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Wigglesworth, Samuel

clergy man, author, was born Feb. 15, 1689, in Malden, Mass. He accepted a call at Ipswich Hamlet, and was ordained in 1714. There he remained until his death. He published, between 1727 and 1765, nine occasional discourses, besides A Short Account of the Rev. Mr. Hale, of Newbury, in the Christian History; and a Dudleian Lecture. He died Sept. 3, 1768, in Hamilton, Mass.

WIGHT, MISS EMMA HOWARD. author, was born in Baltimore, Md. She is the author of a novel entitled Passion Flowers and the Cross; and has written numerous theological articles, which have attracted wide attention.