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Dickinson, Jonathan

clergyman, college president, author, was born April 22, 1688, in Hatfield, Mass. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Elizabethtown, N. J., who was one of the chief American theologians of his day, and the first president of the college of New Jersey, now Princeton college. He was the author of Familiar Letters Upon Important Subjects in Religion; Reasonableness of Christianity; and True Scripture Doctrine. He died Oct. 17, 1747, in Elizabethtown, N. J.

Dickinson, Rodolphus

clergyclergyman, author, was born in 1787, in Deerfield, Mass. He was an episcopal clergyman in Deerfield, Mass., who published a much criticised New and Corrected Version of the New Testament; and Geographical and Statistical View of Massachusetts. He died in 1863, in Deerfield, Mass.

Dickinson, Rudolphus

congressman, was born in Massachusetts. Having removed to Ohio, he was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1847 to 1849. He died in August, 1849.

Dickson, Andrew Flinn

clergyman, author, was born Nov. 9, 1825, in Charleston, S. C. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Alabama, and the author of Plantation Sermons; The Temptation in the Desert; and The Light, is It Waning?

He died in 1879, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Dickson, Cyrus

clergyman, was born Dec. 20, 1816, in Erie county, Pa.

He was chosen permanent clerk of the general assembly, and soon afterward secretary of the board of home missions, also representing the board at the panpresbyterian council in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1877. He died Sept. 11, 1881, in Baltimore, Md.

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Dickson, David

congressman. was a member of congress from Mississippi in 1835 and 1836. He died July 31, 1836, in Little Rock, Ark.

Dickson, John

lawyer, congressman, author, was born in 1783, in Keene, N. H. He was a New York congressman, early prominent in opposition to slavery, and served in congress during 1831-35.

He is the author of Remarks on the Presentation of Petitions for the Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia. He died Feb. 22, 1852, in West Bloomfield, N. Y.

Dickson, John J

soldier, farmer, poet, was born Sept. 8, 1826, in Scott county, Ind. During the civil war he was with Sherman's army on its famous march to the sea. He is a successful farmer of West Grove, Iowa; has gained a reputation as a poet; and some of his productions appear in Poets of America and other standard works.

Dickson, Samuel

physician, congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York during the thirty-fourth congress.

Didier, Eugene Lemoine

journalist, author, was born Dec. 22, 1838, in Baltimore, Md. He is the author of Life of Poe; Life and Letters of Madame Bonaparte; Primer of Criticism; and The Political Adventures of James G. Blaine.

Didier, Franklin James

physician, author, was born in 1794, in Baltimore, Md. He was a Baltimore physician who was the autnor of Didier's Letters from Paris; and Franklin's Letters to His Kinsfolk. He died in 1840, in Baltimore, Md.

Diekema, Gerrit J

lawyer, state legislator, was born March 27, 1859, in Holland, Mich. He is a successful lawyer of Holland; served with distinction as a member of the Michigan state legislature during 1885-92; and was speaker of the house in 1889.