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* GRIMALDI. 283 GBIMM. GRIMALDI, Joseph (1779-1837). A well- kuuwii rtijiesuutative of the clown in English pantoniiiiic. His lather was an actor of Itiilian parentage, and "little Joe,' who was born in Lon- don, December 18, 1779, appeared when scarcely two years old at Sadler's Wells Theatre, where he regularly performed (except for one season) down to the date of his retirement from the stage, prematurely worn out by sheer hard work. For several moutifs each j'ear he used to perform nightly at two dili'erent playhouses, and once he achieved the feat of acting at three on the same night. At times he played in regular drama, but as a clown he was considered inimitable. His performance in the pantomime of Mollier Goose (1806) was many times repeated. At the con- clusion of his last appearance, which was as Harlequin Hoax, in his i)eneiit at Drury Lane (1828), he made a pathetic but dignified farewell address. He died in London. May 31, 1837. Con- sult Menioirs of Joseph Grimaldi, edited by Charles Dickens (New York, 1838). GRIMALKIN. grl-malTcin {gray + malkin, cat). The quasi-personal name of a cat (prop- erly the female). It is also the name of a familiar of one of the witches in Macbeth. GRIMES, grlmz, Bbtan (1828-80). A Con- federate soldier, born in Pitt County. N. C. He graduated at the University of North Caro- lina in 1848, and became a planter in his native county. When the Civil War began he entered the Confederate service as major of the Fourth North Carolina Regiment, and served until the surrender at Appomattox. In the battle of Fair Oaks Grimes distinguished himself by his gal- lantry. He took part in the JIarvland campaign in the fall of 1802, and at the 'battle of Fred- ericksburg commanded the Fifth Brigade in Gen. D. H. Hill's division of 'Stonewall' Jackson's corps. Later he fought at the battles of Chau- cellorsville and Gettysburg. On .Tune 4, ISfll, he was assigned to the command of Daniel's old brigade in Rodes's division of the Second Army Corps. In the fall of 18G4 he had command of Rodes's old division, and accompanied Cien. Jubal A. Early during the Shenandoah Valley cam- paign. He received his commission as major- general on February 28. 180.5, and took an active part in the last struggles of Lee's army. At the close of the war Grimes returned to his plantation in North Carolina. He was shot while driving along a country road near his home in Pitt County. GRIMES, .James Wilson (1816-72). An American politician and legislator, born at Deer- ing, Hillsboro County. N. H. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1830, and in the same year removed to Burlington. Michigan Territory, in what is now the State of Iowa. In this year the low.a country was added to the newly erected Territory of Wisconsin, and Grimes, who had begun the practice of law. was appointed assist- ant Territorial librarian. He served also as sec- retary of a commission at Rock Island appointed to negotiate a transfer of lands with the Sac and Fox Indians, and after the organization of Iowa Territory in 1838 served several terms in its Legislature. In 1854 he became the nominee ( f both the Whig Party and Free-Soil Democratic Party for Governor of Iowa, and after an excit- ing campaign was elected. His administration, lasting until 1858, saw the birth of the Republi- can Party in Iowa. He was one of the earliest and most active workers in the formation of that party, and after leaving the Governor's chair wan eleclid as a Republican to the United States Senate. He was a member of the Peace Con- vention of 1801. In 1864 he became chairman of the Committee on Naval Aliairs, for the duties of which position he had particularly qualified him- self. In 1805 he was reelected for another term of six years, but served only until 1809, when, after a stroke of paralysis, he resigned. He was one of the few Republican Senators who voted for acquittal at the impeachment trial of President .Jolinson. The last two years of his life were s])ent in Europe. Consult Salter, Life of James If. drhiics (New York, 1876). GRIMKE, grim'ka, Thomas Smith (1780- 1834). An American lawyer and reformer, broth- er of Angelina and Sarah Grimke. He was born in Charleston, S. C. : graduated at Yale in 1807; studied law. and attained eminence at the bar. From 1826 to 1830 he was a member of the State Senate, and then and later vigorou.sly opposed South Carolina's nullification projects. He was one of the early advocates of temperance, and was an enthusiastic member of the American Peace Society. One of his liobbies was a reform in the spelling of the English language. He pub- lished Addresses on Science-, Education, find Lit- erature (1831). GRIMKE SISTERS, The, Sarah Moore (1792-1873) and Angelina Emily (1805-79). American abolitionists, and advocates of woman's rights; sisters of Thomas Smith Grimke (q.v.). They were born in Charleston, S. C, where their father, John Faucheraud Grimke, was a promi- nent lawj'cr and large slaveholder. After his death the two sisters freed their slaves and re- moved to Philadelphia, Sarah going first in 1821, and Angelina following in 1828. Both joined the Society of Friends, and devoted themselves for several years to agitating the anti-slavery ques- tion in that city. In 1836 they removed to New York, where they were intimately associated with the leading spirits of the American Anti-.Slavery Society, and during the subsequent winter they .attracted considerable attention by delivering public lectures on slavery. At this time Sarah wrote an Epistle to the Cferfji/ of the fioiithern fitates, which, like Angelina's previously pub- lished Appeal to the Christian Women of the Houth, was addressed to their old neighbors. In 1837 they w'cnt to Boston, where Sarah lectured on woman's rights, a subject which had begun to interest her in New York, and published in the Ne-ni Enc]land Spectator a series of letters on The Province of Woman. The next year Angelina married Theodore D. Weld (q.v,). one of the leaders of the Anti-Slavery ,Society, and. accom- panied by Sarah, they went to live at Belleville, N. .J., where they remained until 1854. when they established a large coeducational institute at Eaglcswnod. near Perth Amboy. N. .7., which be- came noted for the independent and enlightened spirit pervading it. Both of the sisters died at Hyde Park, near Boston. Consult Birney. The Grimke S'sters. Sarah and .-ingelina Grimkfi. (Boston. 1885). GRIMM, grim, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von (1723-1807). A noted French journalist and member of the Encyclopocdist Circle. He was born in Ratisbon, Germany, of poor parents, and