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Adams, Edwin

comedian, was born Feb. 3, 1834, in Medford, Mass. He has attained success in all the large cities of the United States as an accomplished light comedian. He died Oct. 28, 1877, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Adams, Elmer B

lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 27, 1842, in Pomfret, Vt. He was educated at Yale college and Harvard law school; in 1868 removed to Missouri, being engaged in general practice of law except from 1879-85, during which time he was one of the circuit judges of St.

Louis. In 1895 he was appointed judge of the United States district court of Missouri, eastern district.

Adams, Ezra Eastman

clergyman, author, was born Aug. 29, 1813, in Concord, N. H. He was made professor of theology in Lincoln university, Pa.; and in 1870 became editorially connected with the Presbyterian of Philadelphia. He died Nov. 3, 1871, in Oxford, Pa.

Adams, Francis Colburn

author, was born in 1850. He was a writer of Charleston, S. C., and wrote under various pseudonyms. He was the author of Manuel Pereira, or the Sovereign Rule of South Carolina; Uncle Tom at Home; Our World, or the Democrats' Rule; Justice in the Byways; Life and Adventures of Major Potter; An Outcast, a novel; The Story of a Trooper; Siege of Washington, for Little People; and The Von Toodleburgs, or the Memoirs of a Very Distinguished Family.

Adams, Franklin George

author, was born May 13, 1824, in Rodman, N. Y.

In 1876, at the beginning of the work of the Kansas State Historical society, he was appointed secretary, a position which he still holds. He has been editor of several newspapers; and is the author of a volume entitled Homestead Guide.

Adams, George

jurist, was a citizen of Mississippi. He was appointed United States judge for the district embracing that state, and resided at Natchez.

Adams, George Burton

educator, author, was born in 1651 in Vermont. He is an historical writer; professor of history at Yale university; and the author of Civilization During the Middle Ages; and The Growth of the French Nation.

Adams, Henry

author, was born Feb. 16, 1838, in Boston, Mass. He is an historian and political biographer, living in Washington; and the author of Life of John Randolph; Life of Albert Gallatin; and other works.

Adams, Henry Carter

author, was born in 1852 in Iowa. He is a political economist of note; and the author of Public Debts, an Essay in the Science of Finance; and Taxation in the United States, 1789-1816.

Adams, Henry H

merchant, was born July 9, 1844, in Collamer, Ohio. In 1882 he became associated with the Colerain Company of Reading, Pa.; and three years later settled in New York city, engaging there in the iron business. In 1890 he was elected president of the Columbus and Hocking Iron and Coal Company; and in 1891 became president of the Henry H. Adams Company of New York city.

Adams, Isaac

physician, legislator, was born April 23, 1767, in Andover, Mass.

He was one of the committee on education in the Michigan house of representatives.

He assisted in preparing the bill to establish the university of Michigan, and took an active interest in that institution during his life. He died in 1852, in Troy, Mich.

Adams, Isaac

inventor, state senator, was born 1803 in Rochester, N. H. In 1828 he invented the printing-press that bears his name. It was introduced in 1830, and came into almost universal use, being still so popular as to warrant its manufacture in more than thirty different sizes. He improved it in 1834, making it substantially what it now is. He was a member of the Massachusetts state senate in 1840.

He died July 19, 1883, in Sandwich, N. H.