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Battershall, Jesse Park

chemist, author, was born May 26, 1851, in Troy, N. Y. In 1879 he entered the government service, and since that time he has had charge of the analytical department of the United States laboratory at New York. He has contributed papers to chemical journals, and is the translator of Naquet's Legal Chemistry, and the author of Adulteration of Food and Drink.

BATTERSON, HERMON GRISWOLD, D. D., priest, poet, was born May 28, 1827, in Litchfield county, Conn. He has been rector of the St. Clement's church, and the Church of the Enunciation, of Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of the following works: The Missionary Tune Book; The Manual of Plain Song; Sketch of the American Episcopate; Christmas Carols; The Pathway of Faith; Vestal Bells and Other Verses; Daily Rule for Busy People; Remember Your Dead; and other works.