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 278 HALLOWELL. IIALLOWELL. He was present at the siege of Yorktown, under fire at West Point, in action at Fair Oaks and at Savage's Station, and was wounded at Glendale. Later he was pres- ent at the battle of Malvern Hill, and sub- sequently took part in a reconnoissance from Harrison's Landing to that place ; was in the third line of battle at Chantilly, and at Antietam, September 17, 1862, was severely wounded. April 17, 1863, he was appointed lieu- tenant-colonel, 54th Massachusetts, and May 30, at the request of Governor John A. Andrew, he accepted the colonelcy of the 55th Massachusetts — the second Mas- sachusetts colored regiment brought into service — and was stationed for a brief period at Newbern, N. C. He took part in the reduction of Fort Wagner. November 2, 1863, he was honorably dis- charged from the service for disability arising from wounds. He took up his resi- dence in Medford in [869, where he has since resided, an active mover in all phil- anthropic and benevolent enterprises, a citizen much respected for his integrity and manly advocacy of what he considers worthy projects. A striking illustration of devotion to principle was manifest in the conduct of Colonel Hallowell and his brother, General Edward N. Hallowell, when they voluntarily offered their services in connection with the first colored regi- ments raised during the war. The preju- dice against the employment of colored troops was very strung in the North, as well as the Smith. Their gallant bearing, however, in the field, and loyal devotion to the Union cause, did much to reconcile the public mind to the wisdom of the move, and the heroic death of Colonel Robert G. Shaw, while leading his command in the assault upon Fort Wagner, stirred the pub- lic heart to a just appreciation of their worth and service. The Hallowell brothers are entitled to lasting honor for the cour- ageous part they took in thus espousing the cause of the once despised race. The seed sown has borne abundant fruit. HALLOWELL, RICHARD PRICE, son of Morris I. ongstreth and Hannah (Penrose) Hallowell, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., December 10, 1S35. His early education was obtained at Haverford College, Pa. At an early age he entered at once upon the business with which he has ever since been connected, by engaging as a boy in the wool house of H. Robinson & Co., Philadelphia. He came to Boston in 1858, where he started busi- ness on his own account, forming the part- nership of Hallowell & Howland, after- wards changed to Hallowell & Coburn, the present title. October 26, 1S59, at Philadelphia, he was married to Anna Coffin, daughter of Ed- ward M. and Maria (Mott) Davis. Her mother was the daughter of James and Lucretia Mott. His children are : Maria, Penrose (deceased), James Mott, Lucretia Mott and Frank Walton Hallowell. Mr. Hallowell has long been identified with the leading movements for reform, and by wise counsel and energetic work has contributed not a little to popularizing what at first may have been considered ill- timed agitation of the vital questions which have done so much to enliven and regener- ate modern society. He was an abolition- ist of the Wendell Phillips- John Brown school, and since slavery was abolished has advocated the rights, without for- getting the duties, of labor. He has held official position in the New England Woman's Suffrage Association from the first day of its organization. He co-oper- ated with other free religionists in the or- ganization of the Free Religious Associa- tion of America, of which he was treasurer for many years. He has been a frequent contributor with his pen to the press, and has himself published two notable works upon the Quaker element in Massachusetts life — " The Quaker Invasion of Massachu- setts" (1883) and "The Pioneer Quakers " (1886). The two books cover an inter- esting but sad epoch in our colonial his- tory, from the time when brutality in the treatment of Quakers was a prominent factor in the orthodox religion of Massa- chusetts, to 1724, when the Friends secured exemption from the iniquitous and oppress- ive tax levied for the support of the clergy. It is greatly to his credit that he has prac- tically reversed current history upon that subject. His loyalty to the oppressed has not been, however, confined to this most honorable and successful work. At a crit- ical time in the history of another despised and down-trodden people, he was honor- ably conspicuous. During our civil war, at the time the 54th regiment of Massa- chusetts volunteers was called into the ser- vice of the United States, a rendezvous camp was opened at Readville, by Captain, afterwards General, Edward N. Hallo- well, his younger brother. A line of re- cruiting depots for colored troops was established, running from Boston to St. Louis in the West, and Fortress Monroe in the South. One cavalry and two infantry regiments, the 54th and 55th, were raised