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CUYLER

1812, he was defeated as a representative to the 13th congress by C^tus King. He was superin- tendent-general of military supplies, 1813-14, president of the office of discount and deposit of the United States bank, 1814-17, and second comp- troller of the treasury, 1817-29. He was married in 1%4, to Anna Payne, a sister of Dolly Madison, wife of President Madison, and their son, James ^ladison Cutts. was second comptroller of the treasury during Buchanan's and Lincoln's admin- istrations. James Madison Cutts's daughter. Rose Adele, was married. Nov. 20, 1856, to Stephen A. Douglas, and after the death of Senator Douglas, to Col. Robert Williams. U.S.A. Richard Cutts died in "Washington. D.C., April 7, 1845.

CUTTS, Richard Dominicus, surveyor, was born in Washington, DC, Sept. 21, 1817; son of Ricliard and Anna (Payne) Cutts. He was edu- cated at Georgetown college, D.C, and joined the U.S. coast survey in 1843, remaining in that service for over forty years. He made the first surveys of the harbors of San Francisco and San Diego and of Monterey bay, California. He also made surveys of the shores of Maryland, of the plains of Texas, and of the mountains of New England. In 1855, as US. surveyor, he was on the International fisheries commission to deter- mine the limits of the fishing-grounds on the coasts and shoals between the United States and the British possessions in North America. He served during the civil war on the staff of Maj. Gen. H. W. Halleck, receiving in 1865 the brevet rank of brigadier-general. In 1873 he was a U.S. commissioner to the Vienna international exposi- tion, and in 1883 was a delegate to the Interna- tional geodetic conference in Rome, Italy. He was promoted in the coast survey service to the grade of first assistant superintendent, having direct charge of the office of topography. He was married in 1845 to Martha Jefferson Hackley, granddaughter of Thomas M Randolph of Geor- gia. He died in Washington. D.C, Dec. 13, 1883.

CUYLER, Theodore Ledyard, clergyman, was born in Aurora, N.Y., Jan. 10, 1822; son of Ben- jamin Ledyard Cuyler, a member of the Cayuga county bar. His grandfather. Glen Cuyler, and his great-grandfather. Gen. Benjamin Ledyard, were among the early settlers of Cayuga county, and were its first county officers. Hendrik Cuy- ler, his paternal ancestor, settled in Albany, N.Y., in 1007. Theodore's boyhood days were si>ent at Mendham, N.J., where he received his primary education. He was graduated from the College of New Jersey, Princeton, in 1841, and from Princeton theological .seminary in 1846. He was pastor of the Presbyterian church, Burlington, N J., 1846-49; the Third church, Trenton. N.J., 1849-53; the Market street Re- formed Dutch church, 1853-60, and the La-

fayette avenue Presbyterian church, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1860-90. The Brooklyn church he built up from a small struggling society to one of the largest and most prosperous churches in the denomination, and twice during his pas- torate the society

sent out colonies which became suc- cessful churches. He also built an edifice costing §60,- 000 and had on the church roll in 1890, the names of nearly 5500 members to whom he had minis- tered. The parish- ioners of the Lafay- ette avenue church in 1893 erected a memorial window commemorative of his thirty years' work in the church. He was a conspicuous member of the Presbyterian General assembly of America and in 1872 represented the American church at the General assembly in Edinburgh. Scot- land. He was president of the National tem- perance society and publication house, 188.5- 93. He was married in 1853 to Annie E., daugh- ter of the Hon. Joshua Mathiot of Newark, Ohio. After retiring from the pastorate of the Lafayette avenue churcli, Dr. Cuyler preached as a mini.ster-at-large and lectured throughout America and in Europe where he made frequent pilgrimages. He claimed never to have spent a Sundaj' during his ministrj- on a sick bed. He continued to advocate tem- perance reform and contributed to the leading periodicals articles on topics affecting intellectual and moral progress. He received from Prince- ton the degree of D.D. in 1866 and that of LL.D. in 1897. His published works include: Stray Ar- roics (1851); The Cedar Christian (1858); Heart Life (1863); The Empty Crib (1868); Thonght Hives (1872); Pointed Papers (1876); From the Xile to Xonray (1881); GoiTs Liyht on Dark Clouds (1881); Wayside Springs (1882); Eight to the Point {ISS'i); Xeicly Enlisted (1889); Hotc to he a Pastor (1890): Stirring the Eagle's Xest (1892); TJie Young Preacher (1893); Christianity in the //om/' (1894): Prnlah Land (1896); Well Built and Mountain-Tops \rith Jesus (1898); and a large number of religious tracts. In addition to his books, which were widely translated and circulated in Holland, Sweden, Norway and Germany, he contributed to leading religious journals nearly 4000 sep- arate articles, the circulation of which is com- puted to have reached two hundred millions of copies.