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in the United States; who, according to the family tradition, was tlie son of a French Huguenot that settled in England in 1639. He was a clergyman of the South society of Ipswich, over which he presided for sixty-two years. Many of his occasional discourses were published. He died Nov. 16, 1837, in Ipswich, Mass.

Dana, Judah, lawyer,

jurist.

United States

senator, governor, was born April 35, 1772, in Pomfret, Conn. He was judge of probate for twenty years; judge of the common pleas for nine years; one of the committee which drafted the constitution of Maine; and a member of the executive council of the state in 1834. In 1835-37 he was United States senator to fill a vacancy. He died Dec. 27, 1845, in Fryeburg, Maine.

Dana, Mrs. Katharine, author, was born in 1835 in Long Island, N.Y. She was the author of Our Phil and Other Stories. She died in 1886 in New York City. Dana, Luther, naval officer. He was an officer on the first frigate ever owned by the United States, called the Hague, which sailed from Boston in revolutionary days and captured many prizes. He subsequently commanded n ship of eighteen guns against the French and Algerian pirates in 1798. Dana, Malcolm McGregor, clergyman, was born June 4, 1838, in Brooklyn, N.Y. In 1864-78 he held eongri";_'aLional pastorates in Norwich, Conn.; in 1878-88 in St. Paul, Minn.; when he accepted a call to Lowell, JIass. He was an organizer of the Minnesota board of eharitios and correction; served as chaplain of the 'legislature of that state in 1885; and was identified with the educational development i;f the northwest. He was the author of Memorial of Norwich in the Rebellion: The Stnrv of Carleton College. He died -July 2(i. 1S97. in Brooklyn. Dana, Marvin, ioiu-ialist, author, poet, was born March 2, 1S67. in Conwell, Vt. He is editor of the Smart Set Magazine of New York City. He is the author of History of General Custer; The Woman of Orchids; A Puritan Witch; and a volume of Poems.

Dana, Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh, solwas born April 15, 1822, in Eastport, Maine. In 1843 he graduated from the United States military academy at West Point. Here is a man who was discovered after the battle of Cerro Gordo lying on the field, and men were digging his grave, when dier,

a fellow-officer examined him and discovered he was breathing, having been left thirtysix hours on the battlefield. He was also carried off the field of Antietam seriously wounded, but recovered and fought again. During the civil war he became a brigadiergeneral, army Potomac; and major-general from Antietam to end of war. He died in 1905 in Portsmouth, N.H. Dana, Paul, journalist, publisher, was bom Aug. 20, 1853, in New York City. In 1897 he became editor-in-chief of the Sun; and since 1883 he has served as a major on the staff

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of the second regiment New York national guard. In 1890-93 he was commissioner of public parks in New York City. Dana, Richard, lawyer, jurist, was born July 7, 1699, in Cambridge, Mass. He was prominent in the anti-revolutionary movement; and was one of the associated sons of liberty. He died May 17, 1772, in Massachusetts.

Dana, Richard Henry,

critic,

author, poet,

was born Nov. 15, 1787, in Cambridge, Mass. He was one of the founders of the North American Review in 1815. He was one of the earliest in America to appreciate the genius of Wordsworth. He was the author of Tom Thornton; Paul Felton; The Buccaneer and Other Poems; Poems and Prose Writings.

He

died Feb.

1879, in Boston.

2,

Dana, Richard Henry, lawyer, author, was born Aug. 1, 1815, in Cambridge, Mass. He was best known in literature by the famous Two Years Before the Mast, a narrative of personal adventure. He was also author of The Seaman's Friend, known in England as The Seaman's Manual Letters on Italian Unity; To Cuba and Back; Letters on the Somers Mutiny; Life of Major Vinton; and Enemy Property and Enemy Territory. He

died Jan.

7,

1882, in

Rome,

Italy.

Dana, Richard Henry, lawyer, author, was born Jan. 3, 1851, in Cambridge, Mass. In 1S74 he graduated from Harvard college; and in 1878 from the Harvard law school. In 1889-92 he edited the Civil

and

Service

Record

1878 organized associated charities of Boston. In 1S91-9S he was president of the New Engin

the

land conservatory of music; and in 1890-91

was president young

Boston

of

the

men's

christian association; and was also president of the civil service reform association. He is the author of Double Taxation in Massachusetts; and addresses on political reform, taxation, ballot reform, election expenses and better houses for laborers. Dana, Samuel, lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born June 26, 1767, in Groton, Mass. He was a member of the ilassachusetts state senate, and its president for eight years. In 1813-15 he was a representative to the thirteenth congress; and subsequently beoame chief justice of the circuit court of common pleas. He died Nov. 20, 1825, in Chai'Iestown, Mass. Dana, Samuel Luther, chemist, scientist, author, was born July 11, 1795, in Amherst,

N.H. He made many improvements in cotton printing; was one of the foremost agricultural writers of his time; and was for many years chemist of the Merrimack print works. He was the author of Chemical