlow, soldier, manufacturer, was born on Sept. 11, 1861. He enlisted in the civil war under the command of General Chase; and attained the rank of lieutenant of artillery. In 1891 he organized the Dallas company; and built and equipped a mill at Huntsville, Ala.

Cyrus Edwin, artist, sculptor, was Nov. 22, 1861, in Springville, Utah. He has been instructor in sculpture at the Massachusetts state normal art school of Boston, Mass. His principal works are Signal of Peace, in Lincoln park of Chicago, 111.; Pioneer Monument, at Salt Lake City, Utah; and Medicine Man, in Fairmount park of Dallin,

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Philadelphia, Pa. William, lawyer, Frederick Dallinger, state senator, author, was born Oct. 2, 1871, in Cambridge, Mass. In 1894-95 he was a member of the Massachusetts house of representatives; and a member of the state senate during 1896-99. He is the author of Nominations for Elective Office in the Uni-

ted States.