370 Memoir of William C, Redfield. 



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tory^ the many sources of higli mental enjoy ment, wliicli in tlie 



period gained at last of ease and affluence, distinguisli tLe differ- 



ent apartments of his dwelling; or finally whether we call to 

 mind the ever increasing interest with which he attended the 

 meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science, and the delight which he experienced in the society of 

 learned men, we observe in all, a mind in love with truth, ever 

 searching and ever expanding. In society he was courteous, 

 fiincere, upright, and benevolent;' in his family, tender, affection- 

 ate, wise in council and pure in example; in all his walk and 

 conversation, and especially in the church of God, a devout and 

 humble christian. 



As the evening of life w^as passing thus serenely, it hastened to 

 a peaceful close. Mr. Redfield's health had been generally good 

 during his later years, and had seemed particularly so in the early 

 art of the winter which proved his last. On the first of January, 

 e made his usual calls on his friends, and the cheerfulness and 

 vivacity of his manners and healthful expression, were never 

 more remarkable. Near the last of January he was seized with 

 alarming symptoms, which indicated effusion in the chest. His 

 disease made rapid and sure progress. The last book which 

 had engaged his attention previous to his illness was Dr. Kane s 

 recent Narrative of his Arctic Expedition, and his own feverish 

 dreams, during the earlier nights of his sickness, were confusedly 

 identified with the toils, the difficulties, and the suiferings of that 

 heroic commander and his brave companions. With a general 

 tendency to delirium w^ere mingled intervals of calmne^, and 

 throughout his illness his countenance would light up with the 

 smile of afiection, as he recognized the relations and friends 

 around him. From the first he entertained but slight hopes oi 

 recovery; but as the crisis drew near, his mind was at peace, 

 and in calm resignation to the will of his Maker, and in the uul 

 exercise of christian faith, he gently breathed his last. 



List of the published papers of the late AYm. C. Redfield. 



1. Sketch of the Geographical Route of a great Railway, l>y which it is proposed 

 to connect the Canals and navigable waters of the States of New York, P^^;j^.^y^\^ 



ma, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois. Missouri, and the Michigan, North West, and Missouri 

 Tor.i...:^ "- • - ^ " . .. ° . .. asoDS of the year b€- 



Painphlet, pub- 

 xisnea oy u. <£ u. & H. Carvill, New York, 1829. , ,, ^^, 



A Pecoud edition of the above, with an appendix of much additional matter, wd« 

 pubhHhed by the same house in 1830. ,^ ,. . „,^ri- 



2. Remarkg on the prevailing stonns of the Atlantic Coast of the North Amei 

 can States. American Journal of Science, vol xs, p. 17. April, 1831. j^ 



3. List of Steamboat Explosions which have occurred in the United States, w 

 some remarks on the same. Am. Joum. Scl, xx, 336. July, 1831. 



4. Oathe supposed collapse of Steam-boilers, and the means of preventing 

 plosions. Amen Journ. Sci,, xxi, 190. Oct. 1831. a^nt 



5. Note on the Hurricane of August, 1831. N. Y. Journal of Commerce, »ep - 

 88, 1831, Copied in Am. Jour. Scirxxi. 191. Oct. 183L 



