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# 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica/Nicholson, Meredith

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NICHOLSON, MEREDITH (1866-), American writer, was born at Crawfordsville, Ind., Dec. 9 1866. He was educated in the public schools of Indianapolis, and for many years he was engaged in journalism in that city. His works include: The Hoosiers (1900); The Main Chance (1903); Zelda Damaron (1904); The House of a Thousand Candles (1905); The Port of Missing Men (1907); A Hoosier Chronicle (1912); The Provincial American (1912); Otherwise Phyllis (1913); The Madness of May (1917); The Valley of Democracy (1918); Lady Larkspur (1919); Blacksheep! Blacksheep! (1920); and The Man in the Street (1921).
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Jones, Robert

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​JONES. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 10; h-p., 33.)
Robert Jones entered the Navy, 10 Oct. 1804, as A.B., on board the Sheerness receiving-ship at Hull, where he was employed for a period of four years and a half under the command of Lieut. Geo. Fox, nearly the whole time in the capacity of Master’s Mate. He next, in the course of 1809 and 10, joined, in succession, the Ariel sloop, Capts. Thos. White and John and Daniel Ross, and Victory 100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez, on the Baltic and Lisbon stations; after which, obtaining a commission dated 11 Feb. 1812, he was employed on Home duty, as Lieutenant, between June in the same ​year and Aug. 1814, in the Prince William armed ship, Capt. Andw. Mott, and Ceylon and Porpoise, both commanded by Capt. Peter Rye. Since the latter date he has been on half-pay. Agent – J. Hinxman.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Jones, Thomas (a)

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​JONES. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 14; h-p., 34.)
Thomas Jones (a) died 27 Sept. 1845, in his 60th year, at Lewisham, in Kent.
This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hornet sloop, Capt. John Nash, stationed in the Channel, where, from 1799 until paid off in 1802, he served, part of the time as Midshipman, in La Juste 80, Capts. Sir Henry Trollope, Rich. Dacres, and Sir Edm. Nagle. In 1804 he re-embarked on board the Hindostan 50, Capt. Alex. Fraser, with whom he made a voyage to the East Indies; and, on 4 June, 1808, after having served for some time on the Mediterranean station, in the Formidable 98, Capt. Fras. Fayerman, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His last appointments were – 25 Nov. 1808, to the Aboukir 74, Capt. Geo. Parker, in the North Sea – and, 2 Dec. 1809, and 27 July, 1811, to the Ranger and Briseis sloops, Capts. Geo. Acklom, Chas. Thurlow Smith, and John Ross, both in the Baltic. On the night of 19 June, 1812, Lieut. Jones performed a signal act of gallantry in cutting out from Pillau roads, with the pinnace of the last-mentioned vessel, containing a Midshipman and 18 men, under his orders, the (lately British) merchant-ship Urania, mounting 6 carriage-guns and 4 swivels, then in the possession of some French troops, who, notwithstanding a spirited resistance, were driven off the decks into their boats, which were on the opposite side, with no greater loss to the assailants than 1 man killed and the Midshipman and 1 man slightly wounded. He went on half-pay in the early part of 1813, and retired with the rank of Commander 22 Oct. 1844.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Jones, William (b)

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William Jones (b) entered the Navy, 8 June, 1805, as a Volunteer, on board the Captain 74, Capts. Geo. Hopewell Stephens, Geo. Cockburn, Isaac Wolley, Jas. Athol Wood, and Christ. John Williams Nesham; and, during a period of four years and a half that he continued in that ship, assisted at the capture, 27 Sept. 1806, of the French frigate Le President of 44 guns, was present in 1807 at the reduction of Copenhagen and Madeira, and served at the taking of Martinique in Feb. 1809. Removing in Dec. of the latter year to the Dictator 64, Capts. Rich. Harrison Pearson and Robt. Williams, he was for 16 months employed under those officers on the Baltic and Leith stations; after which, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 15 Feb. 1815, he served, off the coasts of France and Spain, among the Western Islands, and in North America, as Midshipman, in the Sceptre 74, Capt. Sam. Jas. Ballard, Constant gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander John Stokes, and Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane. With the exception of some time passed in the Coast Guard as Supernumerary-Lieutenant, subsequently to Nov. 1824, of the Ramillies 74, and Hyperion 42, Capts. Wm. M‘Culloch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye, he has since been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Jones, Thomas (b)

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​JONES. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., 17; h-p., 21.)
Thomas Jones (b) entered the Navy, 20 July, 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Venerable 74, Capts. Andw. King and Sir Home Popham, which ship formed part of the ensuing expedition to the Walcheren. Between 1811 and 1815, in Dec. of which year he passed his examination, we find him employed, on the Mediterranean and North Sea stations, as Midshipman of the Comus 22, Capts. Matthew Smith and Fras. Geo. Dickins, Havre gun-brig, and {sc|Mercurius}} 18, Capt. Thos. Renwick. The time which intervened between the latter date and that of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 28 April, 1827, was passed by Mr. Jones in the capacities of Admiralty-Midshipman and Mate, on board the Bulwark 74, Capt. Geo. M‘Kinley, Blossom 20, Capts. Fred. Hickey, Fred. Edw. Vernon (now Harcourt), and Arch. M‘Lean, Blonde 42, Capt. Lord Byron, and Arachne 18, Capt. Wm. Robt. Ashley Pettman, on the Home, South American, St. Helena, Pacific, and West India stations. Since he left the Arachne he has been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Jones, Valentine Herbert

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Valentine Herbert Jones entered the Navy, 19 May, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hussar 38, Capt. Robt. Lloyd, under whom he assisted at the bombardment of Copenhagen, and further served, as Midshipman, in the Guerrière 38, and Swiftsure 74, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase Warren, ​on the West India and North American stations, until April, 1811. He then removed to the Edinburgh 74, Capts. Robt. Rolles and Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, and, after a cruize among the Western Islands, proceeded to the Mediterranean, where, in 1813-14, he successively witnessed the capture of Port d’Anzo, the unsuccessful attack upon Leghorn, the reduction of the fortress of Santa Maria, and of the enemy’s other forts and defences in the Gulf of Spezia, and the fall of Genoa. In the course of 1814 he joined the Apollo 38, Capt. Edwards Lloyd Graham, and Conflict 12, Capt. Abraham Mills Hawkins, respectively employed in the Mediterranean and Channel; and he next, between Sept. 1815, and the receipt of his commission, bearing date 19 July, 1821, served, as Admiralty-Midshipman, on the Cape of Good Hope and Newfoundland stations, in the Orontes 36, Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane, Sir Francis Drake, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Fras. Pickmore, Egeria 26, Capt. Henry Shiffner, Favorite 26, Capt. Hercules Robinson, and Sir Francis Drake again, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Hamilton. His subsequent appointments were – 27 July, 1831, to the Coast Guard – 12 Oct. 1836, and 17 March, 1838, to the command of the Rose and Sprightly Revenue-vessels – 18 May, 1839, a second time to the charge of a station in the Coast Guard – 6 July, 1840, to the office of Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel – and, 24 June, 1842, once more to the Coast Guard. He has been on half-pay since 1843.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Jones, William

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William Jones died 24 May, 1846, at Haslar Hospital, from the effects of disease contracted on the coast of Africa.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 June, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Flora 36, Capt. Loftus Otway Bland, with whom (including two years and a half spent on the Lisbon station) he served until wrecked, as Midshipman, off the coast of Holland, where he was taken prisoner, 19 Jan. 1808. In the following July, having been released, he joined the Aboukir 74, bearing the flag of Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner in the North Sea and Baltic, where, from March, 1809, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 24 July, 1811, we find him employed, again with Capt. Bland, as also with Capts. Keith Maxwell and John Hancock, as Master’s Mate, in the Africa 64, and Nymphen 36. His succeeding appointments were – 16 Aug. 1811, to the Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, stationed in the Channel – 1 June, 1812, to the Cossack 22, Capts. Wm. King, Fras. Stanfell, Lord Algernon Percy, and Hon. Robt. Rodney, under whom he was employed in the Mediterranean and North America till July, 1815 – 12 Sept. 1819, to the Hind 20, Capt. Sir Chas. Burrard, lying at Portsmouth – 29 June, 1821, and 20 March, 1822, to the Bulwark and Gloucester 74’s, bearing each the flag of Sir Benj. Hallowell in the river Medway – and 23 Nov. 1822, to the command of the Mermaid Revenue-vessel. He was made Commander into the Orestes 18, on the Halifax station, 1 May, 1826; attained the rank of Captain 18 Aug. 1828; and was subsequently appointed – 6 May, 1833, to the Vestal 26, in which vessel he served for a period of four years and a half on the North America and West India station – and 27 June, 1843, to the Penelope steam-frigate. He continued in that ship on the coast of Africa, latterly with the broad pendant of Commodore, until within a short time of his death. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Jones, Richard (a)

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Richard Jones (a) entered the Navy, 5 Oct. 1793, as A.B., on board the Bellona 74, Capt. Geo. Wilson, with whom, and with Sir Thos. Boulden Thompson, he continued to serve, as Midshipman, on the Channel, West India, and Mediterranean stations, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 27 March, 1800. He assisted, in consequence, at the defence of Fort Matilda, Guadeloupe, in 1794; contributed, in Jan. 1795, to the capture of the French frigates Le Ducas of 20, and Le Duquesne of 44 guns; was present at an attack on a French squadron at St. Eustacia, Puerto Bico, and at the reduction of Trinidad, in 1797; commanded a tender in the course of the latter year, and fought an action against a very superior force, in which he lost an arm, and was otherwise severely wounded; and, on 19 June, 1799, witnessed the capture of Rear-Admiral Perrée’s squadron of three frigates and two brigs, from Jaffa, bound to Toulon. For his services in Egypt in the Fury bomb, Capts. Rich. Curry and Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, to which vessel he was attached from 6 April, 1800, until 13 July, 1802, Lieut. Jones obtained the Turkish gold medal. He was next, in March, 1803, appointed to the Malta 80, Capt. Edw. Buller, one of Sir Robt. Calder’s ships in his action with Admiral Villeneuve 22 July, 1805. He left her in April, 1806, and was lastly employed in command of a Signal station, which he held from March, 1807, to Feb. 1815. He became a Retired Commander on the Senior List 5 Nov. 1844.
He enjoys a pension for his wounds of 91l. 5s.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Jones, Robert Parker

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​JONES. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p., 19; h-p., 32.)
Robert Parker Jones was born 30 April, 1786.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Nov. 1796, as a Volunteer, on board the Agincourt 64, Capt. John Williamson and John Lawford, under the former of whom he bore a part, as Midshipman, in the battle fought off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797. In Feb. 1798 he removed to the Nautilus sloop, Capt. Henry Gunter, which vessel was wrecked, off Flamborough Head, 2 Feb. 1799. Joining then the Harpy 18, Capts. Henry Bazely, Wm. Birchall, and Chas. Worsley Boys, he was afforded an opportunity of witnessing in that vessel the capture of the French frigate Pallas, and of participating in the action off Copenhagen 2 April, 1801. He was next employed for a period of three years, on the Irish, African, and West India stations, in the Princess Charlotte frigate, Capt. Hon. Fras. Farington Gardner, Penguin 18, Capt. Geo. Morris, and Inconstant 36, Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson; after which he proceeded in the Weymouth to India, and was there (having passed his examination in July, 1803) appointed, 25 Dec. 1805, Acting-Lieutenant of the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier. Being confirmed to that ship 30 Aug. 1806, he continued in her until he returned to England in June, 1809. His succeeding appointments were, in March and Dec. 1810, and in Feb. 1812, to the Edgar, Tremendous, and Cressy 74’s, Capts. Stephen Poyntz, Robt. Campbell, Chas. Dudley Pater, and Chas. Dashwood, employed on the Baltic, Channel, and West India stations. The Cressy, of which he had been for upwards of two years First-Lieutenant, he left in May, 1814. He accepted his present rank 9 July, 1840.
Commander Jones married, 23 July, 1819, Jane, second daughter of the late Lieut-General Lewis, of the Royal Artillery.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Jones, Theobald

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​JONES, M.P. (Capt., 1828. f-p., 17; h-p., 27.)
Theobald Jones, born in 1790, is second son of the late Rev. James Jones, of Merrion Square, Dublin, Rector of Urney, in the diocese of Derry, by his first wife, Lydia, daughter of Theobald Wolfe; grandson of the Right Hon. Theophilus Jones, M.P., who married a daughter of the Earl of Tyrone; and nephew of the late Vice-Admiral Theophilus Jones. His father’s second wife was a daughter of Sir Robt. Blackwood, Bart., by the Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye, and relict of the Very Rev. John Ryder, Dean of Lismore, son of John, Archbishop of Tuam.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Melpomène frigate, Capt. Robt. Dudley Oliver, and in the course of the following year was twice engaged, as Midshipman, in the bombardment of Havre. In Nov. 1805 he removed to the Euryalus 36, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, with whom, on 14 Feb. 1807, he was on board the Ajax 74 when that ship took fire and blew up near the island of Tenedos. Being then received into the Endymion 40, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, he served at the ensuing passage of the Dardanells; after which, on his return to England in May, 1808, he rejoined Capt. Blackwood on board the Warspite 74, and continued to serve with him, as Lieutenant (commission dated 8 July, 1809), until Feb. 1814, in the North Sea and Channel, and also in the Mediterranean, where, in July, 1810, he shared in a very gallant skirmish with the Toulon fleet. In Feb. 1815, on his arrival home, after having gone with convoy to the Cape of Good Hope, in the Désirée 36, Capt. Wm. Woolridge, Mr. Jones found that he had been promoted to the rank of Commander on 19 of the previous July. His succeeding appointments were – 26 Feb. 1819, to the Cherokee 10, of which vessel he retained command, on the Leith station, for a period of more than three years – and, 12 May, 1827, to the Second-Captaincy of the Prince Regent 120, Capts. Constantine Rich. Moorsom and Hon. Geo. Poulett, flag-ship for some time of Hon. Sir H. Blackwood at the Nore. He was advanced to his present rank 25 Aug. 1828, but has not been since afloat.
Capt. Jones has sat ia Parliament for co. Londonderry since 1830.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Jones, William (a)

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William Jones (a), born 21 Aug. 1783, is third son of the Rev. H. Wynne Jones, Prebendary of Penymunidd, Anglesey.
This officer (who had previously been in the Hon.E.I.Co.’s service) entered the Navy, about Oct. 1801, as A.B., on board the Romney 50, commanded in the East Indies by Capt. Sir Home Popham; and on next joining the Sensible 36, armée en flûte, Capt. Robt. Sauce, was cast away on a quicksand off Ceylon, 2 March, 1802. On being taken off the island seven weeks afterwards by the Trincomalee sloop-of-war, he became Midshipman of the Victorious 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, bearing the flag of the late Vice-Admiral Peter Rainier. In Aug. 1803 he removed to the Windsor Castle 98, Capts. Albemarle Bertie, Davidge Gould, Thos. Wells, and Chas. Boyles, with the latter of whom, after enacting a part in the action off Ferrol 22 July, 1805, and witnessing Sir Sam. Hood’s capture of four French frigates near Rochefort 25 Sept. 1806, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where, having first served in a boat at the destruction of the Turkish squadron off Point Pesquies, he was slightly wounded at the repassage of the Dardanells in March, 1807. Returning to England in April, 1808, for the purpose of passing his examination, he joined, in the ensuing Dec, the Sybille 44, Capt. Clotworthy Upton, stationed off the coast of Ireland. He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 16 May, 1809, in the Espiègle sloop, Capts. Henry Gage Morris and Arthur Atchison; and in the course of the same year he was transferred to the Jalouse sloop, also commanded by Capt. Morris, with whom he was for two years employed, again on the Irish station. His last appointment was to the First-Lieutenancy, 27 Jan. 1813, of the Stork sloop, Capt. Robt. Lisle Coulson. In that vessel he continued for a period of six months. Lieut. Jones was presented with a pecuniary grant from the Patriotic Society in consideration of the wound he received at the Dardanells.
He married, 3 Nov. 1811, Maria Ellen, daughter of Major Geo. Goodman, by whom he has issue a son and nine daughters.
# A Princess of the Balkans/Chapter 12

pp. 55-56.

### CHAPTER XII.

Dallas and Thalia, with the assistance of a few of the frightened villagers, were doing what they could for the wounded when up rode Sir James and Connors, both covered from head to foot with blood and dust, but neither seriously hurt. Some distance behind them strode the tall, bearded man whom Thalia had recognized as the hermit, Ishmi Bey.
Sir James dismounted and came toward them, his grimy face glowing with delight.
"Thank God!" he cried huskily. "We had almost given you up. We were starting out to look for you this morning when we ran headfirst into this gang of Emilio's. I tried to prevent a row, but there was no holding Ishmi Bey and the Shkipetari."
He took Thalia's hand in both of his and carried it to his lips, then turned to Dallas with glistening eyes.
"Might have known you'd win through, old chap! I say, that was a ripping shot you made on Dimitri! It was all a put-up job of those two scoundrels, Rosenthal and Emilio."
"Rosenthal had nothing to do with the plan to murder us," said Dallas.
"Didn't he? I'm glad of that. It didn't seem to me like the old baron to play that sort of a filthy game. Too bad! If we had known that, we'd have passed him by just now."
"He's not much hurt," said Dallas.
Sir James' face expressed relief. "Glad of it," said he heartily, then glanced up to see the baron himself standing in the door of the han, his head swathed in bandages.
"Hello, baron!" called the Englishman heartily. "Glad you were not killed, old chap."
"T'anks. And I am glad you were not hurted, Sir Chames. This fight vas not of my choosing. Now I am finished. My forty t'ousand pounds can go to the devil. I am not afraid to say ven I am beat. Vonce I vas beaten in Macao by a Chinaman, and vonce in Hayti by a nigger named Fouchère. Now I am beat in the Balkans by two boys and two girls." He grinned.
Sir James looked about him and shook his head.
"Nasty work," said he, "but there was no help for it. When our crowd saw these people of Emilio's, they went crazy. We had better get to Dakabar as soon as we can, or there will be a hanged sight worse row than this. The Shkipetari have been pouring in from the mountains, and nothing will do but they must attack Emilio."
"How is Paula?" Dallas asked.
A peculiar expression of embarrassment appeared on the battle-stained face of the Englishman.
"She is very well, but awfully worried about you two."
Ishmi Bey had greeted Thalia, and the two were talking in low tones. The surviving Albanians had come straggling back, a few mounted and some on foot. There was not a man of them who did not carry some wound.
"Let's get out of this," said Sir James, "before we have a Turkish zaptié down on our backs. The whole thing is a bit irregular."
"How about the wounded?" asked Dallas.
Sir James shrugged. "The villagers will have to look after them. They will do it, I fancy, for fear of both parties." He turned to Rosenthal. "How did you leave the dear prince, baron?"
"I am finished vit' Emilio," he answered harshly. "I do not hold vit' murderers and assassins, Sir Chames. If you do not object, I vill go to Dakabar."
# A Princess of the Balkans

Extracted from Popular magazine, 07 Jan 1916, pp. 01-66. Accompanying illustrations may be omitted.
A Princess of the Balkans
By Henry C. Rowland
Author of "The Movies Man," "Leontine the Mysterious," Etc.
Ground between Turk and Russian and Austrian, the Balkan States have clung to life with a tenacity that speaks volumes for the character of the people. Romance is bound up In their countries' history and traditions—traditions that W. E. Gladstone declared "exceed in glory those of Marathon and Thermopylae and all the war traditions of the world." It is the romance of the Balkans that Rowland has given us in this novel. Three of the characters will stay in your memory: the American who gets his first glimpse of underground diplomacy; the girl from Novibazar who is being used as a pawn in the great game of statecraft; and the banker who boasts that he has made rebellions, and put kings on their thrones.
(A Complete Novel)
* Chapter I, 1
* Chapter II, 9
* Chapter III, 13
* Chapter IV, 22
* Chapter V, 23
* Chapter VI, 26
* Chapter VII, 29
* Chapter VIII, 34
* Chapter IX, 44
* Chapter X, 46
* Chapter XI, 49
* Chapter XII, 55
* Chapter XIII, 56
* Chapter XIV, 58
* Chapter XV, 64
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.
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# A Compendium of Irish Biography/Wolfe, David

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​Wolfe, David, Rev., was an ecclesiastic, born in Limerick, who, during the early years of Elizabeth's reign, laboured hard to keep together the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland. He spent some years in Rome, where he entered the order of St. Ignatius. In August 1560 he was sent by the Pope, with the privileges of an Apostolic Legate, to superintend affairs in Ireland, to see to the establishment of schools and the regulation of public worship, and to keep up communication with the Catholic princes—duties which he endeavoured to perform often at the peril of his own life. About 1566 he was arrested, and endured a rigorous imprisonment in Dublin Castle, the influence of the Nuncio in Madrid being in vain exercised on his behalf. In 1572 he made his escape to Spain, but before long returned to the scene of his old labours. We are told that "when the whole country was embroiled in war, he took refuge in the castle of Chunoan, on the borders of Thomond and the County of Galway; and when he heard that its occupants lived by plunder, he scrupled any nourishment from them, and soon after sickened and died." His death is supposed to have taken place about the year 1578.
# A Compendium of Irish Biography/Wylie, Samuel Brown

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​Wylie, Samuel Brown, D.D., an oriental and classical scholar, was born near Ballymena, 21st May 1773. He was educated at Glasgow, and removed to Philadelphia in 1797, where he became Professor of Theology in the Reformed Presbyterian Church, a position he held for more than forty years. He was Professor of Ancient Languages in the University of Philadelphia from 1838 to 1845. Besides some works of a theological character, he wrote a Greek Grammar (1838) and a Life of Rev. Alexander McLeod. He was for fifty-one years pastor of the First Reformed Church, Philadelphia, where he died, 14th October 1852, aged 79.