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Alden, Henry Mills – Aldrich, Charles

Alden, Henry Mills

journalist, author, poet, was born Nov. 11, 1836, in Mount Tabor, Vt. He received a college education, and in 1869 he became managing editor of Harper's Magazine. He is the author of the poem, The Ancient Lady of Sorrow; and, jointly with A. H.

Guernsey, Harper's Pictorial History of the Great Rebellion, Mr. Guernsey writing the eastern campaigns and Mr. Alden the western. He is also the author of God in His World, and A Study of Death.

Alden, Ichabod

soldier, was born Aug. 11, 1739, in Duxbury, Mass. He was a great-grandson of John Alden of the original Plymouth colony. Before the revolution he was lieutenant-colonel of the Plymouth regiment, and he held the same rank in Baldwin's regiment at the siege of Boston. Subsequently he was promoted to the colonelcy of the 7th Massachusetts regiment. He was killed by Indians at Cherry Valley, N. Y. He died Nov. 10, 1778.

Alden, James

naval officer, was born March 31, 1810, in Portland, Maine.

He was appointed midshipman in 1828, and in that capacity accompanied the Wilkes exploring expedition around the world in 1838-42. He was commissioned commodore in 1866, and two years later was placed in charge of the navy yard at Mare Island, Cal. He died Feb. 6, 1877, in San Francisco, Cal.

Alden, John

magistrate of the Plymouth colony, was born in 1599 in England. He was hired as a cooper at Southampton, where the Mayflower was undergoing repairs, and signed the compact in her cabin in 1620. He married Priscilla Mullens in 1621, and the incident of his courtship has been made the subject ✓ of one of Longfellow's longer poems. He died Sept. 12, 1687, in Duxbury, Mass.

Alden, Joseph

educator, author, was born Jan. 4, 1807, in Cairo, N. Y. He was an industrious contributor to educational and Sunday-school literature. He was for many years president of the normal school at Albany; and was the author of Example of Washington; Citizen's Manual; Christian Ethics; The Science of Government; Studies in Bryant, and other works. He died Aug. 30, 1885, in New York.

Alden, Roger

soldier, was born Feb. 11, 1754, in Lebanon, Conn. He was graduated at Yale in 1773, and served in the revolutionary war as aide to General Greene. Subsequently he became agent of the Holland Land company, and resided at Meadville, Pa., from 1795 to 1825. He was appointed ordnance storekeeper at West Point in 1825, and remained as such until his death. He was a great-grandson of John Alden. He died Nov. 5, 1836, in West Point, N. Y.

Alden, William Livingston

author, was born Oct. 9, 1837, in Williamstown, Mass. He was a humorous writer who has for some time resided in London. He was the author of A New Robinson Crusoe; Domestic Explosions; Shooting Stars; Moral Pirates; Cruise of the Canoe Club; and Life of Christopher Columbus. a

Aldrich, Anne Reeve

poet, novelist, was born April 25, 1866, in New York City. Her poems have constantly ap. peared in Lippincott's Magazine, The Century, and various other periodicals.

She is the author of the Rose of Flame and Other Poems of Love; Songs About Life, Love and Death; and a novel entitled The Feet of Love. She died in 1892.

Aldrich, Charles

journalist, was born Oct. 2, 1828, in Ellington, N. Y. He spent one year in Jamestown academy.

In 1857 he went to Iowa and established the Freeman in Webster City. He served as a member of the Iowa house of representatives in 1882-83. Mr. Aldrich is the author of many of the important laws of Iowa.