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Changes in the Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid Muck Mineral for Manures and Essay on Manures. He died March 11, 1868, in Lowell, Mass. Dana, Samuel Whittlesey, congressman, United States senator, was born Feb. 13, 1760, in Wallingford, Conn. In 1795-1811 he was a representative to the fourth to the eleventh congresses; and in 1809-21 he was United States senator from Connecticut. For many years he was mayor of Maddletown, Conn. He died July 21, 1830, in Middletown, Conn. Dana, Williani Coombs, clergyman, author, was born in 1810 in Massachusetts. He was the author of Hymns for Public Worship; A Transatlantic Tour; and Life of Samuel Dana. He died in 1873 in Charlestown, Mass. Dana, William Henry, musician, composer, founder, was born June 10, 1846, in Warren, Ohio. He was a founder of the American music teachers' national association; and is the director of Dana's musical institute of Warren, Ohio. He is the author of Practical Thorough-Bass; Orchestration; Instrumentation fot Military Bands; and Practi;

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Harmony.

Dana, William Parsons Winchester, artist, was born Feb. 18, 1833, in Boston, Mass. In 1863 he became a member of the national academy of design. His first pictures were marine views; but subsequently he treated genre subjects with success; and has been happy in painting children, horses and dogs. Some of his principal paintings are Chase of the Frigate Constitution; Waiting for the Fishing Boat; Maternal Care; Land of Nod; and Gathering Seaweed. Dandridge, Mrs. Danske, author, poet, was born in 1858 in Denmark. She is the author of Joy and Other Poems. Dandridge, Nathaniel Pendleton, physician, surgeon, was born April 16, 1846, in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1872 he was appointed pathologist to the Cincinnati hospital; and medicine in that city ever has been president of the Ohio state medical society and the American sur-

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Dandy, George Brown,

soldier,

was born

Feb. 11, 1830, in Georgia. He served in the civil war; and attained the rank of brigadier-general in the United States army. In 1893 he took charge of the general depot of the quartermaster's department at Washington, D.C. Dane, Joseph, state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 25, 1778, in Beverly, Mass. He was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1816 and 1819; and in 1820 was elected to congress to fill a vacancy. In 1819-23 he was a representative from Maine to the sixteenth and seventeenth congresses. He was subsequently in the legislature as a member of the house for six years; and was a member of the state senate in 1829. He died May 1, 1858, in Kentucky.

Dane, Nathan, lawyer, congressman, auwas born Dec. 27, 1753, in Ipswich, Mass. In 1785-88 he was a delegate from Massachusetts to the continental congress; was the framer of the celebrated ordinance passed by congress in 1787. He was the author of Digest of American Law, in nine volumes. He died Feb. 15, 1834, in Beverly, thor,

Danels, John Daniel, soldier, was born in 1786, in Baltimore, Md. He became a captain in the Colombian navy in 1818; and served the republican cause in South America as commander of a squadron, by fitting out vessels and by his credit as a rich man. The executive power of Colombia gave him a vote of thanks; and the congress of Venezuela in 1845 decreed that his name should have an honorable place as captain of the navy in the military list of the republic. He died in 1856 in Baltimore, Md.

Danenhower, John Wilson, naval officer, was born Sept. 30, 1849, in Chicago, 111. He was an Arctic explorer; and was second in command of the De Long expedition in 1879. He was the author of The Narrative of the Jeannette. He died April 20, 1887, in Annapolis, Md. explorer, author,

Danford, Charles, manufacturer, inventor, 30, 1797, in Norton, Mass. He invented a cap-spinner used in cotton mills and began the manufacture of his capspinning frame. In 1852 he began building

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locomotives. He died March 22, 1876, in Paterson, N.J. Danford, Lorenzo, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 18, 1829, in Belmont county, Ohio. He was prosecuting attorney of Belmont county in 1857-61. He entered the army; served as private, lieutenant, and captain. He was a presidential elector in 1864. In 1873-79 and 1895-99 he was a representative to the forty-third, fourty-fourth, forty-fifth, fifty-fourth, fiftyfifth and fifty-sixth congresses as a republican. He died June 19, 1899, in St. Clairaville, Ohio. Danforth, Charles, inventor, was born

about 1797 in Massachusetts. He invented in 1824 a counter-twister, spinning-speeder

and a throstle-frame. He died March

22,

1876, in Paterson, N.J.

Danforth, Edward, educator, author, was Dec. 4, 1828, in Hillsborough county, N.H. He was superintendent of schools in Elmira, N.Y. He was an active member of the state teachers' association after 1856, ser'ing eighteen years as an officer and contributing papers to its proceedings. He was the author of Mind Studies for Young Teachers. He died June 3, 1888, in Elmira. Danforth, Elliot, lawyer, financier, bank president, author, was bom March 6, 1850, in Middleburg, N.Y. He was deputy state treasurer for four years; and in 1889 was elected state treasurer. He was president of the First national bank of Bainbridge, N.Y.; and in 1898 was nominated for lieu-

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