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larger vessel was able to reach, he formed one 

 of Lieut. De Long's party and proceeded as far 

 north as Tessuisoak, in Melville Bay, and on 

 his return to the "Juniata" presented the 

 party with some venison, the first fresh meat 

 they had had in many days. He was ap- 

 pointed court stenographer in General Ses- 

 sions in 1875, and still held the place at the 

 time of his death. 



McLean, James II., an American physician, 

 born in Scotland, Aug. 13, 1829 ; died in Dan- 

 ville, N.Y., Aug. 12, 1886. He was brought 

 up in Nova Scotia, and removed to the United 

 States in 1842 ; studied medicine and surgery 

 in St. Louis, Mo n ; and, after being graduated, 

 practiced and lived there until within a few 

 weeks of his death. He was elected to the 

 Forty-seventh Congress as a Republican in a 

 Democratic district, to fill a vacancy, and was 

 defeated for re-election as a Democrat. In the 

 early part of the war he began manufacturing 

 a proprietary medicine, from which he amassed 

 a large fortune. He was highly respected in St. 

 Louis, and was a man of large charities. 



McPherson, E. II., an American soldier, born 

 in Covington, Ky., in 1837 ; died in Evansville, 

 Ind., March 4, 1886. He was graduated at the 

 U. S. Military Academy, and rose to the rank 

 of colonel in the regular army, serving during 

 the civil war mainly in the West. Since the 

 close of the war he had gained distinction as 

 an Indian fighter. 



Maclean, George Mclntosh, an American physi- 

 cian, born in Princeton, N. J., in 1807; died 

 there, March 8, 1886. His father was a pro- 

 fessor in the College of New Jersey from 1795 

 to 1812. He was graduated at that institution 

 in 1824, and having chosen the medical profes- 

 sion attended lectures in the New York Medi- 

 cal College, where he was graduated with high, 

 honors in 1829. At one time he occupied the 

 chair of Chemistry and Natural History in Han- 

 over College, Indiana. He was well known as 

 a physician, an author, a lecturer, and a writer 

 on medical subjects. 



Maclean, John, an American clergyman, born 

 in Princeton, N. J., March 3, 1800 ; died there, 

 Aug. 10, 1886. His father, a Scotchman, came 

 to America near the close of the last century, 

 and when thirty-six years old was appointed 

 Professor of Chemistry and Mathematics in the 

 College of New Jersey ; his mother was a sis- 

 ter of Com. Bainbridge. He was graduated at 

 the College of New Jersey in the class of 1816, 

 immediately became a tutor there, and main- 

 tained an active connection with the institu- 

 tion for more than fifty years, occupying nearly 

 every chair in the faculty during that period. 

 In December, 1853, he was elected president 

 of the college, and on June 28, 1854, was in- 

 augurated. He resigned the office in 1868, and 

 was succeeded by James McCosh, D. D., LL. D. 

 During the fourteen years of his incumbency 

 Dr. Maclean conferred the degree of B. A. 

 upon 895 students. Upon his retirement a 

 residence in Canal Street was purchased and 



presented to him. He was for many years 

 President of the Colonization Society, which 

 undertook to send Southern slaves to homes 

 in Africa, and was a member of the Foreign 

 Missionary Society. 



Magoon, Elias Lyman, an American clergyman, 

 born in Lebanon, N. H., Oct. 20, 1810 ; died in 

 Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 25, 1886. His grand- 

 father was a Baptist minister and a participant 

 in the Revolution. His father was a success- 

 ful architect. At sixteen years of age young 

 Magoon was apprenticed to the bricklayer's 

 trade, which he followed for four years. Dur- 

 ing his apprenticeship he prepared himself for 

 college, and with a capital of $40 entered Water- 

 ville College, Me. (now Colby University), where 

 he was a classmate of Hannibal Hamlin. In 

 his vacations he worked at his trade in Lowell, 

 where he boarded with a Mrs. Butler, a poor 

 widow, who had a son she was anxious to send 

 to college. Being unable to go to Waterville 

 at the time, young Magoon wrote to the presi- 

 dent of the college, introducing the boy, and 

 saying, " Master Butler will make a good 

 scholar." The letter was dated Sept. 18, 1834. 

 Magoon carefully looked after the comfort and 

 supervised the studies of the widow's son, who 

 is the now famous General Benjamin F. But- 

 ler. In 1836 Mr. Magoon entered Newton Sem- 

 inary, and in 1839 was ordained a minister in 

 the Baptist church, and settled at Richmond, 

 Va., where he remained six years. He then be- 

 came pastor of the Ninth Street Baptist Church, 

 Cincinnati, and in 1849 of the Oliver Street 

 Baptist Church, New York. In 1857 he took 

 charge of the First Baptist Church in Albany 

 for ten years, then removed to the Broad 

 Street Baptist Church, in Philadelphia, where 

 he continued to preach until April, 1884. In 

 1853 Rochester University conferred upon him 

 the degree of D. D., and during the centennial 

 anniversary of the city of Lowell the hospitality 

 of the city was extended him by the mayor and 

 corporation. He was an enthusiastic collector 

 of works of art and valuable books. He pre- 

 sented his collection of Protestant literature to 

 Newton Seminary, his illustrated art works to 

 Rochester University, a large number of mis- 

 cellaneous works to Colby University, a collec- 

 tion of water-colors to the Metropolitan Muse- 

 um, New York, his Roman Catholic theological 

 works to Cardinal McCloskey, and a large num- 

 ber of books to Bates College, Me. He wrote 

 several works, of which the most popular are : 

 "Proverbs for the People," "Orators of the 

 American Revolution," " Republican Chris- 

 tianity," and " Westward Empire." He also 

 lectured in various parts of the country, always 

 attracting large audiences. As a pulpit orator 

 Dr. Magoon had few equals. He was simple in 

 his habits, and never forgot the struggles of his 

 early days. The most highly-prized object in 

 his collection was a brick incased in a frame of 

 beaten bronze. It was the first brick he ever 

 laid. He was a great admirer of Edwin Forrest, 

 and at one time thought seriously of adopting 



