chosen a senator of the United States, and also filled various public offices. He died at Boston, January, 1813, from whence his remains were removed to Stockbridge, Mass.

Sewall, Samuel, chief justice of the supreme court of Massachusetts, was born in England in 1652, and came with his father to America, in 1661. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1671, was made chief justice in 1718, and died in Jan., 1730. He was distinguished for his learning and piety. He left behind him a diary in three volumes, which embraces about forty years.

Sewall, Samuel, LL. D., chief justice of Massachusetts, was born at Boston in 1757, graduated at Harvard College in 1776, and devoted himself to the study of the law, and soon became eminent in this profession. He was elected a member of congress in 1797, and also served in other important offices. He died suddenly at Wiscasset in Maine, June, 1814.

Shepard, Thomas, minister of Cambridge, Massachusetts, was born in England in 1605, and was educated at Emanuel College, Cambridge. He entered the ministry, but his puritan principles exposing him to persecution, he came to New England in 1635. The next year he formed and took charge of a church in Cambridge, Mass., where he continued till his death, in 1649, aged forty-four years. He was distinguished for his humility and piety, and as a writer on religious subjects, he was one of the most distinguished men of his times.

Sherman, Roger, a senator of the United States, was born at Newton, Mass., in 1724, and by the force of his genius and industry, rose to distinction as a lawyer and statesman, without the advantages of a collegiate education. In 1761 he removed to New Haven, Conn., and was appointed a judge of the superior court, which office he held for twenty-three years. He was a member of congress in 1774, and was one of the committee appointed to draw up the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and signed that instrument. This able statesman, upright judge, and sincere Christian, died in 1793.

Shirley, William, governor of Massachusetts, was an Englishman by birth, and educated a lawyer. He came to Boston about the year 1733, and employed himself in the profession till 1741, when he was appointed governor. In 1755 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the British forces in America, and proceeded to Oswego on an expedition against Niagara, but was the next year superseded by Abercrombie. He was soon after recalled from Massachusetts to England, and appointed governor of the Bahama islands. In 1770 he returned to Massachusetts, and resided at Roxbury till his death the next year. He possessed a strong mind, great firmness, diligence, and address, and rendered many important services to the colony. Smalley, John, D.D. was born at Lebanon Con. 1734, and graduated at Yale College in 1756. He studied theology with Dr. Bellamy, and was ordained pastor of a church in Berlin, Con. in 1758, where he labored with great fidelity and success for nearly sixty years. He was considered an eminent divine; his sermons on Natural and Moral Inability have been repeatedly published in Europe. He died in June 1820.

Smith, William, chief justice of New York, was the son of William Smith, an eminent lawyer of new York: he graduated at Yale College in 1745. He was educated a lawyer, and was one of the

first of his time in America. In 1763 he was appointed a judge of the supreme court, and was afterwards chief justice. When the revolution commenced, he adhered to the royal government, and in 1781 was one of Clinton's deputies for receiving acknowledgments of allegiance from the colonists. He was afterwards chief justice of Canada. He published an excellent history of New-York, from its first settlement until 1732, 4to. London, 1757.

Smith, Samuel, author of a History of New Jersey, from its settlement to 1721 was a resident of Burlington, New Jersey. His history, which is considered a judicious and faithful compilation, was published in 1765, 8vo. He died at Burlington 1776.

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Standish, Myles, the first military commander of Plymouth, New England, was born at Lancashire, about the year 1584. After having served Fac simile of Myles Standish's hand writing. some time in the army in the Netherlands, he settled at Leyden, with Mr. Robinson's congregation, and accompanied them to Plymouth in 1620. He was there chosen captain, or chief military commander, and rendered the most important services to the colony, in the wars with the Indians. Many of his exploits were peculiarly daring, and his escapes extraordinary.

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John, Stark, general in the American army of the Revolution was a native of Lon

donderry New Hampshire, born Aug. 1728. He commanded a company of rangers in the French war, and on the opening of the Revolution, was placed at the head of the New Hampshire troops, and rendered important aid at the battle of Bunker's Hill. On the invasion of Burgoyne in 1777, he distinguished himself by his bravery and skill at the battle of Bennington, by defeating Colonel Baum. He died May 9th, 1822, in the ninety fourth year of his age.

Stiles, Ezra, president of Yale College, was born at North Haven, Con. 1727, and graduated at Yale in 1746. After being a tutor at this institution, he studied theology, and afterwards law. In 1755 he settled at Newport Rhode Island, as a preacher, and continued there till his congregation was broken up by the Revolutionary war in 1776. In July 1778 he entered upon the duties of the presidency of Yale College, and remained in that station till his death in 1795, in the 68th year of his age. He was one of the most learned men this country has ever produced. He had a thorough knowledge of the Hebrew, Greek and Latin languages, and made considerable progress in the oriental.

He published a History of the three judges of Charles I., Whalley, Goffe and Dixwell, 12 mo. 1795. He left an unfinished ecclesi

astical history of New England, and more than forty volumes of manuscripts.

Stockton, Richard, a signer of the declaration of Independence from New Jersey, was graduated at Princeton College in 1748 in the first class, and was for many years a distinguished patron of that Seminary. He devoted himself to the law, and soon rose to unrivalled reputation, refusing to engage in any cause, which he knew to be unjust. He filled various public offices, and was an exemplary christian. He died at Princeton in 1781.

Stoddard, Solomon, minister of Northampton, Mass., was born at Boston, in 1643, and graduated at Harvard college in 1662. He was afterwards a fellow of that institution. In 1672 he was settled at Northampton, where he preached with little interruption till his death in 1729. He possessed extensive learning, was particularly familiar with religious controversies, and an acute disputant on such subjects. He obtained for himself great notoriety in the churches of New England by his publications in controversy with Dr. Increase Mather, in which he taught that all baptised persons not scandalous in their lives, might partake of the Lord's Supper, and was the instrument of extensively introducing that custom.

Stone, Samuel, one of the first ministers of Hartford, Con., was a native of England, and was educated at the university of Cambridge. To escape persecution he came to this country with Mr. Cotton and Mr. Hooker, and was settled as an assistant of the latter at Cambridge, October 11, 1633. He removed with him in 1636 to Hartford, where he died, July 20, 1663. While he was regarded as one of the most accurate and acute disputants of his day, he was also celebrated for his wit, pleasantry, and good humor. Being eminently pious, he abounded in fastings and prayer, and was a most strict observer of the Christian sabbath. He published a congregational church is a catholic visible church,' &c. London, 1652. In this work, which is a curious specimen of logic, he endeavors to demolish the system of a national, political church. He left in manuscript a confutation of the antimonians; and a body of divinity. The latter was so much esteemed as to be often transcribed by theological students.

Sullivan, John, LL. D. major general in the American revolutionary army, was born at Berwick, Maine, and was of Irish descent. In 1772, having established himself as a lawyer in New Hampshire, he received the commission of major in the militia, and in 1775, was appointed a brigadier general, and during the campaign commanded on Winter Hill. In 1779, he conducted an expedition against the Six Nation Indians in New York, and having defeated them near Seneca lake, laid waste their country. He was president of New Hampshire in 1786, 1787, and 1789. He died at his residence in Durham, Jan. 1795, in the fifty-first year of his age.

Sullivan, James, LL. D. governor of Massachusetts, brother of the preceding, was born in 1744, and was educated by his father. He was destined for the military life, but the fracture of a limb in his early years induced him to apply the vigorous powers of his mind to the study of the law. On the approach of the Revolution, he took an active part on the side of his country. Soon after his second election to the office of governor, his health failed him

fession. He was chosen governor in 1769, and was annually elected till 1783, when he resigned, having been occupied for fifty years without interruption in public employments, and having rendered during eight years war the most important services to his country. He died Aug. 1785. He enjoyed the highest confidence of Washington, and was pronounced by him to be among the first of patriots. His son of the same name was also governor of Connecticut, and held important stations both in the state and national governments and distinguished for his talents and virtues. He was elected in 1798 and continued in his office till his death in 1808, in the seventieth year of his age.

Truxton, Thomas, a naval commander, was born on Long Island, N. Y. in 1755. He commanded a vessel as early as 1775, and during the Revolutionary war, annoyed the enemy by his depredations on their commerce. In

1794, he was appointed to the command of the frigate Constellation. Being sent to protect the American commerce in the West Indies, he captured the French frigate L'Insurgente, though of superior force, Feb. 9th, 1799. In February of the next year, he obtained a victory over the La Vengeance of 54 guns and 500 men, though she afterwards escaped him. He died at Philadelphia, May, 1822.

Vane, Sir Henry, governor of Massachusetts, was born in England, and educated at Oxford. He then went to Geneva, where he became a republican, and found arguments against the established church. On his return to London, as his non-conformity displeased the bishop, he came to New England in the beginning of 1635. In the next year, though he was only twenty-four years of age, he was chosen governor; but attaching himself to the party of Mrs. Hutchinson, he was in 1637 superseded by governor Winthrop. He soon returned to England, where he joined the party against the king, though he was opposed to the usurpation of Cromwell. After the restoration, he was tried for high treason, and beheaded, June 14, 1662, aged fifty years. Hume, in his history of England, represents his conduct at his execution, in a manner which renders him an object of admiration.

Ward, Artemas, the first major-general in the army of the American revolution, was graduated at Harvard College in 1748. He served in the army during the French war. He was chosen a member of congress in 1774, and in 1775 appointed the first major general. He resigned his commission in 1776, and was elected to a seat in congress both before and after the adoption of the present constitution. He was greatly esteemed for his integrity, independence, and fidelity. He died at Shrewsbury in 1800.

Warren, Joseph, a major general in the American army, was born in Roxbury, Mass., in 1740, and was graduated at Harvard College in 1759. He studied medicine, and rose to eminence in this profession. He distinguished himself at an early period of the revolution, by a bold and zealous opposition to the arbitrary measures of the British government. Four days previously to the battle of Bunker Hill, he received his commission of major general. He was the first victim of rank that fell in the struggle with Great Britain.

Warren, Mercy, was the wife of general James Warren, and daughter of the Hon. James Otis, of Barnstable, Mass. Her connection with these distinguished persons, was the means of leading her into an acquaintance and correspondence with several leading revolutionary characters. The advantages she thus enjoyed, led her to write a "History of the American Revolution," which was published in 3 volumes 8vo, Boston, 1805. She died in Plymouth, October, 1814. Wentworth, Benning, governor of New Hampshire, was a native of that state, and graduated at Harvard College in 1715. He resided at Portsmouth, and employed himself in merchandize. After having a seat both in the house of representatives and in the council, he was, in 1741, when that colony obtained a distinct government, appointed its governor, and held the office nearly twenty years. He was superseded in 1767, and died in 1770, in his seventy-fifth year.

Wheelock, Eleazer, D. D., first president of Dartmouth College, was