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deeply interesting narrative from which a much better idea can be obtained 

 of his career abroad than in any words we can give. It is a paper of 

 ability in its department, equal though different from the others, and gives 

 rise to a melancholy regret, that one who could write so well had not 

 completed his story before death called him away. 



On his return to his native country, in 1873, he purchased an estate, 

 "The Grange," near Camden, and built a handsome house upon it. 

 Here were frequently entertained perhaps the most distinguished com- 

 pany of men ever gathered together in West Jersey. General Grant, 

 while President, with his family, also passed the day there on one occa- 

 sion. 



In "The Report of the New Jersey Commissioners on the Centennial 

 Exhibition," * it is said of Mr. Dudley, who had been appointed on the 

 Board of Finance in 1873, that he represented New Jersey "with great 

 assiduity and ability." This important office was one which required 

 constant attention for several years. 



From this time he was actively engaged as President of the Agricul- 

 tural Society of New Jersey ; President of the Pittsburgh, Titusville & 

 Buffalo Railroad, and of the New Jersey Mining Company ; a Director 

 in the Camden & Atlantic Railroad, the West Jersey Railroad, the Cam- 

 den & Philadelphia Ferry Company, and of the Peoples Gaslight Com- 

 pany of Jersey City ; first Vice-President of the American Protective 

 Tariff League, etc., and President of the Bar Association of Camden. 



On March 22, 1886, he was elected to membership in the Historical 

 Society of Pennsylvania. In the American Philosophical Society he was 

 a member of the Council in the years 1887, 1890, and 1893, also serving 

 on numerous committees. In these two societies he was an active mem- 

 ber and must have held membership in others which are unknown to us. 



In short, his activity towards the end of a life of earnest work from his 

 early youth, at a period when most men begin to show signs of age, was 

 remarkable. During this time he wrote the numerous pamphlets whose 

 titles we have given, and articles for the newspapers, besides taking part 

 in political campaigns, making many speeches in his own State, in Penn- 

 sylvania, New York and Virginia, in behalf of the Republicans. 



His death, in the seventy-third year of his age, was most unexpected 

 and sudden. He was in such good health that he accepted an invitation 

 to respond to a toast to be given on April the 25th to the Minister to Ger- 

 many. A few days previous, seemingly strong and vigorous, early in the 

 morning of April 15, 1893, arriving at the Broad Street Station, in Phila- 

 delphia, he died almost instantly from an attack of heart failure. He 

 was buried at Colestown Cemetery, near Moorestown, where repose 

 the remains of his wife and infant son and of many of his old friends 

 and neighbors. This spot was his own choice, for he was greatly 

 attached to early associations, which seemed strengthened by a long 

 absence from home and a participation in stirring scenes abroad. The 



* Trenton, 1877, p. 4t. 



