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in charge of the church at this place. He pub- lished sermons, and also a narrative of his impris- onment and escape from the Jersey prison-ship. An account of his life, prepared by his son, is given ill Emerv's "Ministry of Taunton."—His son, Richard Salter Storrs, b. in Berkeley, Mass., 37 Oct., 1817 ; d. there, 3 Aug., 1868. He edited several newspapers, was deputy collector in Boston for some years, and subsequently, as special agent of the treasury department, was engaged in re- organizing custom-houses in the south. He was the author of the " Customs Guide," a codification of the revenue laws, contributed poems to the " Democratic Review," and published " Chocoruna and other Sketches " (1838).

ANGEL, Benjamin Franklin, diplomatist, b. in Burlington. Otsego co., N. Y., 28 Nov., 1815; d. in Genese'o, N. Y., 11 Sept., 1894. He was prepared for college by Cornelius C. Felton, but did not en- ter, owing to trouble with his eyes. He taught school until he recovered their use, studied law, was ad- mitted to the bar, and began practice in Geneseo in partner- ship with his former preceptor, at the same time writing edito- rials for the demo- cratic county paper. He was appointed sur- rogate in 1838, and served in that office for four years, after which he was appoint- ed master in chancery

and supreme court commissioner, a judicial office conferring

concurrent jurisdiction with the judges of the supreme court sitting in chambers. He was again surrogate from 1844 till 1847. He was a member of the democratic national convention at Baltimore in 1852. In 1853, his health having become impaired, he went to Honolulu, Sandwich islands,

as U. S. consul. In 1855 he was sent by President Pierce to China as special commissioner to settle a dispute between some American merchants and the Chinese government in regard to the exaction of export duties. This mission was successful, and he returned to the United States by way of the East Indies, Egypt, and Europe. His letters from Asia were published in the newspapers at the time. On his return, against his protest, he was placed in nomination for congress, but was de- feated. On the accession of Mr. Buchanan to the presidency he was appointed minister to Norway and Sweden. He returned to the United States in the autumn of 1862, and, with the exception of being a delegate to the Chicago convention that nominated Gen. McClellan for the presidency in 1864, he did not again take an active part in poli- tics, but devoted himself to agriculture at Geneseo, N. Y. He was president of the state agricultural society in 1873-74.

ANGELL, Henry Clay, oculist, b. in Provi- dence, R. I., 27 Jan.. 1829. He was graduated at the Hahnemann medical college of Philadelphia, and subsequently spent four years in study at the hospitals of London, Paris, Vienna, and Berlin, after which he settled in Boston, where he still re- sides. On the foundation of the Boston university school of medicine he became its professor of oph- thalmology, which chair he continues to occupy. He is president of the Philharmonic society of Boston, and is an honorary memhei' of the New Hampshire Historical Society. His technical writ- ings include "Diseases of the Eye" (6th ed., Boston, 1882), and " How to Take Care of Our Eyes " (Boston, 1880). Dr. Angell has also written papers on art subjects for the " Atlantic Monthly " and the "American Art Review," and is the author of " The Records of Wni. M. Hunt " (Boston, 1879).

ANGELL, Israel, soldier, b. in 1741; d. in Smithfield, R. I., in May, 1832. He was major of Hitchcock's regiment at the siege of Boston, was promoted colonel 18 Jan., 1777, and commanded the 1st Rhode Island regiment during the re- mainder of the war, distinguishing himself in the action at Springfield, N. J., 23 June, 1780.

ANGELL, James Burrill, educator, b. in Scit- uate, R. I., 7 Jan., 1829. He was graduated at Brown university in 1849, and spent some time in Europe studying and travelling. On his return in 1853 he was appointed professor of modern lan- guages and literature in the university at which he was graduated. In 1860 he succeeded the recently elected senator, Henry B. Anthony, as editor of the Providence " Daily Journal," which place he occu- pied until 1866, when he was called to the presidency of the university of Vermont. In 1871 he became president of the university of Michigan, an office he has since continued to fill except during the years 1880-'81, which he spent in China as minister from the United States, and also as chairman of a special commission appointed to negotiate a treaty with China. This commission procured a treaty in commercial matters, and also one on Chinese immigration. He has contributed many articles to periodical literature.

ANGELL, Joseph Kinnicut, legal writer, b. in Providence, R. I., 30 April, 1794; d. in Boston, 1 May, 1857. He was graduated at Brown univer- sity in 1813, was admitted to the bar in 1816, and in 1820 prosecuted in England, but without success, a claim to a large property. From 1829 to 1831 he was editor of the " Law Intelligencer and Re- view." As reporter to the Rhode Island supreme court, he prepared the first published reports of that state. In association with Samuel Ames, he wrote a " Treatise on Corporations " (3d ed., Boston, 1846). His other works, most of which were sev- eral times revised and reissued, were " Treatise on the Right of Property in Tide Waters" (1826); " Inquiry Relative to an Incorporeal Heredita^ ment" (1827); "A Practical Summary of the Law of Assignment " (1835) ; " On Adverse Enjoyment " (1837) ; " Treatise on the Common Ijaw in Relation to Water-Courses " (1840); "Treatise on the Law concei'ning the Liabilities and Rights of Common Carriers " ; "A Treatise on the Law of Fire and Life Insurance " ; " Treatise on the Limitations of Actions at Law and Suits in Equity and Admiral- ty " (2d ed., 1846) ; and a " Treatise on the Law of Highwavs," left incomplete and finished by Thomas DuVfee (2d ed., by Choate, 1868).

ANGERS, Real, Canadian author, b. in 1823; d. in April, 1860. He studied law and was ad- mitted to the bar of Lower Canada. Together with Mr. Aubin he reported and published the pro- ceedings of the lower house in 1857-'60. In addi- tion to being the author of a number of political essays, he wrote and published, "Revelations du Crime," and a treatise on stenography.

ANGHIERA, Pietro Martire d' (called in English Peter Martyr), Italian historian, b. in Arona, on Lake Maggiore, in 1455 ; d. in the city of Granada, Spain, in 1526. After completing his