ceived an academical education, taught, and was auditor of Bucks county from 1857 till 1863. As early as 1851 he became a contributor to journals and magazines, chiefly on historical subjects. In 1852 the Historical society of Pennsylvania published in their collections his "History of Mooreland," and the following year his articles on "Local Superstition" and "Indian Relics." For the former article he received a complimentary letter from Washington Irving. He wrote a history of Bucks county, Pa., which appeared in Bucks county "Intelligencer" in 1854–'5, and the "History of Montgomery County," which was published in "Scott's Atlas" (1877). He is also the author of "History of the Indian Walk performed for the Proprietaries of Pennsylvania in 1737, with a Life of Edward Marshall" (1886); "Local Sketches and Legends pertaining to Bucks and Montgomery Counties" (1887); and "William Peun in America, with Daily Occurrences whilee in Pennsylvania." Since 1876 he has arranged and indexed thirty-three volumes of manuscripts belonging to the Pennsylvania abolition society, which was founded by Benjamin Franklin and his compeers, and he is engaged in writing an elaborate history of the society.
BUDD, Henry, lawyer, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 12 Nov., 1849. He was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1868, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia in 1871, since which time he has engaged in the practice of the law in his native city. He has been one of the editors of the "Weekly Notes of Cases" since its inception in 1875, and has contributed on legal subjects to the "Southern Law Review" and the "American Law Register," which latter publication he edited in 1887–'8. He delivered a course of lectures on "The Legal Status of the Physician" before the Medico-chirurgical college of Philadelphia in 1885–'6 and before the University of Pennsylvania in 1886–'7, and is the author of "Leading Cases in American Law of Real Property" (Philadelphia, 4 vols., 1894).
BUDDINGTON, Sidney Ozias, arctic explorer, b. in Groton, Conn., 16 Sept., 1823; d. there, 13 June, 1888. After receiving a public-school education he became a sailor, and was captain of whaling vessels for nearly twenty-five years. In 1860 he commanded the whaler "George Henry," in which Charles Francis Hall (vol. iii, p. 37) sailed to the arctic region, and he was also sailing-master of the "Polaris" in the expedition of 1871. On 29 Aug. the "Polaris" reached altitude 82° 11′ north, the highest point that had been attained by any vessel. After the death of Hall the expedition was abandoned, and Capt. Buddington and the crew prepared to return, but on the breaking up of the ice in the spring the vessel was crushed, and the crew took refuge on floating fields of ice. Several of the explorers, including Capt. Buddington, were driven ashore and escaped. They were rescued by the Scotch whaler "Ravenscraig," and reached home in the summer of 1872.
BUEL, Samuel, clergyman, b. in Trov, N. Y., 11 June, 1815; d. in New York city, 1 Feb., 1891. He was a son of Judge David Buel, and was graduated at Williams in 1833, and at the General theological seminary of the Protestant Episcopal church four years later. He was rector successively in Marshall, Mich., Schuylkill Haven, Pa., Cumberland, Md., Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and New York city till 1866. He became professor of ecclesiastical history, and subsequently of divinity in Seabury divinity school, Faribault, and was professor of systematic divinity and dogmatic theology in the General theological seminary from 1871 till 1888, when he was professor emeritus. He received the degree of S. T. D. from Columbia and from the General theological seminary. Besides numerous articles in periodicals, he published a translation from the German of the "Report of the Union Conferences held from Aug. 10 to 16, 1875, at Bonn" (New York, 1876), and is the author of "The Apostolic System of the Church defended in a Reply to Dr. Whately on the Kingdom of Christ" (Philadelphia, 1844); "The Eucharistic Presence, Sacrifice, and Adoration" (New York, 1874); and a later volume of learned lectures entitled "A Treatise of Dogmatic Theology."
BUFFINGTON, Adelbert Rinaldo, b. in Wheeling, W. Va., 23 Nov., 1837. He was graduated from the U. S. military academy in May, 1861, and was made a brevet 2d lieutenant. He served through the civil war, first in drilling volunteers at Washington, then as ordnance officer at the St. Louis arsenal, and later as colonel of a regiment of Missouri militia. In 1863 he was promoted to be captain of ordnance, and was engaged as an inspector of the rifling of sea-coast cannon. He was in command of the New York arsenal from July, 1864, to September, 1865, when he was transferred to the Baton Rouge arsenal. He was brevetted a major for his services in the ordnance department in the war. Later he was in command of the arsenals at Watertown. Indianapolis, Allegheny, Watervliet, Springfield, and Rock Island. While at the latter place he built the noble bridge across the Mississippi river. He was promoted to be lieutenant-colonel in 1881, colonel in 1889, and brigadier-general and chief of the army bureau of ordnance in April, 1899. His name is connected with a number of improvements in armament. He is the designer of the Buffington–Crozier disappearing gun-carriage, and the field-gun carriage in use by the army.
BUIES, Arthur, Canadian journalist, b. in Côte des Neiges, province of Quebec, 24 June, 1840. He was educated in France, where he also studied law in the University of Paris. On his return to Canada engaged in journalism in Montreal, and was admitted to the bar. He has published "Chroniques" (Quebec, 1875); "Le Saguenay et la Vallée du Lac St. Jean" (1880); and "La Lanterne" (1884).
BULLOCH, William Gaston, physician, b. in Savannah, Ga., 4 Aug., 1815; d. there, 23 June, 1885. He was the great-grandson of Gov. Archibald Bulloch (vol. i., p. 446), was graduated at Yale and at the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, and completed his medical education in Paris. On his return in 1840 he began to practise in Savannah, and became visiting physician to various hospitals. At the beginning of the civil war he entered the Confederate service as surgeon with the rank of major, was stationed in Charleston to examine candidates for service, and afterward had charge of hospitals, including the first hospital for Confederates in Richmond. He was eminent as a surgeon and oculist, and performed many operations that were unusual at that time, including ovariotomy. He was president of the Georgia medical society, and for some time professor of surgery in Savannah medical college. Dr. Bulloch invented a useful maxillary splint for the lower jaw.
BULNES, Manuel (boo'l-nays), Chilian soldier, b. in Penco in 1799; d. in Santiago in 1866. From his youth he was an enthusiastic partisan of the movement for independence, and in 1815 he was banished by Gen. Osorio to the island of Quiri-
