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the Redemption in Hinds County." In 1865 he is still listed as rector of
the latter: was he in the army, in the meantime?
In 1867 he transferred to the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Louisiana,
but I cannot find him assigned to any parish before 1869, when the records
show him (1869-71) rector of Emmanuel Church in Plaquemines Parish.
In October, 1871, he attended in Baltimore the General Convention of his
church, and appears to have spent some time in Brooklyn and New York
City. At this time he was elected corresponding-member (from New
Orleans?) of the New York Historical Society, and read a paper (3 Octo-
ber, 1871) on "How America was Peopled before its Discovery by Columbus:
a Lecture on the Aborigines, and aboriginal Remains of America." He
also delivered lectures before the Historical Society of Long Island (12
December) ; a lecture on "The Physical Geography of the Mississippi River"
before the Peabody Institute in Baltimore (19 and 21 December); and the
American Geographical and Statistical Society of New York (26 December,
1871). In 1873 he was elected corresponding-member of the Maryland
Academy of Sciences, with residence in New Orleans. (Here, he was
rector of Emmanuel Church, 1873-74; Mount Olivet Church, 1875-78; and
St. John's Church, November, 1879-April, 1880.) His scientific interests
were unabated during this time: he was an active member of the New
Orleans Academy of Sciences, and read (1873) a paper or 'lecture' on
the "Winds of the Gulf States" [published in Home and School ("Morton's
Monthly," of Louisville) vol. 2, 1873, 513-24]. In 1874 (30 April, in Lincoln
Hall, in Washington, D. C.) he gave an address to members of Congress,
and others, on "The Peculiarities of the Physical Geography of the Mis-
sissippi River and its Delta" (infra).
Publications: Besides newspaper articles, contributions to church pa-
pers, and a published address (1851) on the death of General Edward
Burleson, are the following:
1) "Address of Rt. W. Edward Fontaine, Grand Chaplain, delivered at
Austin, on the 22d January, 1852, at the installation of the officers
of the [Masonic] Grand Lodge of Texas." Austin, 1852.
2) "How the World Was Peopled" Ethnological lectures, by Rev. Edward
Fontaine, professor of theology and natural science; member of the
New York Historical Society, and the Academies of Sciences of New
Orleans, Baltimore, etc. . . ." New York, D. Appleton & Company,
. . . 1872. pp. viii, [9]-341, illustr. [repr. in 1884.]
3) "A Lecture on the Peculiarities of the Physical Geography of the
Mississippi River and its Delta, by Rev. Edward Fontaine, professor of
theology and natural science; member of the New York Historical
Society, of the Academy of Sciences of New Orleans, Baltimore, &c,
&c." Washington, D. C. Republican Job Office Print, 1874. pp. 26.
4) "Contributions to the science of Hydraulic Engineering. By Edw.
Fontaine. . . ." Washington, Government Printing Office, 1879. pp.
41. 5 folding plates, folding map, sq. 4to. [v. U. S., 45th. Congr., 3d
Sess., vol. 2. S. R. 760, in reference to same.]
Fontaine's gifts (and limitations) as a man of science will appear on
perusal of the foregoing items.
R. M. Farrar, president of the Union National Bank of Hous-
ton and Texas history enthusiast, died August 17, 1943. The
first time I ever met Mr. Farrar was during the depth of the
depression, about ten years ago. At the first instant of our
meeting, Mr. Farrar mistook me for a candidate for a loan and
I felt the steely, banker eye. As soon, however, as he learned
that the subject dealt with Texas history, I witnessed a com-183
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