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Sandiford, Ralph

author, was born in 1693 in England. He published A Brief Examination of the Practice of the Times, by the Foregoing and Present Dispensation. He died May 28, 1733, in Philadelphia, Pa.

SANDS, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, lawyer, author, was born May 2, 1828, in Williamsburg, Va. He was a lawyer of Richmond, Va., wno entered the baptist ministry not long before his death. He was the author of History of a Suit in Equity; Recreations of a Southern Barrister; Practical Law Forms; and Sermons by a Village Pastor. He died Dec. 22, 1887, in Richmond, Va.

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