DICTIONARY OF BIOGRAPHY;

COMPRISING THE

MOST EMINENT CHARACTERS

OF

ALL AGES, NATIONS, AND PROFESSIONS.

"No species of writing seems more worthy of cultivation than biography, since none can be more delight-
ful or more useful. None can more certainly enchain the heart by irresistible interest, or more widely
diffuse instruction to every diversity of condition."-Johnson.

ILLUSTRATED BY TWO HUNDRED FINE PORTRAITS, ON WOOD.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY GRAY AND BOWEN.

1832.