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OBITTAKIKS. AMI KM \\. Urn 1.1 



* to U* National Mi 

 than* '.000 



at Washington. I- 



. x :..- 



ati-rittl. It 



in the United States, 



WTiaifa. fiiJjoUykal *n,pl-. I 

 0U) ws occawJoowf by a fall In. in I 



trow his ul>urhan homo. llu wan 

 ith a 

 uati onj uinporaninnt TJanr mrmp! : T' ; 



.k.-OOIIlplif). 



101978 IM msrri, .,,,n,,lm: 



ifikb 



Scotland. 





JUiiadar Bay. mgravor. Urn in (ilaagow. 



' 

 lie was oducaUMl in an at the Royal 



MT William Allan, an.l 

 fr drawing during 



: ; 



t'. 



m ttMu.l.-nt 

 taken 



rr in* an apprenticeship t.. a firm .-I. In--. 



V. - .;,,,,,,; ,-, p. i.: ,-, 



oved to Cana.la. where be engaged in jN.rtnni 

 ' amed steel engraving Knn < 



1 ! was elected an *- 

 of tii- 



in 1-71. Ho became the foi 



er in stipple and mczsotint in the United 

 snd produced notable original ei.mj...-it;..!,-. 

 Ilk hart-known engraving* sre : " Lady Wash 

 Baoaption Dav." :. Hontington; "On the 



March to the Sea, 11 after II. -nn 



Lincoln,*' the last three after hi- own paintingH ; Th.- 

 First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation/ 1 

 after Carpenter ; - Wal 

 Tho KIIM Blow 



to the Sea." il 



and hu Generals*; M Mercy knocking at the 

 -.g out Moses for th. 



. - It.Kv ill,,.', fj.fif " /1s71,' on/1 i-.rlr..it 



loot Oeanj* Frederick, musical composer, Urn in 

 ass^ Aug. SO, 18*0; died on Bailey's 

 ' g. 6, 1896. He was hr 



Besides many 

 IHUMC. and 



in-tru- 

 th. prin 



farm till his eighteenth year, when he wait to Bos- 



. ...'.: : .--.. - . u ,,f nm-i,'. 



and in lHl-'44 was intni. t' r in the p,ii.Ii,- 

 and also director of music in rhuivhes. lie then 

 to New York city and taught till 1850, 

 spent a year in Paris. In 18/> ' 



the la-publishing firm of Root & 

 a^o. an.l took up hi- in that 



city. Ha waa the originator of normal mn-i.-al in-ti- 

 toiMsand was one of the faculty when the fir 

 wa. bM in New York city in 185X. Beside 

 popular songs, he composed much sacred mu 

 pttblisbad -Teral collections of vocal and 

 MMsi mask, pamphlets on harmony and tl 

 eipU. of tching7and articles in musical perio.li.als. 

 Many of his war songs were rery popular 



. of Prwdom" was inspfrod i,y the. 

 nm of President UncolnNi second call for troops. 



.".- .-.. i.;- ,,,ii,d.!,,i 



tfcohsk waa scarcely dry when the song was h 

 a wr ainrtnt. to bo used afterwsnl in camuTon 

 even on the Held of battle. There 

 for Mr. Root's mu> 

 In 1884 bo crossuJ the ocean for 

 snaodug several moir 

 i he found his own compo- 

 v. and board his own songs fre- 

 ^IUa Mend J. Curwen Spencer, of 

 P*,^" by showing in the musical 

 SrSSOT** Muawun r 



*lor Dr. Booths works reprinted in 

 & was ,< of the tbfndcn. of r school of 

 J AmrrirM masic. A partial list of his 

 * tS^ii 1 " 1 ! t to lWO.how. 74 

 f -f wbirh were others associated with 



- 



14 printing presses at work 



freedom.* 1 "Tramp! I Milieu 



near the close of th. war. an.l hal only a v< ., 



il during that time it ca 

 000. Work wa* IUM pleasure, and h. i, 



:i!'v!ut<- vamtioti t'r<>tii it. Hi- j 

 .'. He wa tall. 

 \\ith a tine - .tn<l an atm-|'li' 



fo I iiiv.r-ity in is-J. Hif lM-kiifiwn 



I Ml" (Ifi 

 ri.- Klc.wvr" 



: --.I',-: before tin- Itattlr. M" 1 

 u Tramp! Train).! Tramp! tin- !' 

 H864); -The u|,l F.-lks an \ I 



Yean- '1<1 I'-.t..,,. 



" Thi-n-V Mu>ic in tin- Air": ami the rantuta 

 .:i.l " Tin- lla\n... 



Eothermel, Peter Frederick, arti.-t. 

 I'a.. .lulv Is, 1 S 17: .li.'<l in (ira.HMn.-rr. 

 1895. li< r. 



ied land Mirv.-vinir, l>f-amc a - 

 twenty years old, and hf*m alt. i -A an! ua- lr.1 

 drawii ..HL' an art c\liil>iti'>n in th 



lelphia Aoademy. He began hb art cui 

 trait i.ainter. but at then- u a> then "ii! 

 mana for poitnuta, he turned l,i- att.-i.- 

 ical subjecta. In ;-''. li<- -p.-t.t a -i.-rt 

 London ami I'ari-. an<l tin n 

 ratarning to PbUaoelphia in Jalj 1 18o9. "'' 

 honorary ineml.er of 

 nijrn and an a.-ti\- ni.-n, 1 

 Academy 01 



. .. ../ " . \! : . " i-H : 



barkation of Colombtw n ; -rhnMian Maii\r 



.in*'; a wr. 



ofth. : -Th.- VirtuoHo" 



Vandyke and Ruben" 

 of a pow of ForreHt in Lonl<.n H*. 

 Hrnry before the Virginia Il< 

 M 8t Agnea"(18:.M: - I'unl 

 fore Ajrrii-i 

 "Trial r,f >ir H,... 



(flninhed in I in Memorial H. 



ia): "Th I.an-i-.kn.-cht 



"** * r wni me pen 



BOOL At OM UiM hb pvblishers had 



phia): "Th I.an-i-.kn.-cht 



; "Columbus before Isabella 

 itatin^r the Murder of Dnru-an ' : 



Amy BoDMUt interceding for Man> 



of hi* paintings have been engraved. 



