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Van LAER, Alexander T .:
Instructor, painter, lecturer; born in Auburn, N. Y., Feb. 9, 1857; son of P. C. and Mina van Laer; studied at High School. Auburn; also National Academy of Design, Art Students' League under R. Swain Gifford, and under George Pog- genbock, of Holland. Married, in 1886, to Stella Stickney, of Somersworth, N. H. Associate National Academy of Design (A. N. A.); member Lotos Club. Salma- gundi Club, Artist Fund Society; exhib- itor all leading American exhibitions; art lecturer at Chatauqua seven years; free lecture courses, New York City, eleven years; lecturer before the Brooklyn In- stitute, Rembrandt Club of Brooklyn, Ar- chitectural League, Sculpture Society, and leading art clubs of the country; mem- ber New York jury, St. Louis World's Fair; bronze medal Charleston Exposi- tion. Address, 30 East 57th St., New York.
VANN, Irving Goodwin:
Lawyer and jurist; born Ulysses, Tomp- kins Co., N. Y., Jan. 3, 1842; son of Sam- uel R. and Catherine Goodwin; was grad- uated from Yale College, 1863, and from Albany Law School, 1865. Married, 1870,
daughter of Henry Augustus Dillaye, a prominent citizen of Syracuse; located in Syracuse, began to practice law there 1866; mayor of Syracuse, 1879; justice Supreme Court from: Jan. 1, 1882, until Jan. 6, 1885; since then judge Court of Appeals. Member Century, Citizens and University Clubs of Syracuse and Fort Orange Club of Albany; LL.D., Hamilton College, 1882; Syracuse University, 1897, and Yale Uni- versity, 1898. Address, Syracuse, N. Y.
VAN NORDEN, Warner:
Capitalist; born July 2, 1841; educated, University of New York. Married, May 30, 1867, to Martha A. Philips, now de- ceased. Was president National Bank of North America in New York, Jan., 1891, to Jan., 1902; retired, and now director of same; also president South Yuba Water Company and Central California Electric Company; director Van Norden Trust Company, National Bank of North Amer- ica in New York, Mercantile National Bank, North American Trust Company, Fifth Avenue Estates, Van Norden Safe Deposit Company, Century Realty Com- pany; Standard Milling Company, New York Mortgage & Security Company. American Surety Company, Remington Construction Company, Scarsdale Estates, D. Appleton & Co., Home Insurance Com- pany, American Tract Society. Member Chamber of Commerce, N. Y. Historical Society, Museum of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum of Art; president board of trustees of Presbytery of New York; member board of foreign missions of
Presbyterian Church; ex-president Holland Society; clubs, Metropolitan, Union League, Lawyers, Riding, Holland Society. Residence, 29 West 57th St .; office, 751 Fifth Ave., New York.
VAN ORSDALE, John T .:
Colonel, U. S. Army; born in New York; appointed from New York; graduated from Military Academy, class of 1872; second lieutenant, Seventh Infantry, June 14, 1872; first lieutenant, Aug. 20, 1872; captain, Nov. 30, 1889; major, April 1, 1899; lieutenant colonel, Eighth Infantry, April 14, 1902; transferred to Seventh In- fantry, May 15, 1902; colonel, 1903. Ad- dress, Manila, P. I.
VAN PELT, John V .:
Architect; born in New Orleans, Feb. 24, 1874; entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1890, receiving the diploma in 1895, and being one of the first three Am- ericans to receive the degree of Archi- tectè Diplome par le Gouvernment Fran- cais. After two years of graduate work in the school he came to Cornell Univer- sity College of Architecture as assistant professor of planning and design, where he remained for three years, at the ex- piration of which he resigned for the purpose of continuing his studies abroad. After two years of study and travel he
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was recalled (in 1902) as professor in charge of the College of Architecture at Cornell University, which position he still holds. In 1902 he published a work on composition under the title of "A. Dis- cussion of Composition, Especially as Ap- plied to Architecture," Macmillan. He is a member of the Societé des Architects Diplomés. Paris, and Society of Beaux Arts of New York; also the American In- stitute of Architects and Architectural League of New York. Address Ithaca, N. Y.
VAN PETTEN, John Bullock:
Clergyman, educator, soldier; son of Peter Van Petten and Lydia Bullock; born in Sterling, N. Y., June 19, 1827; graduated at the Wesleyan University in 1850; received from it the degree of M. A. in 1853, and in 1889 from Syracuse Uni- versity the degree of Ph.D .; was principal of Red Creek Union Academy in 1850-52; joined the Black River Conference of the M. E. Church; was ordained deacon in 1854 and elder in 1866. Was pastor of the M. E. Church at Cape Vincent, N. Y., in 1853-54; was professor of Greek in Fair- field Seminary in 1854-55; was principal of Fairfield Seminary in 1855-61, 1866-70 and 1885-86: engaged in the Civil War as chaplain of the Thirty-fourth New York Volunteers, June 15, 1861; served in Stone's Corps of Observation in 1861 and in the battle of Balls Bluff and Edwards Ferry; in 1862 at the siege of Yorktown and the battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Allens Farm, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill and Second Bull Run. Was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the 160th New York Volunteers and appointed to the command of Camp Seward at Auburn, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1862; in Dec., 1862, went with his regiment to the Department of the Gulf on the Banks Expedition and was assigned to the sec- ond brigade of the first division of the Nineteenth Army Corps, and stationed at Morgan City, La .; was in the battle of the Cotton in Jan., 1863; thereafter was the permanent commander of the regi- ment until promoted therefrom Jan. 25, 1865; commanded it in the battle of Bis- lan, of Port Hudson, May. 27, 1863; the brigade in the battle of Port Hudson of the 14th of June, 1863, and thence the first battalion of the Forlorn Hope until the surrender of Port Hudson. In the winter of 1863-64 was president of the U. S. Relief Commission of New Orleans; in the spring of 1864 on the Red River Expedition in command of the 160th New York Volunteers at Sabine Cross Roads, Pleasant Hill, Marksville, and Cane River; in the summer and autumn of 1864, with the Nineteenth Corps, he served on the upper Potomac and in the Shenandoah Valley; was severely wounded in the bat- tle of Opequan, Sept. 19, and compli- mented in general orders by General Sher- idan " for conspicuous gallantry and good
conduct." In Nov., 1864, he was ap- pointed by Governor Fenton commissary general of subsistence of New York, but did not accept it, prefering to remain in the field to the end of the war; he ac- cepted the colonelcy of the One Hundred and Ninety-third New York Volunteers; was again made commander of Camp Seward, and early in 1865, with the or- ganization complete and numbering thir- teen hundred, joined the provisional divis- ion at Summit Point, Va .; was commis- sioned Brevet Brigadier General, and commanded the District of Cumberland, West Va., until 1866. In 1866 was a trus- tee of the National Cemetery at Antietam; in 1868-69 represented the Twentieth Dis- trict in the New York Senate; was chair- man of the committees on Internal Af- fairs and of Militia and a member of the committees on Education and Engrossed Bills, and received the thanks with an engrossed resolution of the Citizens' As- sociation of New York for work in the in- terest of the taxpayers. Later in Missouri, was president of the Sedalia Seminary and school commissioner, and active in the election of Gratz Brown governor and in the adoption of an amended constitu- tion. Returned to New York, and in 1886-98 was professor of Latin history in the Hudson River Institute. Is a mem- ber of the Holland Society of New York, of the Chi Psi Fraternity, and of the G. A. R. Address, Alexandria Bay, N. Y.
VAN RENSSELAER, Mrs. Schuyler:
Is an American author and art critic, whose name is familiar to the readers of the leading magazines, in which con- tributions from her accomplished pen fre- quently appear. Among her best known works are "Henry Hobson Richardson and His Works," "English Cathedrals," "One Man Who Was Content" and "Art Out of Doors." Address, 9 West 9th St., New York.
van SANTVOORD, Seymour:
Lawyer. manufacturer, banker, author; born in Troy, N. Y., Dec. 17, 1858; son of George van Santvoord (lawyer and au- thor) and Elizabeth Van Schaack; grad- uated Union College, 1878; Albany Law School and admitted to bar, 1880. Presi- dent and treasurer of Walter A. Wood Mowing & Reaping Machine Company, 1896-1904; one of the organizers of the Security Trust Company, and of Security Safe Deposit Company of Trov. in 1902, and president of each; director Troy Pub- lic Library, Emma Willard Seminary and Samaritan Hospital, and vice-president of Albany Law School; vice-president of Holland Society of New York, and mem- ber of University, Reform and National Arts Clubs. Author of "The House of Cæsar and The Imperial Disease." Mar- ried a daughter of Captain Hamilton Le Ad- Roy Shields, U. S. A., of Virginia. dress, Troy. N. Y.
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VAN VOAST, James:
Colonel, U. S. Army; born in and ap- pointed from New York; graduated from the Military Academy in class of 1852. Brevet second lieutenant, Third Artillery, July 1, 1852; second lieutenant, Aug. 22, 1853; first lieutenant, Ninth Infantry, March 3, 1855; accepted, May 6, 1855; captain. March 1, 1861; major, Eigh- teenth Infantry, Dec. 29, 1863; lieutenant- colonel, Sixteenth Infantry, Aug. 16, 1871; colonel, Ninth Infantry, Feb. 20. 1882; retired, April 2, 1883. Address, 507 East Third St., Cincinnati, O.
VAN VOORHIS, Eugene:
Lawyer; graduated' from University of Rochester in 1885; studied law at Roch- ester, N. Y., 1885-87; lawyer, 1887 to date. Address, 500 Powers Block, Rochester, N. Y.
VAN WYCK, Robert Anderson:
Jurist, ex-mayor; born in New York, July 20, 1849; son of William and Lydia Van Wyck. He was graduated from Co- lumbia College Law School as the vale- dictorian of a class of 124, and was ad- mitted to the bar soon after his gradua- tion, continuing to practice his profession until 1889. in which year he was elected judge of the City Court, and became pre- siding judge of the court. In 1897 he was elected mayor of Greater New York at the first election held under the new charter. He is a member and one of the founders of the Holland Society, and has been hon- ored with its presidency. He is a mem- ber of the Democratic Club, and of a number of other social organizations. Res- idence. 135 East 46th St .. New York.
VARNUM, Charles A .:
Major, U. S. Army; was born in New York; appointed from Florida; graduated from the Military Academy in class of 1872. Second lieutenant. Seventh Cav- alry. June 14. 1872; first lieutenant, June 25, 1876; captain, July 22, 1890; major, Feb. 2. 1901. Address, Chickamauga Park, Ga.
VEDDER, Harmon A .:
Physician; born at Flushing, Long Is- land, Jan. 16, 1868; the son of Maus R. and Sarah (Outwater) Vedder. He pre- pared for college in the private schools of New York City, graduated from Columbia College in 1888 with the degree of Bache- lor of Arts, and in 1891 received the de- gree of Doctor of Medicine from the Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons of New York City. After
an interneship of eighteen months at the New York Hos- pital and three months at the Sloane Ma- ternity Hospital, Dr. Vedder went abroad and pursued a course of study at the Ed- inburgh University, and the Royal Infirm- ary, Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1893 he be- gan the practice of medicine in New York
City. He is a member of the Alumni As- sociation of Columbia College, the Alumni Association of the New York Hospital, the Alumni Association of the Sloane Maternity Hospital, the Greater New York Medical Society, the Quiz Club, the Delta Phi Club, and the Holland Society. On Dec. 12, 1894, married Miss Effie Turner Boultbee, of Toronto, Canada. His chil- dren are Harmon Boultbee, James Out- water, and Glen Turner. Address, 44 East 76th St., New York.
VEDDER, Maus Rosa:
Physician; born in Schenectady, N. Y., March 19, 1835, and is the seventh repre- sentative of the Vedder family in Amer- ica. The progenitor of the American branch of the family was Harmon Al- bertse Vedder, son of Albert Vedder, a native of Holland, who came to this country in 1635. Dr. Maus Rosa Vedder, seventh son of Nicholas A. Vedder ac- quired his preliminary education at the Lyceum; in 1852 he entered Union Col- lege, and after pursuing the usual course was engaged in mercantile life for one year. The following year was spent in travel around the world, visiting the West Indies, China, and California. After his return he studied medicine under the competent direction of his elder brother, Dr. Alexander M. Vedder, then took a full course at the Albany Medical College, and subsequently a three years' course in the College of Physicians and Sur- geons of New York City, from which he was graduated in 1860 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. The thesis pre -. sented by him was a very able one, and was awarded the Faculty prize. Shortly after graduation he was appointed resi- dent physician of Blackwell's Island, and later became house physician at Bellevue
Hospital, where he remained two years. He then offered his services to the gov- ernment. and was immediately appointed assistant surgeon in the United States Army. Early in 1863 he resigned from the army to associate himself with his broth- er, Dr. Joseph H. Vedder, of Flushing, Long Island. In 1870, he moved to New York, where he has since practiced. He is a prominent member of the Royal Arch Masons, the Manhattan Club. the St. Nicholas Society. Holland Society, the Sons of the Revolution, the Chi Psi, the Academy of Medicine, and the Trans- portation Club. On April 14, 1863, he married Miss Sarah Augusta Outwater, only child of James Outwater, of Tivoli- on-the-Hudson. Six children have been born to them, all of whom are now liv- ing, with the exception of one, who died in infancy. Dr. Vedder has a summer residence at Caldwell, N. J. Address, 44 East 76th St., New York.
VEEDER, Ten Eyck De Witt:
Commander, U. S. Navy; was born in New York; entered Naval Academy, Sept. 24, 1868; graduated, May 31, 1873. Pro- moted ensign, July 16, 1874; master, Jan.
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1, 1881; lieutenant (junior grade), March 3, 1883; lieutenant, Oct. 7, 1886; Tusca- rora, deep-sea sounding, Pacific Station, 1873-75; Vandalia, European Station, 1876- 77; Alliance, European Station, 1877-80; Torpedo Station, 1880-81; Richmond, Palos and Ashuelot, Asiatic Station, 1881-84; on board Ashuelot when wrecked on Lamock Rocks, Formosa' Channel; Navy Yard, Washington, 1884; special duty, electric lighting, Bureau of Navigation, 1885-89; Bureau of Equipment, electric lighting, 1890; Enterprise, July 1, 1890; Yorktown, Squadron of Evolution, Aug., 1890, to May, 1893; Bureau of Equipment, July, 1893. to Aug. 31, 1896; joined U. S. S. Bancroft, Aug. 31, 1896, and went to European Station, returning to Boston, April 4, 1898, where the Bancroft fitted to join Admiral Sampson's squadron; ship reported for duty at Key West, May 9, 1898. Promoted to lieutenant-commander, March 3, 1899; Bureau of Equipment, Oct. 23, 1899. to 1903. Promoted com- mander. Dec. 2, 1902; commanding U. S. S. Hartford, 1903. Address, care Navy Department, Washington, D. C.
VIBBERT, William H .:
Clergyman; was born in New Haven, Conn., Oct. 1, 1839; son of the late Rev. Dr. William E. and Mary Esther (Cooke) Vibbert. He prepared for college at the Episcopal Academy of Connecticut dur- ing 1853-55, and was graduated at Trini- ty College in 1858. He studied for holy orders at the Berkely Divinity School, Middletown, Conn., and was ordained deacon June 4, 1862, and advanced to the priesthood Oct. 28, 1863. He was profes- sor of Hebrew in the Berkely Divinity School, 1863-73, being at the same time rector of Christ Church, Middle Haddam, Conn. Was rector of St. Luke's Church, Germantown, Phila., 1873-83; of St. James' Church, Chicago, 1883-90; of St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, 1890-91, and since then has been vicar, of Trinity Chapel, New York. He is president of the New York Protestant Episcopal Public School (Trinity School), of the House of the Holy Comforter and of Trinity Chapel Home; vice-president of the New York Bible and Prayer Book Society; trustee of Trinity College, Hartford, Conn .; Gen- eral Theological Seminary; Home for Old Men and Aged Couples; St. Luke's Home for Aged Women; Society for Promotion ' of Religion and Learning; House of Mer- cy; Clergymen's Retiring Fund Society; St. Agatha's School; Archdeaconry of New York, and manager of the board of mis- sions. Author of "A Guide to the Read- ing the Hebrew Text," 1872; second edi- tion. 1875; "A Plain Catechism of Con- firmation." and "A Plain Catechism of Church Principles." Married a daughter of William Welsh, Esq., of Philadelphia, 1866; she died Dec. 15, 1887. Residence, 116 East 29th St., New York.
VIELE, Herman Knickerbocker:
Author; born in New York, Jan. 31, 1858; son of Egbert L. Vielé, the dis- tinguished engineer, and Teresa Griffin; studied engineering in his father's office and attained prominence, especially in connection with the extention of Wash- ington. Married Mary Wharton, of Phil- adelphia. As an artist he has exhibited in New York and American cities. Au- thor of "The Inn of the Silver Moon," 1900 (Stone, Chicago, and Murray, Lond- don); "The Last of the Knickerbockers," 1901 (Stone); "Myra of The Pines," 1902 (McClure, New York, and Unwin, Lon- don); "Random Verse," 1903 (Brentano, New York); contributor to the maga- zines. Member of St. Nicholas, Aztec, Sons of the Revolution, and Artists Fund Societies; also member of Union, Play- ers and Salmagundi Clubs, and the Metro- politan Club of Washington. Residence, 146 East 35th St., New York.
VIELE, Sheldon Thompson:
Lawyer; was born in Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1847; son of Henry Knickerbocker and Laetitia Porter (Thompson) Viele. His father was a son of a prominent lawyer and statesman during the early part of the nineteenth century. He was a descendant of Cornelius Cornelison Viele, a native of Holland, who settled at Fort Orange, now Albany, about 1630. On the mother's side Mr. Viele is de- scended from Jabez Thompson, an officer in the French and Indian War, and also in the War of the Revolution, who was killed while in command of his regi- ment in the retreat from New York, Sept., 1776. The first member of the family in this country was Anthony Thompson, who settled in New Haven in 1638. Shel- don Thompson Viele was fitted for col- lege at the Walnut Hill School, at Geneva, N. Y., and graduated from Yale in 1868, and received the degree of Master of Arts in course in 1871. He studied law in the office of E. Carlton Sprague. at Buffalo, was admitted to the New York bar in 1869, and in May, 1871, began practice on his own account. He has practiced with success in his native town ever since. Mr. Viele is a vestryman of St. Paul's Church, and a trustee of St. Margaret's School; has served as curator of the Buffalo Library from 1886 to 1889; was dean of the Saturn Club in 1889; was president of the University Club of Buffa- lo during the three years following its organization in 1894; president of the Yale Alumni Association of Western New York from 1895 to 1896, and president of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Association of West- ern New York in 1888 and again in 1896. He has been vice-president for Buffalo of the Holland Society of New York, served for two years as president of the Buffalo Association of the Sons of the Revolution, and is also a member of the New York State Bar Association, So-
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ciety of Colonial Wars, Society of the War of 1812, and the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. He was the secretary of the first district committee of the orig- inal Charity Organization Society of the United States and a trustee from its in -- corporation, and was a member of the first executive committee of the Civil Ser- vice Reform Association of Buffalo. Mr .. Viele married, June 5, 1877, Anna Porter Dorr, and they have five children: Grace, Dorr, Anna. Laetitia and Sheldon Knick- erbocker Viele. Address, Buffalo, N. Y.
VINCENT, Frank:
Author, traveler; born in Brooklyn, N .: Y., April 2, 1848: was graduated from Yale in 1870 with the degree of A. M., and soon afterward began a series of exten- sive travels, which ultimately extended over the civilized and uncivilized world, covering 365,000 miles in fifteen years, in- cluding explorations in Lapland, Indo- China, Brazil, and the Congo Free State.
He has presented a valuable col- lection of Indo-Chinese antiquities and art and' industrial objects to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art; he is an honorary member of many literary and scientific societies in the United States and abroad. and has received nine decora- tions from foreign sovereigns and govern- ments. He is the author of "The Land of the White Elephant," 1874; "Through and Through the Tropics," 1876; "Norsk, Lapp and Finn," 1881; "Around and About South America," 1890; "In and Out of Central America." 1890; "The Lady of Cawnpore" (in collaboration), 1891; "Ac- tual Africa." 1895. Editor of The Plant World, 1896; The Animal World, 1897, etc. Address, 20 West 91st St., New York.
VINTON, Arthur D .:
Lawyer and author; was born in Brook- lyn, N. Y., in 1852; studied at the Brook- lyn Polytechnic Institute, subsequently studying law Columbia University, where he graduated in 1873,. For six years following graduation he was con- nected with the law firm of Evarts. Southmayd & Choate; in 1879 formed partnership with Perry Belmont and Geo. G. Frelinghuvsen. Was for some time managing editor of the North American Review; is now practicing law again in New York. Author of "The Pomfret Mys- tery." 1886; "The Unpardonable Sin," 1888: "Looking Further .Backward," 1898. Address, 206 Broadway, New York.
VIZETELLY, Francis ("Frank") Horace:
Author, editor; born at Camden Hill, Kensington, London, England, April 2, 1864; youngest surviving son of the late Henry Vizetelly and Elizabeth Anne An- 'sell, of Broadstairs, Kent. He received his early education in France at the Ecole des Frères Chretiens, Passy, near Paris. At the close of the Franco-Prus- sian War (1871) the family, which had
remained in France throughout the hos- tilities, removed to Nogent-sur-Marne, near. Paris, where he entered the Lycée Baudard, whence he graduated in 1874. Returning to. England on the death of his mother (1874), Mr. Vizetelly was matriculated at Arnold College, East- bourne, Sussex (1877-81). where he took a commercial course. Returning to Lon- don in 1883. Mr. Vizetelly entered into business with his father and brother (Ar- thur) as publishers, under the style of Vizetelly & Co., being appointed business manager. The firm engaged in issuing translations from French, German, Rus- sian and Spanish authors, and was the first to introduce the works of Emile Gaboriau, F. du Boisgobey, Prosper Meri- mée, . Théophile Gautier, Gustave Flau- bert, Alphonse Daudet, Georges Ohnet, Emile Zola, Nicholas Gogol, Fédor Dos- toieffsky, and. Leo Tolstoy English readers. Owing to the suppression of the works of M. Zola (1889) the firm went into liquidation, and in Feb., 1891, Mr. Vizetelly sailed for New York, where he joined the editorial staff of the Standard Dictionary as critical reviewer, and also prepared the definitions of the wines. From the date of publication of that work he was the assistant of its chief editor, Dr. Isaac K. Funk, in all subsequent edi- tions issued (1894-1902), and in 1903 be- came associate editor. In 1892 he was associate editor of and contributor to Home and Country Magazine, and in 1894, on the completion of The Standard Dic- tionary. was associated with James C. Fernald on abridgements of that work. He supervised : Hoyt's "Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations," 1894, and revised Little's "Cyclopedia of Classified Dates," 1899. On June 6, 1894, he married Ber- tha Krehbiel, a daughter of Mr. Herman Krehbiel, of New York. In 1895 he was engaged with Dr. William Fank- hauser and the late Dr. Charles Rice, of Bellevue Hospital, New York, in the prep -. aration of "Merck's Chemical Index." As- sociated with Richard Greene, in 1897, he revised the '"Columbian Encyclopedia," writing for it a number of articles on field-sports, mechanics, engineering, and other general topics; and later was ap- pointed private secretary to Dr. Isaac K. Funk. In 1899 he was elected secretary of the editorial board of The Jewish En- cyclopædia, and, under the guidance of Dr. I. K. Funk, manager of the editorial department of this undertaking. In 1901 Mr. Vizetelly went to Bermuda to investi- gate the conditions of the camps of the Boer prisoners of war detained there, and through the courtesy of Sir G. Digby Bar- ker, the governor, and his adjutant, Lieu- tenant-Colonel M. Quayle-Jones, C. B., was the first civilian given free access to the camps. Among his writings are "The Boer as a Prisoner of War," "With the Marooned Boers," "A Reply to Allegations of British Inhumanity," "With the Boers in Bermuda," "Balmy Bermuda," "The
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