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Cambridge, and in 1837 was admitted to the bar 

 in Middletown, Conn., whence he went to 

 Quincy, III., and entered upon the practice of 

 his profession. In 1851 he became President 

 of the Chicago, Burlington & Qnincy Railroad 

 Company, and held that position until 1861, 

 when he returned, and was appointed attorney 

 for the road, which office he held at the time 

 of his death. In the autumn of 1872 he was 

 elected to represent the city of Quincy in the 

 General Assembly of the State. 



Jan, 31. MATTESON, JOEL A., formerly Gov- 

 ernor of Illinois; died at Chicago, aged 65 

 years. He was a man of fine culture, an ex- 

 tensive traveler, and was Governor of Illinois 

 from 1853 to 1857. 



Jan. 31. MOSELET, Major W. W., an officer 

 of volunteers during the late war, recently a 

 member of Assembly from the Fourth Brook- 

 lyn District ; died in Brooklyn, aged 37 years. 

 He was born in Glastenbnry, Conn., in 1836, 

 educated in the public schools and in the sem- 

 inary at Cazenovia, N. Y., and upon the com- 

 pletion of his studies was appointed cashier 

 of the Mechanics' Bank of Syracuse. When 

 the war broke out he obtained a captaincy in 

 one of the regiments forming in that locality, 

 and subsequently was appointed to the staff 

 of General Slocum with the rank of major, 

 following him through the succeeding cam- 

 paigns, including the celebrated march to the 

 sea. Returning to Syracuse at the close of the 

 war, he was appointed Collector of Internal 

 Revenue, and subsequently removed to Brook- 

 lyn, where he served four terms in the As- 

 sembly. 



Jan. . BROWS, DAVID, "the hermit of 

 Newfane, Vt. ; " died there. He was a large 

 collector of books, and probably left the most 

 extensive library in the State. 



Feb. 1. PERKINS, HENRY COIT, M. D., 

 A. A. S., etc., an eminent physician and scien- 

 tist, of Newburyport, Mass. ; died there aged 

 69 years. He was a graduate of Harvard Uni- 

 versity in the class of 1827. 



Feb.Z. COLLIEE, Colonel JAMES, a prominent 

 lawyer and politician of Ohio ; died at Steuben- 

 ville, Ohio, aged 84 years. He was a soldier in 

 the War of 1812, and fought at Queenstown, 

 where he assisted in forming the first Amer- 

 ican line on the Canadian side. After the war 

 he removed to Steubenville, where he practised 

 law with distinction and served as Paymas- 

 ter-General of the State. When the question 

 arose as to the boundary-line between Virginia 

 and Ohio, he, with Thomas Ewing and John 

 Brough, represented the latter State in the 

 joint high commission that settled the dispute. 

 In 1849, being then sixty years of age, he was 

 appointed Collector for California, and he 

 went there overland, fighting his way through 

 the country occupied by hostile Indians, with 

 only a small company of dragoons for an escort. 

 When he had reached his destination he was 

 the only officer there, and for some time he 

 served as military Governor. 



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Feb. 4. GIFFOED, ARTHUR N., one of the 

 constituent members of the New York Stock 

 Exchange ; died in New York City. He had 

 been a member of the Exchange since Novem- 

 ber 3, 1817, and, although he had not been en- 

 gaged in active business for several years, he 

 had continued his membership of that body. 



Feb. 4. HARVEY, Rev. JOSEPH, D. D., a 

 Presbyterian clergyman, one of the founders 

 and promoters of the Sandwich Islands Mis- 

 sion; died at Harvey, Mich., aged 86 years. 

 He was born nt East Haddam, Conn., March 1, 

 1787; graduated from Yale College in 1808, 

 studied theology with Dr. Porter, of Washing- 

 ton, Conn., and in 1810 was ordained and in- 

 stalled over the Congregational Church in 

 Goshen, Conn. In September, 1825, he re- 

 signed his pastorate to accept the position of 

 Secretary of the American Education Society, 

 at Boston, but soon after returned to his native 

 place in impaired health. On his recovery, he 

 accepted a call to the Congregational Church 

 in Colchester, Conn., where he remained till 

 1835. During the last two years of his resi- 

 dence here he edited the Evangelical Magazine, 

 and afterward a weekly paper entitled the 

 Watchman. In 1839 he was installed pastor 

 of the First Presbyterian Church jnst formed 

 in Thompsonville, Conn., which charge he held 

 until his resignation in 1857. The following 

 year he removed to Michigan, where he con- 

 tinued to preach and teach from time to time 

 until his death. Dr. Harvey was the first to 

 propose the establishment of a mission in the 

 Sandwich Islands. His degree of Doctor of 

 Divinity was received from Amherst College in 

 1835. 



Feb. 7. MARSH, Rev. FREDERICK, a Congrega- 

 tionalist clergyman, died at Winchester Centre, 

 Conn., aged 90 years. He was born in New 

 Hartford, Conn., September 18, 1780, graduated 

 from Yale College in the class of 1805, studied 

 theology with Rev. Asahel Hooker, of Goshen, 

 and, after preaching a year in different churches, 

 was in 1809 ordained, and settled over the Con- 

 gregational Church in Winchester, Conn., oc- 

 cupying the same honse from that date until 

 his death in his ninety -third year. In October, 

 1851, he was dismissed from the pastorate at his 

 own request, and for the next ten years, until his 

 eyesight failed, he preached for neighboring 

 churches as needed. From 1836 to 1870 he 

 wns trustee of the "Theological Institute of 

 Connecticut." 



Feb. 9. MONTAGUE, CALVIN, M. D., an emi- 

 nent physician and teacher ; died at Westhamp- 

 ton, Mass., aged 82 years. He was born in 

 that town in 1790, graduated from Williams 

 College in 1814, spent two years in teaching in 

 Virginia, and, having subsequently obtained a 

 medical education, practised his profession in 

 Ohio until 1836, when he returned to West- 

 hampton and remained until his death. 



Feb. 13. MCLEAN, Rev. WILLIAM, D. D., a 

 Presbyterian clergyman, died at Washington, 

 D. 0. For a long period he had been the 



