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Hyde, Alvan

clergyman, author, was born Feb. 2, 1768, in Franklin, Conn.

For thirty-one years he was a member of the corporation of Williams college, and its vice-president from 1812 until his death. He published Sketches of the Life of Rev. Stephen West; Essay on the State of Infants; and occasional sermons. died Dec. 4, 1833, in Lee, Mass.

HYDE, BURRELL He WOODWORTH, financier, was born Dec. 23, 1839, in Franklin, Conn. In 1868 he entered the Old Norwich Saving society, which now has deposits of over eleven millions, and with which institution he is still connected. For twenty years he has been a member of the board of education; and has written extensively for various magazines.

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