Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-03-31
Death or Mr.. Gulian G. verpianck.
Mr.. Gulian g. Verplanck. the we'll known

Mr. Gulian G. Verplanck, the well KNOW
author, politician and philanthropist, diet
at his residence in Fourteenth street thi
morning, in the eighty-fourth year of hi
age.
Mr.. Verplanck was of an old Dutch fam
ily, and was born in this city in August
1856. Before he was twelve years of age
he entered on a collegiate course of stud,
in Columbia College, where he was gradu
ated in 1901. He then studied law, rathe1
as a science than as business; and, afte
his admission to the bar, spent severa
years in travel in Europe. Upon his re
turn he entered into political life as {
skirmisher, and soon distinguished him
self by some pamphlets of temporary In
terest; bat still more by an address, befor'
the Historical Society of New York, OF
'sThe Early European Friends of America,
which was published in 1918.
In in 1920 Mr.. Verplanck was member
of the state legislature; and was made
chairman of the Committee on Education
year later, he accepted the chair of the
Evidences of Christianity in the Theolog
ical Seminary'of the Protestant Episcopa
church in this city; and in 1924 published
the results of his professional studies In d
volume-of Essays on the Nature and Uses
of the Various Evidences of Revealed Re.
ligion," the style of which was much ad'
mired.
In the following year, Mr.. Verplanck's
work on contracts appeared. 1t is curl
ous discussion Oh the verge between laa
and morals, and including many applica-
tions of the principles Of both; under the
title, Essay on the Doctrine OF Contracts,
being an inquiry how contracts are affect
ed, in law and morals, by concealment,
error or inadequate price"
In 1925 Mr.. Verplanck was elected to
Congress from this city, and held his seat
for eight years. He identified himself with
the principle of protecting the rights OF
authors by laws, and took prominent part
in promoting the copyright act of 1881. Ii
was, in a measure, as a recognition of his
services in this respect that many literary
men joined in public dinner to him at the
close of the session of Congress. During
his Congressional service he had leisure to
pursue his own literary testes; and in
conn ection with Messrs. W. G. Bryant and
X. G. Sands he published for three years
an annual called The Talisman," contein-
ing prose and verse. which was afterwards
republished under the title of ''Miscella-
Mes Mr.. Verplanck also published COL
lection of his own addresses in 1888.
In 1874 Mr.. Verplanck began to publish
in numbers an edition of Shakespeare, re-
vised text, with notes written under his
supervision, which was completed three
years later. In several minor literary
labors, as member for many years of the
State Senate, and as the first president Of
the State Board of Commissioners of Emi-
grafton, his active mind found constant
employment. After his active life had in
most respects ceased, he continued to act
rs president of the Century Club, of which
he had been one of the founders, and in
which he never ceased to take lively in
terest.
Mr.. Yerplanck was Vice.Chancellor of
the University of the state, and has held
the Office of Regent for forty one years,
having succeeded Matthew Clarkson, who
had filed the same place for forty years
In the death of Mr.. Verplanck the coun-
try has lost one Of its most accomplished
scholars, one of its ablest writer's, and one
of its wisest statesmen. The greater part
of his life has been devoted in some way,
either as an author or as legislator, or sa
a public officer in an administrative capaci-
ty, to labors which contemplated the public
good. His few public addresses are among
tue untSt Ol tQclT his WOTk Oh
Evidences of the Christian Religion is one
of tie ablest treatises which have appeared
on that subject, and his book on the Doc
trine of Contracts is at least creditable to
his skill as = reasoner, and to the value
placed by him on scrupulous and high
toned integrity in matters of trade. He
was one of our best prose writers, and, il
he had addicted himself more sedulously
to literary pursuits, would have won
for himself distinguished name
in the literature of his time. Although
taking decided part in politics, and sew
eral times a member of Congress and the
state Senate, he never stopped to any of the
arts by which nominations are obtained
and elections carried. What public trust
was given him was simply tribute TO his
merit. Although his man.
ners were quite undemonstrative, his per-
sonal attachments were shown to be strong
by the services which he quietly and
silently rendered to his friends He was
sincere and oItspoken in his opinions, and
never abstained from their full expression
by any fear of unpopularity- For more
than half a century he has been one of the
Of the public and social life of
New York, and we cannot but feel that,
the great age to which his
life was prolonged, with some infirmities
in its latter stage, his removal is a loss not
to be easily supplied.-M 7. Post, 19h-