He  was  also  connected  with  the  most  distinguished  literary  and
learned  bodies  of  Philadelphia.  It  may  be  sufficient  to  mention
the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences,  the  Linnsean  Society,  the  Frank-
lin Institute,  the  American  Philosophical  Society,  and  the  Athe-
naeum.
In  1817,  he  published  "  Memoirs  of  the  Life  of  Anthony  Be-
nezet."

In  1833,  he  was  appointed  by  the  President,  with  the  advice  of
the  Senate,  a  Director  of  the  Bank  of  the  United  States.  This
position  he  declined.  He  had  been  previously  designated  by
President  Jackson,  Commissioner  to  treat  with  the  Indians ;  this
position  he  also  declined.
With  a  mind  full  of  Christian  firmness  and  composure,  he
expired,  on  the  7th  of  January,  1836,  being  within  a  few  days  of
fifty  years  of  age.
924  EMINENT    PHILADELPHIANS.
HORACE  BINNEY  WALLACE.
MR.  WALLACE,  the  son  of  John  B.  Wallace,  an  eminent  lawyer
of  Philadelphia,  was  horn  in  that  city,  February  26th,  1817.  The
first  two  years  of  his  collegiate  course  were  passed  at  the  Uni-
versity of  Pennsylvania,  and  the  remaining  portion  at  Princeton
College,  where  he  graduated  in  1835.  He  studied  with  great
thoroughness  the  science  of  the  law,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-seven
contributed  Notes  to  "  Smith's  Selections  of  Leading  Cases  in
Various  Branches  of  the  Law,"  "  White  and  Tudor's  Selections
of  Leading  Cases  in  Equity,"  and  "  Decisions  of  American  Courts
in  Several  Departments  of  the  Law,"  which  have  been  adopted
with  commendation  by  the  highest  legal  authorities.
His  attention  was,  however,  by  no  means  confined  to  professional
study.  He  devoted  much  time  to  scientific  study,  and  projected
several  theories  on  subjects  connected  therewith,  while  in  literature
he  produced  an  anonymous  novel,  "  Stanley,"  which,  with  many
faults  of  construction,  contains  passages  of  admirably  expressed
thoughts.
