Tyler, Royall
lawyer, jurist, author, was born July 18, 1757, in Boston, Mass. He was a Vermont jurist; chief justice of the supreme court of his state from 1800; and the author of Reports of Vermont Supreme Court Cases; The Contrast, a brilliant comedy, the first American play acted by regular comedians, and the earliest in which Yankee dialect is employed; May Day, a comedy; The Georgia Speculator, or Land in the Moon; The Algerine Captive; Moral Tales for American Youths; and The Yankey in London. He died Aug. 16, 1826, in Brattleporo, Vt.