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retm-ned to London, where, through the influ- ence of a friend. Sir Edwin Sandys^ who was at that time ti'ea.surer of the Virginia company, he was granted a patent of land in North America. Returning to his flock at Leyden, he told them of his plans and took them back to England, whence they sailed on Sept. 6, 1620, for America. They entered Cape Cod Harbor, Xor. 11, 1620, settling at Plymouth, where during the winter they bravely bore the indescribable hardships of scanty food, raiment and shelter, in a cold and barren land. Brewster was beyond a doubt the foremost of the pilgrims. The only reason that he was not chosen governor, says Hutchinson, was that "he was their ruling elder, and civil and ecclesiastical office in the same person was deemed incompatible." For nearly a quarter of a century Brewster shared the perils and troubles of the little colony, teaching, comforting and helping them in every possible way. The date of his death is not exactly known ; Bradford says " about th3 18th day of April, 1643," and Morton, secretary of the colony, more probably correct, wrote in the church records, " April 16, 1644."

BREWSTER, William, ornithologist, was born in South Reading, Mass., July 5, 1851. He received a public-school education, being gradu- ated at the Cambridge high school in 1869. His taste for science manifested itself in his youth, and after his graduation he devoted himself to the study of ornithology, for which he had an especial predilection. In 1880 he was appointed assistant ciLstodian of the collection of birds and mammals belonging to the Natural history society of Boston, and in 1885 became assistant in charge of the department of mammals and birds at the Cambridge museimi of comparative zoology. Mr. Brewster was elected a member of several scientific associations ; in 1876 presi- dent of the Nuttall ornithological club of Cam- bridge, and in 1895 president of the American ornithologists' union and of the Audubon society. He contributed numbers of articles to scientific periodicals; published " Bird Migration " (1886), and edited the second edition of H. D. Minofs " The Land Birds and Game Birds of New Eng- land " (1S95).

BRICE, Benjamin W., soldier, was born in Virginia in 1809. He was graduated from West Point in 1829, and served on frontier duty at Jefferson barracks, Mo., in 1829-"30, at Fort Arm- strong, 111., 1830-"31, and on the expedition against the Sac Indians in 1831. He resigned Feb. 13, 1832, and from 1835 to 1839 was brigade major of the Ohio militia. In 1845 he was coun- sellor-at-law and associate judge of common pleas, Licking county, Ohio. In 1846 he was ad- jutant-general of the state of Ohio, and on March 3, 1847, he was re-appointed in the U. S. army

with the rank of major and paymaster. He served in the pay department at Cincinnati, Ohio, and later in the war with Mexico at Camargo, Monterey, Saltillo and Brazos Island, Mexico, and at Fort Brown, Texas, during 1847, '48 and "49. The army disbanded March 4, 1849, and in 1852 he was again re-appointed in the army with the same rank as before, serving in the pay depart- ment in New Mexico, Louisiana, Florida, and Kansas. During the civil war he was paymaster at various places, and in October, 1864, was placed over the pay department at Washington, D. C. He was appointed paymaster-general with the rank of colonel in November, 1864, and in Decem- ber was brevetted lieutenant-colonel, colonel, and brigadier-general. In March, 1865, he was brev- etted major-general for "faithful, meritorious and distinguished services in the pay depart- ment " during the war, and in July, 1866, he was promoted brigadier -general. He was retired from active ser^ ice by reason of age limit, Jan. 1, 1873. He died in Washington, D.C., Dec. 4, 1892.

BRICS, Calvin Stewart, senator, was born in Denmark, Ohio, Sept. 17, 1845; son of the Rev. William K. and Elizabeth (Stewart) Bryce. He was prepared for the entrance matriculations at Miami; served three months (1861-62) with a company of Miami students in the civil war, and with the 86th Ohio volvm- teers,1862-'68. He was graduated at Miami, 1863, and served in the 180th Ohio volun- teers as captain, ma- jor and lieutenant- colonel, 1863-"65. He studied law at the University of Michi- gan, 1865-'66, was ad- mitted to the Ohio bar and practised his profession in Cincinnati. He acquired special distinction as a corporation lawyer, and in 1870 was employed by the Lake Erie and Louisville railroad to secure in Europe a loan in aid of its construction. In this under- taking he was successful; the road was com- pleted imder the name of the Lake Erie and Western, and in 1887 Mr. Brice was elected its president. He largely interested himself in vari- ous other western and southern roads, and be came one of the most successful railway managers in the country. In 1876 he was a presidential elector on the Tilden ticket, and in 1884 a Cleveland elector. In 1888 he was a delegate- at-large from Ohio to the Democratic national convention, and was selected to represent Ohio on

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