Colby, Anthony
state legislator, governor, was born in 1793 in New London, N. H. In 1828 he was elected to the state legislature, and served through twelve terms. In 1846 he became governor of New Hampshire; in 1861 was made adjutant-general of the state; and was subsequently a provost-marshal. He was a trustee of Dartmouth college; founded an academy at New London; and also endowed a baptist literary and theological institution in that town. He died July 13, 1873, in New London, N. H.