Weld, the N. E. county of Colorado, bordering on Wyoming and Nebraska, and intersected by the South Platte and its tributaries; area, about 11,000 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 1,636. It is wholly situated in the "plains;" the surface is diversified, and is mostly covered with grasses and other vegetation. There is little wood, but extensive beds of coal are found, and iron ore in the W. part. The valleys of the streams are very fertile; irrigation is necessary, and except in the S. E. part is readily obtained. It is crossed in the west by the Denver Pacific railroad. The chief productions in 1870 were 8,307 bushels of wheat, 1,960 of rye, 9,550 of Indian corn, 24,207 of oats, 8,065 of potatoes, 58,043 lbs. of wool, and 4,553 tons of hay. There were 681 horses, 1,462 milch cows, and 3,406 other cattle. Capital, Greeley.

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I. Theodore Dwight

Theodore Dwight, an American philanthropist, born at Hampton, Windham co., Conn., Nov. 23, 1803. In 1825 he entered Hamilton college at Clinton, N. Y.; but his eves failed. In 1830 he was appointed general a. of the society for the promotion of manual labor in literary institutions, on which subject he published a valuable report in 1833. He entered Lane theological seminary in 1833; but when the trustees suppressed the antislavery society in the institution, he led the secession which resulted in the transfer of all the students but six to Oberlin. He now became a prominent abolitionist lecturer. In 1836 he lost his voice, and the American antislavery society appointed him editor of all its publications not periodical. He wrote many pamphlets issued by the society, and books entitled "The Bible Against Slavery," "American Slavery as it is," and " The Power of Congress over the District of Columbia." In 1841 -'3 he was in Washington in the employment of the anti-slavery members of congress. In 1854 he established the Eagleswood school at Perth Amboy, N. J., and in 1864 removed to Hyde Park, near Boston, where he has since resided, occupied chiefly in lecturing.

II. Angelina Emily Grimke

Angelina Emily Grimke, wife of the preceding, born in Charleston, S. C, Feb. 20, 1805. She was the daughter of a judge of the supreme court of South Carolina. (See Grimke.) In 1828, with her elder sister, Sarah Moore Grimké, she joined the society of Friends in Philadelphia; and in 1836, having become an abolitionist and emancipated her slaves, she published an "Appeal to the Christian Women of the South," which was republished in England with an introduction by George Thompson, the anti-slavery orator. In that year she and her sister, at the request of the American anti-slavery society, began to make public speeches against slavery in New York and New England, which created much excitement and contributed powerfully to the progress of anti-slavery, especially by the eloquence of Angelina. The controversy caused by their appearance as public speakers was the beginning of the woman's rights agitation in this country. Angelina married Mr. Weld May 14, 1838.