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Duane, William – Dudley, Charles Edward

Duane, William

author, was born in 1807 in Pennsylvania. He is a Philadelphia writer who published Relation of Landlord to Tenant in Pennsylvania; Law of Roads in Pennsylvania; Canada and the Continental Congress; and Ligan, a collection of tales and essays.

Duane, William John

lawyer, author, was born in 1780 in Ireland. He was an eminent lawyer of Philadelphia who was secretary of the treasury in 1833, and was dismissed from office by President Jackson for declining to order the deposits removed from the bank of the United States. He was the author of The Law of Nations Investigated; Letters on Internal Improvement; and Narrative and Correspondence Concerning the Removal of the Deposits, 1838. He died Sept. 27, 1865, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Dubois, Charles Edward

artist, was born Oct. 19, 1847, in Hoboken, N. J.

At the Philadelphia exhibition he exhibited Willows at East Hampton and The Palisades of the Hudson; at the Paris exposition of 1878, Morning in Venice, View on the Hudson, and Autumn. He died March 6, 1885, in Italy.

Dubuis, Claude Marie

Roman catholic bishop, was born in 1817, in France. In 1862 he was appointed bishop of Galveston, Texas.

Ducachet, Henry William

clergyman, was born Feb. 17, 1796, in Charleston, S. C. He filled the office of rector of the Burd Orphan asylum, an institution which owes its origin to his exertions.

He died Dec. 13, 1865, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Ducatel, Julius Timoleon

chemist, educator, author, was born June 6, 1796, in Baltimore, Md. He was a chemist of Baltimore, professor in the university of Maryland and author of a Manual of Toxicology. He died in 1849.

Duche, Jacob

clergyman, was born in 1737 in Philadelphia, Pa. He was an episcopal clergyman of Philadelphia, and the author of several works. He died Jan. 3, 1798, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Duchesne, Leon C

journalist, statesman, was born Feb. 7, 1840, in Caldwell parish, La. He is now proprietor and publisher of The Republican of Natchez, Miss.; and publisher of The Baptist Signal. He was nominated for the fifty-first congress by the republicans of the sixth Mississippi district.

Duchesne, Philippa Rose

was born in 1769 in France. She was the foundress of the first houses of the Society of the Sacred Heart in America. She died in 1852 in St. Charles, La.

Duckett, Allen B

jurist, was born in Maryland. In 1806 he was appointed judge of the circuit court of the United States for the District of Columbia.

Dudley, Augustus P

physician, surgeon, author, was born July 4, 1853, in Phippsburg, Maine. In 1887 he was appointed instructor at the Post-Graduate Medical school, and for eighteen years was surgeon in the Women's hospital of New York city. He is the author of Surgical Treatment, and other articles.

Dudley, Charles Edward

merchant, United States senator, was born May 23, 1780, in England. He was state senator from 1820 to 1825; mayor of Albany, N. Y., from 1821 to 1828, and United States senator from 1829 to 1833. He died Jan. 23, 1841, in Albany, N. Y.

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