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CHAMBERLAIN. CHAMPLIN. I I I Antiquaries at Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as of several state historical socie- ties. Of the Massachusetts Historical Society he is a resident member, and his contributions of papers to its proceedings have been frequent. In 1SS5 Mr. Cham- berlain received the degree of doctor of laws from Dartmouth College. The following are some of the subjects on which Mr. Chamberlain has written, generally, although not always, in a pam- phlet form : " The History of Winnisim- met, Rumney Marsh, and Pullin Point " (1880); "Daniel Webster as an Orator" (1882); " John Adams, the Statesman of the Revolution" (1884); "Samuel Maverick's Palisade House of 1630" (1885); "The Authentication of the Declaration of Inde- pendence " (1885); Notes to" Sewall's Let- ter-Book " (18S6); " Address at the Dedi- cation of Wilson Hall (Dartmouth College Library)" (1886); "The History of the People of the United States : A Review of McMaster's History "(1886); "Landscapes in Life and in Poetry " (1886); "Remarks at the Dedication of a Statue of Daniel Webster, at Concord, N. H." (1S86); "Ad- dress at the Dedication of the Brooks Library Building at Brattleborough, Vt." (1SS7) ; "The Constitutional Relations of the American Colonies to the English Gov- ernment at the Commencement of the Rev- olution" (1887); "The Revolution Im- pending: with a Critical Essay" (18S8), and " Josiah Quincy, the Great Mayor " (1889). CHAMBERLAIN, NATHAN HENRY, son of Artemas White and Lydia Smith (Ellis) Chamberlain, was born in Sandwich, Barn- stable county, December 25, 1830. He was educated in the public schools of Sandwich and Barnstable, in the Sandwich Academy and at Paul Wing's private school in Sandwich. He was graduated from Harvard in 1853, and immediately entered the Harvard divinity school, from which he was graduated in 1856. He also attended a course of lectures in Heidel- berg University, Germany. He was in- stalled pastor of the Unitarian church in Canton ; going from that place to a church of the same denomination in Baltimore, succeeding Dr. Burnap and Dr. Jared Sparks, afterwards president of Harvard College. In 1S64 he changed his connection, entered the Episcopal communion, and was ordained as rector of an Episcopal church at Birmingham, Conn. He after- ward served parishes in New York City, Milwaukee, and in Somerville and East Boston. He has been rector of the church in East Boston (St. John's) for seven years. Mr. Chamberlain has been twice married — first, February 19, 1855, to Hannah S. Tewksbury, of Boston, who died in 1861, and second to Marietta C, daughter of Simeon and Catharine (Cleveland) Hyde, of New York, April 9, 1870. He has been blessed with three children: Charles F., Henry D. and Ethel C. Chamberlain. Mr. Chamberlain has lately resigned his pastorate, retiring to Bourne, where he is possessed of estates. He is the author of " The Autobiogra- phy of an Old New England Farm House," " Samuel Sewall and the World He Lived In," " The Sphinx in Aubrey Parish," etc. He has always cherished an ardent love for literature, and now, after thirty-five years of pastoral service, he proposes to pass the remainder of his days in accord- ance with his plans formed long ago. CHAMPLIN, ARTHUR B., son of Henry L. and Caroline A. (Tomlinson) Champlin, was born in Chelsea, Suffolk county, Feb- ruary 7, 1858. ARTHUR B. CHAMPLIN. He was educated in the public schools of the city. In 1874 he became a correspond- ent of the " Boston Daily Globe." In 1S75 he took the management of the " Chelsea