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tion. and served from Dec. 17, 1790, to 1796, when he resigned. He was apjM^inted and continned judge i>f the United States district court in Kliodf Island in isoi. and died Sept. 17, 1808.

BOURNE, Edward Emerson, jurist, was bi.rn at Wells, Me.. March 19, 1797. In 181(5, after receiving preparation in the South Ber- wick acatleiuy. he was graduated from Bowdoin college. He then stutlied law in his native town an.l in Philadelphia, and in 1S19 was admitted to the York county bar. In IStJO lie removed to York, but the ne.xt year returned to Kennebunk, where he occupied various local offices, and in l.*^Jt) was sent to the state legislature, where he served until 1831. Declining renomination, he devoted himself wholly to his profession. In 1838 he became state's attorney, and again in 1841. In 1806 he was made judge of probate and remained in this office until 1872. In 18GG he was elected a member of the New England historic genealogical society He was a trustee of Bow- doin college, from which he received the degree of LL.D. in 1872. He wrote a full history of the towns of Kennebunk and Wells, and he contri- buted largely to various historical publications. He died in Kennelmnk. Me., Sept. 28, 1873.

BOURNE, Edward Gay lord, educator, was born at Strykersville, N. Y., June 24, 1860. He was graduated at Yale college in 1883, being awarded one of the Foote scholarships, and three years later was appointed instructor in medieval history, and lecturer on political sci- ence in that institution. In 1888 he was called to Adelbert college, Cleveland, Ohio, where, in 1890, he was made profes.sor of history. In 1895 he was chosen profe.s.sor of history in Yale uni- versity, and in 1896 became one of the editors of The Vale Review. Among his writings are: " The Demarcation Line of Alexander VI.," and " Prince Henry the Navigator," in The Yale Review, "Seneca and the Discovery of Amer- ica " in Ttie Academy; " Alexander Hamilton and Adam Smith " in the Harvard Quarterhj Journal of Economics; and "Leopold von Ranke " in Tlie Scwanee Review. He published "The His- tory of the Surplus Revenue of 1837 " (1885).

BOURNE, Richard, mi.ssionary, was born in England. He removed to America and e.stab- lished himself at Sandwich, Ma.ss., where he con- ducted services. AlK»ut the year 1658 he went to Marshpee, where he studied the language of the Marshpee Indians and devoted liLs time to missionary work among that tribe. In 1660 he purchased, with his own resources, a deed of Marshi»ee, which he presented to the Indians of tliat place. He established a church and on Aug. 17, 1678. he was ordained its pastor by John Eliot, the "Apostle of the Indians." He died at Sandwich, Mass., in 1682.

BOUTELL, Henry Sherman, representative, w;is born in Boston, Ma.ss.. :March 14, 1856; son Maj. Lewis Henry and Anna (Greene) Bouteli ; grandson of Lewis and Mary (Bartlett) Bouteli, and of the Rev. Dr. David and Mary (Evarts) Greene ; great^ grandson of Roger Sherman ; and a descendant of James Bouteli, who came from England and settled in Lynn, Mass., in 1632. His father was graduated from Brown, A.B., 1844, Harvard, LL.B., 1847; practised in Boston, Mass., 1847-'61 ; served in the civil war, 1861-'65 ; was a lawyer in Chicago, 111., 1865-96, and died in Washington, D.C.. Jan. 16, 1899. Henry Sher- man removed to Chicago with his parents in 1864 ; w^as grailuated from Northwestern university in 1874 and from Harvard university in 1876 ; was admitted to the bar in 1879 and practi.sed in Chicago, III. He was a rej)resentative in the state legislature in 1884 ; was elected a Rei)ublican rep- resentative to the 55tli congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edward Dean Cooke, June 24, 1897, and was re-elected to the 56tli. 57tii and 58th congresses.

BOUTELLE, Charles Addison, representative, was born in Damariscotta, :Me., Feb. 9, 1839. He was educated in the public schools and at Yar- mouth academy, and became a shipmaster. He entered the U.S. navy in 1862 ; was appointed acting-master and .served in the North and South Atlantic and West Gulf squadrons, participating in the blockades of Charleston and Wilmington ; Pocotaligo expedition : the capture of St. John's Bluff and occupation of Jacksonville, Fla. He was promoted lieutenant for gallant conduct in the engagement with the ironclad Albemarle, May 5, 1864 ; commanded the steamer Nyanza, participating in the capture of Mobile and in re- ceiving the surrender of the Confederate fleet. He afterward commanded the naval forces in Mississippi sound and was honorably discharged, Jan. 14. 1866. He engaged in the shipping and commi.ssion business in New York city ; became editor of the Whig and Courier, at Bangor, Me., in 1870, and its proprietor in 1874. He was a delegate to the Republican National convention in 1876 and 1880 ; repre.sented Maine on the Republi- can national committee in 1884, and was chairman of the Maine delegation to the National convention in 1888. He was elected a repre.sentative in the 48th, 49th, 50th, 51st, 52d, 53d, 54th and 55th con- gresses, serving 1883-'99. He was chairman of the committee on naval affairs in the 51st. 54th and 55th congre.s.ses, where he led in the move- ment for the production of all war materials in the United States, resulting in establishing steel armor and gun-forging plants at Betldehem, Pa. ; equipment of a gun factory at the Wasliington navy j'ard, and maritime and coast defences. He died at Waverly, Mass., May 21, 1901.