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to ill health. He travelled i» Spain and the Bar- hary Htutfs, and intended to i>enetrate into the interior of Africa, but found his project imprac- ticable. On his return he settled in New York city, where he devoted himself to literature. lie is the author of : Flood ami Field, or Tales of Bat- tles on Sea and lAtnd (1844) : Kaloolah,or Jour- neyings to the DJebel Kumri (1849) ; T/te Berber, or the Mountaiiwer of tfie Atlas (1850; ; liovumce- Ditst from Historic Places (1851), Never Agatn (1872). He died in Neyv York city, Nov. 22, 18U5.

MEACHAM* James, representative, was born in Rutland, Vt., Aug. 10, 1810. Ho was left an orphan at an early age and was apprenticed to a cabinet-maker, from whom he was released and sent to school by a neighbor. He was graduated at Middlebury college, A.B., 1833, A.M., 1835 ; tauglit in the seminary at Castleton, Vt., 1832-33, and at the Academy in St. Albans, Vt., 1833-34 ; attended Andover Theological seminary, 1834- 86 ; was a tutor at Middlebury, 1836-38, and was ordained to the Congregational ministry. May 29, 1838. He was pastor at New Haven, Vt., 1838- 46 ; profes.sor of rhetoric and English literature at Middlebury college, 1846-50. and was a repre- sentative in the 31st, 32J, 33d and 34th congresses, 1849-56. He served as chairman of the committee on the District of Columbia, and was prominent in his opposition to the abrogation of the Mis- souri compromise. He was a regent of the Smith- sonian Institution, and a trustee of Middlebury college. H- died in Rutland, Vt., Aug. 23, 1856.

MEAD, Charles Marsh, clergyman, was born in Cornwall, Vt.. Jan. 28, 1836 f son of Rufus and Anna (Jiimes) Mead ; grandson of Rufus Mead, and a descendant of John Mead, a native of England, who settled in Greenwich, Conn., about 1650. He was graduated at Middlebury college, Vt., in 1856 ; taught at Phillips Andover academy, 1856-58, and was a tutor at Middlebury, 1859-60. He was graduated at Andover Theological semi- nary in 1863 ; was professor of Hebrew there, 1806- 82 ; studied at the University of Halle, 1863-64, and at the University of Berlin, 1864-66 ; was or- dained to the Congregational mini.stry in 1866. He was married, Aug. 2, 1867. to Caroline, daughter of Joseph H. and Martha S. Thayer of B.wton, Mass., and granddaugliter of the Rev. William and Lydia (Haskins) Greenough. He was in Germany, 1883-88 ; was a lecturer in Princeton Theological seminary in 1889, and resided in Europe, 1889-92. He was Riley pro- fessor of Christian theology at Hartford Theo- logical seminary. 1892-98, when he resigned. He was a member of the American committee which co-operated with the English committee in the revision of the Bible as published in 1885, and which edited the American rpoension of the revision as published in 1901. He received the

degree of Ph.D. from the University of TQbingen in 1866, and D.D. from Middlebury college in 1881, and from Princeton university in 1896. He translated Exodus in the Anierican Lange Series (1876) and is the author of • The Sotd Here and Hereafter, a Biblical Study (1879) ; Sujiematural lievelation (1889) ; The Romans Dissected (lS\il) ; Christ arid Cnticism {IHVS) ; and numerous theo- logical and philosophical essays.

MEAD, Edward Campbell, author, was born in Newton, Mass., Jan. lU, 1837 ; son of the Rev. Zachariah and Anna Maria (Hickman) Mead; grandson of Nancie Binney (Hull) Hickman ; great-grandson of Gen. William Hull (q.v.), and a direct descendant of Dr. John Fuller, who was born in England 1620, landeil in Plymouth tiay, 1635, and settled at Cambridge village (now New- ton) in 1644. He attended Ridegway academy, Albemarle county, Va., 1856 ; made a voyage to Australia and the East Indies, 1858-59, and set- tled in Richmond and engaged in business in 1860. He was married, in 1861, to Emily Au- gusta, daughter of Henry A. and Mary C, (Ros- siter) Burgoyne. In 1863 failing health caused his retirement from business life, and removing to Albemarle county, Va., he took up farming and devoted himself to literary puiKuits. He is author of : Genealogical History of Lee Family of Virginia and Maryland (1866) : Biographical Sketch of Anna M. Chalmers (1893) ; and Historic Homes of tlie Southwest Mountains of Virginia (1899 e^ seq.).

MEAD, Edward Spencer, author, was U>ni in Brooklyn, N.Y., Jan. 10, 1847 : son of Enoch Milan and Elizabeth (Hoe) Mead ; grandson of Solomon and Eunice (Gilbert) Mead, and a de- scendant of William Mead; who came to Massachu- setts from England, 1630. His parents died when he was an infant and he was taken into the family of his uncle. Robert Hoe. He w^as grad- uated at Yale, A.B., 1868, A.M.. 1871. In 1870he entered into partnership with Frank H. Dodd. as Dodd & Mead, in the publishing business estab- lished by Mosea W. Dodd. father of the senior partner. In 1876. on the admission of another partner, the firm became Dodd. Mead & Co. Mr. Mead hafl charge of the literary department of the business. He was married. May 4, 1870, to Susan, daughter of the Rev. Dr. John S. C. Abbott (q.v.). He was a trustee of the Metro- politan Museum of Art, and a member of the Century association and of the University and Tuxedo clubs. He translated several foreign books into English for publication and wrote, un- der the pen-name " Richard Markham " : Colonial Days (1879). and .4 Xarrafive History of King Philip's War and the Indian Troubles in Eng- land (1888). He died at Southampton, Long Island, N.Y., Jan. 10, 1894.