NEW BIOGRAPHIES

OF

ILLUSTRIOUS MEN.

BY

MACAULAY, ROGERS, MARTYN,

AND OTHERS.

FROM THE EIGHTH EDITION OF THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA.

BOSTON:

J. M. WHITTEMORE & Co.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by

WHITTEMORE, NILES, AND HALL,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts

CAMBRIDGE:

ALLEN AND FARNHAM, STEREOTYPERS AND PRINTERS.

NEW BIOGRAPHIES

OF

ILLUSTRIOUS MEN.

BY

MACAULAY, ROGERS, MARTYN,

AND OTHERS.

FROM THE EIGHTH EDITION OF THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA.

BOSTON:

J. M. WHITTEMORE & Co.