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Pfeiffer, Carl

architect, was born in 1834 in Germany. He established himself as an architect in New York city in 1864, and became eminent. Among the New York buildings that were designed or erected by him are the Church of the Messiah, the Roosevelt and City hospitals, the Berkshire apartment-house, and the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church. He died April 27, 1888, in Washington, D. C.

Pfrimmer, Will W

public official, lecturer, poet, was born Jan. 27, 1856, in Metropolis City, Ill. He was elected to the office of superintendent of schools in Metropolis City, Ill. He is a popular lecturer before teachers' institutes. He has published one volume of poems, Driftwood, which found favorable reception. It is now in its second edition.

Phalen, Frank Lowe

clergyman, lecturer, was born May 9, 1859, in Williamstown, N. Y. During 1896-98 he was chaplain of the New Hampshire legislature; and has been secretary of the New Hampshire Unitarian association.

Phelan, James

lawyer, journalist, congressman, author, was born Dec. 7, 1856, in Aberdeen, Miss. He was a Memphis lawyer and journalist; and served as a representative in the fiftieth and fiftyfirst congresses as a democrat. He was the author of Philip Massinger and his Plays; and History of Tennessee. He died Jan. 30, 1891, in Bahama Islands.

Phelps, Abner

physician, author, was born Sept. 5, 1799, in Belchertown, Mass. He published the Crucifixion of Christ, Anatomically Considered. He died Feb. 4, 1873, in Boston, Mass.

Phelps, Amos Augustus

clergyman, author, was born in 1805 in Farmington, Conn. He edited the Emancipation, and was secretary of the American Anti-Slavery society for several years.

He published Lectures on Slavery and Its Remedy; Book of the Sabbath; and Letters to Dr. Bacon and to Dr. Stowe.

He died Sept. 12, 1847, in Roxbury, Mass.

Phelps, Charles Edward

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born May 1, 1833, in Guilford, Vt. He was elected a representative from Maryland to the thirty-ninth congress, and was, subsequently, commissioned a brigadier-general for gallant conduct at the battle of Spottsylvania. He was re-elected to the fortieth congress, and in 1864 was one of a commission to revise the militia laws of Maryland.

Phelps, Darwin

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in East Granby, Conn. In 1855 he was elected to the Pennsylvania state legislature, and in 1868 was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-first congress as a republican.

Phelps, Dryden William

clergyman, poet, was born in New Haven, Conn.

He has filled pastorates in the baptist churches of Wilmington, Vt.; and is the author of a number of poems.

Phelps, Edward John

lawyer, educator, public official, was born July 11, 1822, in Middlebury, Vt. He was second comptroller of the United States treasury from 1851 to 1853; was a member of the Vermont constitutional convention in 1870; and was elected president of the American Bar association in 1880. He became professor of law in Yale college in 1881, and in 1885 was appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Great Britain.

Phelps, George Dwight

philanthropist, was born in 1803 in Simsbury, Conn. He was the first president of the New York Young Men's society, which was founded in 1831, and was the precursor of the Young Men's Christian association. He died Aug. 31, 1872, in New York city.

Phelps, George May

inventor, was born March 19, 1820, in Watervliet, N. Y. His most valuable invention was the motor-printer, which is now in use on the lines of the Western Union Telegraph company. He died May 18, 1888, in Brooklyn, N. Y.