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Hewit, Nathaniel

clergyman, author, was born Aug. 28, 1788, in New Lon- , in New London, Conn. For many years he was enyears he was engaged in educational work, and subse- , and subsequently filled pastorates in the congregain the congregational church. He was one of the foundone of the founders of the Hartford Theological institute.

He died Feb. 3, 1867, in Bridgeport , Conn.

HEWIT, NATHANIEL AUGUSTUS, clergyman, author, was born Nov. 27, 1820, in Fairfield, Conn. He is a Roman catho- Roman catholic clergyman who, previous to 1846, was successively a congregational and episcoand episcopal clergyman. In 1858 he entered the Paulist order, taking the name of Augusof Augustine Francis, and since 1865 has been a professor in the Paulist seminary. He is the author of Reasons for Submitting to the Catholic Church; Life of Princess Borghese; Life of a Modern Martyr, - Dumoulin-Borie; Problems of the Age; the Age; The King's Highway; and Light in Darkin Darkness.

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