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Daggett, David

educator, lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born Dec. 31, 1764, in Attleborough, Mass. He was state's attorney and mayor of New Haven, and frequently a member of the legislature and member of the council. He served as a presidential elector on several occasions; and from 1813 to 1819 was a senator in congress from Connecticut.

From 1826 to 1832 he was a judge of the supreme court of the state; and was chief judge from 1832 to 1834. He died April 12, 1851, in New Haven, Conn.

DAGGETT, ΝΑΡΗΤALI, clergyman, author, was born Sept. 8, 1727, in Attleborough, Mass. In 1756 he became professor of divinity at Yale, which post he retained until his death. He published several sermons and an account of the famous dark day in New England. He died Nov. 25, 1780, in New Haven, Conn. was DAGGETT, OLIVER ELLSWORTH, educator, clergyman, author, poet, born Jan. 14, 1810, in New Haven, Conn.

He assisted in compiling a book of psalms and hymns, and left a small volume of poems, printed posthumously. He died Sept. 1, 1880, in Hartford, Conn.

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