Dwight, Theodore
lawyer, journalist, state senator, congressman, author, was born Dec. 6, 1764, in Northampton, Mass. For a number of years he was a state senator in Connecticut; and was a representative in congress from Connecticut during the years 1806 and 1807. In 1815 he established the Albany Daily Advertiser; and in 1817 founded the New York Daily Advertiser, which he conducted with signal ability until 1836, when he removed to Hartford, Conn., and retired from active life. He was one of the founders of the American Bible society; and wrote a Life of Thomas Jefferson; A Dictionary of Roots and Derivations; and A History of the Hartford Convention.
He died June 11, 1846, in New York.