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Harriman, Walter

soldier, educator, governor, author, was born April 8, 1817, in Warner, N. H. In 1862 he became colonel of the eleventh New Hampshire regiment, which he led through the civil war. He was secretary of state of New Hampshire from 1865 to 1867, and governor of the state from 1867 to 1869. He was the author of A History of Warner, N. H.; and Travels and Observations in the Orient. He died July 25, 1884, in Concord, N. H.

HARRINGTON, CHARLES EDWARD, educator, clergyman, author, was born Oct. 5, 1846, in Concord, N. H. In 1881 he was chaplain of the legislature of New Hampshire. He is the author of a work entitled The Draft of Young Men in Relation to the Churches.

HARRINGTON, EBENEZER BURKE, lawyer, state senator, author, was born in 1813, near Lyons, N. Y. He was elected a member of the Michigan state senate in 1839, and acted as state reporter from that year until his death. He was the author of Harrington's Chancery Reports.

He died in 1844, in Detroit, Mich.

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