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was chosen president of the New England con- servatory of music in 1891, and in 1898 resigned that office on account of illness. Among his published works are: Double Taxation Unjust and Inexpedient (1893) ; and Double Taxation in Massa- chusetts (1895).

DANA, Samuel, jurist, was born in Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 14, (O.S.) 1739; son of William and Mary (Greene), grandson of Benjamin and Mary (Buckminster), and great-grandson of Richard Dana, who came from England in 1640, and Anne (Bullard), his wife. He was graduated from Harvard in 1755, was ordained to the ministry in 1761 and settled in Groton, Mass. In 1763 he was married to Anna, daughter of Capt. Caleb Kendrick of Newton, Mass. On the outbreak of the Revolution hi.s sympathy with the crown brought him into disfavor with his parish and he resigned his charge May lo, 1775. For six years he sui^ported himself by farming, preaching occasionally, and for a short time engaged in business. In 1781 he was admitted to the bar and became a successful lawyer in Amherst, Mass. In 1783 he was a delegate to the convention whose plans resulted in the constitution of 1783, and in the latter year declined a seat on the bencli of common pleas. He was registrar of probate, 1785-89, and judge of probate, 1789-93. In 1793 he was a member of the state senate. His daughter, Mehitable Brown, was married in 1797 to the Hon. Samuel Bell (1770-1850). Judge Dana died in Amherst, Mass., April 1, 1798.

DANA, Samuel, representative, was born in Groton. Mass., June 26, 1767; son of Samuel (1739-98) and Anna (Kendrick) Dana. He became a lawyer in Charlestown, Mass., and in 1803-03 and 1835-37 represented that place in the state senate, of which body lie was president for eight years. On the resignation of W. M. Rich- ardson, representative in congress, Mr. Dana was elected to fill the vacancy, and served in the 14th congress from Sept. 33, 1814, to March 8, 1815. He was later chief justice of the circuit court of common pleas and a delegate to the state convention in 1820. He married Rebecca Barrett. He died in Charlestown, Mass., Nov. 30, 1825.

DANA, Samuel Luther, chemist, was born in Amherst, N.H., July 11, 1795; son of Capt. Luther and Lucy (Giddings) Dana, and brother of James Freeman Dana. He removed to Exeter, N.H., in 1804 and acquired his preparatory edu- cation at Phillips Exeter academy. He was graduated at Harvard in 1813, and then joined the U.S. army as lieutenant, serving until the close of the war of 1813. He was graduated an M.D. from Harvard in 1818 and practised his profession first in Gloucester and later in Wal- tham, Mass., until 1836, when he founded a labo- ratory for the manufacture of sulphuric acid and

bleaching salt to be used in cotton factories. The Waltliam laboratory was later united with the Newton chemical company, and Dr. Dana was chosen chemist. He resigned in 1833 to pursue his studies in Europe, and after liis return in 1834 he accepted the position of resident and consulting chemist to the Merrimack manufacturing com- pany, Lowell, Mass. He invented the " American system " of bleaching cotton, and various im- provements in the bleaching, dyeing and printing of cotton' goods. He also attained eminence as a scientific agriculturist and contributed numer- ous articles to periodicals on the subject He was married in 1819 to Ann Theodora, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Willard, D.D., president of Harvard, 1781-1804. She died in 1828 and he was subsequently married to her sister, Augusta Willard. Amherst college conferred upon him the degree of LL.D. in 1847. Among his pub- lished works are: Outlines of Mineralogy and Geol- ogij of Boston and Its Vicinity (with J. F. Dana, 1818) ; Chemical Changes Occurring in the Manufac- ture of Sulphuric Acid (1833) ; Muck Manual for Farmers (1843, 4th ed., 1855) ; Essay on Manures (1843, new ed., 1856) ; LeadPipc, ItsDanger (1848) ; ?ii\(\. Lead Diseases (translated, with notes, 1848). He died in Lowell, Mass., March 11, 1868.

DANA, Samuel Whittlesey, senator, was born in Wallingford, Conn., Feb. 13, 1760; son of the Rev. James (1735-1813) and Catharine (Whittlesey) Dana. He was graduated from Yale in 1775, was admitted to the bar in 1778, and practised in Middletown, Conn. He was a Fed- eralist representative in the 4th-llth congresses, 1795-1810. In 1810 he was chosen U.S. senator to succeed James Hillhouse, resigned, and was re-elected in 1815, serving in the senate, 1810-31. Returning to Middletown he resumed the prac- tice of law and was for several years mayor. He died in Middletown, Conn., July 21, 1830.

DANA, William Henry, musician, was born at Warren, Ohio, June 10, 1846; son of Junius and Martha (Potter) Dana; grandson of Ander- son and Ann (Dennison) Dana, and second cousin of Charles A. Dana. He received his education at Williston seminary, Easthampton, Mass., and later studied in England and Germany. In 1864 he entered the Union army, serving first in the western department, under Gen. S. G. Burbridge, afterward in the valley of the Shenandoah, under General Hancock, and then on the staff of Gen. F. A. Shoup, where he remained vmtil the close of the war In 1869 he established and became president of Dana's musical institute at Warren. Ohio. The Universal exposition of music, held at Bologna, Italy, in 1888, awarded him a diploma and medal for his text-books. He was one of the three who founded the Music teachers' na- tional association, and held for a number of years