Pitkin, Timothy
state legislator, congressman, author, was born Jan. 21, 1766, in Farmington, Conn. He was for several years a member of the Connecticut legislature; and was speaker of the house during five sessions. He was a representative in congress from 1805 to 1819. He was the author of Statistical View of the Commerce of the United States; and Political and Civil History of the United States from 1763 to the Close of Washington's Administration.
He died Dec. 18, 1847, in New Haven, Conn.