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to France. Wiiile oi I'oijmjc he was taken fmiu the British mail steamer Trent, Nov. 8, 1861, by Capt. Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. . in command of the San Jacinto, anil brought to the United States and imprisoned in Fort Warren, Boston iiarbor. He was released by order of the President, when the demand for reclamation was made by the British government; sailed for France Jan. 1, 1862, ami altliough his plea for the recognition of the Confederate States by France was ineffec- tual, he began negotiations for a loan of $ir),000,- 000, pledging the cotton crop of the soutliern states as security. He continued to reside in France until 1865, when he settled in London, Eng.. where he .lied. July 29, 1871.

SLO.\N, Samuel, cai)italist, was born in Lis- burn, county Down, Ireland, Dec. 25, 1817; son of William and Elizabeth (Simpson) Sloan; and grandson of William Sloan and of William and Margaret (Johnston) Simpson of Belfast, Ireland. He attended the Columbia College grammar school; obtained employment as a clerk in 1831, and later engaged as a merchant. He was mar- ried. April 8, 1844. to:\Iargaret. daugliter of Peter Zabriskie and Maria (Van Vechten) Elmendorf of Somerville and New Brunswick, N.J. He was a resident of Brooklyn. N.Y., from 1844 to 1861, was a supervisor of Kings county, N.Y., 1850-51, and Republican state senator, 1858-59. In Dec, 1854, he removed to New York. He entered the railway service as a director of the Hudson River railroad, anil in 1855 lie became its president, holding the otlice till 1805. During his presidency of the llu Isdu River railroad, he served as president of about sixteen small roads. He was commissioner for the Trunk lines, 1865-67, and a director of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad, 1864-05, and its president, 1867-99. In 1S97 he gave $5,000 to Rutgers college, and a like sum to Columbia college and other institutions.

SLOANE, James Renwick Wilson, educator, was born in Topsham. Vt., May 29, 1823; son of the Rev. William and Mary (McNeice) Sloane, and a descendant of "William Sloane, who came from Ayr, Scotland, aboat 1800. He was grad- uated from Washington and Jefferson college in 1847; was president of Richmond college, Ohio. 1848-50, and of Geneva college, Ohio, 1851- 56. He was licensed by the Reformed Presby- tery of the Lakes. Oct. 21, 1852. and ordained by the same. Jan. 13, 1855; was graduated from the Reformed Presbyterian Theological seminary at Northwood. Ohio, in 1853: was pastor at Rush- sylvania, Ohio, 1854-56; of the Third Reformed church in New York city. 1856-68. ^nd was pro- fessor of systemati<- theology and homih-tics in tiie Reformed Pn'sbyterian Theological seminary at Allegheny city. Pa.. 1868-86. accepting also the pastoral charge of the First Reformed Pres-

byterian cliurcii oC that city. He was married first. October, 1849, to Margaret Anna Wylie, daughter of the Rev. James and Mary (Trum- bull) Milliganof Ryegate. Vt.; secondly, in June, 1857, to Margaret Campbell, daughter of the Rev. Donald Campbell and Jane (Stevenson) McLaren of Geneva, N.Y.; and thirdly, in January, 1865. to Frances Beard, daughter of William and Mary Matilda (Conn) Svvanwick of Swanwick, 111. He received the degree of D.D from Westmin- ster college in 1869. He died in Allegiieny city. Pa., March 6. 1886.

SLOANE, John, representative, was born at York. Pa., in 1779. He removed to Oiiio while it was still a territory; was a representative from Jefferson county in the 2d, 3d, 4th and 6th general assemblies, 1803-06 and 1807-08, and speaker, 1805 and 1806; colonel of militia in the war of 1812; receiver of public moneys at Canton, Ohio, 1808- 16, and at Wooster, 1816-19, and was a represen- tative from the .sixth district of Ohio in the 16th and 17th and from the twelfth district in the 18th- 20th congresses, serving, 1819-29. He was clerk of the court of common \)\eiis for seven years; secretary of state, 1841-44, and treasurer of the United States from Nov. 27, 18.50, to April 1, 1853. He died at Wooster, Oliio, IMay 15, 1856.

SLOANE, William flilligan, historian, was born in Richmond, Ohio. Nov. 12, 1850; son of James Renwick Wilson Sloane (q.v.), and Mar- garet Anna Wylie (Milligan) Sloane. His first American maternal ancestor, James Milligan. immigrated in 1796. He was graduated from Columbia col- lege, A.B., 1868; A.M., 1871; taught in Newell school, Pittsburg. Pa., 1868- 72; and studied in Berlin and Leipzig, 1872-76, while he was private secretary, 1873-75, to George Bancroft. U.S. minis-, •

ter to Berlin, helping him with Vol. 10 of Jh^ Jy y^ his " History of the ^'^^ -^ KA<rU^ United States." He

was married, Dec. 27, 1877, to Mary Espey, daugh- ter of Francis and Mary (Anderson) Johnston of Piiiladelphia, Pa. He was an assistant secretary of the legation, 1876; assistant professor of Latin attheCollegeof New Jersey, 1877-83; and jirofes- .sor of history and political science there, 1883-96. In 1888 he was off"ered the Latin profe.s-sorship at Columbia, but declinetl and occujiied the Seth Low chair of history there, 1896-99. He was an oflRcer in the French Academy and a member of