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James

Tliref ritiis. (Hher works by Mr. are, TranHathintic- Skrtilies; Kr«Muli

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and Kuveliata; Portraits of Places} Life of Hawthorne: The Madonna of the Future;

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Littir Toiir in Fi;iiu«-; I'iiturc aii'l T«'Xt; >» in LoiKltm; and I'urtial I'ortraita. ivsf< •

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James, Ollic M., lawyer, I'nited States .-.cnator. was bn>;n sscs as a denun-rat. Since 1013 he has b4*en I'nited States senator.

»4Tvod with dititim'tion through the civil war. He in the author of a volume conoeming tlu- rivll war. James, James Alton, «dutator atitlior, was bt>ni Sept. 17. IS»»4. in llazidgn cn. Wis. Siui'f 1HSI7 he haa Ihh'h profescior of hiatury at tin* Xorthwestcrn nnivi-rxity of Evans-

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ton, 111. In IIMU III- was president uf tlic college section uf the Illinois state teachers* association. He is the joint author of iiiiu nt in state and Nation. G<) James, John Walter, railioad president, c

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statesman, was born Jan. 31, 1836, ington county, Tenn. Duriny the ..^-^^fc. -w^ ^^jlM^^b^^K ^r^/^ "^PIBt^

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he aerved in the I nited States army, was present at of Look.Mountain n <1 Missiunary K d ge. Diii in;; I8G4-70 he was ttie

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chancery at Chattanooga Tenn. was twice alderman of that (ity. and took an active tiart in its educational and pnbnia.Hter in

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mayor

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greenbaek labor jiarty in 18Si»; was a candidate for (-undress; and Huhsequently received th<> nomination for governor of T^n* ntssee. lb died Feb. 21, 1808, in Alton Park, Tenn. JVUMf Joseph Francis, botanist, educator, author, was born Feb. S. 1S.")7. in Cincinnati, Ohio. In l.SHI-Hti lie was custodian of the Cincinnati society of natural history; and in 1880 accepted the chair uf botany and geology In Miami univprsity of (lxtor2 he starred with JuHepli JellerBon; and since 1806 has starred with WagenhniK and Kemper. He has played in the Two Orphans anri .Merchant of Vi nice. James, Maria, poet, was born Oct. 11, 17!>3, in Wales. A e(dh><tioii of her poems wjm published under the title of Wales and oti .i t'oeni.s. She died Sept. 11, 1868, in Uhiuebecic, N.Y.

Udurd Socton, clergyman, auwas born in 1H24 in Pennsylvania. He an episcopal clerKynuwi of .rkanr«as. He is the author of The Walk of Christ through the allcy of Death; and Forcst Monarcha, and Other I'oeins. Jamca,

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James, Samuel Humphreys, journalist, auborn Dir. 12. 1S.")7. in Cottage I'luntation, I..a. in ihlMI he wrote an article entitled Mangums Monkeys Picking iitton. a hoax, which was copied all «fver till w4 he has been presi<|ent of the Louisiana hortitiilture siKMety. ami own.s the largei^t pecan yrove in the world. He is the author of A Woman of l>lew Orleans; and A Prince of (tood Fellows.

Jamca, Thomas Chalkley, educator, physisurfjeon, co|lej;|. j)resi(|ent. was horn

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17«'>ii in Philadelphia, I'a. In 1803 he established the school of Ofaatetrica in Philadelphia; and for twenty-five years was phy-

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sician and olMttetrician in the Pennsylvania hospital. He was for some years president of the PhiUidelphia college of physicians; and was professor of midwifery in the university of Penn« l ania in 1SII-:J4. He died .iuly 2."i. Is.!.-., in I'hiladelphia, Pa.

James, Thomas Lemuel, journalist, bankcabinet ollic. r, was bom Manii 2M. IsHl.

was a

1874-7o;

delegate to the convention of the national

James, Louis, actor, was

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in Utica, N.V. He was collector of canal tolls at Hamilton in IRA4-55; and was appointed in^«p<'« tor of customs in the N't w

York custom house in 1801; weigher in 18(i3, and deputy collector in 1870. He was appointed pohfnia-tcr at New Vork City in 1873 and was reapjwinted in 1877. In 1881 he was ppetnwster-general. In 1882 he accepted tional

the

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presidency

of

the

Lincoln na-

bank of New Vork City.

James, Ix.Mi

Thomas Sept.

I.

Potts, botanist, author, ISiK-j. in Radnor, Pa. In

he settled in Cambridge, Mass.; and of the founders and long the treas-

was one

the ii-rii!Ui po(ii'fy. papers were contributed to the Proceedings of the Pliihxlelphia Academy of Natural S<-ieni es aiel to the Proceedings of urer of

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Hi«* scientilic

tile Aliierican .caii<iny of .Art-* and Sciences. He was part author ot li.' .Manual of American Mosses. He died Feb. 22, 1882, i

Cambridge. Mass. James, William, ^yclio|oj»i,st. author, was horn Jan. II, 1842, in New York City. He has been professor «t Harvard university since 1.S72. lie was (.'ilford lecturer on natural religion in the university of Edinburgh in

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