Allan was prominent in Westchester County, having been Sheriff from 1826-1829, a state Senator from 1832-1835, and was Adjutant-General under Governor Marcy,1 his term of office expiring January 1, 1837. He was one of the founders of The Westchester Spy in 1830, the first newspaper published in White Plains; also active in establishing Grace (Protestant Episcopal) Church and one of its first Wardens. He was usually referred to as "The General." James became a famous Doctor and after his death in 1849, a Eulogy in his memory was delivered before the New York Medical and Surgical Society by John A. Swett, M.D. This was published in pamphlet form in the same year, and from a copy of it the following quotations have been made. "His education was carefully superintended by an excellent and devoted mother. In 1821 he commenced the study of his profession in his native village, but afterwards entered the office of the late Dr. Hosack, of this city (New York). He received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York in the year 1825. "He then became Resident Physician of Bloomingdale Asylum, and devoted his time to the study of mental diseases. In 1831 the Governors of the Hospital sent him abroad to visit the asylums for the insane in Europe. He remained abroad

1 William Larned Marcy was Governor of the State of New York, 1833-1839. 88 THE McDONALD PAPERS

for about sixteen (16) months; when he returned he assumed the whole medical responsibility connected with the manage-ment of Bloomingdale Asylum. "In 1837 he resigned and commenced the general practice of his profession in New York. In May of the following year (1838) he was married to Miss Eliza H. Miller, daughter of Sylvanus Miller, Esq. The same year he was elected one of the attending physicians of the New York Hospital.