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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN". 



He was then associated with his brother, and 

 together they executed the " Sphinx " in Mount 

 Auburn Cemetery, and designed and executed 

 the statuary in connection with Horticultural 

 Hall, Boston, and a large number of soldiers' 

 monuments throughout the country, the most 

 notable of which is that on Boston Common. 



Mitchell, William, an American lawyer, born in 

 New York in 1801 ; died in Morristown, N. J., 

 Oct. 6, 1886. In 1849 he was elected a Justice 

 of the Supreme Court of New York, serving a 

 term of seven years, and also a term of two years 

 as a Justice of the old High Court of Appeals. 

 He was one of the foremost lawyers at the 

 bar for over half a century, was Yice-President 

 of the Bar Association for two years, was par- 

 ticularly noted for his ability and integrity as 

 a referee, and was an accomplished scholar. 

 He kept up his professional work until about a 

 year before his death. 



Moran, Benjamin, an American diplomatist, 

 born in Lancaster County, Pa., in 1820 ; died in 

 London, England, June 20, 1886. He began 

 life as a printer in Philadelphia, but when 

 thirty years old went to Europe, traveled over 

 England on foot, and published a volume of his 

 impressions, "Footpath and Highway" (1853). 

 In 1854 he became private secretary to James 

 Buchanan, then United States minister to Eng- 

 land, and in tbe following year was appointed 

 Secretary of Legation. He remained in this 

 office until 1874, and during that period fre- 

 quently acted as charge d? affaires. He was ap- 

 pointed minister resident in Portugal in 1874, 

 holding the office until 1882. Mr. Moran was 

 a contributor to the leading American and Eng- 

 lish periodicals, and was noted for his thorough 

 familiarity with the archives of the American 

 legation at London and the annals of Ameri- 

 can diplomacy. 



Morris, Charles Dt, an American educator, born 

 in England, about 1830 ; died in Baltimore, 

 Md., Feb. 7, 1886. He took his degree at Lin- 

 coln College, Oxford, in 1849. After com- 

 ing to America he served for several years as 

 head of a classical school near Peekskill, N. Y., 

 and as a professor in the University of the City 

 of New York. On the opening of Johns Hop- 

 kins University in Baltimore, he became Col- 

 legiate Professor of Greek and Latin in that in- 

 stitution, and held the chair at the time of his 

 death. He held a high rank as a classical 

 scholar, and as an instructor of young men was 

 both popular and successful. 



Morse, Nathan B., an American lawyer, born 

 in Canterbury, Conn., 1799 ; died in Brooklyn, 

 N. Y., June 25, 1886. He was educated for 

 the bar in the office of Ebenezer Young, with 

 whom he was afterward associated in practice, 

 and settled in Brooklyn in 1825. In 1827 he 

 formed a partnership with "William Rockhill, 

 subsequently a Judge of the Supreme Court of 

 New York. He became District Attorney in 

 1830, and, after serving as City Judge for two 

 terms and City Treasurer one term, was elected 

 Judge of the Supreme Court, Second District 



of New York, in 1847. Judge Morse was the 

 first President of the Union Ferry Company. 



Mould, Jacob Wrey, an American architect, 

 born in Chiselhurst, England, in 1825 ; died in 

 New York city, June 14, 1886. He was edu- 

 cated in Cork, Ireland, and in London, and was 

 graduated at King's College in the latter city in 

 1842. He became a pupil of Owen Jones, the 

 distinguished architect, and they spent two 

 years together in studying the Alhambra. Mr. 

 Mould subsequently illustrated the second vol- 

 ume of Mr. Jones's "Alhambra," and assisted 

 him on his " Grammar of Ornament." He 

 also illustrated an illuminated edition of Gray's 

 "Elegy," and the "Book of Common Prayer." 

 Impressed with the singular beauty of Moorish 

 designs and coloring, he threw much of their 

 spirit into plans for several English residences, 

 which received flattering criticisms. "When, in 

 conjunction with Mr. Jones, he designed the 

 Moresque-Turkish Divan of Buckingham Pal- 

 ace, and the decorations of the World's Fair 

 Exposition Building of 1851, he was accorded 

 a high place among architects. In 1853 he was 

 induced to come to New York city by Moses 

 H. Grinnell, who desired him to design and 

 superintend tifi. construction of All Souls 

 Church. On the execution of this commission, 

 he became assistant to Calvert Vaux, Chief 

 Architect of the Department of Public Parks, 

 holding the place from 1857 till 1870, when he 

 succeeded Mr. Vaux as chief, and served as such 

 four years. During his incumbency of these 

 offices, Central Park was designed and laid out, 

 and his most effective work was there exe- 

 cuted. Five years were occupied in making 

 the drawings for the Terrace and its ornaments 

 alone. He designed most of the bridges in the 

 park, notably the Bow Bridge across the lake 

 from the Ramble, and the Moorish structure 

 used as the music-stand. In 1874 he went to 

 Peru with Henry Meigs, to superintend some 

 important architectural work, but the death of 

 the latter soon led to his return. His last work 

 was the design for the temporary tomb of Gen. 

 Grant, which he executed in a few minutes. 



Naglee, Henry Morris, an American soldier, 

 born in Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 15, 1815; died 

 in Santa Clara, Gal., March 5, 1886. He was 

 graduated at the West Point Military Academy 

 in 1835, and left the army shortly afterward, 

 engaging in business as a civil engineer. At 

 the outbreak of the Mexican War he returned 

 to military service and was commissioned as 

 captain in the First New York Volunteers. 

 He served throughout the war with distinction, 

 and in 1848 went into the banking and com- 

 mercial business in San Francisco, Cal., remain- 

 ing there until the dawn of the civil war, when 

 he again returned to service. He was ap- 

 pointed lieutenant-colonel of the Sixteenth In- 

 fantry in May, 1861, and brigadier-general of 

 volunteers in February, 1862; was engaged in 

 the early campaigns on the lower Potomac 

 and on the Peninsula; was wounded in the 

 battle of Fair Oaks ; commanded a division in 



