SHORT BIOGRAPHIES

OF THE

MEN AND WOMEN MOST EMINENT IN

Philanthropy, Patriotism, Art, Literature, Discovery, Science, Invention.

NOT FOR AN AGE, BUT FOR ALL TIME."

BY

SAMUEL ADAMS DRAKE,

AUTHOR OF NEW ENGLAND LEGENDS AND FOLK LORE,' NOOKS AND
CORNERS OF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST," "OLD LANDMARKS AND

HISTORIC PERSONAGES OF BOSTON."

REVISED AND ENLARGED.

WITH

Nearly One Hundred Portraits Emblematically Embellished,

H. J. SMITH & CO.,
CHICAGO AND PHILADELPHIA.

1887.