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Toppan, Robert Noxon

lawyer, author, was born Oct. 17, 1836, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a lawyer of Cambridge, Mass.; and the author of Historical Summary of Metallic Money; and Biographical Sketches of Old Newbury.

TORBERT, ALFRED THOMAS ARCH- IMEDES, soldier, was born July 1, 1833, in Georgetown, Del. He served with distinction through the civil war, and attained the rank of brevet major-general of volunteers in 1865. He died Sept. 30, 1880, at sea.

Torrey, Bradford

essayist, author, was born Oct. 9, 1843, in Weymouth, Mass. He is an essayist of Boston, a member of the editorial staff of The Youth's Companion; and the author of Birds in the Bush; The Foot-Path Way; A Rambler's Lease; A Florida Sketch-Book; and Spring Notes from Tennessee.

Torrey, Charles Turner

reformer, author, was born in 1813 in Scituate, Mass. He was an anti-slavery reformer who was imprisoned in Baltimore for aiding in the escape of slaves, and died in imprisonment. He was the author of Memoir of William Saxton; and Home, or the Pilgrim's Faith Reward. He died May 9, 1846, in Baltimore, Md.

Torrey, John

botanist, physician, author, was born Aug. 15, 1796, in New York city. He was a distinguished botanist and physician of New York city, professor in the college of Physicians and Surgeons in 1827-55; and United States assayer in 1853-73. He was the author of Catalogue of Plants Growing Spontaneously Within Thirty Miles of New York; Flora of the Northern and Middle States; and Flora of New York State. He died March 10, 1873, in New York city.

Torrey, Joseph

clergyman, educator, author, was born Feb. 2, 1797, in Rowley, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman and educator, and professor in the university of Vermont in 1827-67. He was the author of A Theory of Art, translation of Neander's History of the Christian Religion. He died Nov. 26, 1867, in Burlington, Vt.

Torrey, Mary Cutler

author, was born May 28, 1831, in Burlington, Vt. She is the author of America, a dramatic poem; and has edited Joseph Torrey's Theory of Fine Art; and has revised edition of Neander's Church History, herself preparing the index volume.

Torrey, Samuel

clergyman, was born in 1631 in England. In 1856 he became pastor of the church at Weymouth, which post he held for fifty-one years. He preached the election sermon in 1674, 1683, and 1689, and was a person of such deep and extensive views that the governor and council would send for him to come fifteen miles to aid them with his advice and wise observations. He died April 10, 1707, in Weymouth, Mass.

Totten, Benjamin J

naval officer, author, was born in 1806 in West Indies.

He is a naval officer of New Bedford; and the author of Totten's Naval Text-Book.

He died May 9, 1877, in New Bedford, Mass.

TOTTEN, CHARLES ADELLE LEWIS, inventor, author, was born Feb. 3, 1851, in New London, Conn. He is a military inventor; and the author of Strategos, the American War Game; Yale Military Lectures; and Nativity: its Facts and Fancies.

Totten, George Muirson

civil engineer, was born May 28, 1809, in New Haven, Conn. He was appointed in 1850 engineer-in-chief of the Panama railroad, and spent twenty-five years among difficulties of every sort in the completion of this arduous task. He died June 8, 1884, in New York city.

Totten, Joseph Gilbert

civil engineer, author, was born Aug. 23, 1788, in New Haven, Conn. He was a military engineer of distinction, brevetted major-general in 1864; and the author of Essays on Hydraulic and Other Cements. He died April 22, 1864, in Washington, D. C.