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generation " (Boston, 1738); "God Glorified in his Works" (1743) ; " BeLievers in Christ " (1748) ; and " A Christian's Hope at the Close of Life " (Nor- wich. 1774). — His great-grandson, Daniel Minor, clergyman, b. in Lyme, Conn., 9 April, 1800 ; d. on Shelter island. N. Y., 26 Aug., 1861. was graduated at Amherst in 1830, studied at Princeton theologi- cal seminary, and in 1834 was licensed to preach. He was subsequently pastor of the Boston mariner's church, and from 1848 till his death was pastor of the 1st Presbyterian church on Shelter island, N. Y., and agent of the American seaman's friend society. He published various articles on the moral claims of seamen. — Another great-grandson of Benjamin, Willis, clergyman, b. in Bridgeport, Conn., 15 Sept., 1809, was graduated at Williams in 1833, studied theology at Princeton, was ordained in 1834, and was successively pastor of Presbyterian churches in New Hartford, Conn., Providence, R. L. Philadel- phia. Pa., and Cincinnati, Ohio. He was professor of biblical literature and pastoral theology in Lane seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1850-4, pastor of the 2d Presbyterian church in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1855-'9, professor of ecclesiastical and biblical his- tory, and of didactic and polemic theology in the Seminary of the northwest in Chicago, from the latter date till 1870, and then became president of Wooster university, Ohio. Failure of health com- pelled his resignation of this office in 1874. He was pastor of the 1st Presbyterian church in Chicago in 1878-9, and now (1887) resides in Colorado Springs, Col., where he is engaged in literary work. He has published, besides sermons and reviews, " Christian Theology for the People " (Chicago, 1874).

LORD. Daniel, lawver. b. in Stonington, Conn., 2 Sept., 1795 ; d. in New York city, 4 March, 1868. He was graduated at Yale in 1814, studied law un- der George Griffin, of New York, and at the Litch- field, Conn., law-school, and in 1817 was admitted to the bar, settling in New York city. He gradu- ally attained the highest rank in his profession, to which he devoted himself exclusively, steadily refusing all public office, and for forty years previous to his death there were few great civil cases before the United States or New York state courts in which he was not retained. His most noted cases include the Dutch Reformed and Meth- odist church cases, the " fire cases " growing out of the conflagration of

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life and trust cases, the Leake and Watts charity case, the Mason and Phelps will case, the foreign cases growing out of the financial crisis of 1837, the insurance cases that brought up the question of general average, and the argument before the U. S. supreme court of the "Hiawatha" prize cause in which the doctrines of war as bearing upon the public laws of prize and blockade were discussed. Yale gave him the degree of LL. D. in 1846. — His son, James Conper, philanthropist, b. in New York city, 11 March, 1825; d. there, 9 Feb., 1869, after receiving an academic education entered mercantile life, subsequently becoming associated in the ownership of the Boonton, N. J., iron-works. Mr. Lord took great interest in the improvement of the condition of his workmen, erecting two churches, and founding a library and a free reading-room for their use. He also founded in New York city in 1860 the " First Ward Industrial School," and for several years almost entirely supported that charity.

LORD, Eleazar, financier, b. in Franklin, Conn., 9 Sept., 1788; d. in Piermont, N. Y., 3 June, 1871. He was educated in the district schools of his na- tive town, studied four years at Andover theologi- cal seminary and one at Princeton, but was forced by the failure of his eyesight to abandon a pro- fessional life. He went to New York in 1815, where he engaged in commercial pursuits, and subsequent- ly in banking, founded the Manhattan insurance company in 1821, was its president twelve years, and introduced important changes in the system of insurance. He was a founder of the New York and Erie railroad, and its president for many years, an advocate of the " free banking system," which was adopted in New York in 1838, and induced Henry Clay to declare himself in opposition to free- trade. Mr. Lord was an accomplished scholar, and a successful projector of schemes for the public good. He was a founder of the American Sunday- school union in 1815. its corresponding secretary in 1818-'26, and its president from the latter date till 1836. He was a founder in 1820, and subsequently secretary and president, of the National institution for the promotion of industry, at the same time editing its organ, the " Patron of Industry" ; and he assisted in establishing the Home and foreign missionary society, the theological seminaries at Auburn, N. Y., and East Windsor, Conn., and the University of New York, of which he was a trustee for many years. His pamphlet on the subject led to the establishment of the American and other educational societies. He removed to Piermont, N. Y., in 1836, and was principally engaged during the remainder of his life in philanthropic work and the composition of religious books and pamphlets. In 1861 he originated and drew in his own handwriting what he claims to be the draft of the first greenback that was ever issued in the United States. He founded, edited, and was a contributor to the " Theological and Literary Journal." The University of New York gave him the degree of LL. D. in 1861. His publications include an edition of Lempriere's " Biographical Dictionary," to which he contributed 800 original articles (New York, 1825) ; " Credit, Currencv. and Banking" (1828); "The Epoch of the Creation" (1838); "Geological and Scriptural Cosmosronv" (1843); "The Mediatorial Work of Christ" (1844); "The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets" (1852); " Symbolic Prophecy " (1854) ; " Hints to Orthodox Miilenarians " (1854) ; " An Historical Review of the New York and Erie Railroad" (1855); "The Plenary Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures " (1855); "A Layman's Letters to the Pastoral Union of Connecticut" (1856); "The Prophetic Office of Christ" (1858); "Inspiration not Guidance nor Intuition " (1858) ; " Reviews of Authors on Inspiration " (1859); "The Psalter readjusted in its Relation to the Temple Services " (1860) ; " Analysis of the Book of Isaiah" (1861); " A Letter on National Currency" (1861); and "Six Letters on the Necessity and Practicality of a National Currency " (1862). — His brother, David Nevins, author, b."in Franklin, Conn.. 4 March, 1792; d. in New York city, 14 July, 1880. was graduated at Yale in 1807, and studied theology, but was prevented by delicate health from entering the ministry. He settled in New York in 1823, for many years was a successful