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one of the trustees of Kenyon college, Ohio, which conferred on him the degree of LL. D., and in connection with which he has endowed a grammar school called Delano hall.

DELAPLAINE. John Ferris, diplomatist, b. in New York city, 34 April, 1815 ; d. there, 14 Feb., 1885, was the son of John P. Delaplaine, an old New York shipping-merchant, who left a large fortune. The son was graduated at Columbia in 1838, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. but never practised. After residing in New York for over twenty years he went abroad, and. when he had passed five years in travel, was attached to the American legation at Vienna. In 186(5 he was made secretary of the legation, a place that he re- tained until 1888, when he resigned, owing to his office being abolished. While in Vienna he made a large and curious collection of bric-a-brac, clocks, ]iictures, and statuary. lie returned to New York in 1884. and a commission in lunacy was soon after- ward appointed to take charge of his affairs, on account of his mental incapacity. By his will, made in 1866, he left an estate woi'th about f 600,- 000, and a subsequent codicil provided for the en- dowment of a Delaplaine institute for the relief of the fi'iendless. An action was brought for the construction of the will, and judgment deelg,ring the invalidity of that trust was rendered in Feb- ruary, 1887. — His brother, Isaac Clasou, lawyer, b. in New York city, 27 Oct., 1817; d. there.' 17 July, 1866. He was graduated at Columbia in 1834, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. He was elected to congress from New York as a fusionist, and served from 4 July, 1861, till 3 March, 1863.

DELAPLAINE, Joseph, publisher, b.in Phila- delphia, Pa., 20 Dec, 1777 ; d. there, 31 May, 1824. He early opened a bookstore in Philadelphia, and in 1812, with John Fanning Watson, published " Epitome HistorijB Sacne," and in 1813 began the serial publication of his " Repository of the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished Americans," a series of engravings with biographical notices. Subse- quently he exhibited his gallery of portraits in the larger cities of the Union.

DELAUNE, Jacques, educator, b. in Cotes du Nord, France, in 1812; d. in Paris in 1849. He studied theology at St. Brieux, and after his or- dination was appointed assistant in the cathedral there. In 1839 he resolved to devote himself to the American mission. On his arrival in Indiana he received charge of the missions of St. Patrick's. St. Peter's, and St. Mary's, in Da vies county, and in 1842 was appointed pastor of Madison. In the latter town he established the order of the Sisters of Providence, and built an academy for them. He also opened a school for boys. In the summer of 1846 he became president of St. Mary's college, Louisville, Ky., which he conducted for two years. His success was so pronounced that he was invited in 1848 to take charge of a similar institution in Rochester, N. Y., but was compelled to abandon the enterprise by" illness, and went to Europe.

DELAVAN, Edward Cornelius, reformer, b. in Schenectady county, N. Y., in 1793 ; d. in Sche- nectady, 15 Jan., 1871. He was a wine-merchant, and acquired a fortune. At one time he owned much real estate in Albany, including the Dela- van house, which he erected. In 1828, in com- pany with Dr. Eliphalet Nott, he formed the State temperance society in Schenectady, and entered with zeal into the cause of temperance re- form, devoting his ample means to its promotion, speaking, lecturing, and writing on the subject, and employing others in all these ways to further the cause. He met with great opposition in this work. In 1835 he wrote to the Albany " Evening Journal," charging an Albany brewer with using filthy and stagnant water for malting. The brewer prosecuted him for libel, and the trial, which took place in 1840 and attracted wide attention, occu- pied six days, and resulted in a verdict for Delavan. After this, several similar suits that had been be- gun against him for damages aggregating $300,000, were abandoned. Mr. Delavan had the proceed- ings of this trial printed in pamphlet-form for distribution as a tract. He procured, about 1840, several drawings of the human stomach when diseased by the use of alcoholic drinks, from post- mortem examinations made by Prof. Sewall, of Washington, D. C. These he had engraved and printed in colors, and made very effective use of them. He also published for years, at his own ex- pense, a periodical advocating, often with illus- trations, the temperance cause ; this was subse- quently merged in the " Journal of the American Temperance Union," to whose funds he was a most liberal contributor. He had trained himself to puljlie speaking, and became an efficient advocate of the cause he had so much at heart. Mr. Delavan presented to Union college a collection of shells and minerals valued at $30,000. He lost a large portion of his property a few years before his death. He published numerous articles and tracts, and " Temperance in Wine Countries " (1860).

DE LA VEGA, Garcilaso.' See Garcilaso.

DELAWARR, Thomas West, Lord, governor of Virginia, b. in Hants, 9 July, 1577; d. at sea, 7 June, 1618. He succeeded his father as third Lord Delawarr in 1602, and in 1609 was appomt- ed governor and captain-general of Virginia. He ai-rived at Jamestown, 9 June, 1610, with three ships, after a voyage of three months and a half. His coming re- vived the courage of the colonists, who had been re- duced almost to despair, owing to privation and mis- government, and his judicious and energetic man- agement soon re- stored order and industry. He es- tablished a post at Kequotan (now Hampton), at the mouth of James river, and built two forts, which he named Henry and Charles, in honor of theking's sons. Being ill,

in March, 1611, he embarked for Nevis, in the West Indies ; but, having been driven north by opposing winds, they entered the mouth of a large river, called by the natives Chickohocki, but wiaich received the name of Delaware in his honor. He then sailed for England ; but in April, 1618, urged by the colonists to return in consequence of the oppressive rule of Argall, he sailed again for Virginia, but died on the voyage. He expended large sums in establishing the colony of Virginia, and was universally regarded as a noble and philanthropic man. The present Earl Delawarr, Reginald Windsor Sackville-West, is his lineal descendant. He published " A True Relation to the Council of Virginia" (1611 ; reprinted, 1858).