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vate 3Iiles O'lieilly, 47th Regiment, New York Vol- unteers (186-4); and Baked Meats of the Funeral, <&g., &c. (1866). He also published; Lyrics by the Letter H (1854); and Robert B. Roosevelt collected and published with a biographical sketch and explan- atory notes: The Poetical Works of Charles G. Hal pine (Miles O'Reilly J (1869). He died in New- York city, Aug. 3, 1868.

HALSALL, William Formby, painter, was born in Kirkdale, England, MarcJi 20, 1844. He removed to the United States in 1855 and settled in Boston, Mass., where he was educated at the public schools. He studied fresco painting for a few months in 1860-61; and served in the U.S. navy in 1861-63. Later he turned his attention to marine painting and studied in the Lowell institute, Boston, 1866-70. His more notable paintings include: Chasing a Blockade- Bunner in a Fog (1878); Bendezvous of the Fishermen (1879); The Mayflower (1880); Arrival of the Winthrop Colony (1880j; Niagara Falls (1881); To the Bescue (1884); and The First Battle of the Iron-Clads (1886), which last was purchased by the govern- ment in 1887 and was placed in the capitol at Washington.

HALSEY, Francis Whiting, journalist, was born in Unadilla, N.Y., Oct. 15, 1851; son of Gains Leonard and Juliet (Carrington) Halsey; grandson of Dr. Gains and Mary (Church) Halsey of Kortright, N. Y.; and a descendant of Thomas Halsey, who emigrated from England before 1640 and helped to found the settlement of Southamp- ton, Long Island, one of the earliest settlements made by Englishmen in New York state. Francis prepared for college, at the Unadilla academy and was graduated at Cornell in 1873, taking one of the prizes for an essay in English literature. He was assistant editor of the Binghamton Times, 1873-75; a member of the editorial staff of the New York Tribune, 1875-80; and in 1880 joined the staff of the New York Times as foreign editor and writer of book reviews. He was literary editor of the Times, 1892-96, and assumed charge of the Times Saturday review of books and art at the beginning of that department in 1896. He was married in 1883 to Virginia Isabel, daughter of Alexander Stanton and Sarah Ann Forbes of New York. He was elected president of the New York association of Cornell alumni in 1882 and was twice the candidate of New York and other alumni for trustee of Cornell in 1882 and 1883, during the alumni agitation for new methods in university management. He was elected a mem- ber of the Aldine and Cornell clubs. New York. He lectured on early American history and made addresses before the New York historical society, the New York library club and the Wyoming (Pa.) Commemorative association. He is the author of: Two Months Abroad (1878); and An

Old New York Frontier, an historical work. He also issued anonymously, Virginia Isabel Forbes, a memoir of his wife, printed privately in 1900. He wrote an extended introduction for a volume of family history entitled Thomas Halsey of Hert- fordshire, England and Southampton, Long Island; and made contributions on historical subjects and travel to several periodicals. In 1902 lie joined the staff of D. Appleton & Co.. publishers, as literary adviser.

HALSEY, George Armstrong, representative, was born in Springfield, N.J., Dec. 7, 1827; son of Samuel Halsey. He was an apprentice to his father, and when he reached his majority became a partner in the firm as S. Halsey & Son. He was a representative in the general assembly of the state, 1856-57; was appointed by President Lincoln U.S. assessor for New Jersey in 1861, and organized the state into internal revenue districts. He was directed to vacate the office by President Johnson who appointed his successor, but the U.S. senate refused to con- firm the appointment and he held over. He was a representative in the 40th congress, 1867-68, having been elected in a Democratic district by a large majority; was defeated in the election to the 41st congress but was elected again to the 42d congress and was made chairman of the committee on jjublic buildings and grounds and a member of the sub-committee on retrenchment which secured reforms in the treasury dejjart- ment. He refused a renomination in 1872 and was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for governor of New Jersey in opposition to Joel Parker in the same year. He was president of the association formed to preserve Washington's headquarters at Morristown, N.J.; and was a member of the New Jersey historical society, the State agricultural society, the Newark library association and of various financial institutions. He died at Newark. N.J., March 31, 1894.

HALSEY, John Julius, educator, was born at Louisville, Ky., Nov. 23, 1848; son of Leroy J. and Caroline Augusta (Anderson) Halsey. He was gi-aduated from Chicago university in 1870, engaged in the abstract of title business, 1870-78, and in 1878 was appointed to the chair of rhetoric in Lake Forest university, to which chair English literature was added in 1880. In 1890, on the creation of the D. K. Pearsons chair of political and social science in that institution, Professor Halsey was ti'ansferred to that professorship, the work of which he had done from 1878. He was married, July 9, 1885, to Elizabeth B. Gardner of Faribault, Minn. He was elected a member of the American historical association. He is the author of numerous contributions to magazines and newspapers, especially on the subjects of sociology and history.