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Rh greater part of New Jersey. He then returned to his farm, and passed the rest of his life in agricul- tural pursuits. In person, Mr. Hart was tall and well proportioned, with very black hair and blue eves. His disposition was affectionate and just, and he was held in high esteem in the community in which he lived.

HART, John Seely, author, b. in Stockbridge, Mass., 28 Jan., 1810 ; d. in Philadelphia, Pa., 26 March, 1877. His family removed to Pennsyl- vania, and settled at Wilkesbarre. John was graduated at Princeton in 1830, and after teach- ing a year in Natchez, Miss., became tutor in Princeton in 1832, and in 1834 adjunct professor of ancient languages. From 1836 till 1841 he was in charge of the Edgehill school. From 1842 till 1859 he was principal of the Philadelphia high- school, and in 1863-'71 of the New Jersey state normal school at Trenton. In 1872 he became professor of rhetoric aud the English language at Princeton. In 1848 he received the degree of LL. D. from Miami university. Mr. Hart con- tributed, largely to religious and educational lit- erature. He edited the '* Pennsylvania Common School Journal " in 1844, " Sartains Magazine " in 1849-'51, founded the " Sundav-School Times" in 1859, and edited it until 1871, "and in 1860 ed- ited the publications of the Sunday-school union. He published " Reports of the Philadelphia High School" (Philadelphia, 1842-'59) ; "Class-Book of Poetry" and "Class-Book of Prose " (1844) ; "Es- say on the Life and Writings of Edmund Spen- ser " (New York and London, 1847) : the philo- logical volume of the reports of the Wilkes exploring expedition (1849—51) ; " In the School- Room " (Philadelphia, 1868) ; " Manual of Compo- sition and Rhetoric " (1870) ; " Manual of English Literature " (1872) ; " Manual of American Lit- erature " (1873) ; and " Short Course in English and American Literature " (1874).

HART, or HEART, Jonathan, soldier, b. in Kensington, Conn., in 1748; d. on Miami river, Ohio, 4 Nov., 1791. His father, Ebenezer Hart, was one of the first settlers in Connecticut. Jona- than was graduated at Yale in 1768, went to Farmington in 1773, and engaged in business. He enlisted as a private soldier in the Continental army at the beginning of the Revolution, and served throughout the struggle as a member of the 1st Connecticut regiment, attaining the rank of captain. When peace was established he engaged in surveying, and in 1785 was appointed captain of the 1st U. S. infantry. He was stationed on the western frontier, and served in the Indian cam- paigns under Gen. Charles Scott and Gen. Josiah Harmar. In 1791 he was appointed major of the 2d infantry, and accompanied Gen. Arthur St. Clair's expedition against the Miami Indians. Maj. Hart commanded the regular troops in the disastrous battle of 4 Nov., 1791, near the source of Miami river, and while covering the retreat with the shattered remnant of the army, was or- dered to charge with the bayonet. In performing this dutv he and nearly all his command were killed. He published in the transactions of the American society (vol. iii.) " The Native Inhabitants of the Western Country," and a paper on "The Ancient Works of Art."

HART, Luther, clergyman, b. in Goshen, Litchfield co., Conn., in July, 1783; d. in Plym- outh, Conn., 25 April, 1834. He was graduated at Yale in 1807, taught for a year in the acade- my at Litchfield, began the study of theology in 1808 under Rev. Ebenezer Potter, of Washington, Conn., and was graduated with the first class at Andover seminary. In 1809 he was licensed to preach in Massachusetts, and in 1810 was called to the Congregational church at Plymouth, Conn., where he continued until his death. Five hundred persons were admitted to the membership of this church during his ministrations. His works in- clude "Christmas Sermons" (1818); "Sermons" (1826) ; and " Memoir of Amos Pettengill " (1834).

HART, Nancy, Revolutionary heroine, b. in Elbert county, Ga., about 1755;* d. there about 1840. She was without education or refinement, but a zealous patriot. Although illiterate and of unprepossessing appearance, she supported the cause with many deeds of bravery, and was well known to the Tories, who stood somewhat in fear of her. On the occasion of an excursion of the British from the camp at Augusta into the in- terior, a party of five of the enemy came to her cabin to pillage. While they were eating and drinking at her table she contrived to conceal their arms, and when they sprang to their feet at the sound of the approaching neighbors she ordered them to surrender or pay the forfeit with their lives. One man stirred, and was shot dead. Ter- ror of capture induced another to attempt escape, but he met with the same fate. When the neigh- bors arrived they found the woman posted in the doorway, two men dead on the floor, and the others kept at bay. Hart county, Ga., is named for her. HART, Oliver, clergyman, b. in Warminster, Bucks co., Pa., 5 July, i723; d. in Hopewell, N. J., 31 Dec, 1795. He was a Baptist minister of Charleston, S. C, from 1749 till February, 1780, and at the latter date settled at Hopewell. He was an active patriot, and was sent with William Tennant by the council of safety to reconcile some of the disaffected frontier settlers to the change in public affairs consequent upon the Revolution. He had some ability as a writer of verse, and pub- lished a " Discourse on the Death of William Ten- nant," " Dancing Exploded." " The Christian Temple." and " A Gospel Church Portraved."

HART, William, artist, b. in Paisley," Scotland, 31 March, 1823. His parents removed to Albany, N. Y., when he was a child, and in 1831 he was apprenticed to a coach-maker, for whom he painted panel and other carriage decorations. His tastes soon led him to adopt the career of an artist, and in 1848 he exhibited some of his first work at the National academy of design, which met with favorable comment. He visited Scotland in 1850, spent three years in study, and on his return opened a studio in New York city. In 1855 he was elected an associate of the National Academy, and in 1858 an academician. At the organization of the Brooklyn academy of design in 1865, he became its president, and continued in that office several years. He was one of the original members of the American society of water-colorists, and its president from 1870 till 1873. He has exhibited at the National academy " The September Snow " and " Autumn in the Woods of Maine" (1867); "Scene on the Peabody River," in water-colors (1868); "Twilight on the Brook" (1869); "Goshen, N. H.," in water-colors, " Twilight," and "A Brook Studv" (1870); "Easter Skv at Sunset," in water-colors (1871); "The Golden Hour" (1872); "Morning in the Clouds" (1874); "Keene Valley" (1875); "Cattle Scenes" (1876); "Landscape with Jersev Cattle" (1877); " The Ford " (1878) ; " Scene on Napanock Creek" (1884); "A Modern Cinderella'* (1885); and "After a Shower" (1886).— His brother. James McPougal, artist, b. in Kilmarnock, Scotland, in December, 1828, also served an apprenticeship to a