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sions.” Dr. Goodrich was also the author of “Select British Eloquence” (1852). A commemorative discourse by President Theodore D. Woolsey has been published in pamphlet-form (New Haven, 1860). — Chauncey Allen's son, Chauncey, clergyman, b. in Middletown, Conn., 20 July, 1817; d. in New Haven, Conn., 27 March, 1868, was graduated at Yale in 1837, after which he studied in the theological department. In 1843 he was made pastor of the Congregational church in Malden, Mass., and in 1849 of the church in Watertown, Conn., which charge he resigned in 1856 because of feeble health. Thereafter he resided in New Haven, occupied with literary labors, chief among which was the continuation of his father's work in the revision of Webster's dictionary. He was secretary of the New Haven colony historical society, for which body he prepared and read valuable papers. — Another son, William Henry, clergyman, b. in New Haven, Conn., 19 Jan., 1825; d. in Lausanne, Switzerland, 17 July, 1874, was graduated at Yale in 1843, studied in the divinity-school from 1844 till 1847, and held pastorates in Bristol, Conn., Binghamton, N. Y., and Cleveland, Ohio. He died while on a foreign tour taken for his health. He received the degree of D. D. from Western Reserve college in 1864. Dr. Goodrich was a brilliant pulpit orator, published sermons and addresses, and was a frequent contributor to the religious press.


GOODSON, John, physician, b. in England; d. in l*hiladeli)hia, Pa., 28 Dec. 1727. He was the first English physician that came to Pennsylvania under Penn's charter, and was among the first that bought lands in the province of the "Free society of traders." Immediately after his purchase he was appointed " chirurgeon " to the society, and was sent to the px"ovince, arriving there shortly be- fore Penn. Previous to his coming to this coun- try he had practised his profession in London. In 1685 he was appointed a judge of the courts of common pleas and quarter sessions and the or- phans' court, which office he held many years. From 1686 till 1701 he was one of the proprietaries commissioners of property, and in November, 1694, was appointed by Penn to be deputy-governor, or assistant to Gov. Markham, which office he filled un- til October, 1696, when he resigned. He was an elder of the Society of Friends.


GOODWIN, Daniel, jurist, b. in Geneva, N. Y., 24 Nov., 1799; d. in Detroit, Mich., 24 Aug., 1887. He was graduated at Union college in 1820, studied law, and emigrated to Michigan. He was U. S. district attorney for Michigan in 1834-'41, judge of the supreme court in 1843-50, president of the State constitutional convention of 1850, and a mem- ber of that of 1867. In 1850-81 he was circuit judge for the upper peninsula of Michigan. Judge Goodwin served repeatedly in the legislature, and in 1851 appeared for the people in the trial known as the " railroad conspiracy case." — His son, Dan- iel, b. in New York city, 26 Nov., 1832, was gradu- ated at Hamilton college in 1852, studied law in Auburn, N. Y., and Detroit, Mich., and in 1855 was U. S. master in chancery for Michigan. He was judge-advocate of militia in 1856, and assistant U. S. attorney in Chicago in 1862-'4. He has been U. S. commissioner for Illinois since 1861, and a trustee of the Illinois eye and ear infirmary since 1866. He has published " James Pitts and his Sons in the American Revolution " (Chicago, 1882) ; "The Dearborns" (1884); "The Lord's Table" (1885) ; " Provincial Pictures " (1886) ; " In Mem- ory of Edwin Channing Earned" (1886); and " in Memory of Robert C. Winthrop " (1894). Mr. Goodwin was a contributor to this work.


GOODWIN, Daniel Raynes, clergvman. b. in North Berwick. 3Ie., 12 April, 1811 ; d. in Philadel- phia. Pa., 12 Mai-ch, 1890. He was graduated at Bowdoin, and entered Andover theological semi- nary, afterward becoming professor of modern languages in Bowdoin. He remained at Bowdoin until 1853, and while there took orders in the Prot- estant Episcopal church. He became president of Trinity college, Hartford, in 1853, and professor of Christian ethics, but removed to Philadelphia in 1860 to become provost of the University of Pennsylvania, where he taught intellectual and moral philosophy. In addition to this, when, in 1862, the diocesan divinity-school was organized, he took the professorship of apologetics, which he exchanged in 1865 for that of systematic divinity. He resigned his office in the university in 1868, in order to devote himself to the divinity-school. He was made its dean, and held the office till 1884, when he again became professor. The university then conferred upon him the degree of LL. D., and he had previously received that of D. D. from Bowdoin in 1853. He was sent as a delegate to every general convention of his church in the Uinted States for twenty-five years, was one of the foremost low-church presbyters in Pennsylva- nia, and for many years not only acted as presi- dent of the standing committee of his diocese, but largely directed its legislation. Among his publi- cations are " Southern Slavery in its Present As- pects," containing a reply to Bishop Hopkins on slavery (1864) ; " The New Realistic Divinity neither the Religion of the Bible and Pi'ayer-Book nor of the Holy Catholic Church " (1879) ; a " Memorial Discourse on Henry W. Longfellow," before the alumni of Bowdoin college (1882) ; " Notes on the Revision of the New Testament Version " (1883) ; and " Christian Eschatology " (1885).


GOODWIN, Ichabod, governor of New Hampshire, 1). in North Berwick, N. H.. 10 Oct., 1796; d. in Portsmouth, N. IL, in 1882. His education was received at the South Berwick academy. Shortly after leaving that institution he entered the counting-house of Samuel Lord, a merchant and ship-owner of Portsmouth. He became supercargo and afterward master of one of his employer's ships, and followed the sea till 1832, when he established himself in Portsmouth as a merchant. He was six times a representative in the legislature between 1838 and 1856, and was a delegate at large from New Hampshire to the National conventions at which Clay, Taylor, and Scott were nominated by the Whigs for the presidency, serving as vice-president of the first two bodies. He served twice in constitutional conventions, and was several times an unsuccessful Whig candidate for congress, being the last nominee of that party for governor of the state. In 1859 he was the successful Republican candidate for the same office, and was re-elected for the succeeding term, which expired in June, 1861. When President Lincoln made his call for troops in 1861 the legislature was not in session, and the municipal banking institutions undertook the task of raising and equipping troops. Gov. Goodwin accepted $680,000, and with this sum raised and equipped ten regiments. Gov. Goodwin was active in the Unitarian church, and was widely known for his charities. He was connected with many railroad and other corporations,, and with charitable institutions.

GOODWIN, John Noble, statesman, b. in South Berwick, Me., 18 Oct., 1824. He was graduated at Dartmouth in 1844, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1848, and began practice in South Berwick, He was elected to the senate of