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a famous surveyor; and is commonlj' held responsible for the classical nomenclature of places in central and western New York. He was the author of Elements of Perspective. He died Dec. 3, 1834, in Ithaca.

He was

De Witt, Susan Linn, author, poet, was in 1778. She was the author of Justinea, a novel; and The Pleasures of Reli-

bom

gion, a

poem. She died in 1824.

De Witt, Thomas, clergyman, was born Sept. 13, 1791, in Kingston, N.Y. He was pastor of the combined congregations of New Hackensack and Hopewell, N.Y., where he remained imtil 1827 and pastor of the Collegiate Dutch church of New York City in 1858-72. He was president of the New York

historical society in 1872-74. 18, 1874, in New York City.

He

died

May

De Wolf, Austin, lawyer, author, was born April 29, 1838, in Deerfield, Mass. He is a noted lawyer of Indiana; and the author of The Town Meeting, a manual of Massachusetts law. De Wolf, Edward

P.,

and was re-appointed by President Taylor in 1849. He died Aug. 14, 1857, in Beverly, Mass. Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, educator, liwas born Sept. 11, 1843, in Fairhaven, Mass. Since 1869 he has been assistant librarian at Yale University. He is the author of Sketch of the History of Yale University. Dexter, Henry, sculptor, artist, was bom Oct. 1, 1806, in Nelson, N.Y. Among some of his models are President Felton, Governor

brarian, author,

Wisner, Joseph Warren and

S. P. Chase; and The Backwoodsman, The Young Naturalist, and The First Lesson. His studio was at Cambridge, Mass. He died June 23, 1876, in Cambridge, Mass. Dexter, Henry, business presidetit, foun-

der,

was born March

bridge, Mass.

in

in time became prominent a public citizen. In 1895 was elected mayor, and his administration has been eminently satisfactory. He is a director in the Lake county agricultural society. De Wolfe, Elsie, actress, was bom in 1865 in New York. In 1890 she made her debut in Sardou's Thermidor. She was a member of the empire stock company; but is now star and manager of her own company. De Wolfe, James, United States senator, was bom in 1763 in Bristol, RJ. In 1821-27 he was United States senator from Rhode

Island. City.

He

died Dec. 21, 1837, in

New York

Dexter, Ebenezer Knight, public official, philanthropist, was bom April 26, 1773, in Providence, R.I. For ten years he was United States marshal for the district of Jlhode Island. Among his benevolences were forty acres to the town and sixty thousand dollars as a fund to start the Dexter asylum. He died Aug. 10, 1825, in Providence, R.I.

Dexter, Edwin Grant, educator, scientist, author, was born July 21, 1868, in Calais, Maine. In 1904-05 he was dean of the university of Illinois; and since 1907 has been commissioner of education of Porto Rico. He is a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science. He is the author History of Education in the United of States; and Weather Influences. Dexter, Franklin, lawyer, state legislator, was bom Nov. 5, 1793, in Charlestown, Mass. He was elected to both branches of the Massachusetts state legislature. He served as United States district attorney in 1841-45;

A

Cam-

Boston and

was

in the hardand business after that was in the in wholesale trade books, magazines, peri-

42

merchant, was born

as

West Cam-

bridge, Mass.; in 1836-

ware

Jan. 12, 1848, in Chicago, 111. He attended the public and high schools of his native city, and for many years was there engaged in business. His father, William F. De Wolf, was once city treasurer and a prominent lawyer of Chicago. In 1882 he moved to

Waukegan; and

14, 1813, in

Until 1836 he was connected with publishing houses



odicals and newspapers. He conceived the plan and led in the or-

ganization in 1864 of the American news company. He was one of the founders of the Metropolitan museum of art and a member of the most prominent historical and benevolent institutions ot New York City. For a short time he was president of the New York exchange bank. Several able articles on politics and travel have appeared from his pen in the daily press, notably one giving his ideas in regard to the Dead Sea. At a a cost of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars he built a new home for the New York historical society in memory of his son, Orrando Perry Dexter, who died in 1903. He was the founder and for many years president of the American

news company, now retired. Dexter, Henry Martyn, clergyman, author, was bora Aug. 13, 1821, in Plympton, Mass. He was editor of the Congregationalist in 3 867-90. His most important work is The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years. He was the author of Handbook of Congregationalism; Pilgrim Memoranda; The Verdict of Reason As to Roger Williams and His Banishment, a marked example of special pleading; History of Old Plymouth Colony; History and the Study of History; The Right Use of Books; and The Study ot

Politics.

ford,

He

died Nov. 13, 1890, in

New

Bed-

Mass.

Morton, journalist, author, was born July 12, 1846, in Manchester, N.H. Since 1890 he has been proprietor of the Congregationalist of Boston, Mass. He is the author of The Story of the Pilgrims. Dexter,