La région de la cyclopaedia of American Biography : en cours de l'histoire des États-Unis comme illustré dans la vie des fondateurs, les constructeurs et les défenseurs de la République, et des hommes et des femmes qui font le travail et la pensée de moulage de l'heure actuelle, édité par d'éminents biographes, sélectionnés à partir de chaque état, révisé et approuvé par les plus éminents historiens, chercheurs, et des hommes d'état de la journée . et capacité. Il againmade sa marque dans ce qui était connu comme le Lemmonslave cas. Un navire de la Virginie a Lem-mon et certains esclaves de New York sur la façon toTexas, étant le

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The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . and ability. He againmade his mark in what was known as the Lemmonslave case. A vessel from Virginia brought Lem-mon and certain slaves to New York on the way toTexas, it being the intention of the former to takeship there for Texas. While the vessel was in theharbor the Anti-slavery society procured writs ofhabeas corpus to compel Lemmon, as owner of theslaves, to show cause why he should not deliverthem up to freedom, since they had come within thejurisdiction of the state of New York. The casewent through the lower courts up to the cqurt ofappeals, before whjch Mr. Evarts successfully main-tained the freedom of the slaves. In this case Mr.Evarts acted for the state of New York, and hadagainst him Mr. Charles OConor as counsel for thestate of Virginia. Another case of great celebritywith which Mr. Evarts was connected was the Parrishwill case, an attempt to set aside the will of HenryParrish of New York, on the ground of mental in-capacity and undue influence; and still another im-. 198 THE NATIONAL CYCLOP/EDIA portant case on which Mr. Evarts was engaged wasthe contest over the will of Mrs. Gardner, themother of Mrs. President Tyler, contested on theground of undue influence. In this case Mr. Evartsfinally succeeded in sustaining the will, which led toan amicalile adjustment among the heirs. In therepublican national convention of 1860, Mr. Evartsfirst became prominent politically in proposing thename of William H. Seward for the presidency.In 1861 he was a candidate before the New Yorklegislature for the U. 8. senatorship, Horace Greeleybeing also a

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