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Peddie, Thomas B

manufacturer, state legislator, congressman, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He located at Newark, N. J., and engaged in manufacturing. He was elected to the state legislature in 1863 and 1864; was mayor of Newark from 1865 to 1868; and was president of the board of trade of that city in 1873. He was elected a representative from New Jersey to the forty-fifth congress.

PEEBLES, MRS. MARY LOUISE [PAR- MELEE], author, was born Dec. 10, 1833, in Lansingburg, N. Y. She is a writer of religious juvenile tales and other works, among them being The Little Captain; Helps Over Hard Places; The Good Fight; Where Honor Leads; A Question of Honor, a story; The Magnet Stones; and The Two Blizzards.

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