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over did he realize that he had been seriously wounded. He reached America in February, 1781, with Jones, and joined tlie frigate Trumhull which was captui-ed by the Iris and the General Monk in August, and he became a prisoner for the fifth time, but was soon released by exchange. After the close of the war he went into the China trade, and married a ward of his old commander, Capt. John Barrj-. On the reorganization of the navy in 1794, he was the first captain afloat under the flag. In 1801 he was on board the flagship President as commander of the Mediter- ranean squadron during the hostilities with Tripoli. He was offended by some action of the secretary of the navy and resigned, Dec. 17, 1802. His son Richard lost his life on the President in the war of 1813, and another son was also an officer in the U.S. navy. Commodore Dale or- ganized in Philadelphia a mariners' church, and for thirty years joined with the sailors in worship. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 24, 1826.

DALES, John Blakely, educator, was born in Kortriglit, N.Y., Aug. 6, 1815; son of Hugh and Margaret (Blakely) Dales. He attended the Temple Hill (N.Y.) academy and was graduated at Union college in 1835 and at the theological seminary, Newburg, N.Y., in 1839. He was or- dained an Associate Reformed Presbyterian min- ister and served as pastor of the Second United Presbyterian chirrch in Philadelphia from 1840 until his death. He was professor of pastoral theology and church history at the Associate Reformed seminar}- at Newburg, N.Y., 1848-50; recording secretary of the Presbyterian histori- cal society, 1852-93; corresponding secretary of the Board of foreign missions of the Associate Reformed church, 1847-59; clerk of the United Presbyterian synod of New York, 1863-93 ; corre- sponding secretary of the United Presbyterian foreign missions, 1859-93; and president of the Pennsylvania Bible society, 1887-93. He received the degree of D.D. from Franklin college, Ohio, in 1853, and that of LL.D. from Westminster college. New "Wilmington, Pa., in 1889. He is the author of: Poman Catholicism (1842) ; Dangers and Duties of Young Men (1851) ; History of the Asso- ciate Pefornied Church and Its Missions (1859) ; History of the United Presbyterian Church (1883) ; and Churcli Manual (1884). He died in Chau- tauqua, N.Y., Aug. 21, 1893.

DALL, Caroline Wells Healey, author, was born in Boston. Mass., June 2-?., 1822; daughter of Mark and Caroline (Foster; Healey; and descended from members of the Mayflower party. She was educated by private tutors and gave two years to classical studies with Joseph Hale. After her father's financial reverses in 1841 she became vice-principal of Miss English's school for young women in Georgetown, D.C. She was

married in 1844 to the Rev. Charles Henry Apple- ton Dall, and had one son, AVilliam Healey Dall, the naturalist. She was one of three persons, and by far the most active, to form the American social science association in 1865, framed its original constitution and by-laws, and was for many years a director and vice-president. From this association sprung the Boston art museum, the conference of charities, the civil service reform and the Harvard annex. In 1860 a letter of hers was published simultaneously in the Anti- Slavery Standard of New York and the Liberator pf Boston, which broke up the effort of 5000 women to make Fremont President of the United States. For this she received the thanks of President Lincoln. She was the first American woman to receive the degree of LL.D., which was conferred upon her by Alfred university in 1877. Among her published works are : Essays and Sketches (1849) ; Historical Pictures Petouched (1859) ; Woman's Pight to Labor (1860) ; Life of Dr. Marie Zakrzewska (1860); Woman's Pights tinder the Law (1861); Sunshine; a Xame for a Pojmlar Lecture on Health (1864) ; The College, the Market and the Court (1869) ; Egypt's Place in History (1868) ; Patty Gray's Journey to the Cotton Islands (3 vols., 1869-70); Pomance of the Association: or One Last Glimpse of Charlotte Temple and Eliza ^Vharton (1875) ; My First Holiday (1881) ; Wliat We Peally Knoio About Shakespeare (1885), and many magazine articles.

DALL, Charles Henry Appleton, clergyman, was born in Baltimore, Md., Feb. 12, 1816; son of James and Henrietta (Austin) Dall: and a de- scendant from William Dall of Forfar, Scotland, who settled in Baltimore in 1740. His prepara- tory education was acquired in the Boston schools and he was graduated from Harvard in arts in 1837 and in divinity in 1840. He labored as min- ister-at-large under the Rev. W. G. Eliot at St. Louis, Mo., 1840-41, and was ordained a L'nitarian minister in 1841. During his work in St. Louis he conducted the first free daj* school established west of the Mississippi river. He carried on a ministry to the poor at Baltimore, Md., 1842-45, and Portsmouth, N.H., in 1846; was settled at Needham, Mass., 18i7-49, and Toronto, Canada, 1849-54. In 1855 he sailed as a missionary to Calcutta, India, being the first foreign mission- ary to be sent out by his denomination. He remained there, except for short visits home, during the rest of his life, instituting schools and homes, including the first girls' school in Calcutta for natives, and accomplishing much good work. He was married in September, 1844, to Caroline Wells, daughter of Mark and Caroline (Foster) Healey. He is the author of hymns, tracts and pamphlets on various subjects. He died in Calcutta, British India, July 18, 1886.