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Engine ami Philadclplua'^ Share in Itn Early Iiuprovempnts; and The Iron Worki-r unci King Solomon, a poem. Hp died March 1874, in Philadelphia, Pa. Harrison, Joseph Le Roy, journalist, librarian, poet, wag bom Oct. 12, 18fi2, in North Adiims. Mass. In 1885-88 f v;is on the editorial staff of the New York Coramercfal Advertiser. Tn 1894-95 lie was president "f the New York niniv library Hch(K)l association. In 1900 he was in charge of the exhibit of the Ameriean library associa(ho nu tion at the Paris oxposit inn. Hp thor of With Pipe a>id l?nntatives ; and in 1871 was appointed judge of the city court of New Haven, Conn. He died in 19i66.

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Harrison, Marcos La Rue, noldier. ^vas horn in New York. In 1862 he was a captain in the first regiment Arkansas cavalry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of Tolunteers. He died Oct. 27, IROO, in Ar-

Hantaon, Richard A., lawyer, state senaator, congressman, was born in 1827, in Kng land. In 1857 he was elected to the Ohio hou'Je of representatives; anil sniisj»quently to the state senate. In 180103 he waa ii representative from Ohio to the thirty-sevnth congress. He died in 1904 in Ohio.

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Harrison, Robert Hanson, soldier, lawyer, was born in 174.5, in Maryland, lii lie ob(.lined the rank of lieutenantcolonel; and remained in the military' family of the commanding gineral until the sprini.' <'t 1781. He became chief justiee of the giMicrul court of Maryland in 1781 ; ami in 1789-90 was an aasoeiate justice of the supriMue court of the Ignited States. He died April 2, 1700, in Charles county, Md. HartisOB, Sanrael S., congressman, waa b..rn in Nr.ir laiiil. Tn 1S3;? 37 lie wa-; a epre^cfitat ivf from Pi-nuHylvania to the twenty third and twenty-fourth eongresaea. lb' ilifil in li((anning. Pa. Harrison, Sarah, Quaker preacher, was born about 1748, in Delaware county. Pa. She first preached in the Quaker meetings during the revolution: and was acknowledged a minister in 1781. She died Dec. 29, 1812. in Philadelphia. Pa. Harrison, T. Atattiider, painter, artist, was Ixirn Jan. 17, 18<53, in Philadelphia. Pa. jurist, 177."

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Harrison, Napoleon Bonaparte, naval ofHwas bom Feb. 19. 18S3. fn Vir^nin. Tn 1838 he ent<^red (lie n.ivv as a mitNliipinan and in 1808-69 was commandant of cadeta He in the United Btates naval aeademv. died Oof. 27. 1870. in K v West. Fla!

Among his awards are a temple silver medal from the Pennsylvania academy of fine irt=^; and a gold medal from the same neademy in 1894. In 1898 he was an associate member of the national academy of desinr,,; and in 1902 became a national a«-

HarTison.Orlando,bortiiulturist and statesBerlin, Md., was born in Delaw.ire. been vieo president of the Marvlaml Mate liorf innlt lira] sneiety: viee-president of the Americ.m association of nurservmen and president of the Peninsula horticultnral society. He i.<( now vice-president of the Exchanee and Savings bank of Berlin: partner in the nursery firm of J. G. Harrison and Rons, the largest ifrowers of peach and apple trere in the Ignited States: and is aUo interested in the largest anple orchard in Marvland planted !n Washinieton eonnty. He is now serving his third term a^ mavor of Berlin; and is also a, democratic member of the Maryland state Konse of delegates.

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was born May 30, 1843, in Tiverton, R.I. In T889 he was a member of the New HampState T.eiri-ilature. He is the mitbnr of .Stars a»id Stripes and other works. Harrison, Ralph Chandler, lawyer. iuri«t, was Kirn in rnmwall Bridge. Conn. Tn 1850-01 he pr.ietioed law in San Franeiseo. fal. In 1891-1908 he wa*; an a^-soeiate jus tice of the snpreme court of California; and has since resumed the practice of law. Harrison, Richard, diplomat, was Imrn in He was the auditor of the Ignited 1750. States for flfty-flve years; and flw years rnn^nl (o Cadiz. He died Jttly 10. 1841, in Washington, D.O. i-lnre

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Harrison. Thomas Jefferson, soldier, was born in Kenturkv. Tn IRHl he was a captain in the si(ii rerjiment Tndiana infantry; and in ISfi.'i was brevetted brigadiergeneral of volunteers. He died Sept. 28. 1871. in Indiana. Harrison, T. 0. C, Inwvr. jurist. Tie became chief justice of the state supreme court of Nebiraalea.

Harrison, Thomas Slcelton, manuf i' urer. diplomat, donor, ^a<* horn Sept. 10. 18.37. in Philadelphia. Pa. He befran his business life in the etnployinent of Harrison and Ncwhall, sugar refiners. In 1861-64 he served in the civil war a« paymaster in the Fnited fHates iKivy: and took part in all (he operations along the Atlantic and Florida coasts. He did not draw his pay, amounting to five thousand ami four hundred dollars, but presented it to the war library and museum of (he loyal legion of Pennsylvania. After leaving the ii;n"- he beenme a member of the firm of Harr isnn I^iodiers and eonipanv. niannfaeturers of whi(e lead, painls and chemicals, from which business he retired in 1902. For many years he was president of (he mannfne(nring chemists' association: was active in the preparations for the Centennial exposition ; and was chairman of imT>or(an( eoiiimi((ee.<. Tn 1807 rresiilen( ^^eKinlcy appointed him diplomatic agent and f