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Peters, John S

state legislator, governor, was born in 1778 in Connecticut. He was several years in the state legislature; was lieutenant-governor from 1827 to 1831; and was governor of Connecticut from 1831 to 1833. He died April 1, 1858, in Hebron, Conn.

Peters, John Thompson

lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 11, 1765, in Hebron, Conn. In 1813 he was appointed collector of revenue, and in 1818 was made judge of the state supreme court, which office he held for many years. He died Aug. 28, 1834, in Hartford, Conn.

Peters, Mason Summers

lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 3, 1844, in Clay county, Mo. He moved in 1886 to Wyandotte county, Kas., where he now resides; and was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat-populist.

Peters, Richard

soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, author, was born June 22, 1744, in Belmont, Pa. He was a delegate to the continental congress from 1782 to 1783. He was judge of the district court of Pennsylvania which situation he occupied until his death. He was first president of the company who built the permanent bridge over the Schuylkill at Philadelphia; and in 1797 published his experiments in agriculture and improvements in American husbandry. He died Aug. 22, 1828, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Peters, Richard

lawyer, author, was born in August, 1780, in Belmont, Pa.

He succeeded Henry Wheaton as reporter of the United States supreme court. He edited Chitty on Bills of Exchange; and Bushrod Washington's Circuit Court Reports. He died May 2, 1848, in Belmont, Pa.

Peters, Richard

railroad president, was born Nov. 10, 1810, in Germantown, Pa. In 1870 he organized and became president of the Atlanta Street railway.

Peters, Samuel Andrew

clergyman, author, was born in 1735 in Connecticut. He was an episcopal clergyman of Hartford who published a famous General History of Connecticut by a Gentleman of that Province, a curious satirical production, to which may be traced the well known fable of the Connecticut Blue Laws. Other works of his include a Life of Rev. Hugh Peters; and History of Hebron, Connecticut. He died in 1826.

Peters, William Cumming

musician, composer, was born March 10, 1805, in England. He compiled numerous collections of music, including The Catholic Harmonist; and Catholic Harp; and systems of instruction for the voice and different instruments, among them the Eclectic Piano Instructor. He died April 20, 1866, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Petersen, Erasmus Smith

lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 24, 1863, in Norway. He is a successful lawyer of Park River, N. D.; has been county judge; and takes an active part in political affairs.

Petersilea, Carlyle

musician, was born Jan. 14, 1844, in Boston, Mass.

Since 1886 he has taught in the New England Conservatory of Music. He is the author of an original piano system; and has also invented a mute piano for practice.

Peterson, Arthur

naval officer, poet, was born Sept. 20, 1851, in Germantown, Pa. He is a naval officer who has published Songs of New Sweden.

Peterson, Charles Jacobs

publisher, author, was born July 20, 1819, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a Philadelphia publisher and novelist, and the founder of Peterson's Magazine. He was the author of Kate Aylesford; Cruising in the Last War; Military Heroes of the United States; Grace Dudley, or Arnold at Saratoga; Mabel, or Darkness and Dawn; and The Old Stone Mansion. He died March 4, 1887, in Philadelphia, Pa.