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 HBRRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. himself in pi-actice in Illinois. During the Mexican war he served as a captain in Colonel Hardin's regiment; and in the civil war he was colonel of the eleventh Illinois cavalry. From 1868 till the close of President Johnson's administration he was assistant attorney-general of the United States. In 1876-85 he was judge of the Illinois supreme court. He died July 23, 1885, in Atlantic City, N.J. Dickey, William Donaldson, lawyer, jurist, was born Jan. 11, 1845, in Newburgh, N.Y. He served three years in the army of the Potomac; and was brevetted colonel. In 1894 he was a member of the New York state constitutional convention. In 1896 he was elected justice of the supreme court of the state of New York, his present term

ending in 1909. Dickey, William Henry, soldier, was bom in Michigan. In 1861 he was second lieutenant in the sixth regiment Michigan volunteer infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. Dickie, George William, manufacturer, author, was born July 17, 1844, in Scotland. He took a prominent part on steamship work on the Pacific coast; also in designing machinery for the Comstock mines. In 18831905 he was manager of the Union iron works of San Francisco, Cal.. He was president and is a life member of the United States technical society of the Pacific coast; is a member and trustee of the California academy of sciences; is a member of the council of the society of naval architects and marine engineers; and has been a member of the council of the American society of mechanical engineers. He is the author of

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of the United States senate in 1836-61. He died Oct. 23, 1861, in Washington, D.C. Dickins, Francis William, naval officer, was born Nov. 3, 1844, in Deekmanville, N.Y. He joined the United States navy in 1866; and in 1904 attained the rank of rear-admiral. In 1865-67 he served in the European fleet; and has commanded the Indiana, Oregon and Brooklyn. He was retired in 1906. Dickins, John, clergyman, author, was bom Aug. 24, 1747, in London, England. He suggested the plan of Cokesbury college of New Abingdon, Md., the first methodist academic institution in this country. He issued the Arminian Magazine in Philadelphia in 178990; and the Methodist Magazine in 1797-98. He died Sept. 27, 1798, in Philadelphia, Pa. Dickinson, Albert, soldier, merchant, founder, was born Oct. 28, 1841, in Stookbridge, Mass. He graduated from the Chicago high school; and then entered the office of his father, a grain merchant. He served in the civil war and participated in many battles. Since 1874 he has given his attention to the handling of seeds; and is now president of the Albert Dickinson company of Chicago, 111.

Dickinson, Alfred Elijah, clergyman, jourwas born Dec. 3, 1830, in Spottsylvania county, Va. He associated himself with the Rev. Dr. Jeter as joint owner and editor of the Religious Herald, of Richmond, Va.; and from the death of Dr. Jeter was editorin-chief of that journal. He died in 1906 in nalist,

Richmond, Va.

Andrew B., diplomat, was born York. In 1861 he was appointed minister resident to Nicaragua; and in 1863 he Dickinson,

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Pumping and Hoisting Works; and numer-

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ous papers before technical societies. Dickie, Samuel, astronomer, prohibitioncollege president, was bom June 6, 1851, Oxford county, Canada. In 1872 he graduated from Albion college of Michigan with the degrees of M.S. and LL.D. In 1877-78 he

Dickinson, Anna Elizabeth, suffragist, lecturer, actress, author, was born Oct. 28, 1842, in Philadelphia, Pa. She was employed in the United States mint in 1861. She has lectured against slavery and for woman suffrage and other reforms; and in 1876 went on the stage. She is the author of Paying Investment, a Plea for Education; Ragged Register of

was professor of astronomy at Albion college; and in 1877-87 was engaged in busi-

People, Places and Opinions; What Answer! a novel; and two plays, Mary Tudor; The Crown of Thorns. Dickinson, Baxter, clergyman, author, was

1896-97 he of Albion,

born in 1795 in Massachusetts. He was a congregational clergyman; and author of Letters to Students. He died in 1875 in Boston, Mass. Dickinson, Charles Monroe, journalist, diplomat, poet, was born Nov. 15, 1842, in Lowville, N.Y. He is the editor and proprietor of the Binghamton Republican. Since 1897 he has been United States consul general to Turkey. He is the author of a volume of poems entitled The Children, and Other

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Mich. In 1892, 1896, 1900 and 1904 he was a lay delegate to the general conference of the methodist episcopal church. In 18871900 he was vice-president and since 1900 has been president of the national prohibition committee. In 1886 he was prohibition candidate for governor of Michigan. Since 1901 he has been president of Albion college. Dickins, Asbury, secretary of the United States senate, was born July 29, 1780, in North Carolina. He was chief clerk of the state department in 1833-36; and secretary

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Daniel A., lawyer, jurist. In 1881-94 he was an associate justice of the supreme court of Minnesota. He died Feb. 12, 1902 in Duluth, Minn.