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e from New Hampshire and later from Massachusetts, and in 1827 was made U. S. Senator from the latter state. Some of the best known of his public orations are those on the Bunker Hill monument, on the Pilgrim anniversary, and the eulogium on Jefferson and Adams. His most celebrated political speech is his Reply to Hayne. A collection of his Works appeared in 1851, and of his Private correspondence in 1856. Died in Marshfield, Mass., Oct. 24, 1852. Whipple, Edwin Percy Born in Gloucester, Mass., March 8, 1819. At the age of fourteen, he published articles in the Salem newspapers, and soon became superintendent of the news-room of the Merchants' Exchange, Boston. Eventually he gave up journalism to devote himself entirely to literature. He became known as a critic from his article on Macaulay, which appeared in the Boston Miscellany (1843); and the same year he began to lecture. He was literary editor of the Boston Globe, 1872-73. Among his publications are Essays and re