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several years, after which he travelled as a star with his daughter Eliza, and became widely and favorably known as a comedian. Macready was 60 impressed with his grave-digger in '* Hamlet " that he earnestly requested him to go to England and appear with him there in that play. He was married in Philadelphia Sept. 1, 1825, to Eliza Acheley, and their children were : Eliza ; Thomas A. a lawyer in Cincinnati; Celia (q.v.) ; Olive (q.v.); Alice; Mrs. Grace Logan Spencer, of Boston and Dr. Cornelius A. Logan (q.v.). Mr. Logan was one of the first successful Ameri- can dramatists, being the author of the following acted plays: Yankee Land (1834); The Wag of Maine (1835); The Wool Dealer (1836); Removing the Deposits; Astarte, an adaptation from Shelley's "Cenci "; A Hundred Years Hence, and Chloroform, which last was one of the first plays to have a long run in New York. His Ode to the Missis- sippi was copied extensively and received unqual- ified praise in Blackwood's Magazine. He was an accomplished classical scholar, and he ably defended the stage against pulpit attacks by eminent Boston clergymen. He died while travelling upon the Ohio River, Feb. 22, 1853.

LOGAN, Eliza, actress, was born in Philadel- phia, Pa., Aug. 7, 1827 ; daughter of Cornelius Ambrosius and Eliza (Acheley) Logan. Her mother ( born in Philadelphia, Nov. 11, 1806, died there, May 11, 1875) was the daughter of Mary Acheley, who was born at East Egg Har- bor, N.J., in 1784, and married Captain Acheley, who died at sea. Eliza Logan was educated in the Young Lady's seminary at Lancaster, Pa. She made her first appearance on the stage in 1840,

as ** Young '^ Nerval " at the old Walnut Street theatre in Philadel- phia, and af- illf terward ap- peared at Bur- ton's theatre. New York city, as Pauline in " The Lady of Lyons." The family then removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, and Eliza soon assumed all the leading roles under her father's management. At one time she played a long en- gagement in New York in successful rivalry with Rachel, the French actress, an event of unusual interest in the history of the American stage. As Lady Macbeth, Ion, Juliet, and Julia in "The Hunchback " she achieved a wide reputation on the American stage. The elder Booth pronounced her Ion to be equal to that of Miss Ellen Tree. On her marriage in 1859 to George Wood, a theatri- cal manager, she retired from the stage. She died in New York city, Jan. 15, 1872.

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LOQAN, George, senator, was born at Stenton, Pa., Sept. 9, 1753 ; sou of William Logan, and grandson of James Logan the immigrant, 1699. His father was a prominent lawyer in Philadel- phia, city councillor, 1743-76, librarian of the Loganian library, founded by James Logan, 1751- 76, and bequeathed to the library a collection of about 1300 volumes. George was graduated at Edinburgh, M.D., 1779, and devoted himself to agriculture. He was a member of the Society of Friends ; a representative in the state legislature, and in June, 1798, he went to France on his own responsibility and endeavored to avert war be- tween the United States and that country. He was successful in so modifying the embargo on American shipping as to pave the way for a peace negotiation. He was denounced by the Federalist party and an act was passed by congress forbid- ding any unofficial participation by a citizen in settling a controverey between the United States and a foreign power. He was chosen U.S. senator to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Peter Muhlenberg, and served 1801-07. He went to England in 1810 to attempt a reconciliation between Great Britain and the United States. He was a member of the American Philosophical society and of the Pennsylvania board of agri- culture. He is the author of Experiments on Oyp- sum, and Rotation of Crops (1797). He died at Stenton, near Philadelphia, Pa., April 9, 1821.

LOGAN, Henry, representative, was born on Logania Plantation, near Dillsburg, York county, Pa., April 14, 1784; son of Henry and Susannah (Blair) Logan and grandson of John and Ann Logan, natives of Coot Hill, county Monaghan, Ireland, who settled in York county. Pa., 1749, where Logania Plantation was marked out and cultivated. Henry received his school training at the backwoods school and in 1814 volunteered for the defence of Baltimore ; was captain in the 19th regiment, 2d brigade, 5th division Pennsylvania militia, and was promoted lieutenant-colonel, Aug. 1, 1814. He was a representative from York county in the state legislature, 1818-19 ; state senator, 1828-31 ; representative in the 24th and 25th congresses, 1835-39, and county commis- sioner, 1840. He was an intimate friend of Presi- dent Jackson and frequently a guest at the White House. He was a member of the American Colo- nization Society. He was married Feb. 22, 1825, to Martha O'hail a descendant of Hugh O'hail an officer in the American Revolution ; and of their children seven survived them, three being sons : James Jackson Logan, the Rev. William Henry Logan, a Presbyterian minister in Princess Anne. Md., and John N. Logan, a member of the York county bar. Colonel Logan passed the last twenty years of his life in retirement and died at his home near Dillsburg, Pa., Dec. 26, 1866.