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DEXTER, Henry, sculptor, was born in Nel- son, Madison county, N.Y., Oct. 11, 1806.. He learned the trade of a blacksmith in Pomfret, Conn., and after working at it for several years removed to Providence, R.I. He had early evinced a strong artistic talent, and in Providence he acquired some reputation as a painter of por- traits. He removed to Boston in 1836, and to Cambridge, Mass., in 1837, studying painting and sculpture, and finally devoting his whole atten- tion to sculpture. His first work was a marble bust of Samuel Eliot, mayor of Boston. In 1860 he visited every state in the Union, and modelled busts of the chief executives of everj^ state except- ing California and Oregon. The collection, in- tended for the capitol at Washington, was never placed there, owing ^ to the interruption of the civil war. Among his

better known works are:

busts of Dick- ens, Agassiz and Longfel- low; The Binney Child in Mount Auburn ceme- tery, suijposed to be the first marble statue made in the United States; The Backii-oodsmen (1847); The Cushing Children (1848); General Joseph Warren at Bunker Hill (1857); and Nymph of the Ocean (1870). He died in Cambridge, Mass.. June 23, 187p.

DEXTER, Henry Martyn, clergjonan, was born at Plymptozi. Mass., Aug. 13, 1821. He was gi-aduated from Yale in 1840 and from Andover theological .seminary in 1844. He was ordained to the Congregational ministry Nov. 9, 1844, and preached at Manchester, N.H., 1844-49; and at the Pine (afterward Berkeley) Street Congrega- tional church, Boston, 1849-67. He was editor of the Congregationalist, 1851-66, and of the Congre- gational Quarterly, 1859-66. In 1867 the Congrega- tionalist was combined with the Becorder, and Mr. Dexter became editor-in-chief, resigning his pastorate to devote his whole time to the work. He preached at Dorchester, Mass., 1869-71, and delivered lectures at Andover theological semi- nary, 1877-80. He was made a member of the American antiquarian society in 1869; of the Massachusetts historical society in 1869, and of the American historical association in 1884. He received the degree of A.M. from Brown in 1863; that of D.D. from Iowa college in 1865, and from Yale in 1880; and that of LL.D. from Yale in 1890. His published works include: The Moral Influence of Manufacturing Towns (1848); TTip.

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Temperance Duties of the Temperate (1850;; Our Xntional Condition and its Remedy (1856), 2"he Voice of the Bible the Verdict of Beason (1858); Street Thoughts (1859); Twelve Discourses (1860); What Ought to be Done with the Freedmen and the Bebels (1865); Congregationalism (1865); The Ver- dict of Beason upon the Fiiture Punishment of Those tcho Die Impeni- tent (1865); A Glance at the Ecclesiastical Councils of New Eng- land (1867); The Church Polity of the Pilgrims .the Polity of the New Testament (1870); Pilgrim Mem- oranda (1870); As to Boger Williams and his Banishment from the Massachusetts Colony (1876): The Congrega- tionalism of the Last Three Hundred Years as Seen in its Literature (with a bibliographical Appendix of 7250 titles, 1880); A Handbook of Congregationalism (1880); Boger Williams's Christenings make not Christians: a Long-lost Tract Bccovered and Exactly Beprinted and Edited (1881); llie True Story of John Smyth, the Se-Baptist (1881); Common Sense as to Woman Suffrage (1885); Early English Exiles in Amsterdam (1890);and Elder Brewster's Library (1890); besides many contributions to cyclopsedias and period- icals, a manuscript Bibliography of the Church Struggle in England during the Sixteenth Century; and an unfinished Study of the English, and Dutch Life of the Plymouth Men. He left to Yale 2000 volumes on the New England Puritans. He died in New Bedford, Mass., Nov. 13, 1890.

DEXTER, Samuel, merchant, was born in Dedhani, Mass., in 1726; son of the Rev. Samuel Dexter, A.M., Harvard, 1720, who died in 1755. He was brought up to a business life in Boston and became wealthy. He was prominent in the opposition to the British ministry, and opposed the policy of Bernard and Hutchinson while a member of the governor's council, 1765-75. After 1776 he was one of the supreme council of the state. He devoted much time to historical study and religious investigations, and he became an avowed Arminian. He left §5000 to Harvard col- lege for the encouragement of Biblical criticism. He died in Mendon, Mass., in 1810.

DEXTER, Samuel, cabinet oflScer, was born in Boston, Mass., May 14. 1761; son of Samuel Dexter, and grandson of the Rev. Samuel Dexter. He was graduated at Harvard in 1781 and was admitted to the bar in 1784. He practised in Worcester