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Tufts college, Medford, Mass. It stands on a site that was purchased in 1690 by Peter Tufts, the emigrant ancestor.

TUFTS, Cotton, physician, b. in Medford, Mass., 30 May, 1734; d. in Weymouth, Mass., 8 Dec., 1815. He was the grandson of Peter Tufts, who emigrated to this country in 1654 and died in Malden, Mass., in 1700, aged eighty-two. Cotton was graduated at Harvard in 1749, studied medicine, and settled at Weymouth, where he was highly esteemed as a physician. He was one of the original members of the Massachusetts medical society, its president in 1787-'95, and one of the founders of the Academy of arts and sciences. In 1765 he wrote spirited and patriotic instructions to the representatives of Weymouth against the stamp-act. He was a representative of the state and a councillor, for many years an active member of the state senate, and supported in the convention the adoption of the U. S. constitution. — His grandson, Quincy, b. in Weymouth, Mass., 4 July, 1791; d. there, 18 April, 1872, was a citizen of Boston, and distinguished for his liberality. He left by his will $10,000 to Harvard for the education of indigent students, $2,000 each to Amherst college and Atkinson academy, N. H., for a like purpose, $10,000 to the town of Weymouth for a free library, $10,000 to the Massachusetts general hospital for free beds; and about $40,000 to be distributed among the charitable institutions of the city.

TUFTS, John, clergyman, b. in Medford, Mass., 5 May, 1689; d. in Amesbury, Mass., August, 1750. He was graduated at Harvard in 1708, and was minister at Newbury, Mass., from 1714 till 1738. He published “Introduction to the Singing of Psalm-Tunes, with a Collection of Tunes in Three Parts” (Boston, 1715), and a sermon, “Humble Call to Archippus” (1829). His work on the singing of psalm-tunes was the first publication of the kind in New England, if not in this country, and was regarded as a great novelty, since not more than four or five tunes were known in many of the congregations, and those were sung by rote.

TUIGG, John, R. C. bishop, b. in County Cork, Ireland, in 1820. He entered the missionary col- lege of All-Hallows, near Dublin, and, emigrating to the United States, finished his theological course in St. Michael's seminary, Pittsburg. He was or- dained priest on 14 May, 1850, and placed as assistant pastor at Pittsburg cathedral, being also appointed secretary to the bishop. In 1853 he organized the congregation of St. Bridget and erected a church. He was transferred the same year to the mission of Altoona, where he founded a school, placing it under the Sisters of Charity, built a pastoral residence, and enlarged the church. He was alsoin charge of several other missions at the same time, and in 1869 was appointed vicar forane of the eastern part of the diocese. He then erected a new church, which was dedicated in 1875. He was consecrated bishop of Pittsburg, 19 March, 1876, and soon afterward made administrator of the diocese of Alleghany. Bishop Tuigg's consti- tution gave way under the labors that were entailed by the government of these two dioceses, and in 1882 he had three strokes of paralysis. Although his life was despaired of, he recovered, and resumed his episcopal duties. In 1888 the united dioceses contained 212 priests, 140 members of male religious orders and 726 of female religious orders, 14 ecclesi- astical students, 133 churches and 44 chapels, 8 monasteries, 55 convents, 3 colleges, 6 academies for girls, an industrial school and reformatory, 3 orphanages, 2 hospitals, and 70 parochial schools, which were attended by 21,000 pupils.

TULANE, Paul, philanthropist, b. in Cherry Valley, near Princeton, N. J., in May, 1801 ; d. in Princeton, 27 March, 1887. He was the son of a French emigrant, a native of Tours, who was en- gaged in the lumber trade between Philadelphia and the French West Indies. The office of probate judge of Tours was held by members of his family for 150 years. Paul Tulane had no taste for books, but a marked talent for trade from early youth. In 1818 he made a tour of the southwest with a wealthy cousin and namesake, and in 1822 emi- grated to New Orleans. It was a yellow-fever summer, and he went while the epidemic was at its height, because there were better openings then for young men. His first ventures were marked with success, and he soon engaged in a general supply business which proved lucrative. In the latter part of his business career this was narrowed down to a trade in clothing. Until 1856 he continued in ac- tive business in New Orleans with unvarying suc- cess. In 1840 he visited France to see his father, who pointed out to him the decadence of Tours and Bordeaux due to the emancipation of the West India slaves, and warned him of a like probable fate to New Orleans. In consequence, from this time Mr. Tulane began to transfer a large part of his estate to the north, but he continued his resi- dence in New Orleans until 1873, when he perma- nently removed to Princeton, N. J. During his entire career in New Orleans he was looked up to as a man of great, industry, sound judgment, and perfect integ- rity. His mode of life was unosten- tatious, but he was a gen- erous giver both to public and private charities, es- pecially for ed- ucational ob- jects. His af- fection for the city of New Orleans was

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unwavering, and this took definite shape in an act of donation on 2 May, 1882, by which he conveyed his real estate in New Orleans to a board of seven- teen administrators for the higher education of the white youth of Louisiana. This and subsequent donations aggregated about $1,100,000, and he avowed his purpose of dedicating a large part of the residue of his estate, amounting to about $1,- 000,000 more, to the same purpose ; but, as he died intestate, it fell to his legal heirs. The Tulane education fund has been used to found the Tulane university of Louisiana at New Orleans, which has had a rapid and prosperous development, and is now the first institution in the south in endowment and number of students. (See illustration.)

TULLY, John, astrologer, b. in England, 9 Sept., 1638; d. in Middletown, Conn., 5 Oct., 1701. For twenty years, from 1681 till the time of his death, he was engaged in compiling almanacs, and was popularly known as the "New-England astrologer." The first publication of his almanac preceded William Bradford's by six years, and Benjamin Franklin's by half a century.

TULLY, William, physician, b. in Saybrook, Conn., 18 Nov., 1785 ; d. in Springfield, Mass., 28 Feb., 1859. He was graduated at Yale in 1806, and, after studying medicine in Philadelphia, set-