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 392 STOCKMAR $1,251,742; New Jersey, $568,900 ; Vermont, $551,129 ; and Rhode Island, $137,000. STOCKMAR, Christian Friedrieh, baron, a Ger- man physician, born in Coburg, Aug. 22, 1787, died there, July 9, 1863. He practised medi- cine at Coburg, and in 1S14-'15 in the army. In 1816 he became physician to Prince Leo- pold, and soon afterward his private secre- tary, and was comptroller of his household till after his accession in 1831 to the Belgian throne. Subsequently Leopold sent him to London to assist the princess and future queen Victoria with his advice. In 1836 he arranged the marriage of Prince Ferdinand of Coburg with Queen Maria II. of Portugal, and in 1837 accompanied Prince Albert to Italy. He was the trusted friend of the Coburg princes and other high personages, especially of Queen Vic- toria and Prince Albert, to whom he made a long visit every year till 1857. In 1858 he aid- ed in the negotiations for the marriage of the present crown prince of Prussia with the Eng- lish princess royal. The latter designed the monument erected to him at Coburg. He re- ceived the title of baron from several sovereigns. See Denkwurdigkeiten aus den Papieren des Freiherm Christian Friedrieh von Stockmar, by Ernst von Stockmar (Brunswick, 1872; English translation, edited by Max Milller, "Memoirs of Baron Stockmar," 2 vols., London, 1873). STOCKPORT, a town of Cheshire, England, at the junction of the Mersey and the Thame, 5 in. S. E. of Manchester; pop. in 1871, 53,- 014. It stands upon a hill, and the houses rise above each other in irregular tiers. The Mer- sey is crossed by five bridges, and there are sev- eral suburbs, the most extensive of which are Heaton-Norris, Edgeley, and Portwood. The principal public buildings are the barracks, court house, union workhouse, and the build- ing for the Sunday school, which is attended by nearly 4,000 children. A magnificent rail- way viaduct of 26 arches spans a portion of the town as well as the river Mersey. The former extensive manufacture of silk has been supplanted by that of cotton, for the spinning and weaving of which there are in the town and suburbs about 100 factories. There are also establishments for bleaching, dyeing, and printing cotton, brass and iron founderies, &c. Rich coal mines are worked in the vicinity. STOCKTON, a city and the capital of San Joaquin co., California, on a level prairie at the head of Stockton slough, a wide and deep arm of the San Joaquin river extending E. from that stream for about 3 m., and on the Central Pacific railroad, 63 m. (direct) E. by N. of San Francisco ; pop. in 1860, 3,679 ; in 1870, 10,066, of whom 4,102 were foreigners, including 1,076 Chinese; in 1875, estimated at 14,000. The Stockton and Copperopolis rail- road extends to Milton, Calaveras co., 30 m., and from it branches the Stockton and Visalia railroad, extending to Oakdale, Stanislaus co., 34 m. from Stockton. The Visalia division of the Central Pacific railroad, branching from STOCKTON the main line 9 m. "W. of the city, runs S. through the San Joaquin valley for nearly 200 m. A narrow-gauge railroad to lone City, Amador co., about 40 m., will render avail- able the immense coal deposits of that county. Stockton has a good harbor, and the river is navigable to this point from San Francisco at all seasons by vessels of from 150 to 250 tons. In the winter and spring steamers ascend near- ly 200 m. above the city. The business blocks are principally of brick. The court house and city hall, near the centre of the city, is sur- rounded with choice shade trees and shrub- bery, as are also many of the residences. Sev- eral of the churches are costly structures. The city is lighted with gas, and is supplied with water through pipes from three artesian wells. It has a volunteer fire department, and a horse railroad. The business of Stockton consists chiefly in furnishing supplies to the farmers of the San Joaquin valley and in the shipment of wheat, wool, and other produce. The ship- ments of wheat for the three years 1873-' 5 averaged nearly 3,500,000 bushels, valued at about $3,000,000. The city contains four bank- ing institutions, with an aggregate capital of $1,650,000, including a national gold bank and a savings and loan society. There are two manufactories of carriages, three of agricul- tural implements, two of sash, blinds, &c., one of paper, several of boots and shoes, saddlery and harness, furniture, tinware, &c., two flour- ing mills, two iron founderies, three tanneries, and three breweries. Considerable wine is also made here. Stockton is the seat of the state lunatic asylum. It has a high school and 33 other public schools of different grades, three newspapers, each having daily and week- ly editions, and 12 churches, viz. : 2 Baptist, 1 Congregational, 1 Episcopal, 1 German Re- formed, 1 Jewish, 3 Methodist, 2 Presbyterian, and 1 Roman Catholic. The city was laid out in 1849 and incorporated in 1850. STOCKTON. I. Richard, a signer of the Dec- laration of Independence, born near Princeton, N. J., Oct. 1, 1730, died there, Feb. 28, 1781. He graduated at the college of New Jersey, at Newark, in 1748, was admitted to the bar in 1754, became a member of the executive coun- cil of New Jersey in 1768, and in 1774 a judge of the supreme court. In 1776 he was elected to congress, and served on the committee ap- pointed to inspect the northern army. After his return to New Jersey he was captured by the British, confined in the common prison at New York, and treated with such severity as ultimately to cause his death. II. Robert Field, an American naval officer, grandson of the preceding, born in Princeton, N. J., in 1796, died there, Oct. 7, 1866. He entered the navy in 1810, became a lieutenant in 1814, and in 1821 went to Africa in command of the Erie, and aided the colonization society in procuring the territory forming the present republic of Liberia. On his return he was sent to the West Indies against the pirates. For several