to compile his official 1877 Report on Forestry. Congress ordered the publication of 25,000 copies of the 650-page volume. In 1881, the Division of Forestry was created within the Department of Agriculture, with Hough as its first chief. In 1883, Secretary of Agriculture George B. Loring replaced Hough, whom he disliked , with Nathaniel Egleston. Hough resumed his previous role as special agent. Hough died in Lowville on June 11, 1885. His home, the Franklin B. Hough House, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1963. Major works A Catalogue of Indigenous, Naturalized, and Filicord Plants of Lewis Counties, New York (1846) A History of St. Lawrence and Franklin Counties, New York (1853) A History of Jefferson County in the State of New York from the Earliest Period to the Present Time (1854) A Narrative of the causes which led to Philip's Indian War of 1675 and 1676. With other documents concerning this event; prepared from the originals with an introduction and notes (1858), see John Easton, of Rhode Island A History of Lewis County in the State of New York from the Beginning of its Settlement to the Present Time (1860) On Military and Camp Hospitals (translation, 1862) History of Duryee's Brigade (1864) Washingtoniana: Or, Memorials of the Death of George Washington (1865) American Biographical Notes (1875) Elements of Forestry (1882) See also United States Chief Foresters Notes References Finding Aid to Franklin Benjamin Hough Papers, 1840-1885 at the New York State Library, accessed May 11, 2016. "Franklin Benjamin Hough." (1936) Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner's Sons. "Hough, Franklin B(enjamin)" (2005) Encyclopedia of New York State. Ed. Peter R. Eisenstadt and Laura-Eve Moss. Syracuse University Press, p734. External links Franklin B. Hough (Forest History Society) 1822 births 1885 deaths People from Martinsburg, New York American conservationists United States Forest Service officials History of forestry in the United States United States Sanitary Commission people People of New York (state) in the American Civil War Union Army surgeons Union College (New York) alumni American foresters Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine alumni Activists from New York (state) Scientists from New York (state)