DRAPER, SIMF.oN. 



. a distinguish. -d citi. 



. :iinl n loading politician, horn, 1804; 



v.ti-toii.-, 1 . 1.. November , -1860, 



1 for mercantile life, and was 



a prominent inn-chant of Now 



. lii-ing un fortunate in business, he be- 



..ii auctioneer, in which position ho was 



-I'ul. 



In tin* political affairs of the State and nation 

 v a deep interest and active part, 

 lie held a prominent place in the old Whig 

 i.f liis State, ami was for many years the 

 al and political friend of "William II. Sew- 

 in later years the political relations of 

 YD were broken up Mr. Draper, soon 

 the formation of the lie-publican party, 

 'in;,' a decided opponent of Mr. Seward's 

 . Mr. Draper was several times a mem- 

 ber of the "Whi^ State Central Committee, and 

 in 1864 was chairman of the Union State Cen- 

 tral Committee. 



For many years before the war he was presi- 

 of the Board of Ten Governors having 

 he city charities. "When the law cre- 

 ating this board was repealed, he was appointed 

 Mimissioner of Public Charities and Cor- 

 ns, and retained that post nntil 1864, 

 when he resigned the position, to which Comp- 

 ; llivnnan succeeded. His administration 

 of these offices was almost universally com- 

 mei.dcd. In 1862 he was appointed Provost 

 Marshal for the city. In 1864, by appoint- 

 uf President Lincoln, he succeeded Mr. 

 Barney a* Collector of the Port of New York. 

 He resigned this position in 1865. At the 

 time of his death Mr. Draper was the Govern- 

 in- -nt cotton agent, having charge of all the cot- 

 ceived at the port of New York. lie was 

 a- man of much ability, and exerted a marked 

 influence in the circles in which he moved, 

 whether of politics or trade. IJe had a very 

 thorough -knowledge of political affairs, and 

 ; i any warm political adherents. He was 

 a man of generous ' impulses and the strictest 

 integrity. 



I>riT<>K, SAMI-KL WILLIAM SOUTHMAYD, D. 

 D., a Congregational clergyman and writer, 

 born in Guilford, Conn., March 14, 1814, died 

 nt Millbury, Mass., January 26, 1866. His an- 

 npon both sides were distinguished for 

 piety and substantial intelligence, and his early 

 training was well calculated to develop the 

 l'i-t faculties of his nature. IIo graduated ;t 

 Yale College in 1833, and spent the following, 

 year in teaching in Mount II ope College, Balti- 

 more, Md. In September, 1834, he was chosen 

 T of the Hopkins Grammar School, in 

 "New Haven, and hold the position one jcar. 

 From 1836 to 1838 ho was a tutor in Yalo 

 College, and from 1835 to 1838 pursued his 



Jcal studies in the seminary there. 

 11. \ ing a.-crjited a call to become the pastor 

 of the North Church in that city, h. 

 ordained June, 1838, and remained in this 

 relation. until his death, a period of more than 

 twenty-seven years, with an influence extend- 



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ing widely beyond the limits of his pariah. As 

 a preacher, he was characterized by plainness, 

 directness, and simplicity. He was also widely 

 known for his whole-souled generosity and 

 humanity, and his house was the resort of the. 

 poor, the widow, and the fatherless, who, with- 

 out respect to color or nation, were sure of the 

 needed help. Very early in his* ministry ho 

 took an open and decided anti-slavery stand, 

 holding firmly his position through evil report 

 and through good report till the day of triumph 

 and deliverance. In 1842 ho published a his- 

 tory of the North Church in New Haven dur- 

 ing the last century. In 1843, upon the estab- 

 lishment of the New Englander, he became 

 one of the associate editors, and from that 

 time contributed to its pages more articles 

 than any other writer save Dr. Bacon. He 

 also published various addresses and sermons. 

 In 1856 Mr. Dntton received the title of D.D., 

 from Brown University. 



DWIGHT, THEODORE, an editor and author, 

 born in New Haven, Conn., 1797 ; died in Brook- 

 lyn, October 16, 1866, from injuries received 

 by a railroad accident. He was the son of the 

 late Hon. Theodore Dwight, member of Con- 

 gress from Connecticut, and nephew of Dr. 

 Timothy Dwight, President of Yale College. 

 He entered Yale College at the age of fourteen, 

 and graduated with high honors in 1814. Hav- 

 ing been converted during this period, he re- 

 solved to study theology, and devote his life 

 to the ministry, but his studies were interrupted 

 by a severe attack of hemorrhage of the lungs, 

 and he was ordered abroad by his physician. 

 He visited Great Britain, where he spent a 

 year, and in 1821 again went abroad, and this 

 time travelled over the greater part of Europe. 

 On his return he wrote his first book, entitled 

 " A Tonr in Italy." His hopes of entering the 

 ministry having been frustrated, he henceforth 

 devoted his life to literary and philanthropic 

 pursuits, occasionally giving instruction to both 

 young ladies and gentlemen. In 1838 Mr. 

 Dwight removed to Brooklyn, where he iden- 

 tified himself with the greater part of the pub- 

 lic enterprises instituted for the good of the 

 city. In the origination and organization of the 

 public schools he was one of the principal and 

 most energetic movers, often inviting to his 

 house boys whom he met in the streets, and 

 interesting them in study. He was engaged in 

 several magazines and periodicals, and at one 

 time was publisher and editor of the New York 

 Presbyterian. Through the greater part of his 

 life ho was accustomed to write for the leading 

 daily and weekly newspapers, and for the best 

 periodicals. He was a most highly cultivated 

 man, being familiar with most of the languages 

 now spoken, conversing with great ease in 

 French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese, be- 

 sides Greek and Hebrew. He was also con- 

 versant with German though he never liked 

 it and Arabic, in which ho conversed quite 

 readily. He was a member of several scientific 

 and philosophical societies, among which were 



