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Reed, John

lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 2, 1781, in West Bridgewater, Mass. He was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1813 to 1817, and again from 1821 to 1841; and was lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts from 1844 to 1851. He died Nov. 25, 1860, in Bridgewater, Mass.

Reed, John

lawyer, jurist, educator, author, was born in 1786, in Pennsylvania.

He was a Pennsylvania jurist, professor of law in Dickinson college of Carlisle in 1834-50, and author of The Pennsylvania Blackstone. He died June 19, 1850, in Carlisle, Pa. a

Reed, Joseph

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 27, 1741, in New Jersey. In 1776 he was appointed adjutant-general of the army; and was delegate to the continental congress from 1777 to 1778, and a signer of the Articles of confederation. He was president of Pennsylvania in the latter year until 1781.

He died March 4, 1785, in Philadelphia.

Reed, Joseph

lawyer, author, was born July 11, 1772, in Philadelphia, Pa.

From 1800 to 1809 he was a prothonotary of the supreme court, and then attorneygeneral of Pennsylvania in 1810-11. He became recorder of the city of Philadelphia in 1810, continuing in that office till 1829; and published The Laws of Pennsylvania, in five volumes.

Reed, Joseph

soldier, was born Aug. 27, 1841, in Trenton, N. J. He was a distinguished soldier of the revolutionary war; and in 1878 was elected president of the supreme executive council of Pennsylvania, resigning in 1881.

Reed, Joseph Samuel

merchant, poet, was born in December, 1852, in Sullivan, Ind. He is a successful merchant in his native city; the author of a volume of poems entitled Winnowed Grasses, which bears the imprint of nature; and his writings appear in various periodicals and standard collections.

Reed, Philip

state senator, congressman, was born about 1760, in Kent county, Md. He was a senator in congress from Maryland from 1806 to 1813; and was a representative in congress from 1817 to 1819, and again from 1822 to 1823.

He died Nov. 2, 1829, in Huntingville, Md.

Reed, Robert R

physician, state legislator, congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He served one or two terms in the legislature of Pennsylvania; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1849 to 1851. He died Dec. 15, 1864, in Harrisburg, Pa.

Reed, Sampson

journalist, author, was born June 10, 1800, in West Bridgewater, Mass. He was a Swedenborgian writer of Boston, editor of The New Church Magazine for Children, and the author of Observations on the Growth of the Mind. He died July 8, 1880, in Boston, Mass.

Reed, William

merchant, philanthropist, congressman, was born in 1777, in Marblehead, Mass. He was a member of congress from Massachusetts from 1811 to 1815. Besides liberal bequests to heirs and relatives, he left $68,000 to benevolent objects. He died Feb. 18, 1837, in Marblehead, Mass.

Reed, William Bradford

lawyer, author, was born June 30, 1806, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was attorney-general in Pennsylvania in 1838; was United States minister to China in 1857 and 1858; and negotiated the treaty ratified in 1861. He was the author of Life and Correspondence of Joseph Reed; Life of Esther Reed; Vindication of Joseph Reed. He died Feb. 18, 1886, in New York city.

Reeder, Andrew Horatio

lawyer, governor, United States senator, was born Aug. 6, 1807, in Easton, Pa. In 1854 he was appointed the first governor of Kansas; and subsequently served in congress; and was also a United States senator. He was the author of Kansas. He died July 5, 1854, in Easton, Pa.