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Indies. He commanded the steamer Seminole, in the battle of Mobile Bay, Aug. 5, 1864. He again served on tiae receiving ship at Philadelphia, 186G-68; and in the Brookh-n navy yard, 1868-71. He was retired at his own request, Sept. 29, 1876, and made his home in Baltimore, Md. He mar- ried in 184j Harriet Fen wick of West River, Md. He died in Baltimore, Md., May 15, 1889.

DONALDSON, Francis, physician, was bora in Baltimore, Md., July 23, 1823; son of John J. and Caroline (Dorsey) Donaldson, and a brother of Rear- Admiral Edward Donaldson, U.S.N. He vvas graduated in medicine from the Univer- sity of Maryland, in 1846, and was resident physi- cian in the almshouse hospital and the Marine hospital, Baltimore, Md., 1846-48, and in the hos- pitals of Paris, France, 1848-51. He then began practice in his native city and held various posi- tions in the hospitals and dispensaries. He was professor of materia medica in the Maryland col- lege of pharmacy, 1863-66, resigning to become professor of phj^siology and hygiene and clinical professor of diseases of the throat and chest in the University of Maryland. In 1881-82 he was president of the medical and chirurgical faculty of the state of Maryland, and president of the American climatological association. He was a member of the American association of physi- cians and surgeons, and the American laryngo- logical association, and consulting physician at Johns Hopkins hospital. He was married to Elizabeth, daughter of WilUam Winchester of Baltimore, Md. He published: The Influence of City Life and Occupations in Developing Consump- tion (1876) ; compiled Bei'nard's lectures on Di- gestion, and contributed articles to medical peri- odicals. He died in Baltimore, Md., Dec. 9, 1891.

DONALDSON, James Lowry, soldier, was born in Baltimore, Md., March 17, 1814. He was graduated from the L'nited States military acad- emy in 1836, a?id served on topographical duty and in the Florida war, 1836-38, attaining the rank of 1st lieutenant. He was on recruiting service, 1838-40 ; on the Maine frontier, 1840-42, pending the disputed territory controversj^ ; and from Feb. 12, 1844, to Sept. 4, 1854. served on the northeastern boundary survey. In 1845 he was in garrison at Pensacola, Fla., and was under General Taylor in the military occupation of Texas in 1846, and dtu-ing the war with Mexico. He was brevetted captain, Sept. 23, 1846, for gal- lantry in the battle of Monterey, and major, Feb. 23, 1847, for gallantry in the battle of Buena Vista. On IVIarch 3, 1847, he was promotea assist- ant quartermaster with the rank of captain and Avas on quartermaster duty including that of chief quartermaster of the department of New Mexico, at various posts, 1858-62. He was brev- etted lieutenant-colonel. May 14, 1861, and was

promoted to the rank of major, Aug. 3, 1861. He served as colonel in the U.S. volunteer army from Aug. 2, 1864, to Jan. 1, 1867, and on Sept. 17, 1864, was brevetted colonel and brigadier- general of volunteers "for distinguished and important services in the quartermaster's de- imrtment in the campaign terminating in the capture of Atlanta. Ga." He was brevetted major-general of volunteers, March 13, 1865, for services rendered during the war. On July 28, 1866, he was promoted assistant quartermaster- general with the rank of colonel, and served as chief quartermaster of the division of the Mis- souri, 1866-69. He was retired from active ser- vice, Mai-ch 15, 1869, for disability conti'acted in the line of duty, and resigned Jan. 1, 1874. He wrote Sergeant Watkins, A Tale of Adventure (1871). He died in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 4, 1885.

DONALDSON, Thomas Corwin, author, was born in Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 27, 1843. He was graduated at Capital university, Columbus, Ohio, in 1862, and enlisted in the Federal army as a private, gaining promotion to the rank of lieu- tenant. After the close of the war he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1867. He was appointed by President Grant registrar of public lands inTdaho in 1869, and while residing in Idaho, was colonel in the territorial militia and declined the governorship of the territory offered him by President Hayes. He removed to Philadelphia, where he was a Centennial exhibi- tion commissioner in 1876. He was a delegate to every Republican national convention from 1868 to 1896. He made a remarkable collection of historical relics, including chairs used by public men; Bibles belonging to great men; autographs, war relics, pictures, paintings and art objects. He is the author of: The Public Domain: Its History with Statistics (1884); Tlie George Cotter Indian Gallery in the National 3Iu- seum, with Memoir and Statistics (1887) ; Walt ]niitman: the Man (1896); The House in which Tliomas Jefferson icrote the Declaration of Independ- ence (1898); Some of the People I Have Met, and Experiences in Idaho Territory (in press, 1898). He died in Philadelphia Pa., Nov. 18, 1898.

DONELSON, Andrew Jackson, diplomatist, was born near Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 25, 1800. He was a student in the University of Nashville and was graduated at the U.S. military academy in 1820. His standing, the second in his class, gave him the commission of 2d lieutenant of en- gineers and he was detailed as aide-de-camp to his uncle. Gen. Andrew Jackson, military gov- ernor of Florida, serving 1820-22. After 1822 he was assistant to the board of engineers. He re- signed from the army in 1822, studied law in the Transylvania university, was admitted to the bar in 1823 and engaged in cotton planting in