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by Gov. W. C. Bouck at the demand of a pro- slavery faction, Judge Jay being a conservative anti-slavery advocate, opposed to the work of the Colonization society. He was first president of the New York Anti-Slavery society, 1835-36. Kenyon college conferred on him the honoraiy degree of LL.D. in 1858. He is the author of: Memoir on the Subject of a General Bible Society for the United States (1815); Letter to Bishop Hobart (1833); Mosaic Laios of Servitude (1824); Life of John Jay, with Select Papers (1833); Col- onization and Anti-Slavery Societies (1835); A View on the Action of the Federal Oovernment in behalf of Slavery {18S7); The Condition of the Free People of Color in the United States (1839); War and Peace (1842); Causes and Consequences of the Mexican War (1849); An Address to the Non-Slave-Holders of the South on the Social and Political Evils of Slavery (1849); Miscellaneous Writings on Slavery (1853), and over thirty pub- lished letters, essays and addresses (1815-55). He also left in manuscript A Commentary on the Bible. He died in Bedford, N.Y., May 17, 1858. JAY, William, soldier and lawyer, was born in New York city, Feb. 12, 1841; son of John and Eleanor (Field) Jay. He was prepared for college at the Columbia grammar school, conducted by Dr. Charles Anthon, and was graduated from Columbia college, A.B., 1859. In April, 1861, he was appointed volunteer aide-de-camp on the staff of Maj.-Gen. John E. Wool; was commissioned captain in August, 1861, and served as aide-de- camp to Gen. George Morrell; to Gen. George G. Meade, of the 5th corps, Army of the Potomac; to Gen. George Sykes, who succeeded Meade in command of the 5th corps, and again to General Meade after he had assumed command of the Army of the Potomac. He participated in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, in the Wilderness campaign, in the siege of Petersburg and in the pursuit of Lee's army, and was present at the surrender at Appomattox. He was twice brevetted for gallant and meritorious conduct. He resigned from the service when the volunteer army was disbanded in 1865, having attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel. On returning to New York he was graduated from the Columbia Law school, LL.B., 1867, was admitted to the bar in 1868, and practised in New York city in partner- ship with Edgar S. Van Winkle and Flamen B. Can- dler, 1868-82, and after Mr. Van Winkle's death continued the partnership with Mr. Candler. He was married, June 12, 1878, to Lucy, daughter of Henry and Julia (May) Oelrichs, of New York city. Upon the death of his father, May 5, 1894, he inherited the ancestral estate, Bedford House, at Bedford, Westchester county, N.Y., which had descended to his great grandfather through Mary Van Cortlandt, her greats-grandmother.

JAVNE, Horace Fort, educator, was borii in PJiiiadelphia, Pa., March 17, 1859; son of David and Hannah (Fort) Jayne. He was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, A. B., 1879, M.D., 1883; studied biology at the University of Leip- zig, 1882-83, and at Jena, under Hajckel, and on his return to the United States studied at Johns Hopkins university, 1883-84. He was connected with the University of Pennsylvania as assistant instructor in biology, 1883; professor of vertebrate morphology and secretary of the faculty of biology, 1884-89, and director of the Wistar Insti- tute of Anatomy and Biology and dean of the college faculty from 1889. He was a fellow of the College of Physicians, Philadelphia, and cf the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a member of the American Philo- sophical society, of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science, of the Society of American Naturalists, the American Entomological society, the American Academy of Political and Social Science and of the Franklin institute, Philadel- phia. The honorary degree of Ph.D. was con- ferred on him by Franklin and Marshall college in 1893. He is the author of: Monstrosities in North American Coleoptera; Revision of Dermeo- tidce of North America; Notes on Biological Sub- jects; Origin of the Fittest; Mammalian Anat- omy (1898), and contributions to scientific period- icals.

JEFFERS, Eliakim Tupper, educator, was born in Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, April 6, 1841; son of James Dickey and Mary A. B. (Tupper) Jeff- ers. The Jeffers family were French and the Tupper family English. He was jjrepared for college at the Oliver high school, Lawrence, Mass., and was graduated at Jefferson college. Pa., A.B., 1862, and at the Princeton Theological seminary in 18G5. He was married, ]\Iay 17, 1867, to Esther Graham Hodgens. He was pastor at Oxford, Pa., 1865-73; jwesident of Westminster college, Pa., 1873-83; professor of theology, Lin- coln university, 1883-90; pastor of the Presbyte- rian church at Oil City, Pa., 1890-93, and in 1893 was elected president of York Collegiate institute. He was moderator of the United Presbyterian general assembly, 1880; president of the Penn- sylvania state teachers' association, 1895, and was elected a member of the Victoria institute, Lon- don, England, in 1886. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Washington and Jefferson college in 1872. He is the author of: First Latin Book (1896), and published addresses on edu- cation.

JEFFERS, William Nicholson, naval officer, was born in Gloucester county, N.J., Oct. 6, 1824. He was appointed midshipman in the U.S. navy, Sept. 25, 1840; was attached to the frigate United States, of the Pacific squadron, 1840-43, taking