Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . ricultural Journal, of which he was editor un-til a short time before his death. He frequentlycontributed to the Gazette, in Montreal, on agri-cultural subjects, and in 1853 was appointed secre-tary and treasurer of the board of agriculture inLower Canada. He published Theory and Prac-tice of Agriculture (Montreal, 1835). EVARTS, Jeremiah, philanthropist, b. in Sun-derland, Vt., 3 Feb., 1781; d. in Charleston, S. C,10 May, 1831. He was graduated at Yale in 1802,and, after some time spent in teaching, studiedlaw, was admitted to the bar in 1806, and
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . ricultural Journal, of which he was editor un-til a short time before his death. He frequentlycontributed to the Gazette, in Montreal, on agri-cultural subjects, and in 1853 was appointed secre-tary and treasurer of the board of agriculture inLower Canada. He published Theory and Prac-tice of Agriculture (Montreal, 1835). EVARTS, Jeremiah, philanthropist, b. in Sun-derland, Vt., 3 Feb., 1781; d. in Charleston, S. C,10 May, 1831. He was graduated at Yale in 1802,and, after some time spent in teaching, studiedlaw, was admitted to the bar in 1806, and prac-tised that profession in New Haven for about fouryears. From 1810 till 1820 he edited the Pano-plist, a religious monthly magazine published inBoston. In 1812 he was chosen treasurer of theAmerican board of commissioners for foreign mis-sions, and in 1820, when the Panoplist was dis-continued and the Missionary Herald was is-sued by the board in its stead, he took charge ofthe latter periodical. He was chosen correspond- EVARTS EVE #tf. ing secretary of the board in 1821, and retainedthat office until his death. Be died while; travel-ling for the benefit of his health. He wrote twen-ty-four essays on the rights of the Indians, underthe signature of William Perm, and also editeda volume of Speeches on the Indian Bill, writ-ing the introduction; and wrote most of the re-ports of the board of missions, that of 1830 espe-cially being an able document. See Memoirs ofJeremiah Evarts, by E. C. Tracy (Boston, 1845).—His son, William Maxwell, lawyer, b. in Bos-ton, 6 Feb., 1818. Pie was prepared for college inthe Boston Latin-school, graduated at Yale in1837, and while in college, with four of his class-mates, he founded the Yale Literary the profession of the law, he studied in Harvard law-school, and in theoffice of DanielLord, of New Yorkcity, and was ad-mitted to the barin New York in1841. Pie soon es-tablished a repu-tation for learn-ing and acumen,and wa
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