Perry, Va., and the upper Potomac. In the au- tumn of this year, Keim was commissioned briga- dier-general of volunteers, and, joining the army under Gen. McClellan, he commanded a Pennsyl- vania brigade in the peninsular campaign. His death was the result of camp fever.
KEIMER, Samuel, printer, b. in England; d.
in liarbadoes after 1738. He learned the trade of
a printer in London, was a member of the sect
known as the " French Prophets," and came to this
country in 1722, accompanied by his sister, a
prophetess of the same sect. He brought with
him printing materials, consisting "of an old
damaged press and a small cast of worn-out Eng-
lish types contained in one pair of cases," and es-
tablished himself in business in Philadelphia, Pa.
Probably the first printer that he employed to
assist him was Benjamin Franklin, who, in 1723,
found employment in Philadelphia in Keimer's
office. Shortly afterward he published a pam-
phlet called " A Parable," which was said to be the
joint work of himself and Franklin, and which so
offended the Quakers that, by order of their month-
ly meeting in September, 1723, he was denounced
and disowned. On Franklin's return from Europe
he engaged again with Keimer, and on the latter's
hearing that Franklin intended to publish a news-
paper, Keimer issued a prospectus announcing his
intention to begin the publication of one of his
own, and on 24 Dec, 1728, appeared the first issue
of the " Universal Instructor in all Arts and Sci-
ences, and Pennsylvania Gazette." Through the
covert opposition of Franklin, Keimer was unable
to make his paper a success, and in nine months
from its first issue he sold the " Gazette " to Frank-
lin and Hugh Meredith. Shortly thereafter he re-
moved to Barbadoes, where in 1731, at Bridgetown,
he began the publication of the " Barbadoes Ga-
zette," the first newspaper that was issued in the
Caribbean islands, and the first that was published
twice a week, for any considerable time, in any
part of America. He continued its publication
until 1738. Selections from this paper were after-
ward published under the title " Caribbeana, a
Collection of Essays," arranged in imitation of
the " Tattler " (2 vols., London, 1741). He was also
the author of " A Brand plucked from the Burn-
ing, exemplified in the Unparalleled Case of Sam-
uel Keimer" (London, 1718).
KEISAR, Mauritius van, Dutch physician,
b. in Essequibo, Guiana, in 1663: d. in Demerara
in 1725. He was graduated at the University of
Leyden, and was for some time a military surgeon ;
but his father having died in 1695 and left him a
large estate in Guiana, the son tendered his resigna-
tion, and, returning to America, settled in Demerara,
where he divided his time between the exercise of
his profession and agricultural schemes. He made
experiments on his own estate, and urged the
adoption of artificial guano. The country greatly
benefited by his exertions and his experiments, as
he established at his own expense a model farm in
which a practical agricultural education was given
free to those who were willing to learn. Keisar
published many books, some of which are yet
standard works. These include "Expose des
moyens de mettre en valeur et d'administrer la
Guiane " (Amsterdam, 1709); "Notions sur la
culture des basses terres dans la Guiane Hollan-
daise" (Leyden, 1706); "Land und Leute von
Guiana" (Demerara, 1719); "Traite du cafe"
(Amsterdam, 1720); "Traite du tabac" (1721):
" System der Medicin" (Leipsic and Amsterdam,
1721) ; and " Grundlage der Pathologie und Thera-
pie des Menschen" (1723).
KEITH, Alexander, Canadian statesman, b. in
Falkirk, Caithness-shire, Scotland, 5 Oct., 1795;
d. in Halifax 14 Dec, 1873. He was educated in
Scotland, and in 1817 came with his father's family
to Halifax, N. S., where he engaged in the brewing
and malting business. He became commissioner
of the court of common pleas, served as mayor of
Halifax in 1843, 1853, and 1854, and was also for
a long period a director of the Bank of Nova
Scotia. He became a member of the legislative
council in 1843, sat in that body for thirty years,
and when the Nova Scotian legislature was consti-
tuted in 1867 became president of the upper house.
In the same year he was appointed to the Domin-
ion senate, but declined the office.
KEITH, Charles Penrose, lawyer, b. in Phila-
delphia, Pa., 15 March, 1854. He was graduated
at the University of Pennsylvania in 1873, and
taught for a year, after which he studied law and
was admitted to the bar in 1877. For a few years
he acted as librarian of the Historical society of
Pennsylvania. He is the compiler of " The Pro-
vincial Councillors of Pennsylvania who held
office between 1733 and 1776, and those Earlier
Councillors who were some time Chief Magistrates
of the Province, and their Descendants " (Philadel-
phia, 1883), and has contributed historical and ge-
nealogical articles to periodicals.
KEITH, George, clergyman, b. in Aberdeen,
Scotland, about 1645 ; d. in Sussex, England, in
1715. He was educated in the schools of the
Church of Scotland and at the University of Aber-
deen. Becoming a Quaker in 1664, he suffered
confiscation and imprisonment, and in 1675 was
engaged with Robert Barclay in a discussion be-
fore the students of Aberdeen university concern-
ing Quaker doctrines. A continuance of persecu-
tions induced Keith to emigrate to the United
States in 1684. He became a surveyor in New
Jersey, and was engaged to determine the bound-
ary-line between the eastern and western parts of
the state. He removed to Philadelphia in 1689,
and took charge of a Friends' school, but left it to
travel in New England, where he engaged in con-
troversy with John Cotton and Increase Mather.
On his return to Philadelphia he became involved
in disputes with his own sect. He then went to
London and met William Penn in controversy,
who pronounced him an apostate and dismissed
him from the society. Keith responded in an able
argument, and formed a society of his own known
as the Christian or Baptist Quakers, or Keithians.
Becoming again dissatisfied, he was ordained in
the Church of England, and in 1702 was sent by
the Society for propagating the gospel on a mission
to Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He was signally
successful in this work, 700 Quakers under his in-
fluence receiving baptism in the Episcopal church.
He subsequently returned to England, and became
rector of Edburton, Sussex. Bishop Burnet, who
was his fellow-student at Aberdeen, says of him in
his " History of My Own Times " : " Keith was the
most learned man ever in the Quaker sect, well
versed both in the Oriental tongues and in phi-
losophy and mathematics." Besides theological
works, he published " Journal of Travels from
New Hampshire to Caratuck " (London. 1706) ;
" Standard of the Quakers " (1702 : republished in
Janney's " History of Friends," Philadelphia, 1867) ;
and " New Theory of Longitude " (1709).
KEITH, Isaac Stockton, clergyman, b. in Newton, Bucks co., Pa., 20 Jan., 1755 ; d. in Charleston, S. C, 13 Dec, 1813. He was graduated at Princeton in 1775, entered the ministry in 1778, and was ordained pastor of the Presbyterian church
