DUANE

William John ( son of William Duane of Philadelphia, journalist 1760–1835 ). b. Clonmel, Ireland 1780; a printer, afterwards a paper dealer; admitted to the bar 1815; represented Philadelphia in the legislature; a istant editor of the Aurora , Philadelphia paper to 1822; sec. of the U.S. treasury 1833, removed by Jackson 23 Sep. 1833, for declining to remove the deposits from the United States bank; author of The law of nations investigated 1809; Letters to the people of Pennsylvania, on internal improvements 1811; Narrative and correspondence concerning the removal of the deposits 1838. d. Philadelphia 27 Sep. 1865.