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Patton was not continuously insane, but had long lucid 

 periods extending over many months, during which he accom- 

 plished considerable entomological work, and some of his 

 manuscripts were sent to the Bureau of Entomology to be 

 placed, for publication. 



From 1882 to 1885 Patton resided in New York City, Utica 

 and Rochester, New York, and West Randolph, Vermont, but 

 returned to Connecticut suffering from ill health due to too 

 close application to work. At first he was in a retreat in 

 New Haven, and Dr. Howard called upon him in 1894, and 

 found him perfectly lucid, and had an interesting talk about 

 entomological matters. For a number of years before his 

 death he was an inmate of the Hartford Retreat for the Insane 

 at 400 Washington Street, Hartford. 



Soon after the office of State Entomologist was established 

 in Connecticut, in 1901, Patton wrote a few letters to the 

 office, calling attention to certain entomological points that 

 needed investigating. His letters were perfectly lucid. He 

 once asked to be appointed as inspector, and again asked for 

 the loan of fifty dollars to enable him to bring certain essential 

 entomological discoveries before the public. Not knowing that 

 he was insane and confined in a retreat, the State Entomolo- 

 gist promised to be in Hartford on an early named date and 

 asked Patton to meet him at a certain hour and place and talk 

 about it. Of course Patton was not there, and not long after- 

 ward Professor Yerrill gave the information regarding Pat- 

 ton's insanity. He was unmarried, and apparently his in- 

 sanity was inherited. His sister became insane and drowned 



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herself in 1897 or 1898. Patton's death resulted from valvular 

 disease of the heart and arteriosclerosis. 



Patton was a member of both the American and British 

 Associations for the Advancement of Science, a Fellow of the 

 Entomological Society of London, a charter member of the 

 Biological Society of Washington. D. C, a member of the 

 Entomological Society of Ontario, and of the Connecticut 

 Academy of Science. 



It is interesting to note that Patton was once a pupil of 

 H. F. Bassett, also a Hymenopterist, of Wat.erbury. Coniuvti- 



