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oit \iitural l^hilosopfiy (18-17); Human rhyainlninj — Stdlical and Dynamical (18.10); History of the iHtelleclnal Detvlnpment of Europe (1802); Thowjhls on the Future Vicil J'oliry of America (1805), A Text-hook on Physioloijy (1800); History of the American Civil War (:} vols.. 1807-70); History of the Coi{flirt Beltreen Jiclujion and Science (1874); jiiul Scieuti,fic Memoirs. Ihimj Experimental Con- trihutions to a KnoirUdije of liadiant Eneryy (1878). Ile.lie.lHt Hiistin-xs-on-IImlson, N.Y., Jan. 4, 1882.

DRAPER, Joseph Rutter, suri;eon, was born in Waylaiil. Mass.. Jviiu' ao, 1830; son of Ira and Eunice (Rutter) Draper, who were descendants throui;li different branches from Jolin Rutter, who came to America in the ship Confidence in 16:W. He was p^raduated at AVilliams college in 18."»1 and engaged in teaching for several years. He then took a medical course at Harvard and Pittsfield and was graduated from Berksliire medical college in 1802. He joined the Federal army in 1802 as acting assistant surgeon, was com- mi.ssioned assistant surgeon, and was assigned to the 14th R.I. heavy artillery, serving with the regi- ment in Texas and Louisiana. He was mustered out of the volmiteer service in October, 1805, and engaged in the practice of medicine in Boston, Ma.ss. He was married in November, 1856, to Mary Jane, daughter of Calvin and Abigail (Rut- ter) Fuller of Dedliam, Mass. Their son, Joseph Rutter, born May 22, 1802, was graduated from Williams in the class of 1885 and in medicine from Harvard in 1888. Dr. Drajjer died in South Boston.:Mass.. Aug. 5. 1880.

DRAPER, Lyman Copeland, antiquarian, was iKjrn near Buffalo, N.Y., Sept. 4, 1815; son of Luke and Harriet (Iloisington) Draper. He was educated at Lockport, N.Y., leaving school at the age of fifteen to become a clerk in a store. In 1833 lie removed to Mobile, Ala., where he be- came interested in historical and biographical re.search. In 1835 he entered Granville college, Ohio, and remained there two years, subsequently continuing his research by coiTespondence and interviews with the .surviving pioneers. In 1840 he l>ecame editor of a paper in Pontonoc, Miss., and in 1842 was a clerk in the Buffalo, N.Y., office of the Erie canal. He removed to Philadel- phia, Pa., in 1843, and continued his historical lalwrs imtil 1854 when he was made secretary of the Wi.sconsin liistorical society at Madi.son. This office he lield until 1887, with the exception of 1858-50, when he was st;ite .sniK;rintendent of pub- lic instruction. He was elected honorary secre- tary for life of the Wi.sconsin lii.storical society, Jan. 6, 1887. The bulk of his property he be- queathed to the Wi.sconsin hi.storic-al society. He received the degree of A.:M. from Granville col- lege (Deni.son university) in 1851, and that of LL.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1872.

He published ten volumes of the society's Collec- tions ( 1853-87); Madison, the Capital of Wisconsin (1857.); King's Mountain, its Heroes (ISBl); Essay on the Autographic Collection of the Signei's of the Declaration of Independence., and of the Constittition (1889). Ho died in Madi.son, Wis., Aug. 26, 1891. DRAPER, William Franklin, diplomatist, was born at Lowell. Mass.. April 9. 1842; son of George and Hannah (Tliwing) Drajier, and a descendant of ^laj. Abijah Draper of Dedham, who fought in the Revolutionary war. The years 1858-01 were lai-gely occupied in work in machine shops and cotton mills, and in studying the manufacture and operation of cotton machin- ery. He was prepared to enter Harvard in 1861 but the war put an end to his plan for a univer- sity education, and on Aug. 9, 1801, he en- listed in a volunteer company which his father was instru- mental in raising and which became Com- pany B, of the 25tli Massachusetts regi- ment. He was chosen ^' its second lieutenant / ,;, and was attached to/ ' General Burnside's ^ .staff as signal ofRcer, taking part in the battles of Island, Newbern, and Fort Macon, at which last he was promoted first lieutenant, and returned to his regiment. In August, 1862, he was commissioned captain of the Seth Massachusetts volunteers and served through the remainder of the Antietam campaign, includ- ing the battle of Sharpsburg, Sept. 16-17, 1802, and the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 11-15, 1862. Later he spent several months in a pursuit of Morgan's and other bands of guerillas in Ken- tucky. In June, 1803, lie shared in the capture of Vicksburg and in the subsequent march to Jackson, Miss. For his service in this campaign he was promoted major. He took part in the defence of Knoxville, in August, 1803, and in the battles of Blue Springs, Tenn., Oct. 10, 1863; Campbell's station, Nov. 16, 1803, and Strawberry Plains, having command of his regiment after Octoljer 10. In the spring of 1804 he was attaciied to the Army of the Potomac. In the battle of the Wilderness, IMay 5-7, 1804, he was sliot through the body while leading his regiment in the cap- ture of a rifle pit, May 6, and was captured by, and recaptured from the Confederates, and finally sent to a Jio.spital in Washington. For liis gal- lantry on this occasion he was commissioned 1 ieutenant-colonel. When only partially recovered


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