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is indebted to him are, directly, the transfer to this country of a free, valid, and regular episcopacy, and, indirectly, the clearing of the way for the transmission of the episcopate of the established Church of England by demonstrating the possibility of obtaining consecration from another and equally valid source, and the fact that episcopacy could live in this country : the reunion through him, in the consecration of Claggett, of the lines of the Scottish church and of the English non-jurors with the. line of the estab- lished Church of England, represented by White, Pro- voost, and Madison ; the securingofthe just rights of the episcopate in the govern- ment of the church, which was attained by the amend-

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constitution changing the house of bishops from a mere house of revision to a co-ordinate branch of thf legislature; and, lastly, the restoration i'( ihr oblation and invocation to the communion office. Two volumes of his sermons (1791 ) and many occa- sional papers were published during his life, and a third volume of discourses after his death (1798). See his " Life and Correspondence," by Rev. Eben Eil wards Beardsley, D. D. (Boston, 1881). The "Bishop's palace," as his simple residence at New London was jestingly styled, is shown in the ac- companying illustration. His grandson. Samuel, clergyman, son of Rev. Charles Seabury. b. in New London. !i .lime. 1801; d. in New York city, 10 Oct., 1872, was privately educated, and received the degree of M. A. and D. D. from Columbia college in 1823 and 1837, respectively. He was ordai 1 deacon in 1826, and priest in 1828, by Bishop Ho- bart, and was professor of languages in Flushing institute and St. Paul's college until 1834, after which he was editor of " The Churchman " until 1849. He was rector of the Church of the Annun- ciation, New York, from 1838 till 1868, and pro- fessor of biblical learning, etc., in the General theological seminary. New York, from 1862 till his death. His reputation and influence were chiefly established by his editorial writings. He was the author of " Historical Sketch of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo " (New York, 1833) : " The Continuity of the Church of England in the 16th Century" (1853): "The Supremacy and Obligation of Con- seienee " i l~-r.il) ; American Slavery distinguished from the Slavery of English Theorists, and justi- fied by the Law" of Nature" (1861); "Mary the Virgin" (1868): and "Theory and Use of thr Church Calendar in the Measurement mid Dis- tribution of Time "(1872). The second Samuel's son, William Jones, clergyman, b. in New York city, 25 Jan., 1837, was graduated at Columbia in 1856, and admitted to the New York bar in 1858, but, ;ii>andoning law for divinity, was graduated at the General theological seminary in 18l>6. ordained deacon, > July, 1-r.i;. and priest, :;o Nov.. 1S66. by Bishop Horatio Potter. He has been rector of the Church of the Annunciation, New York, from 1SIIS. and professor of ecclesiastical polity and law in the General theological seminary since ]S7:i. He received the degree of D. D. from Ilobart college in and from the General theological seminary in 1885. He has edited Dr. Samuel Seabury 's "Me- morial " (New York, 1873), and " Discourses on the Nature and Work of the Holy Spirit " (1874), and i- the author of "Suggestions in Aid of Devotion and Godliness" (1878), and various pamphlets, including " The Union of Divergent Lines in the American Succession " (New York, 1885). For a complete bibliography of these four clergymen see the " American Church Review " for July, "1885.

SEALSFIELD, Charles, author, b. in Poppitz, Moravia, Austria, 3 March, 1793; d. in Solothurn, Switzerland, 26 May, 1864. His real name was Karl Postel. He became a member of a religious order in his youth, but escaped from the convent at Prague in 1822, soon afterward came to this country, where he assumed the name of Sealsfield, and for a short time was connected with the “Courrier des États-Unis” in New York city. He went back to Europe about 1828 as correspondent in Paris of the “Courier and Enquirer,” and in 1832 settled in Solothurn, but returned to the United States, and passed several years in Louisiana and subsequently in Mexico and Central America. His principal works are “Tokeah, or the White Rose” (2 vols., Philadelphia, 1828; German ed., under the title of “Der Legitime und die Republikaner,” 3 vols., Zurich, 1833); “Transatlantische Reiseskizzen” (2 vols., 1833); “Der Virey und die Aristokraten,” a Mexican novel (2 vols., 1834); “Lebensbilder aus beiden Hemisphären” (2 vols., 1834; 2d ed., entitled “Morton, oder die grosse Tour,” 1846); “Deutsch-americanische Wahlverwandschaften” (5 vols., 1838-'42); and “Süden und Norden” (3 vols., 1842-'3). His works have been translated into English, and several of them into French. Two complete editions have been published in German (15 vols., Stuttgart, 1845-7; 18 vols., 1846). See “Erinnerungen an Sealsfield” (Brussels, 1864).

SEAMAN, Ezra Champion, author, b. in Chatham, N. Y., 14 Oct., 1805; d. in Ann Arbor, Mich., 1 July, 1880. He was educated in the com- mon schools, admitted to the bar at Ballston Spa, N. Y., was chief clerk to the U. S. comptroller of the treasury in 1849-'53, and subsequently in- spector of Michigan state prisons. He edited the "Ann Arbor Journal" in 1858-'63, and published " Essays of the Progress of Nations " (Detroit, 1846 ; with additions, New York, 1848 ; supple- ment, Detroit, 1852) ; " Commentaries on the Constitution and Laws, People and History, of the United States" (Ann Arbor, 1863): "The American System of Government " (1870) ; " View s of Nature" (1873); and essays and pamphlets.

SEAMAN, Valentine, physician, b. in Hempstead, L. I., 2 April, 1770; d. in New York city. 3 July, 1817. He was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1792, studied medicine under Dr. Nicholas Romeyn, and was a surgeon to the New York hospital from 1796 until his death. He was active in the introduction of vaccination in New York city, sustaining his theory a> to ji- ex- pediency in the face of much opposition. His publications include a "Pharmacopoeia" and " Inaugural Discourse on Opium " (Philadelphia, K'.'.' < : "Waters of Saratoga" (New York. K'.i:': -d ed., with "Waters of Hal-ion." iMiiii; "Midwife's Monitor" (1800) ; and " On Vaccination " (1S1G).

SEARING. Laura Catherine (Kedden). author, b. in Somer-et eoinily. .Mil.. '.I Feb.. is HI. She became deal' about the age >( ten. throuj attack of spinal meningitis, and her education was consequently carried on in a somewhat irregular manner. Though she also lost the power of speech, being unable to make lier>elf understood, she re-