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 174 DODDRIDGE hope, afterward earl of Chesterfield, and ob- tained an appointment as one of the chaplains of the king. In 1766 lie took the degree of 1. 1.. 1 >. at ( 'anil. ridge. Pursued by his credit- ors, and ambitious of a still higher position than he had yet obtained, he wrote to the wife of the lord chancellor Apsley an anonymous K-tu-r, offering her 3,000 if by her influence he might be promoted to the rectory of St. George's, Hanover square. This letter, being communicated to the chancellor, laid before the king, and traced to the author, caused his name to be stricken from the list of the royal chaplains. He fled to Geneva, where the young Lord Chesterfield was then residing, who gave him money to satisfy his creditors, and presented to him a living in Buckingham- shire. But Dodd went directly with his money to France, where he spent it recklessly. On his return to England in 1776 he resumed his pastoral functions, and preached with fluency and unction. His last sermon was at the Mag- dalen chapel, Feb. 2, 1777. Two days after this he forged a bond upon Lord Chesterfield for 4,200, for which he was tried at the Old Bailey and condemned to death. Though he refunded the money, and was recommended by the jury to the royal clemency, and though numerous noble protectors, many clergymen, and a petition from the city of London bearing 23,000 signatures, prayed for the interference of the crown, he was executed at Tyburn. Of his many writings, the " Reflections on Death " (1763) and the "Thoughts in Prison," a poem in blank verse, written during the progress of his trial, are alone not forgotten. DODDRIDGE, a 1ST. W. county of West Vir- ginia, drained by Hughes river; area, about 300 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 7,076, of whom 35 were colored. The land is mostly hilly and adapted to pasturage. The Parkersburg divi- sion of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad crosses it. The chief productions in 1870 were 15,- 879 bushels of wheat, 113,064 of Indian corn, 18,723 of oats, 14,167 of potatoes, 4,649 tons of hay, and 1 1 3, 649 Ibs. of butter. There were 1,815 horses, 1,987 milch cows, 2,782 other cattle, 7,183 sheep, and 3,904 swine. Capital, West Union. DODDRIDGE, Philip, an English clergyman, born in London, June 26, 1702, died in Lisbon, Oct. 26, 1751. Left an orphan at the age of 13, he was sent to a private school at St. Al- bans, where he made the acquaintance of Dr. Samuel Clarke, who became interested in him for his love of learning. The duchess of Bed- ford offered to defray the expenses of his edu- cation at either university, a proposal which he declined on account of the implied con- dition that he should become a clergyman in the Church of England. In 1719 he entered a dissenting academy at Kibworth to study theology. From 1722 to 1729 he fulfilled pas- toral duties at Kibworth and the neighboring town of Market Harborough, and in that retired district pursued his studies. In 1729 he took DODGE charge of the academy where he had been him- self educated, and removed it first to Market Harborough, and then to Northampton, whith- er he had been invited as pastor. At this acad- emy the most distinguished dissenting minis- ters near the middle of the last century were educated. Dr. Doddridge presided over it for 20 years, and acquired a high reputation as a preacher and author. In 1750 his constitution, always feeble, began to show signs of decline, and he sailed to Lisbon, where he died 13 days after his arrival. His most popular and useful works are " The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul," and the "Family Expositor," containing a version and paraphrase of the New Testament, with notes. He also published sev- eral volumes of sermons, " The Principles of the Christian Religion," a " Treatise on Regen- eration," and several minor works. He is the author of numerous hymns included in the stan- dard collections. His " Course of Lectures on the Principal Subjects in Pneumatology, Ethics, and Divinity" was published posthumously (London, 1763), and gives the outlines of a system of metaphysics and divinity. His works were collected in 10 vols. (Leeds, 1802), and his "Private Life and Correspondence," by one of his descendants, appeared in 5 vols. (London, 1831). Accounts of his life were also published by his contemporary Job Orton, and his pupil Dr. Kippis. DODGE. I. A S. central county of Georgia, formed since the census of 1870, bounded S. W. by the Ocmulgee river, and intersected by the Little Ocmulgee; area, about 500 sq. m. The surface is generally level and sandy. Pine forests abound. The Macon and Brunswick railroad traverses it. Capital, Eastman. II. A S. E. county of Wisconsin, drained by Rock river and several smaller streams; area, 936 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 47,035. There are prairies in various parts, interspersed with oak open- ings, and covered here and there with small clusters of burr and pin oaks. The valleys of the streams are occupied by extensive forests of oak, ash, elm, and maple. The soil is cal- careous and highly fertile. Horicon lake is in the N. part. The Wisconsin division of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad and the Northern and La Crosse divisions of the Mil- waukee and St. Paul railroad cross it. The chief productions in 1870 were 2,294,538 bushels of wheat, 25,009 of rye, 629,020 of Indian corn, 909,648 of oats, 96,233 of barley, 354,744 of potatoes, 70,258 tons of hay, 1,153,- 272 Ibs. of butter, and 229,984 of wool. There were 13,550 horses, 16,311 milch cows, 14,549 other cattle, 59,138 sheep, and 21, 017 swine; 6 manufactories of agricultural implements, 23 of carriages, 10 of barrels and casks, 11 of fur- niture, 2 of pig iron, 4 of woollen goods, 14 of saddlery and harness, 5 of pumps, 4 saw mills, 12 flour mills, and 6 breweries. Capital, Juneau. III. A S. E. county of Minnesota, drained by affluents of the Zumbro river ; area, 432 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 8,598. The surface