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ductiou from Lord Byron. He returned to Amer- ica tlie same year and entered upon his duties at Harvard, where lie continued until 1826. He delivered a noteworthy sermon in the hall of repi'esentatives, Wasliingtou, D.C., in February, 1S2. He was the editor of the \orth American Hcrictr. 1820-24, and thereafter was one of its val- ued contributors. He was married May 8, 1822, to Cliarlotte Gray, daugliter of Peter Chardon Brooks. He was a representative from the Mid- dlesex district in the 19th-23d congresses, 1823- B.'). where he supported John Quincj' Adams as a national Republican and Whig. He was gov- ernor of Massachusetts, 1836-39, and was defeated in the election of 1839 by one vote out of over one hundred thousand oast. In 1840 he visited Europe and while there was appointed by Presi- dent Harrison, U.S. minister to Great Britain. He was succeeded in 184o by Lewis McLane, ap- pointed by President Polk. He was president of Harvard college, 1846-49. He gave to the Boston public liV^rar}-. in 1848, 1000 volumes embracing valuable public documents of the national govern- ment from its foundation to 1840. President Fill- more appointed him secretary of state in 1832. as successor to Daniel Webster, deceased. In 18.53 the legislature of Massachusetts elected him to the U.S. senate and after serving in two sessions of congress he resigned on account of ill health in Mav, 18j4. He became interested in the plan of Miss Ann Pamela Cunningham to purchase Mount Vernon, and he delivered his oration on Washing- ton in one liundred and twenty-two towns and cities between March 19, 18.36, and June, 1839, the proceeds, over §38,n00, being contributed to the fund. He also contracted with Robert Bonner to furnish fift\"two weekly articles to the A>!0 York Lnlijcr, in consideration of which service Mr. Bonner paid SIO.OOO in advance to the Mount Vernon fund, tlie readers of the Ledr/i-r adding over S3000 to this fund by small contributions at the sug.gestion of Mr. Everett. He also added to the treasury of the Boston provident association and other charities in various cities of the Union §13,300. the proceeds of fifteen lectures, and by five repetitions of his lecture on the " Early Days of Benjamin Franklin." in Boston in January and February, 18.39, lie enriched other charitable insti- tutions in Boston to the extent of over $4000. In 1860 heaccepted the nomination for vice-president on the Constitutional Union ticket with John BeU of Tennessee as presidential candidate. The BeU and Everett electors received 390,631 votes, out of 4,662.170 cast, and the electors from Virginia, Kentucky and Tennes.see gave the candidates thirty -nine votes. On Xov. 15, 1863, he delivered the oration at the dedication of the National cemetery at Gettysburg, Pa. In 1864 he organized a subscription for the suffering Union men of

East Tennessee, which produced §100,000. His last appearance before the public was at Faneuil Hall, Boston, Jan. 9, 1863, when he spoke in be- half of the poverty-stricken residents of Savan- nah, Ga. He was a member of the American philosopliical society and of the Massachusetts historical society ; was vice-president of the American academy of arts and sciences ; president of the American antiquarian society ; corresiiond- ing member of the Archaeological society of Athens, and of the Academy of moral and politi- cal science of France: honorary member of the Royal agricultural society of England, of the Royal society of London, and of the Institute of history and geography, Brazil. He received the degree of Ph. D. from Gottingen in 1817 ; that of LL.D. from Yale in 1833, from Harvard in 1835, from Dublin in 1842, from Cambridge in 1842 and from Dartmouth in 1849; and that of D.C.L. from Oxford in 1843. He was overseer of Harvard, 1827-47, 1849-34 and 1862-65. The marble bust by Hiram Powers, shown in the accompanying illustration, is considered by the family far su- perior as a likeness to any direct photograph, painting or engraving. It was executed during Mr. Everett's residence in Florence, Italj-, 1840-il. He died in Boston, Mass., Jan. 13, 1863.

EVERETT, Edward Franklin, genealogist, was born in Korthfield. Mass., May 28, 1840; son of the Rev. Oliver Capen and Betsey Williams (Weld) Everett; grandson of Otis and Elizabeth (Hurd) Everett, and a descendant of Richard Everett of Dedham, Mass. He was graduated from Harvard A.B., 1860, A.M.. 1863. He became a resident member of the New England historic, genealogical society, Aug. 3, 1839 ; a life member in 1862, and served as recording secretaiy of the society, 1862-63. He was a valued contributor to the Tti'ijistcr, and made a special study of the genealogj' of the Everett and Capen families, the results appearing regularly in the quarterly issues of the journal until completed in 1860 and 1866 res[)ectively, when the work appeared in book form. When a call was made for volunteers after the first year of the civil war he entered the service as a lieutenant in the 2d Massachusetts heavy artillery regiment, being mustered out in 1865. He engaged in fire insurance business in Boston, 1866-99. He published : (.feneahx/y of the ErerHt Family (1860), and Capen Family (1866). He died at Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 26, 1899.

EVERETT, Erastus, educator, was born in Princeton, Mass., Aug. 3, 1813; son of Josliua 3d and Ruth (Wood) Everett; grandson of Lieut. Joshua Everett 2d; and a descendant of Richard Everett, who was born in England, immigrated to America about 1632 and settled in Dedham, Mass. He was graduated at Dartmouth in 1836, and in the same vear removed to Louisiana, where