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 HBRRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. an instructor in chemistry at St. Paul's school of Concord; and is now master of natural sciences in that institution. He is the author of Elements of Chemical Arithmetic; Short Manual of Qualitative Analysis; and printed addresses. Coit, Joseph Howland, educator, author, clergyman, was born Sept. 11, 1831, in Wilmington, Del. Until 1865 he was professor of mathematics and natural science in St.. James' college, Md. and then became associated with his brother in St. Paul's school of Concord. He has edited a Life of Bishop Kerfoot; and other works. He died in 1906 in Concord, N.H. Coit, Joshua, lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 7, 1758, in New London, Conn. In 1793-98 he was a representative from Connecticut to the third, fourth and fifth congresses; and served a. number of years in the legislature of Connecticut. He died Sept. 5, 1798, in New London, Conn. Coit, Judson Boardman, educator, sciejitist, was born June 5, 1849, in Central Square, N. Y. In 1880-82 he taught in the high school of Cleveland, Ohio; and in 1882-84 he was assistant professor of mathematics and astronomy in the university of Boston, Mass. Since 1884 he has been professor in that institution. He is a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science. Coit, Robert, railroad president, was born April 26, 1830, in New London, Conn. Since 1881 he has been president of the New Lon-

Colaw, John Marvin, educator, lawyer, auwas born March 16, 1860, in Crabbottom, Va. He received his education at the Roanoke college, Va. at the Dickinson college. Pa.; and the uni-

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versity of Virginia. He is associate editor of the American Mathe-

matical Monthly; and has served as commonwealth's attorney of Highland county, Va. He is well versed in all parts of the science of mathematics, and



don and Northern railroad. Coit, Stanton, lecturer, author, was born Aug. 11, 1857, in Columbus, Ohio. He is a He is the author of lecturer on ethics. Neighborhood Guilds; and The Message of

Man. Coit,

Thomas Winthrop, clergyman,

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was born June 28, 1803, in New London, Conn. He was professor in Berkeley divinity school at Middletown in 1872-85. He was

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an active member of the American Mathematical society. He is a prominent lawyer of Monterey, Va.; and a forcible speaker. He is the joint author of a successful series of Mathematical Textbooks. Colborn, A. R., soldier, lumberman, was born Dec. 9, 1847, in Canada. In 1863 he enlisted as a volunteeer in the thirteenth Michigan infantry at Detroit; a few weeks after he was detailed headquarters' clerk at Fort Gratiot, Port Huron; and shortly after he was made commissary of the regiment, holding that position until they were mustered out. He carries a stock of from five to ten million feet of lumber, and is to-day the largest lumber dealer in Michigan. His sale of shingles alone amounts to fifty millions a year.

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the author of Necessity of Preaching Doctrine; Theological Commonplace Book; Puritanism in New England and the Episcopal Church; and Lectures on the Early History of Christianity in England. He died June 21, 1885, in Middletown, Conn. Coke, Richard, lawyer, congressman, was born in Virginia. In 1829-33 he was a representative from Virginia to the twenty-first and twenty-second congresses. He died on March 30, 1851, in Abingdon, Va. Coke, Richard, soldier, lawyer, jurist. United States senator, was born March 13, 1829, in Williamsburg, Va. He served in the confederate army as a commissioned officer. He was appointed district judge in 1865; and in 1866 was elected a judge of the state supreme court. In 1874-76 he was the eleventh

governor of Texas. In- 1877-95 he was United States senator from Texas. He died May 14, 1897, in Waco, Texas. Colahan, John Barron, lawyer, jurist, was born May 18, 1848, in Philadelphia, Pa. He has been president state bar association.

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Isabel, lecturer, author, City. She has made a

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specialty of book reviewing; and is a critic of writings relating to German and Scandinavian life and literature. She is part author of the play entitled The Love that Blinds.

Colbum, Dana Pond, educator, mathematician, author, was born in 1823. In 1843 he taught district schools; and in 1848-50 he was an assistant in the Bridgewater normal

school. In 1852 he opened a private school in Providence, E.I., which became a state institution. He was the author of First Steps

Numbers; Decimal System; Interest and Account; Arithmetic and its Applications; in

School Arithmetic; Child's Book of Arithmetic; and Intellectual Arithmetic. He died in 1859 in Providence, R.I.

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Colbum, Jeremiah, journalist, author, was born in 1815 in Boston, Mass. In 1857 he contributed articles to the Historical Magazine on American coins and coinage. He was one of the founders of the Boston numisraat-