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iiess under the Spanish civil code. He was mar- ried to a daughter of William Denning of New York city and this led to his returning to New York in 1813, where he resumed his practice and soon after established a law office at Rhinebeck, N.Y. He was elected to the state assembly in 1814. In the state legislature he advanced the cause of education b}- encouraging aid to colleges and academies and providing an income for the support of common schools. He also helped to establish the constitutionality of the act vesting the right of navigation of the Hudson river in Livingston and Fulton, and advocated state aid toward building canals. He was a judge of the supreme court of the state, 1822-39, and resigned to accept the presidency of Columbia college, serving that institution as its president, 1839-43, and as a trustee, 1830-42. He received the degree of LL.D. from that college. After his resignation as president and trustee of Cokmibia in 1843 he removed to Morristown, N.J. He pub- lished a series of lectures delivered to the senior class of Columbia college under the title: A Trea- tise on the Constitutional Jurisprudence of the United States (1833; rev. ed., 1856;; The Steamboat Con- troversy (1847); and Life of William Alexander (1847). He died in New York city. May 30, 1858.

DUFAL, Peter, R.C. bishop, was born in Lamure. Puy de Dome, France, Nov. 8, 1823. He was educated for the priesthood and was ordained in the diocese of Blois by Bishop Paul Dupasius, Sept. 8, 1853. On July 3, 1860, he was' elected vicar apostolic of Eastern Bengal with the title of Bishop of Delcon. On May 14, 1878, he was translated to the coadjutorship of Galveston, Texas, with right of succession, retaining his titular see. He received the brief in August, 1878, and went to America. On account of illness he resigned, April 18, 1880, returned to France and retained his titular see, but did not accept transfer or promotion. He was living at the convent of the Congregation of the Holy Cross, at Nuilly sur Seine, Paris, in 1896.

DUFFIELD, George, clergj-man, was born in Lancaster county, Pa., Oct. 7, 1732; son of George Dufiield, an emigrant from Ireland to Pennsylvania. He was graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1753 and was a tutor there, 1754-56. He was ordained a Presbyterian clergyman in 1761 and was pastor at various towns in Pennsylvania until 1766, when he made a missionary torn- through Pennsylvania, Mary- land and Virginia. In 1771 he became pastor of the 3d Presbyterian church in Philadeljihia, and in 1774 was appointed associate chaplain with Bishop William White of the 1st Continental congress. After the close of the war he was active in reorganizing the Presbyterian church. He was a trustee of the College of New Jersey,

1777-90. Yale conferred upon him the hono- rary degree of D.D. in 1785. He published: An Account of a Missionary Tour T]irough Western Pennsylvania in 1766 (1767); and Peace (1783). He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 3, 1790.

DUFFIELD, George, clergyman, was born at Strasburg, Pa., July 4, 1794; son of George Duffield, a Philadelphia merchant, and state registrar and comptroller; and grandson of the Rev. George Duffield, 1732-90. He was gradua- ted from the University of Pennsylvania in 1811 and in 1815 was ordained a Presbyterian clergy- man. He held pastorates in Carlisle, Pa., Phila- delphia, Pa., New York city, and Detroit, Mich. He was a regent of the University of Michigan, 1840-48. He was married to Isabella Graham Bethune, sister of Dr. George W^. Bethune and granddaughter of Isabella Graham, the philan- thropist. Their son, Divie Bethune, born in Car- lisle, Pa., Aug. 29, 1821, studied at Dickinson and Yale, was admitted to the bar in 1843, prac- tised in Detroit, Mich., was a member of the state board of education and inspector of the Michi- gan military academy, and died in Detroit in March, 1891. Doctor Duffield received the degree of D.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1841. He published: Begeneration {\%%2); Claims of Episcopal Bishops Examined. (1843); and Travels. He died in Detroit, Mich., June 26, 1868.

DUFFIELD, George, clergyman, was born at Carlisle, Pa., Sept. 12, 1818, son of the Rev. George and Isabella Graham (Bethune) Duffield. He was graduated at Yale in 1837, and at Union theological seminary in 1840, being ordained a Presbyterian clergyman, Dec. 27, 1840. He was pastor in Brooklyn, N.Y., 1840-47; Bloomfield, N.J., 1847-53, Philadelphia, Pa., 1853^61; Adrian. Mich., 1861-65; Saginaw City, Mich., 1869-77; Lansing, Mich., 1877-80, and resided without charge in Detroit, Mich., 1884-87. He removed to Bloomfield N.J., in 1887 and remained there imtil his death. Knox college confeiTed upon him the degree of D.D. in 1871. He wrote the hymns: Blest Saviour, Thee I Love (1851); Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus (1858); and many others. He died at Bloomfield, N.J., July 6, 1888.

DUFFIELD, Henry Martin, soldier, was born in Detroit, Mich., May 15, 1843; son of the Rev. George and Isabella Graham (Bethune) Duffield. He was graduated at Williams in 1861, enlisted in the 9th Michigan infantry the same year and in 1863 was promoted adjutant of his regiment and served as assistant adjutant of U.S. troops in Kentucky. In 1863 he was made post adjutant at Chattanooga, where he served on the staff of Gen. George H. Thomas and was wounded in the battle of Chickamauga. He served as assistant provost marshal-general on the staff of General Thomas commanding the army of the Cumber.