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of Virginia, the fourth president of the United States, died in 1836; 

 and Elbridge Gerry, his associate, as vice president, died in 1814. 

 James Monroe, of Virginia, the fifth president, died in 1831 ; and 

 Daniel D. Tompkins, of New York, his associate, as vice president, 

 died in 1825. General William Henry Harrison, distinguished in 

 the war of 1812, died in 1841 ; one month after his inauguration, as 

 the ninth president of the United States. De Witt Clinton, of New 

 York, died in 1828; William H. Crawford, of Georgia, in 1834; 

 and Robert Y. Hayne, of South Carolina, in 1839. James A. 

 Bayard, of Delaware, died in 1815; Gouverneur Morris, of New 

 York, in 1816; Caleb Strong, of Massachusetts, in 1820; George 

 Cabot, of Massachusetts, in 1823; and Brockholst Livingston, of 

 New York, in the same year. 



Of United States lawyers, not yet mentioned, George Wythe, of 

 Virginia, died in 1806; John Rutledge, of South Carolina, in 1800; 

 Bashrod Washington, of Virginia, in 1829 ; William Gushing, of 

 Massachusetts, in 1810; Alexander J. Dallas, of Pennsylvania, in 

 1817; Nathan Dane, of Massachusetts, in 1835; Thomas Addis 

 Emmett, of New York, in 1827 ; Alexander C. Hanson, of Mary- 

 laud, in 1806; Francis Hopkinson, of Pennsylvania, in 1791 ; Levi 

 Lincoln, of Massachusetts, in 1820; William Paca, of Maryland, 

 in 1799 ; Tapping Reeve, of Connecticut, in 1823 : James Wilson, 

 of Pennsylvania, in 1798 ; and William Wirt, of Pennsylvania, 

 died in 1834. 



Of United States divines, Rev. John Harvard, of Massachusetts, 

 died in 1638; "Rev. John Elliot, missionary to the Indians, died 

 in 1690; Rev. Cotton Mather, of Massachusetts, died in 1728; 

 and Rev. David Brainerd, missionary to the Indians, died in 1747. 

 Rev. President Jonathan Edwards, the elder, of Princeton College, 

 died in 1758; Rev. President Samuel Johnson, of King's, now 

 Columbia College, died in 1772 ; Rev. Charles Chauncy, of Massa- 

 chusetts, died in 1787 ; Rev. Jeremy Belknap, historian, of New 

 Hampshire, died in 1798 ; Rev. Presfdent Jonathan Edwards, the 

 younger, of Union College, died in 1801 ; Rev. Samuel Hopkins, 

 of Connecticut, founder of a religious sect, died in 1803 ; a nd Rev. 

 President Timothy Dwight, of Yale College, died in 1817. Rev. 

 President Eleazer Wheelock, of Dartmouth College, died in 1799 ; 

 Rev. Joseph Bellamy, of Connecticut, died in 1790 ; and Rev. John 

 Blair Linn, also a poet, died in 1804. Rev. Jedediah Morse, of 

 Connecticut, the geographer, died in 1827. Bishop Samuel Sea- 

 bury, of Connecticut, died in 1796; Bishop Benjamin Moo re, of 

 New York, in 1816; Bishop Jo hn H. Hobart, of New York, in 

 1830; and Rt. Rev. William Wliite, senior bishop of the Protes- 

 tant Episcopal Church, died in Philadelphia in 1836. 



Of United States travellers, besides Captain Smith, General 

 Pike, and President Dwight, already mentioned, John Ledyard, 

 of Connecticut, died in 1789 ; Jonathan Carver, of Connecticut, 

 died in 1780; Meriwether Lewis, of Louisiana, died in 1809; 

 and William Clark, of Louisiana, died in 1838. Of United 

 States historians, not yet named, William Smith, of New York, 

 flourished in 1757 ; Samuel Smith, of New Jersey, died in 1776 ; 



