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 310 MEADE year was chosen physician of St. Thomas's hospital. In 1711 he was appointed anatomi- cal lecturer to surgeons' hall, and in 1714 re- moved to London. In 1727 he was nominated physician to George II. He made valuable collections of books, antiquities, and works of art. His principal work was Medicina Sacra (London, 1748 ; translated into English, 1755), in which he maintains that demoniacal posses- sions were a species of insanity. His " Medical Works" were published in 1762 (4to, London). MEADE, a N. county of Kentucky, on the Ohio river, drained by Otter and Spring creeks and other tributaries of the Ohio. ; area, about 400 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 9,485, of whom 1,294 were colored. It has an undulating surface and fertile soil. The chief productions in 1870 were 67,691 bushels of wheat, 464,674 of Indian corn, 122,136 of oats, 40,662 of potatoes, 539,- 000 Ibs. of tobacco, 22,656 of wool, 94,440 of butter, and 2,437 tons of hay. There were 3,209 horses, 1,791 milch cows, 3,248 other cattle, 7,460 sheep, and 18,170 swine; 1 cotton factory, 5 flour mills, 4 saw mills, 1 distillery, and 3 wool-carding and cloth-dressing estab- lishments. Capital, Brandenburg. MEADE. I. Richard Kldder, an American rev- olutionary soldier, born in Nansemond co., Va., about 1750, died in Frederick (now Clarke) co. in the early part of the 1 9th century. He was educated at Harrow school in England, and soon after his return to Virginia embarked in the revolutionary contest. In December, 1775, he commanded a company at the battle of the Great Bridge near Norfolk, the first fought in the state, and soon after he was appointed by Washington one of his confidential aides, in which capacity, with the rank of colonel, he rendered signal service throughout the war. He was with the commander-in-chief in all his great battles, and superintended the execution of Major Andr6. The latter part of his life was passed in Frederick co., occupied with ag- ricultural pursuits. II. William, an American bishop, son of the preceding, born in Frederick (now Clarke) co., Va., Nov. 11, 1789, died at his residence near Millwood, Clarke co., March 14, 1862. He graduated at Princeton college in 1808, and three years later was ordained to the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal church. In 1813-'14 he was active in procuring the elec- tion of Dr. Moore of New York as bishop of Virginia, and contributed materially to the es- tablishment of a diocesan theological semina- ry at Alexandria, and various educational and missionary societies. In 1829 he was unan- imously elected assistant bishop of Virginia, and in August of that year was consecrated in Philadelphia. He thenceforth assumed the chief care of the diocese, and in 1841, upon the death of Bishop Moore, became bishop. Ill health soon compelled him to ask for an assis- tant, who was provided in 1842 in the person of Dr. John Johns of Baltimore. He was for several years the acknowledged head of the evangelical branch of the Protestant Episcopal church in the United States. His publications comprise " Family Prayer " (Alexandria, 1834) ; " Lectures on the Pastoral Office;" "Lectures to Students" (New York, 1849); and "Old Churches, Ministers, and Families in Virginia " (2 vols., Philadelphia, 1856). His life has been written by Bishop Johns (Baltimore, 1868). MEADE. I. Richard Worsam, an American merchant, born in Chester co., Pa., June 23, 1778, died in Washington, D. C., in 1828. He was a son of George Meade, a Philadelphia merchant, who was active in the opposition to the stamp act, and made the continental gov- ernment a present of $10,000 in gold. Richard went to Cadiz, Spain, in 1803, as a merchant and ship owner, and from 1805 to 1816 was United States navy agent. During the penin- sular war he imported immense quantities of supplies into the port of Cadiz, and frustra- ted Victor's attempt to starve out the allied garrison. In 1810 his vessels carried thither 250,000 barrels of flour. In 1815 he incurred the ill will of certain members of the Spanish council of war, and on May 2, 1816, was im- prisoned in the castle of Santa Catalina, where he remained two years, and was then released at the demand of the United States govern- ment. The case which has since become cele- brated as the Meade claim grew out of the losses incurred by him at this time, and the ruin of his business consequent upon his long imprisonment. In 1819 a special tribunal ap- pointed by the Spanish government awarded him a certificate of debt, which was signed by the king, for $491,153 62. In 1822 the com- mission appointed at Washington to consider such claims declined to receive this certificate, and demanded the original vouchers ; but before these could be procured the session expired, and the fund was distributed among the other claimants. Subsequent attempts to get a re- hearing of the case have all been fruitless, though the most celebrated lawyers were re- tained, including Webster, Clay, and Choate. Mr. Meade had the finest private gallery of paintings and statuary in the country ; it con- tained the only bust of Washington taken from life ; and he is said to have been the first im- porter of merino sheep and sherry wine into the United States. II. George Gordon, an Amer- ican general, son of the preceding, born in Ca- diz, Spain, Dec. 30, 1815, died in Philadelphia, Nov. 6, 1872. He graduated at West Point in 1835, served in the Florida war, and resigned Oct. 26, 1836. From 1837 to 1842 he was an assistant engineer in the government survey of the delta of the Mississippi, the Texas boundary, and the N. E. boundary of the United States. On May 19, 1842, he was reappointed in the army as second lieutenant of topographical engineers. He served through the war with Mexico, was attached to the staff of Gen. Taylor and after- ward of Gen. Scott, distinguished himself at Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, and Monterey, was brevetted first lieutenant for gallant con- duct, and on his return was presented with a