Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . DEARBORN DEAEING 117. DEARBORN, Benjamin, inventor,b. in Ports-month, N. II., in 1755; d. in Boston, 22 Feb., served an apprenticeship us a printer, and afterward opened an academy for girls. About1790 he removed his school to Boston. In 1784,under the signature of A Friend of Industry,he wrote an article for The New Hampshire Ga-zette, in which he first suggested the employmentof convict labor for profit. He was the inventorof the spring balance. DEARBORN, Henry, soldier, b. in NorthHampton, N. H., 23 Feb., 1751; d. in Roxbury,Mass., 6 Jun
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . DEARBORN DEAEING 117. DEARBORN, Benjamin, inventor,b. in Ports-month, N. II., in 1755; d. in Boston, 22 Feb., served an apprenticeship us a printer, and afterward opened an academy for girls. About1790 he removed his school to Boston. In 1784,under the signature of A Friend of Industry,he wrote an article for The New Hampshire Ga-zette, in which he first suggested the employmentof convict labor for profit. He was the inventorof the spring balance. DEARBORN, Henry, soldier, b. in NorthHampton, N. H., 23 Feb., 1751; d. in Roxbury,Mass., 6 June, 1829. After studying medicine,he began its practice at Nottingham Square in 1772. Having em-ployed his leisurein the study of theart of war, he setout on the day afterthe battle of Lexing-ton for Cambridge,at the head of sixtyminute-men, reach-ing that place earlythe next day. Onhis return he wasappointed captainin Starks regiment,and subsequentlytook part in the bat-tle of Bunker Hill,where he coveredthe retreat of theAmerican forces. In September he accompan
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