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 DOSSERT

DOUBLEDAY

(\S9S) '.John of JiarnerehU, Martyror Traitor (ISdl) ; and eiliteil his fjitliers iH)stliiunous History of tlir Ji,h>nn<<l C/iinrli in Anorica (.1888).

DOSSERT, Frank G., musician, was born in Buiralo. N. V., May JO. 1801. His father was an or- ganist and clionil director, his mother a dramatic soloist, and liis sister, Christine Dossert, was a dramatic soprano of high stamling. In 1875 Mr. Dossert became assistant organist to his fatlier at the Buffalo cathedral, and when but seventeen years old succeeded liim as organist. In 1881 he removed to New York city to accept the position of organist and director of the clioir of St. Ste- phen's church. His early .studies were pursued in Buffalo under his father and Robert Denton, and on his removal to New York lie began the study of comi>osition with B. O. Klein, H. H. Huss and Frank Van der Stucken. He completed his mu- sical studies with Dr. S. Jadassohn at Leipzig. Germany. Among his principal compositions are a mass in E minor, which was sung in churches in Paris, London, Sligo, Ireland, and Vienna, Austria : and a grand Messe Solennelle dedicated to Pope Leo XIII. for full orchestra, chorus, soli and organ, which was produced at Rome in 1893. His other works include orchestral pieces, mo- tetts. songs, male and mixed part songs.

DOTY, James Duane, governor of Wisconsin, was born in Salem, X.Y., in 1799. He was pre- pared for admission to the bar and removed to Detroit. Mich., in 1818, where he was appointed secretary of the council and clerk of the court of the territory. He was a member of the celebrated exploring expedition of 1820 under Gen. Lewis Ca-ss. travelling in canoes 4000 miles on the upper lakes and negotiating imjiortant treaties with the Imiians. He was U.S. judge for the northern dis- trict of Michigan, holding his first court at the military post on Green Bay in 1824, and serving as judge till 1833. He was appointed by congress in 1830 one of a commission to lay out a military road from Green Bay through Chicago to Prairie du Chien. He was a member of the sixth legis- lative council of Michigan. 1834-35, and there introduced the bill creating Wisconsin and Iowa territories. In 1836 he was a member of the com- mission to erect a cajiitol Imilding, having himself selected the site of Madison as the seat of govern- ment of the territory. On Sept. 10, 1838, he was elected delegate to congress from the territory as successor to George W. Jones, and was re-elected Aug. 5, 1840, serving in the 25th and 20th con- gresses, to March 3, 1841. He was appointed gov- ernor of the territory of Wisconsin, Oct. 5, 1841, serving till Sept. 16. 184-1, when he was removed. He was succeeded by Nathaniel P. Tallmadge. In 1845 Tallmadge was removed and Doty was re- appointed, serving till May 13. 1845. when he was succeeded by Henry Dodge. On the organization

of the two houses, Dec. 5, 1842, he refused to communicate with them, declaring their assem- bly illegal, as no appropriation for that object had been previously made by congress. On their continuing in session in spite of his disapproval he issued a proclamation convening the legishiture, March 0, 1843, selecting the same date to which the body had adjourned. After his removal from office he was appointed by the war department a commissioner to the Indians in 1845 and he was a delegate to the first constitutional convention at Madison, Oct. 5, 1846. As the constitution was not opposed by the people, a new convention was held and the state was admitted in 1848. When a third congressional district was formed in 1848 Governor Doty was elected a representative in the 31st congress and lie was re-elected to the 32d congress, serving 1849-53. In 1861 he was made superintendent of Indian aff'airs, with lieadquar- ters at Salt Lake City, Utah. He was treasurer of the territory and in 1864 was apiwinted governor. He died in Salt Lake City, Utah, July 13, 1865.

DOUAI, Carl Daniel Adolf, educator, was born in Altenburg. Germany. Feb. 22, 1819. He was educated in the Dresden gymnasium and at the Univer.sitj'^ of Leipzig, and shortly after his graduation from the latter became a lecturer at the University of Jena. He was afterward pro- fessor in the Russo-German university at Dorpat, Russia, and remained there until 1848, when the revolution broke out in his native country and he returned there to take an active part, being elected a member of the provisional Landtag, on the organization of a new government. This government was .soon put down, and with others Mr. Douai was arre-sted for high treason. On regaining his freedom in 1852 he immigrated to the United States, and established in Antonio, Texas, the ZcituiKj. He incurred the opposition of the people by his anti-slavery sentiments and was obliged to leave the state. He removed to Philadelphia, Pa., and taught school in that city and in Boston, Mass., until 1860. In that year he was a delegate to the Republican national conven- tion, and in the same j-ear removed to New York to edit the Xoio Yorker Dcmokrnt. The following year he became principal of the Hoboken acad- emy, N.J. He established a school in New York city in 1860, which he conducted until 1871. when he became editor of the Arhcitor Union, in New York city. He edited the VoUs Zeitnmj, 1878-88, and wrote for current literature. He introduced Froebel's kindergarten .system into the United States. He die«l in Brooklyn, N.Y., Jan. 21, 1888. DOUBLEDAY, Abner, soldier, was born in Ballston Spa, N.Y., June 26, l.siO; son of Ulysses Freeman Doubleday, representative in congress. He was graduated from the U.S. military academy in 1842 and served during the Mexican