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Aldrich, James
journalist, poet, was born in 1810 in Suffolk, N. Y. He was a littérateur of New York, and established The Literary Gazette in 1840, in which a number of his verses appeared.
His poems were privately printed by his daughter in 1884. He died in October,
Aldrich, Josephine Cables
philanthropist, author, was born in Connecticut. In 1882 she founded The Occult World, a publication devoted to advanced thought and reform work. She is vicepresident of the woman's national industrial league; vice-president of the woman's national liberal union; and one of the founders of the woman's national university and school of useful and ornamental arts; and resides in Aldrich, Ala.
Aldrich, Levi
physician, state senator, was born Jan. 27, 1820, in Erie county, N. Y. He received an academical education, studied medicine at the Albany medical college and Buffalo medical university, and practiced medicine successfully in Erie county and at Edwardsburg. He was representative in the Michigan state legislature from Cass county in 1863-4; senator in 1865, and a member of the constitutional convention in 1867.
Aldrich, Orlando W
lawyer, was born March 30, 1840, in Clarence, N. Y.
He filled the chair of law in the Illinois Wesleyan university; was professor of law in the Ohio state university; president of the Ohio society of war of 1812, and judge advocate department of Ohio, Grand Army of the Republic.
Aldrich, Samuel N
lawyer, financier, was born Feb. 3, 1838, in Upton, Mass. He is a graduate of the Worcester academy and the Brown university, and has attained success as a noted lawyer.
He has been president of the central Massachusetts railway company; was assistant treasurer of the United States at Boston under President Cleveland's first administration, and since 1890 has been president of the State National bank of Boston, Mass.
Aldrich, William Duane
civil engineer, state senator, was born Dec. 29, 1833, in Smithfield, R. I. He has held various town offices, having been for some seventeen years a member of the town councils of Smithfield and Lincoln. He was a representative in 1869-70, 1892-95, and senator since May, 1895. re-
Alexander, Abraham
statesman, was born in 1718 in North Carolina. He represented Mecklenburg county in the colonial legislature prior to 1775.
Alexander, Adam R
congressman, was born in Washington county, Va. He was elected a representative in congress from Madison county, Tenn., from 1823 to 1827.
Alexander, Archer
freedman, was born about 1810, near Richmond, Va.
He was a slave, and fled to St. Louis, formally liberated the same year. then under martial law, in 1863, and was He served as the model for the freedman in the bronze group by Thomas Ball, standing in the capitol grounds in Washington, and known as Freedom's Memorial. He died Dec. 8, 1879, in St. Louis, Mo.
Alexander, Archibald
educator, clergyman, author, was born April 17, 1772, in Rockbridge county, Va. He was a presbyterian clergyman who was professor at Princeton theological seminary 1812-51 . Evidences of Christianity; The Canon of Scripture; Moral Science; Bible Dictionary are some of his many works.
He died Oct. 22, 1851, in Princeton, N. J.
Alexander, Armstead M
lawyer, congressman, was born May 26, 1834, in Clark county, Ky. He removed to Missouri and settled at Paris; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1860 and engaged in practice. He was prosecuting attorney of Monroe county for six years; was a delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1875, and was elected a representative from Missouri to the fortyeighth congress.