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Download or read book Eulogy on Prof. Alexander Dallas Bache written by Joseph Henry and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Eulogy on Prof. Alexander Dallas Bache: Late Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, President of the National Academy of Sciences, Etc Alexander dallas bache, whose life and character form the sub jcet of the following eulogy, was the son of Richard Bache, one of eight children of Sarah, the only daughter of Dr. Benjamin Franklin. His mother was Sophia Burret Dallas, daughter of Alexander J. Dallas, and sister of George M. Dallas, whose names are well known in the history of this country, the former as Secretary of the Treasury, and the latter as vice-president of the United States, and subsequently as minister to the Court of St. James. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.