Gary, James

A., born in 1833, college graduate, cotton manufacturer, banker and politician. Postmaster-General from 1897 to 1898. Gas-light was first succe fully introduced into Boston in 1822, into New York in 1823, into Philadelphia in 1835. *‘Gaspee.”’? During the spring of 1772 the British armed schooner ‘*Gaspee ’’ remained in Narragansett Bay and annoyed the inhabitants along the coast by exce ive zeal in the suppre ion of smuggling. Chief Justice Hopkins, of Rhode Island, sent a sheriff on board to know by what authority Dud in gst on, her commander, acted, and found he was upheld by the British admiral. June 9, the ‘‘ Gaspee”’ gave chase to the ‘‘ Providence,’’ a small packet, and ran aground near Pawtuxet. That night a party of citizens attacked her, wounded and captured Dud in gst on and the crew, and burned the ‘‘Gaspee.”” Efforts to bring the perpetrators to justice failed.