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CORRE'A DA SERRA, JOSÉ FRANCISCO, 1750-1823; a Portuguese politician and scientist, who was educated and took orders in Rome. With the assistance of the duke of Alafoès, he founded the Portuguese academy of science, in Lisbon, and was made perpetual secretary, with the privilege of publishing its transactions without reference to censorship. He soon came in conflict with the church, through the inquisition, and fled to France, and afterwards went to England, where he became secretary to the Portuguese legation. In 1813, he came to New York; and in 1816, he was made Portuguese minister at Washington; in 1820, was called home. He ranked high as a botanist. CORRECTION, HOUSE OF, a prison for the reformation of petty offenders. See PRISON; REFORMATORY SCHOOLS.

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