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INQERSOLL, Edward, author, was born in Pliiladelplua, Pa., April 2, 1817; son of the Hon. Charles Jared and Mary (Wilcox) IngersoU, and grandson of the Hon. Jared and Elizabeth (Pettit) IngersoU. He was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, A.B., 1835, A.M., 1838; and became a successful law practitioner. He was married to Anna, daughter of Stephen Warren, of Troy, N.Y. He is the author of: History and Law of Habeas Corpvs and Grand Juries (1849); Personal Liberty and Martial Laio (1862); and edited: Hale's Pleas of the Croivn; Addison on Contracts, ahd Saunders on Uses and Trusts. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 19, 1893. INQERSOLL, Ernest, naturalist, was born in Monroe, Midi. March 13, 1852; son of Timothy Dwight and Eliza (Parkinson) IngersoU, and grandson of Theodore and Lydia (Brewer) Inger- soU, descendants of the early IngersoUs and Brewers of Massa- chusetts, who emi- grated to the West- ern Reserve of Ohio from Lee, Mass., by way of Ogden, N.Y., about 1834. He was largely self-instruct- ed in natural history by personal investi- gation, but acquired a partial collegiate education at Oberlin college, and was cura- tor of the college museum during the latter part of the term of his attendance. He then became a special student at Harvard in the museum of comparative zoology, devoting his time largely to the study of birds. He spent the summer of 1873 with Louis Agassiz, at Penikese, and was natural- ist and collector with Hayden in his geological and geographical survey in the western ter- ritories, 1873-79. While thus engaged he was correspondent for the New York Tribune, con- tributing scientific descriptive articles, in 1874, and during his second trip, in 1877, perform- ing a similar service for the New York Herald. He was later a member of the U.S. fish commis- sion and special agent for the tenth census in ob- taining data as to the oyster industry of the United States, writing an elaborate report. In 1883 he visited California and the Puget Sound region in the interest of Harper's Magazine; in 1887 became editor of the publications of the Canadian Pacific railway, with Montreal, Canada, as his headquarters, and in 1899 began lecturing on natural history and travel. He is the author of a large number of magazine articles, and of:

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A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of American Birds (1879); Birds' Nesting (1881); Oyster Lidustries of the United States 1881); Friends Worth Knowing (1881); Knocking 'round the Rockies (1882); The Crest of the Continent (1883); Country Cotisins (1884); The Ice Queen (1885); The Silver Caves (1886); Down East Latch- Strings (1887); A Week in New York (1892); Guide to Western Canada (1894); The Book of the Ocean (1898); Nature's Calendar (1900); be- sides numerous serial stories for the young, and guide-books for American cities and routes of travel.

INGERSOLL, Jared, colonial agent, was born in Milford, Conn., June 3, 1722; son of Jonathan IngersoU, and grandson of John IngersoU, who was born in England in 1615 and came to America. John IngersoU lived in Salem, Mass. , for a time, but was in Hartford, Conn., in 1644, in North- amjiton, Mass., in 1655, and settled about 1665 in Westfield, Mass., and probably lived there until his death, on Sept. 8, 1684. Jared IngersoU was graduated at Yale college in 1742, and be- came a distinguished lawyer in Connecticut. He was married to Hannah Whiting. In 1759 he was sent to England as agent for the colony of Connecticut, and to him is due the preservation of Colonel Barre's famous burst of eloquence in reply to Charles Townshend. He opposed the passage of the stamp act, but accepted, with Franklin's advice, the appointment of stamp- master-gen aral for the New England colonies. Upon his return to America with his commission, he was compelled by a mob to resign the office and to cheer three times for ' ' Liberty and Prop- erty." The storj' is that he said, " The cause is not worth dying for." After this he moved to Philadelphia, and was appointed admiralty judge of the middle district. He returned to New Haven, and died there in August, 1781.

INQERSOLL, Jared, delegate, was born in Connecticut, Oct. 24, 1749; son of Jared (q.v.) and Hannah (Whiting) IngersoU. He was grad- uated at Yale, A.B., 1766, A.M., 1769; studied law at the Middle Temple, London, and literature in the best schools of England. He was married to Elizabeth Pettit. When the American Revo- lution became a fact, he espoused the cause of the colonists and left England for France, where he spent nearly two years in Paris, an intimate friend of Franklin, Izard, Pringleand other noted Americans at the French cajiital. He returned to Philadelphia after the beginning of the war, practised law, and was a delegate to the Conti- nental congress, 1780-81. He was a member of the convention that framed the Federal constitu- tion, and a signer of that instrument, Sept. 17, 1787. He was city solicitor of Philadelphia, attorney-general of Pennsylvania at two different