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280 INGHAM INGRAHAM ate refused to confirm it. His other chief works are "Julian," a dramatic poem (1831), and "Historical Sketch of the Second "Var between the United States and Great Britain " (4 vols. 8vo, 1845-'52). HI. Joseph Reed, an American statesman and lawyer, brother of the preceding, born in Philadelphia, June 14, 1786, died there, Feb. 20, 1868. He graduated at Princeton college in 1804, studied law, and entered upon its practice in Philadelphia. In 1835-'7 ho was a member of CQngress, but de- clined a reelection till 1841, when he was re- turned as a whig and protectionist, and held the office for four terms. From 1850 to 1853 he was minister to England. He was an able public speaker, and published several speeches and pamphlets, the principal one being "Se- cession a Folly and a Crime." IMill.lM, a S. county of the S. peninsula of Michigan, drained by the head waters of Grand river and by several smaller streams; area, 560 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 25,268. It has a nearly level surface, timbered with sugar maple, beech, &c., and a fertile soil. Coal and iron ore have been found in the county. The Grand River Valley and the Jackson, Lansing, and Saginaw divisions of the Michigan Central railroad, the Lansing division of the Michigan Southern, the Detroit, Lansing, and Lake Michigan, and the Peninsular railroads traverse it. The chief productions in 1870 were 471,392 bushels of wheat, 382,164 of Indian corn, 233,594 of oats, 240,324 of potatoes, 281,562 Ibs. of wool, 779,- 496 of butter, and 36,606 tons of hay. There were 5,954 horses, 6,535 milch cows, 1,200 working oxen, 8,138 other cattle, 62,407 sheep, and 11,491 swine; 24 manufactories of car- riages, 4 of brick, 7 of clothing, 4 of cooperage, 12 of furniture, 6 of iron castings, 4 of ma- chinery, 10 of saddlery and harness, 3 of sash, doors, and blinds, 6 of tin, copper, and sheet- iron ware, 1 of washing machines, &c., 1 of woollen goods, 3 planing mills, 28 saw mills, 4 breweries, 3 tanneries, 3 currying establish- ments, and 6 flour mills. Capital, Mason. INGHAM, Charles C., an American painter, born in Dublin in 1797, died in New York, Dec. 10, 1863. He studied at the academy of Dublin, and obtained a prize for his " Death of Cleopatra." He settled in New York in 1817, and was one of the founders of the national academy of design, and its vice president from 1845 to 1850. Among his works, besides many female portraits, are "The Laughing Girl," "White Plume," "The Flower Girl," and " Day Dream." INGHIRAIHI, TcHiimaso, surnamed FEDKA, an Italian scholar, born in Volterra, Tuscany, in 1470, died in Rome, Sept. 6, 1516. He went to Rome when 13 years old. While he was acting the part of Phajdra in Seneca's "Ilip- polytus," some of the machinery broke down, and he entertained the audience till the injury was repaired by the recitation of extempore Latin poetry. The multitude at once saluted him with the title of Fedra, and Alexander VI. made him a canon of St. Peter's. In 1495 he accompanied the papal nuncio to the court of the emperor Maximilian, who created him count palatine and poet laureate. Julius II. appointed him librarian of the Vatican, and pontifical secretary. His works include a "Defence of Cicero," "Compendium of Ro- man History," and " Commentary on Horace." IXiLEBY, Clement Mansfield, an English author, born at Edgbaston, hear Birmingham, Oct. 29, 1823. Ho graduated at Trinity college, Cam- bridge, in 1847, and was professor of logic and metaphysics at the Midland institute of Bir- mingham from 1855 to 1858, when he received the degree of LL. D. In 1870 he became foreign secretary to the royal society of litera- ture. His principal works are : " Outlines of Theoretical Knowledge " (1856); "The Shak- spere Fabrications " (1859) ; " A Complete View of the Shakspere Controversy " (1861) ; "The Still Lion" (1867); "An Introduction to Metaphysics" (1869); and "The Revival of Philosophy at Cambridge" (1870). INGOLSTADT, a fortified town of Upper Ba- varia, on the left bank of the Danube, at the confluence of the Schutter, 35 m. S. W. of Ratisbon, and the principal place between that city and Ulm ; pop. in 1871, 13,164. It has one Protestant and several Catholic churches, two convents, a Latin and an indus- trial school, an ancient castle, a military hos- pital, and several breweries. The defences of the town were demolished by the French after a three months' siege in 1800, but were restored from 1827 to 1847 with all modern improve- ments of fortification. Its Roman Catholic university, founded in 1472, and long famous, was transferred in 1800 to Landshut. The first Jesuit college established in Germany was founded at Ingolstadt in 1555. In 1632 the town sustained a siege by Gustavus Adolphus. IJVGRAHAH, Duncan Nathaniel, an American naval officer, born in Charleston, S. C., Dec. 6, 1802, died there, June 10, 1863. He entered the navy as midshipman in January, 1812, and became a captain Sept. 14, 1855. While in command of the sloop of war St. Louis in the Mediterranean, in July, 1853, he interfered at Smyrna with the detention by the Austrian con- sul of Martin Koszta, a Hungarian, who had de- clared in New York his intention of becom'ng an American citizen. This affair was elabo- rately discussed at Washington, between M. Hulsemann, the charge d'affaires of Austria, and Mr. Marcy, secretary of state. The con- duct of Capt. Ingraham was fully approved by the government, and congress by joint resolu- tion, Aug. 4, 1854, requested the president to present him with a medal. In March, 1856, he was appointed chief of the bureau of ordnance and hydrography of the navy department. He- resigned this post Feb. 4, 1861, and was made chief of ordnance, construction, and repair in the confederate army. INGRAHA9I, Joseph H., an American author, born in Portland, Me., in 1809, died in 18C6.