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Hill, Edward Judson – Hill, John Mcclary

Hill, Edward Judson

lawyer, author, was born in New York. He is a lawyer of Chicago; and the author of Common Law Jurisdiction in Illinois; Chancery Jurisdiction in Illinois; Probate Jurisdiction in Illinois; and Municipal Offices in Illinois.

Hill, Frances M

missionary, was born in New York. As an American missionary to Greece she greatly aided the cause of female education in that country. She died Aug. 5, 1884, in Athens, Greece.

Hill, Frank Alpine

educator, littérateur, was born Oct. 12, 1841, in Biddeford, Maine. He is now secretary of the Massachusetts state board of education.

He has written extensively for the press and as a public lecturer is well known. He was the editor of the revised Holmes' Series of Readers.

Hill, Frederic Stanhope

journalist, author, was born in 1829 in Massachusetts. He is a journalist of Cambridge; and the author of Twenty Years at Sea, or Leaves from my Old Log- Books; and Historical Continuity of the Anglican Church.

Hill, George

author, poet, was born in 1796 in Guilford, Conn. He was a verse writer who held several government clerkships, and after 1835 lived at Guilford, his native town. He was the author of Ruins of Athens, and Other Poems; and Titania's Banquet, and Other Poems. He died Dec. 15, 1871, in New York.

Hill, George Canning

author, was born in 1825 in Connecticut. He is the author of Lives of Captain John Smith, Israel Putnam, Benedict Arnold, Daniel Boone; Homespun, or Five and Twenty Years Ago; and Our Parish, or Pen Paintings of Village Life.

Hill, George William

astronomer, inventor, author, was born March 3, 1838, in New York city. His researches on the lunar theory have attracted attention, and in 1887 he was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Astronomical society of London for his investigations. He is the author of upward of forty articles and memoirs. on

Hill, Hugh Clement

lawyer, was born in Massachusetts. In 1870 he was appointed an assistant attorney general of the United States.

Hill, Hugh L. W

congressman, was born in Tennessee. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1847 to 1849. was

Hill, John

congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1839 to 1841. con-

Hill, John

state legislator, gressman, was born in Stokes county, N.

C. He served many years in the legislature of the state; and was a representative in congress from 1839 to 1841.

Hill, John Mcclary

journalist, was born Nov. 5, 1821, in Concord, N. H.

He aided his father in the publication of Hill's New Hampshire Patriot till 1847, when it was merged in the New Hampshire Patriot, with which journal he was also connected till 1853, and again in 1868-73.

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