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Ingersoll, Luther Dunham – Iredell, James

Ingersoll, Luther Dunham

librarian, author. He is the librarian of the war department at Washington, and the author of Iowa and the Rebellion; Life of Horace Greeley; and History of the War Department.

Ingersoll, Ralph Isaacs

lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born in New Haven, Conn. He served in the legislature of Connecticut several years; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1825 to 1833. In 1833 he was appointed attorney for the state; and was appointed by President Polk minister plenipotentiary to Russia. He died Aug. 26, 1872, in New Haven, Conn.

Inglehart, Mrs. Frances

author, was born in Texas. She is a writer of Austin, Texas, and the author of Face to Face with the Mexicans.

Inglis, David

clergyman, author, was born June 8, 1825, in Scotland. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Brooklyn who published Systematic Theology in. Relation to Modern Thought. He died Dec. 15, 1877, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Inglis, John Auchincloss

law-- yer, jurist, was born Aug. 26, 1813, in Bal-- timore, Md. He moved to Baltimore, Md., in 1870, and accepted a professorship in the law department of the university of Maryland. in 1874 he was appointed. judge of the orphan's court, and he was re-elected in 1875. He died Aug. 26, 1878, in Baltimore, Md.

Inman, John Hamilton

manufacturer, merchant, financier, was born Oct. 23, 1844, in Jefferson county, Tenn. In 1867 he organized the now internationally well known house of Inman, Swann and Co., and has been the presiding genius of that firm to the present time.

He is several times a millionaire, and the foremost southerner in New York city..

Inman, John O'Brien

artist, was born June 10, 1828, in New York city.

Some of his best works represent Roman peasants. Among his paintings are Sunny Thoughts; and View of Assisi. in

Innes, Harry

lawyer, jurist, was born in 1762, in Caroline county, Va. In 1783 he was chosen judge of the supreme court for the district of Kentucky; 1785 and 1787 was attorney-general of that state; and was judge of the United States district court for Kentucky from 1787 until his death. In 1791 he was one of the local board of war to call out the militia on expeditions against the Indians.

He died Sept. 20, 1816, in Frankfort, Ky.

Inness, George

landscape painter, was born May 1, 1825, in Newbury, N. Y.

Among his pictures are The Sign of Promise; Peace and Plenty; A Vision of Faith; and Passing Storm.

Inness, George

artist, was born Jan. 5, 1854, in Paris, France. He has attained national eminence as a successful landscape painter of Montclair, N. J.

Iredell, James

jurist, was born Oct. 5, 1750, in England. In 1790 he received his appointment as associate justice of the supreme court of the United States. He died Oct. 20, 1799, in Edenton, N. C.

Iredell, James

lawyer, author, governor, was born in 1788, in Edenton, N. C. He was a lawyer of Raleigh who was governor of North Carolina in 1827.

He was the author of Laws of North Carolina; North Carolina Reports; Equity Reports; Law of Executors; and Digest of Reported Cases. He died April 13, 1853, in Edenton, N. C.

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