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     to do good work in connection with industrial and benevolent 
     
     societies. He was the first to start a cloth-dressing mill in the 
     
     colony; and, as secretary and treasurer of the Royal Agricultural 
     
     Society, he introduced improvements in farming implements 
     
     and machinery. During the famine of 1837 he relieved many 
     
     destitute families. He died in August, 1875. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In the death of Daniel Hodgson, Esq., Charlottetown lost 
     
     one of its oldest citizens, and the Crown a most highly respected 
     
     and faithful ofiicial. Mr. Hodgson was born in Charlottetown 
     
     during 1803; was appointed Prothonotary of the Supreme 
     
     Court in 1829, and for many years was sole coroner for the 
     
     Island. He expired on the zxst July, 1883. at the advanced 
     
     age of eighty years. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Hon. Francis Longworth, also a native of harlottetown, 
     
     was born on the 3rd October, 1807. He for man ears carried 
     
     on a large mercantile and shipbuilding trade, contributing 
     
     largely to the development of the Island’s resources. He came 
     
     into political life by being elected as a member of the Legislature 
     
     for (‘harlottetown in 1838, in which position he continued until 
     
     1859, when he was appointed Collector of Customs for Char- 
     
     lottetown. During the celebration of the Queen’s coronation 
     
     in 1838, he, Captain Longworth, commanded a troop of 
     
     volunteer cavalry on that occasion; and upon the auspicious 
     
     visit of the Prince of Wales in r860, Colonel Longworth— 
     
     having previously been promoted — was appointed Grand 
     
     Marshal of Ceremonies, military and civil. In 1873 Colonel 
     
     Longworth received the appointment of Appraiser of Customs 
     
     Department, but was superannuated six years subsequent. He 
     
     died at his residence, after a lingering illness, on the 13th June, 
     
     1883, in the 76th year of his age. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Died at his residence. Spring Park, on the 30th March, 1884, 
     
     T heophilus DesBrisay, Esq., aged 68 years. He was born in 
     
     Charlottetown in 1816, and for many years carried on the 
     
     business of apothecary. He was one of the first city councillors, 
     
     and was elected mayor in 1867, which he held for several 
     
     consecutive years, and at his death was senior county magistrate 
     
     on the Island. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Here is also chronicled the demise of the Rev. Dr. Charles 
     
     L. Jenkins. D. D., a native of England, who arrived here during 
     
     the year 1822. He labored as a minister of the Church of 
     
    

    
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