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Slaughter, Philip 1808- Clergyman; born in Springfield, Va., Oct. 26, 1808; studied in the University of Virginia and was admitted to the bar in 1828. Later he took a course in the Episcopal Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Va.; was ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1835, and served in various pastorates till 1848, when his health failed. His publications include Life of Randolph Fairfax; Life of Col. Joshua Fry, sometime Professor in William and Mary College, Virginia, and Washington's senior in command of Virginia forces in 1754; The colonial Church of Virginia; Christianity the Key to the character and career of Washington, etc.