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HKHRIN6 he lias been professor of history at Central high school of I'hiladelphia, Pa. He is the autltor of Francis Lieber; The Life of Charles Thompson: and other works. Harlow, John Malcolm, educator, lawyer, poet, was born .Ian. 2~t, |8."»H. in Charleston. Illinois state senate.

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County Tribune of Oskaloosa. Kan,

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Harman, Henry Martyn, educator, clergyman, author, was born March 22. 1S22. in Anna Arumlel county, Mil. He wa> a melhodist clergyman; and since ISTO a profess<ir in

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the author of .lourney to Kgypt ami the Holy Land: and Introduction to Study of the Scriptures.

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Harmanson, John

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gressman, was born in danuary. 1Sm;{, in Norfolk. Va. Uv served in the Louisiana Htate senate in 1S44. In 181.'»-r)l he was a representative to the twenty-eighth, thirtieth and thirty -lirst congresses. H«' died Oct. 2'». IS.'iO. in New Orleans. La.

Harman, Josiah, scddier. was bor'n in IT-*."? in Phihi(h l|diia. Pa. He was brevctted brigadier-general by congress in 1787; and wa.s general-in-chief of the army in 1781). being the fourth commander of the l iiited States army. TTe commanded an expedition against tiM' Miami Indians in I7!M». and partially tiefeated them. He resigned in 17!i2: was adjutant-general of Pennsylvania in I7n:M)!>; and furnished the troops for Wayne's cam-

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Harlow, William Burt, author, poet, was in IS.'»(] in Maine. Il«> is tin- author of n vohune of po«'ins entitled Songs of SyraAbroad, ami Otlu-r I'oems. Harman, Colfax Burgoyne, i-ducator. journalist, publislier, poet. w;is born N<»v. 24. lie was e«hi186!), near N'alley Falls. Kan. cated in the public and

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Harmer, Alfred C, manufacturer, congresHtii.iii. a> born Aug. 8. I82.">. in , in Portage. Oiiio. .Mid

proprietor of the Detroit Free Press. Me served several t«'rms in the city council; b«'eaine fiiayor of Detroit in 1S.V2; was c«dh'ctor of the port for several years, and territorial governor of Minn«>sota in I8'»8-'»!». Le was a delegate to all tin* national conventions of his party from 1840 till 1.SS4. Ill' died Aug. 6, 1888. in Ik'troit. Mich.

Harmon, Judson, lawyer, jurist, governor, uas born F«di. 1S4<>. in Hamilton county, Ohio. In 1878 he was elected juilge of the superior court of Cincinnati, and was reelected in |.S8;j. In 1887 he resigned to resume the jiractice of law: and in ISHA-OT he was iittorni'y -getu'ral. In Hh) rank of commodore; and was retin-d from the navy in 18{>:{ with the rank of rear admiral. Harnden, Henry, soldier, was born in 1823 in Massai-liusetts. During the cjvil war he attained the rank of brigadier-general; and was in command of the force which captured .leirerson Davis in 186.1. He died March 17, 11HMI. ill Madison. Wis. Harnden, William Frederick, expressman, wiis limn AiiL'. 2.'f. ISI.'J. in Reading. Mass. Karly in I8:t1» he originated the express system of transportation for merchandise or parcids. He . in Boston, Mass. Harned, Virginia, actri'ss. was born In Boston. M;iss. Slie is (he wife of F.dward H. Sothern. She made her debut at the age oi sixteen years in The Corsican Brothers in New York City. Since 18!>.'> she has been

born Sept, he attained

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leading woman in various playn. Harnett, Cornelius, congressman, was horn April 20. I72.'{. in North Carolina. In 1777so he was a «lelegate from North Carolina to the continental c«»ngress. and signed the