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Allen, Joseph

merchant, congressman, was born Sept. 2, 1749, in Boston, Mass. He was a merchant in Leicester, and benefactor of the academy there; twice elector for president; and was a clerk of the county court and a state councilor. He was a representative in congress from Massachusetts, from 1810 to 1811. He died Sept. 2, 1827, in Worcester, Mass.

Allen, Judson

congressman, was born in Connecticut. He removed to New York, and was elected a representative in congress from that state, from 1839 to 1841.

Allen, Lewis Fally

author, was born in 1799 in New York. He was once a prominent cattle broker, and the author of Rural Architecture; The American Herd Book; and American Cattle.

Allen, Lyman Whitney

clergyman, poet, was born in 1854, in St. Louis, Mo. He graduated from Washington university in 1878, and prepared for the ministry at Princeton Theological seminary. This eminent presbyterian clergyman is chiefly known as the author of many gems of religious verse, which have appeared in standard publications.

Allen, Nathan

physician, author, was born April 13, 1813, in Princeton, Mass. He was a physician of Lowell; and the author of The Law of Human Increase; The Opium Trade; and Physical Development. He died in 1889.

Allen, Nathaniel

congressman, was born in Dutchess county, N. Y. He served in the assembly of that state in 1812; and was a representative in congress, from 1819 to 1821.

Allen, Paul

journalist, poet, was born Feb. 15, 1775, in Providence, R. I.

He was a journalist of Philadelphia; and the author of Poems: Noah, a poem in five cantos; Life of Alexander I; and Lewis and Clark's Novels. He died Aug. 18, 1826, in Baltimore, Md.

Allen, Richard

revolutionary soldier, was born Nov. 26, 1741, in Maryland. In 1775 he joined the continental forces as sergeant, and later was promoted captain. After the war he held several civil offices. He died Oct. 10, 1832.

Allen, Richard

clergyman, bishop, was born in 1760. He became a local methodist preacher about 1782, and in 1793, at Philadelphia, organized the first church for colored people in the United States. He was ordained in the methodist ministry in 1799, and was elected bishop of the newly formed African methodist episcopal church in 1816. He died March 26, 1831, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Allen, Richard C

jurist. He was a citizen of Florida, and was one of the earliest United States judges appointed for the district embracing that state.

Allen, Richard Lamb

journalist, author, was born in October, 1803, in Hampton county, Mass., and was a brother of L. F. Allen, with whom, in 1842, he founded the American Agriculturalist.

He was the author of Domestic Animals; Diseases of Domestic Animals; and New American Farm Book. He died Sept. 22, 1869, in Stockholm, in Sweden.

Allen, Robert

soldier, congressman, was born in 1777 in Augusta county, Va. He was a colonel in the army under General Jackson; and a representative in congress from Tennessee, from 1819 to 1827. He died Aug. 19, 1864, in Carthage, Tenn.