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=Dall, Mrs. Caroline Wells [Healey].= _Ms._, 1822- ----. Wife of C. H.
A. Dall, _infra_. A Washington writer whose early efforts were mainly
in the line of social reforms, while her later works were concerned
with general literature. Essays and Sketches; Historical Pictures
Retouched; Life of Dr. Marie Zakrzewski; Woman’s Rights under the Law;
The Romance of the Association, or one Last Glimpse of Charlotte Temple
and Eliza Wharton; What we Really Know about Shakespeare; Woman’s Place
in History; Life of Dr. Anandabai Joshee; College, Market and Court;
Woman’s Right to Labor; Essays on Confucius; Patty Gray’s Journey
to the Cotton Islands; My First Holiday, or Letters from Colorado;
Egypt’s Place in History, include her principal works. _Le. Rob._
=Dall, Charles Henry Appleton.= _Md._, 1816-1886. A Unitarian
missionary to Calcutta. The Temperance Movement in Modern Times;
Theism, in Questions and Answers.
=Dall, William Healey.= _Ms._, 1845- ----. Son of C. H. and C. W. Dall,
_supra_. A naturalist of distinction who has been connected with the
United States Coast Survey and the Geological Survey. Alaska and its
Resources (1870); Tribes of the Extreme Northwest; Scientific Results
of the Exploration of Alaska; Coast Pilot of Alaska; Pacific Coast
Pilot; Reports on the Mollusca of the Blake Expedition. _Le._
=Dallas, Alexander James.= _F._, 1759-1817. A noted statesman who was
secretary of state, 1796-1801, and secretary of the treasury under
Madison. Features of Jay’s Treaty; Speeches on the Trial of Blount;
Address to Constitutional Republicans; Causes and Character of the
Late War (1815); Reports of Cases. =See Life and Writings of, by G. M.
Dallas, infra.=
=Dallas, George Mifflin.= _Pa._, 1792-1864. Son of A. J. Dallas,
_supra_. A statesman who was minister to Russia, 1837-39,
vice-president of the United States, 1845-49, minister to England,
1856-61. Series of Letters from London; Eulogy on Andrew Jackson, as
well as many single speeches and addresses. _Lip._
=Dalton= [dawl´ton], =John Call.= _Ms._, 1825-1889. A physician of
note who was a professor in various medical colleges. Observations
on Trichina Spiralis; The Experimental Method in Medical Science;
Doctrines of the Circulation; Topographical Anatomy of the Brain;
History of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York city;
Treatise on Human Physiology; Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene.
=Daly, Charles Patrick.= _N. Y._, 1816-1899. A prominent jurist of New
York City. Historical Sketch of the Judicial Tribunals of New York,
1823-46; Reports of Cases in Court of Common Pleas, City and County of
New York; First Settlement of Jews in North America; What we Knew of
Maps and Map Drawing before Mercator.
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