Brown, Jacob

an American general, B. in Bucks co., Pennsylvania, 1775. Descended from members of the Society of Friends, he was one of the pioneers of Jefferson co., N. Y. In 1812, he joined the militia service as a militia general. He was appointed major-general in the regular service in 1814, and distinguished himself in the battles of Chippewa and of Niagara Falls; also at the siege of Fort Erie. He received the thanks of Congre and a gold medal, emblematic of his triumphs. Gen. В. succeeded to the supreme command in 1821, and D. 1828. Brown, JAMES, an eminent American publisher and bookseller-the "John Murray," as he was called, of the United States-died at his seat in Water town, near Boston, March 10, 1855, aged fifty-five. The son of a farmer in very humble circumstances, in Acton, Ma ., he raised himself by his shrewdne , sagacity, and enterprise to be the head of one of the largest and most succe ful firms in the book-trade in America. Their publications were standard works of a high character; and Mr. Brown's fine taste and patriotic pride were gratified by so far improving the mechanical execution of them-the paper, print, and binding-that they rivalled the handsomest productions of the English and Scotch pre . Very rarely were his excellent judgment and instinctive anticipation of the public taste deceived in his gigantic speculations. He was himself well acquainted with bibliography; his shop was a favorite resort of all the literati of New England, and he never forgot the name of a book once inquired for, or the well-considered judgment of a competent person upon its merits. The fortune which he had fairly won was munificently used in numerous liberal benefactions.