Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . n 1871, and was twice 1874 he was elected president of the IllinoisWesleyan university at Bloomington. In 1875 heunited with the Reformed Episcopal church, andbecame rector of St. Pauls, Chicago, in May of thatyear. In January, 1876, he was appointed chiefeditor of the Appeal, the organ of the ReformedEpiscopal church, and on 15 July, 1876, he waselected a bishop. He was regent of the Universityof Wisconsin in 1864-74, and received the degreeof D. D. from Lawrence university in 1873. Hehas published a Supplemental Dictionary (Chi-cago
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . n 1871, and was twice 1874 he was elected president of the IllinoisWesleyan university at Bloomington. In 1875 heunited with the Reformed Episcopal church, andbecame rector of St. Pauls, Chicago, in May of thatyear. In January, 1876, he was appointed chiefeditor of the Appeal, the organ of the ReformedEpiscopal church, and on 15 July, 1876, he waselected a bishop. He was regent of the Universityof Wisconsin in 1864-74, and received the degreeof D. D. from Lawrence university in 1873. Hehas published a Supplemental Dictionary (Chi-cago, 1884), and Past Noon (1886). FANEUIL, Peter, merchant, b. in New Ro-chelle, N. Y., in 1700; d. in Boston, Mass., 3March, 1743. His parents were French Huguenots. He became amerchant inBoston, andin 1740, afterthe projectof erecting apublic mar-ket-house inthat city hadbeen discuss-ed for someyears, he of-fered, at apublic meet-ing, to builda suitable edifice at his own cost as a gift to thetown ; but so strong was the opposition to market-. houses that, although a vote of than!unanimously, the oner was accepted by a majorityof only seven. The building wafi begun in Hocksquare in September of the same year, and finishedin two years. It comprised a market-house on floor, and a town-hall, with other if. in 1761 if was destroyed by fire, nothingbut the brick walls remaining. It was rebuilt bythe town in 1763, and in 1775, during the Britishoccupation of Boston, it, was used fora theatre. In1805 if was enlarged by the addition of anotherstory, and increased forty feet in width. The largehall is about eighty feet square, and contains manyfine paintings of distinguished men. During theRevolutionary period if was the usual meeting-place of the patriots, and, from the -lining debatesand important resolutions that were often heardwithin its walls, it gained tin; name of the cradleof American liberty. (See illustration.) FANNIN, James W., soldier, b. in North Caro
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