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Pittsinger, Mrs. Eliza A

poet, was born March 18, 1837, in Westhampton, Mass. She commenced life as a school teacher, then became proofreader and reviewer in Boston.

She moved to California, where she attracted attention by her stirring war songs and poems. written during the civil war. She is the author of a volumeof poems entitled Bugle Peals; and her poems have been included in Poets of America, and several other standard collections.

Pitzer, Alexander White

educator, clergyman, author, was born Sept. 14, 1834, in Salem, Mass. He is a presbyterian clergyman of Washington, professor of biblical literature in Howard university from 1875; and the author of Ecce: Deus Homo; Christ the Teacher of Men; The New Life and Not the Higher Life;.

Confidence in Christ; and other works.

Plaisted, Harris Merrill

soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congress-- man, governor, was born Nov. 2, 1828, in Jefferson, N. H. In 1861 he entered the volunteer service as lieutenant-colonel; and became a major-general by brevet. He served two years in the New Hampshire legislature; and was attorney-general for Maine from 1873 to 1875. He was elected. a representative from that state to the forty-fourth congress to fill a vacancy. He was governor of Maine from 1881 to 1883..

Plant, David

state senator, congressman, was born in Stratford, Conn. In 1819 and 1820 he was speaker of the state house of representatives; in 1821 a member of the state senate; and was twice re-elected. From 1823 to 1827 he was lieutenant-governor of the state; and from 1827 to 1829 was a representative in congress from Connecticut. He died Oct. 18, 1851.

Plant, Henry Bradley

president of the Plant system, was born Oct. 27, 1819, in Branford, Conn. He is president of the Plant system of railway and steamship lines and of the Southern and the Texas Express companies.

Planten, John Rutger

diplomat, was born Nov. 30, 1835, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He attended the primary school in the Netherlands; the Columbia grammar schools of New York city; and the Columbia college. During 1874-84 he was vice-consul of the Netherlands; and since 1884 has been consul-general of the Netherlands.

Plants, Tobias A

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born March 17, 1811, in Beaver county, Pa. He was a member of the Ohio legislature from 1858 to 1861. In 1864 he was elected a representative from Ohio to the thirty-ninth congress; and was re-elected to the fortieth congress as a republican.

Plassmann, Ernst

artist, was born June 14, 1823, in Sondern, Westphalia. He executed many models for statuettes and ornamental metal work, and gained several medals at the American institute for his work in woodcarving and plaster models. He published Modern Gothic Ornaments, with thirty-three plates. He died Nov. 28, 1877, in New York city.

Plater, George

lawyer, jurist, congressman, governor, was born in 1736 in St. Mary's county, Md. He was judge of the Maryland court of appeals; and was a delegate to the continental congress from 1778 to 1781. He was president of the convention which ratified the federal constitution; and was governor of Maryland in 1792. He died Feb. 10, 1792, in Annapolis, Md.

Plater, Thomas

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1801 to 1805.

Platt, Charles Adams

artist, was born Oct. 16, 1861, in New York city. He has given much attention to etching, in which branch of art he has been very successful. His works include Interior of Fishhouses; Fishing Boats; Provincial Fishing Village; Old Houses Near Bruges; Deventer, Holland; Quai des Orfèvres, Paris; and Dieppe.