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=Gray, John Chipman.= _Ms._, 1839- ----. A lawyer of Boston. Royall
professor of law at Harvard University from 1883. Restraints on the
Alienation of Property; Rule against Perpetuities; Select Cases. _Lit._
=Graydon, Alexander.= _Pa._, 1752-1818. A citizen of Harrisburg who
published Memoirs of a Life Passed Chiefly in Pennsylvania within the
last Sixty Years (1811), a lively, entertaining autobiography.
=Graydon, William.= _Pa._, 1759-1840. Brother of A. Graydon, _supra_. A
lawyer of Harrisburg. Digest of the Laws of the United States; Justice
and Constable’s Assistant; Forms of Conveyancing.
=Grayson, William John.= _S. C._, 1788-1863. A South Carolina
statesman. Chicora, and Other Poems; The Hireling and Slave, a poem;
The Country, a poem; Life of James Petigru. _Har._
=Greeley, Horace.= _N. H._, 1811-1872. A famous journalist of New
York city, founder and editor of The Tribune. In 1872 he was the
unsuccessful candidate of the Democratic party for the presidency. For
a generation he was one of the most influential leaders of American
public opinion. Letters from Texas; Glances at Europe; Essays in
Political Economy; What I Know About Farming; The American Conflict;
Recollections of a Busy Life. _See Lives by Parton, 1868; Reavis,
Ingersoll; Appleton’s American Biography._
=Greely, Adolphus Washington.= _Ms._, 1844- ----. An arctic explorer in
the United States service. In 1887 he was appointed chief of the signal
service corps, with the rank of brigadier-general, and was thus at the
head of the Weather Bureau until its transfer to the Department of
Agriculture in 1891. Three Years of Arctic Service; American Weather;
Handbook of Arctic Discoveries; Explorers and Travellers. _Do. Rob.
Scr._
=Green, Alexander Little Page.= _Tn._, 1806-1874. A Methodist clergyman
of Nashville who was the author of The Church in the Wilderness.
=Green, Anna Katharine.= _See Rohlfs, Mrs._
=Green, Ashbel.= _N. J._, 1762-1848. A Presbyterian clergyman,
president of Princeton College, 1812-22. Sermons from 1790 to 1836;
Sermons on the Assembly’s Catechism; History of Presbyterian Missions.
_See Autobiography and Memoir by J. H. Jones, 1849._ _Ran._
=Green, Beriah.= _Ct._, 1795-1874. A reformer and anti-slavery leader
of Ohio and New York. History of the Quakers; Sermons and Discourses.
=Green, Duff.= _Ga._, 1780-1875. A Washington lawyer and journalist.
Facts and Suggestions; How to Pay off the National Debt.
=Green, Francis Matthews.= _Ms._, 1835-1902. A United States
naval commander. The Navigation of the Caribbean Sea; Telegraphic
Determination of Longitudes; List of Geographical Positions.
=Green, George Walton.= _N. Y._, 1854-1903. A New York city lawyer and
politician. Repudiation.
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