[Jackson. 



His son and a brother hastened to Washington to render him all 

 the service in their power. Physicians of our military hospitals ])rof- 

 fered their kind aid, but all was unavailing, and he sunk beneath his 

 disease, having but a few lucid moments and not being fully aware 

 that he was on his death bed. 



Mr. Alger's scientific publications are the following : 



1. Notes on the Minerals of Nova Scotia, Amer. Journ. Science 

 and Arts, Vol. XII., p. 227, published in 1827. Also, a List of the 

 Minerals brought from Annapolis Basin, published in Bost. Journ. Phi- 

 losophy and Arts, and reprinted in Vol. XII., p. 176 of the Amer. 

 Journ. Science and Arts. 



2. Joint Report on the Mineralogy of Nova Scotia, by Jackson and 

 Alger. Amer. Journ. Science and Arts, Vol. XIV., p. 305, Vol. XV., 

 pp. 132 and 201, from 1827 to 1829. 



3. Alger's Phillips' Mineralogy, large duodecimo, pp. 662, published 

 by Ticknor & Fields, Boston, 18 44. 



4. Zinc Mines of Franklin, N. J. Amer. Journ. Science and Arts, 

 Vol. XL^^n., p. 252. 



5. Formula of Masonite. Amer. Journ. Science and Arts, Vol. 

 XL VIII. , p. 218. 1845. 



6. Notice of Minerals. Amer. Journ. of Science and Arts, New 

 Series, Vol L, pp. 121, 122. 184G. 



7. Quartz containing Rutile. Proc. Amer. Association for Adv. 

 Science, and Amer. Journ. Science and Arts, Ser. ii., Vol. X., p. 12, 

 1850. 



8. Description and Figures of Crystals of California Gold. Amer. 

 Journ. Science and Arts, Ser. ii., Vol. X., p. 101. 



9. Beaumontite and Lincolnite identical with Heulandite. Pro- 

 ceedings Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Oct. 4, 1844; Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., 

 Vol. IV., p. 422 ; also in Amer. Journ. Science and Arts, Vol. XIV., 

 p. 233, with figures. 



10. Description of Minerals from New Holland. Bost. »Tourn. Nat. 

 Hist., Vol. III., p. 305 ; Amer. Journ. Science and Arts, Vol. 

 XXXIX., p. 1 5 7. With figures. 



11. Notice of New Localities of Minerals. Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist, 

 Vol. v., p. 297 ; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. II., p. 87. 



1 2. Algerite, and a New Mineral from Cherokee Co., Georgia. Bost. 

 Journ. Nat. Hist., Vol. VL, pp. 118, 123. 



13. Description of Transparent Crystals of Red Oxide of Zinc from 

 Franklin Mines, N. J. Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. VIII., p. 145. 



In 1844, Mr. Alger published his edition of Phillips' Mineralogy, a 

 book on Avhich he had labored for years, and which- he more than 

 doubled by additions collected from every possible source. It was 



