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Whittlesey, Frederick

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born June 12, 1799, in Washington, Conn. He was a representative in congress from 1831 to 1835; and in 1839 was chosen vice-chancellor of the eighth judicial district of New York, and retained the office eight years. He was a judge of the supreme court of the state; and in 1850 was elected professor of law in Genesee college. He died Sept. 19, 1851, in Rochester, N. Y.

WHITTLESEY, MRS. SARAH JOHN- SON [COGSWELL], author, was born about 1825 in Williamston, N. C. She is the author of Heart Drops from Memory's Urn; The Stranger's Stratagem, and Other Stories; Herbert Hamilton; Bertha the Beauty; and Spring Buds and Summer Blossoms.