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the United States military academy. He served throughout the civil war in the United States army; and was brevetted captain. He died Aug. 16, 1901. Douglas, William Lewis, manufacturer, governor, was born Aug. 23, 1845, in Plymouth, Mass. He was educated in the pubschools of Massachusetts. He learned the trade of bootmaking at Hopkinton and South Braintree, Mass. in 1S69 he began the manufacture of shoes

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of two factories and of seventj'-flve retail stores in the large cities of the United States. In 1883-84 he was a member of the Massachusetts house of representatives; and in ]S86-S7 was a member of the state senate. In 1891 he was mayor of Tirockton, ilass. In 1905-06 he was governor of Massachusetts. In 1884 1892, 1896 and 1904 he was a delegate to the national democratic conventions. Douglas, William W., soldier, lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born Nov. 26, 1841, in Providence, R.I. In 1861-64 he served in the United States volunteer service; and was United States commissioner in 1874-90. In 1871-73 he was a member of the Rhode Island general assembly; and a member of the state senate in 1890. In 1891-1908 he was .justice of the state supreme court of Rhode Island; and chief justice in 1905-08. Douglass, Andrew EUicott, merchant, archaeologist, scientist, was born Nov. 18, 1819, in West Point, N.Y. In 1839 he engaged in business in New York City with a, firm which became the Hazard powder company, of which he was president in 1867-76. He devoted his time to explorations of Indian remains, especially in Florida; and made a collection of about twenty-five thousand archaeological specimens. He vras the author of valuable papers on archaeological subjects. He died in 1901 in Tucson, Ariz. Douglass, David Bates, soldier, civil engineer, was born March 21, 1790, in Pompton, N.J. In 1814 he commanded a company on the northern frontier; and was brevetted captain. His introduction of inclined planes in place of locks for canal navigation proved a success in the Morris canal, of which he was chief engineer. In 1833 he began his surveys for supplying New York with water; and in his report showed how to obtain it from the Croton river. He died in New York. Douglass, Frederick, orator, author, was born in February, 1817, in Tuckahoe, Md. He was a famous orator; and the most distinguished member of the African race in America. He was born in slavery, but escaped to the north in 1838, educated himself, and soon became prominent as an anti-

slavery speaker. As time went on, his style, always picturesque and eloquent, became polished and elegant. He was the author of Freedom; Narrative of My Bondage and My Experience in Slavery; Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. He died Feb. 20, 1895, in Washington, D.C. Douglass, George Lyon, lawyer, legislator, was born April 3, 1853, in Erie, Pa. He served as a member of the Kansas legislature; and in 1893 was the speaker of what was known as the Douglass house, which the supreme court decided was the lawful house of representatives of the state.' In 1891 he was counsel for the state in the impeachment trial of Judge Botkin before the Kansas state senate. Douglass, John Watkinson, lawyer, government official, was born Oct. 25, 1827, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1871-75 he was commissioner of international revenue for the United States. Since 1875 he has practiced law in the District of Columbia. Douglass, Margaret Crittenden, educator, was born in Washington, D.C. She opened a school for the instruction of colored children, but it was broken up by the authorities in 1853; and she herself was imprisoned for a month in the common jail. She published a Personal Narrative, relating her experiences. She died in Norfolk, Va. Douglass, Samuel I., lawyer, jurist. He was an emigrant to Florida while yet a territory and in 1842 was appointed one of the judges of the LTnited States for that district. He died in Florida. Douglass, Samuel T., lawyer, jurist. In 1851-57 he was associate justice of the supreme court of Michigan. Douglass, William, physician, author, was born about 1691 in Scotland. He was the author of Summary, Historical and Political, of the British Settlements in America; and Mercurius Novanglicanus. He died Oct. 21, ] 752, in Boston, Mass. Douthat, Robert William, educator, college president, author, was born April 13, 1840, in Christiansburg, Va. He graduated from

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the author of several educational Monographs and valuable contributions to current literature. Dovener, Blackburn Barrett, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born April 20, 1842, in Cabell county, W.Va. He raised a comis