esigning individuals, and from the blunders into which he was led, his
baptismal name, John, seemed easily converted into that of Solomon, by
which specification much of his correspondence was maintained. He bore the
pleasantry with grateful composure.

With a characteristic anecdote I must dismiss the name of Lang. The
discussions of a point in chronology, which occurred on the commencement
of the present century, awakened some attention with mathematicians and
astronomers abroad, and among many with us. The learned and pious Dr.
Kunze, after much investigation, addressed a communication on the vexed
question to Mr. Lang. He had adverted to the Gregorian style in his
letter, and had mentioned Pope Gregory. The faithful _Gazette_ printed the
article Tom Gregory: the venerable Doctor hastened to his friend, and
remonstrated on the injury he had done him, and requested the _erratum_ to
specify, instead of Tom Gregory, Pope Gregory XIII. Again an alteration
was made, and the _Gazette_ requested its readers, for Tom Gregory to read
Pope Tom Gregory XIII. Only one more attempt at correction was made, when
the compositor had its typography so changed that it read Tom Gregory, the
Pope. The learned divine, with a heavy heart, in a final interview with
the erudite editor, begged him to make no further improvements, as he
dreaded the loss of all the reputation his years of devotion to the
subject had secured to him. This Dr. Kunze was long a prominent minister
of the German Lutheran Church of this city. He was the preceptor in
Philadelphia of Henry Stuber, author of the continuation of the life of
our Socrates, Dr. Franklin: a work executed with much ability. He was a
physician, and a most delectable character. Many years ago, I was so
fortunate as to procure some materials for a biography of him, and Dr.
Sparks has courteously given them a place in his invaluable edition of Dr.
Franklin's works. Justice to the departed Lang demands that I should add
that he was a gentleman of the old school, of great moral excellence, and
as a husband and a father most exemplary; deeply devoted to the interests
of this city, and evincing a philanthropic spirit on every becoming
occasion. He died at an advanced age; but his career was shortened by the
great fire, in this city, in 1835. That vast destruction in his beloved
New-York was an oppressive weight upon his heart.

Major Noah has so recently departed from among us, and the expectation
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