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HBRRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OP AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He died May 4, 1869.

parte; Glossary of Supposed Americanisms; Letters to Hon. John Langdon During and After the Revolution; Melancholy and Its Few Hints to the City on Musings; and Intemperance. He died March 15, 1884, in Philadelphia, Pa. Ely, Alfred, clergyman, was born Nov. 8, 1778, in W. Springfield, Mass.- His pastorate was remarkable for its success as well as for lasting through his life. He was one of the earliest trustees of Amherst college, and in that office assisted in sustaining the institution in the difficulties and discouragements of its early history. He died July 6,

and

1866, in Monson, Mass. Ely, Alfred, lawyer, congressman, author, was born Feb. 18, 1815, in Lyme, Conn. In 1859-63 he was a representative from New York to the thirty-sixth and thirty -seventh congresses. He Is the author of Journal of Alfred Ely, a Prisoner of War in Richmond. He died May 17, 1892, in Rochester, N.Y. Ely, Charles Wright, soldier, educator, was born March 14, 1839, in Madison, Conn. He served with distinction as a soldier during the civil war. Since 1870 he has been prin cipal and superintendent of the Maryland state school for the deaf. Ely, Ezra Stiles, clergyman, author, philanthropist, was born June 13, 1786, in Lebanon, Conn. He was a presbyterian minister of Philadelphia; and was active in works of benevolence, giving during his life about fifty thousand dollars to various institu-

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He was the author of Contrast Between Calvinism and Hopkinsianism Endless Punishment; The Science of the Human Mind; Sermons on Faith; Visits of Mercy: Memoir of Zebulon Ely; The Contrast;, and Ely's Journal. He died June 18, 1861, in tions.



Philadelphia, Pa. Ely, Frederick David, lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born Sept. 24, 1838, in Wrentham, Mass. In 1867-85 he was a trial justice at Dedham, Mass. He was a representative in the Massachusetts state legislature In 1873; and was a state senator in 1878; and in 1890-99 was a school commissioner. In 1885-87 he was a representative from Massachusetts to the fortyninth congress as a republican. Elv, Griswold Lord, government official, merchant, was born Sept. 1, 1842, in New City. In 1863 he was appointed assistant paymaster in the United States navy; and in 1875 established the cutlery firm of Ely and Wray of New York City. Ely, James Winchell Coleman, physician, surgeon, was born Oct. 2, 1820, in Windsor, Vt. In 1850-65 he was city physician of Providence, R.I. ; and physician to the Dexter asylum of Providence. Since 1868 he has been a member of the board of consultation of Butler hospital. Ely, John, soldier, was born in Pennsylvania. In 1862 he became major in the twenty-third regiment Pennsylvania infantry;

York

Ely, John, state legislator, congressman, in Connecticut. In 1839-41 he was a representative from New York to the twenty- sixth congress and previously served two years in the state assembly. He died in

was born

New

York.

Ely, Ralph, soldier, was born in New York. In 1861 he became captain in the eighth regiment Michigan infantry; and in 1865 he attained the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers. He died April 13, 1883. Ely, Richard Theodore, educator, author, 13, 1854, in Ripley, N.Y. Since 1892 he has been professor of political economy. He is now editor of Macmillan's Library of Politics and Sociology. He is the author of French and Germon Socialism

Times; The Past and Present Taxation in American States and Cities; Problems of To-Day; Political Economy; Social Aspects of Christianity; and Outlines of Economics. Ely, Smith, merchant, congressman, was born April 17, 1825, in Hanover, N.J. In 1857 he was elected to the state senate; and in 1871-73 and 1875-76 he was a representative from New York to the forty-second and forty-fourth congresses as a democrat. in Modern of Political

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Economy

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New York



1876 to become mayor of

City.

Ely, William, congressman, was born in Massachusetts. In 1805-15 he was a representative from Massachusetts to the ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth congresses. He died in 1817 in Massachusetts.

Ely, William G., soldier, was born about 1835. He served in the civil war; and was brevetted a brigadier-general. He was one of the one hundred and eight who escaped through the famous tunnel of Libby prison;

captured forty-two miles away, and was returned to the prison. Ely, William Mather, farmer, merchant, legislator, was born in 1818 in Binghamton,

but was

N.Y. He was for several years president of the state agricultural society. In 1868-72 he was a member of the state legislature. He died Feb. 5, 1872, in Binghamton, N.Y. Elzas, Bamett Abraham, rabbi, historian, was born Dec. 7, 1867, in Germany. He was educated in London and Toronto; and received the degree of LL.D. from the South

Carolina college. He has ^een rabbi in Toronto and Sacramento; and since 1894 has been rabbi in Charleston, S.C. He is the

author of numerous historical Monographs; and is a prolific contributor to the Jewish press.

Elzey, Arnold, soldier, was born Dec. 18, 1816, in Somerset county, Md. In 1861 he entered the confederate service with the rank of colonel; and was subsequently promoted major-general. He died Feb. 31, 1871, in Baltimore,

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