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chusetts, aud was made chief justice in 1791, an office 

 which he held until his death, fifteen years later. 



His son, Richard Henry Dana, was for many years 

 closely connected with American literature. He was one Richard 

 of the founders of the North American Review, and pub- Au"hor 

 lished poems, stories and essays which made him one of 

 the most eminent writers of his day. His son, Richard 

 Henry, Jr., will always be remembered as the author of 

 that American classic, "Two Years Before the Mast." 



James Dana, born in 1735, was a famous Congrega- Eminent sona 

 tional minister. His oldest son, Samuel W., was a 

 congressman for thirteen years and a senator for eleven. 

 Joseph Dana, a grandson of the emigrant, was also a 

 well-known Congregational preacher, retaining his pas- 

 torate at Ipswich for sixty-two years. His grandson, 

 Israel T., was the leading surgeon of Maine and one of the 

 founders of the Maine General Hospital. Judah Dana 

 was senator from Maine in 1836, and his son, John Win- 

 chester, was governor of that State in 1847. Samuel L. 

 Dana was prominently identified with the progress of 

 cotton manufacturing in New England, making many im- 

 provements in the methods of printing, bleaching, etc. 

 He also contributed to the growth aud knowledge of 

 scientific agriculture. Charles A. Dana was for many 

 years the editor of the New York Sun, making a record in 

 American journalism equalled only by Horace Greeley's. 

 The works of James Dwight Dana, professor of miner- 

 alogy at Yale for forty -five years, are known by every 

 geologist throughout the civilized world. 



This remarkable family, with its wide reaching in- 

 fluence in professional lines, in public life, in education 

 and religion is a signal witness to the value of the 

 Huguenot contribution to American life. 



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Other Immigrants 

 About the time that the companies of destitute refugees 



