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220 HOADLY, Charles Jeremy, librarian, b. in Hartford, Conn., 1 Aug., 1828. He was graduated at Trinity in 1851, and was admitted to the bar, but never practised. In 1855 he assumed charge of the state library. He has edited the "New Haven Colonial Records, 1638 to 1665" (2 vols.), and "Colonial Records of Connecticut, Vols. 4 to 15, 1689 to 1775" (completed in 1887).

HOAR, Jonathan, soldier, b. in Concord, Mass., about 1720; d. at sea in 1771. He was the son of Lieut. Daniel Hoar, of Concord, Mass., was graduated at Harvard in 1740, and served as a lieutenant in Waldo's regiment at the capture of Louisburg in 1745. He was present at the second capture of Louisburg in 1758, was promoted lieutenant-colonel for his services on that occasion, and was afterward a member of the provisional assembly of Nova Scotia. He commanded a regiment under Prideaux in the expedition against Niagara in 1759, and in 1769 was appointed governor of Newfoundland and the adjacent provinces. He died while on his way from London to New York.

HOAR, Leonard, educator, b. about 1629; d. in Braintree, Mass., 28 Nov., 1675. He was graduated at Harvard in 1650, married a daughter of John Lisle, the regicide, was a minister of Wanstead, Essex, until he was ejected for non-conformity in 1662. On returning to Massachusetts in 1672, he was for some time assistant to Thomas Thatcher at the South church, Boston. He was president of Harvard college from 10 Sept., 1672, till 15 March, 1675, and was the first person to propose the modern system of technical education, by the addition of a garden and orchard, a workshop, and a chemical laboratory to Harvard. Mr. Hoar was regarded as being deficient in governing power, and the college students rendered his situation so uncomfortable that he resigned.

HOAR, Samuel, statesman, b. in Lincoln, Mass., 18 May, 1788; d. in Concord, Mass., 2 Nov., 1856. His father, Capt. Samuel Hoar, was a Revolutionary officer, and served for many years in the legislature. The son was graduated at Harvard in 1802, and was for two years a private tutor in Virginia. He then studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1805, began practice at Concord, and was for forty years one of the most successful lawyers in the state. He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1820, a member of the state senate in 1825 and 1833, and was then elected a representative in congress as a Whig, serving from 7 Dec., 1835, till 3 March, 1837. In 1844 he was sent by the legislature to South Carolina to test the constitutionality of acts of that state authorizing the imprisonment of free colored persons who should enter it. His appearance in Charleston caused great excitement, and on 5 Dec., 1844, he was expelled from that city. On that day the legislature of South Carolina passed resolutions authorizing his expulsion. Mr. Hoar received the degree of LL. D. from Harvard in 1838, and was a member of the American academy of arts and sciences, the American Bible society, and the Massachusetts historical society. He married a daughter of Roger Sherman.—His son, Ebenezer Rockwood, jurist, b. in Concord, Mass., 21 Feb., 1816, was graduated at Harvard in 1835, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1840, and practised in Concord and Boston. He was a judge of the court of common pleas in 1849-'55, and of the state supreme court in 1859-'69, and was attorney-general of the United States from March, 1869, till July, 1870. He was a member of the joint high commission, which framed the treaty of Washington with Great Britain in 1871, and served as a

representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1 Dec., 1873, till 3 March, 1875, having been chosen as a Republican.— Another son, George Frisbie, senator, b. in Concord, Mass., 29 Aug., 1826, was educated at Concord academy and at Harvard, where he was graduated in 1846. He studied law, was graduated at the Harvard law-school, and began to practise in Worcester, Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts house of representatives in 1852, and of the state senate in 1857, and was then elected as a Republican to four successive congresses, serving from 4 March, 1869, till 3 March, 1877. He declined a renomination to congress, was elected U. S. senator from Massachusetts, taking his seat 5 March. 1877, and was re-elected in 1883. He was a delegate to the Republican national conventions of 1876, 1880, and 1884, one of the managers on the part of the house of representatives of the Belknap impeachment trial in 1876, and a member of the electoral commission in that year. He was an overseer of Harvard in 1874-'80, regent of the Smithsonian institution in 1880, and is now (1887) president of the American antiquarian society, is trustee of the Peabody museum of archæology, and a member of the Massachusetts historical society. He has received the degree of LL. D. from William and Mary, Amherst, Yale, and Harvard.

HOBART, Aaron, congressman, b. in Abington, Mass.. 26 June, 1787; d. in East Bridgewater, Mass., 19 Sept., 1858. He was graduated at Brown in 1805, studied law, and began practice at Abington. After a visit to England in 1810, he resumed practice in 1811 at Hanover Four Corners, where he remained until he removed to East Bridgewater in 1824. He was a member of the Massachusetts house of representatives in 1814, of the state senate in 1819, and was then elected to congress as a Democrat to fill a vacancy. He was re-elected three times in succession, and served from 18 Dec, 1820, till 3 March, 1827. He was a member of the state executive council in 1827— '31, and judge of probate from 1843 till 1858.

HOBART, Augustus Charles (Hobart Pasha), Turkish naval officer, b. in Waltham-on-the-Wolds, Leicestershire, England, 1 April, 1822: d. in Milan, 19 June, 1886. He was the third son of the Earl of Buckinghamshire. He entered the British navy in 1836, during the Crimean war commanded the "Driver" in the Baltic, and was commended for his gallantry at the capture of Bomarsund and the attack on Abo. After the war he retired on half-pay, and during the civil war in the United Stales was in command of a blockade-runner, the "Don." which cruised along the coast of North Carolina, and endeavored to keep up maritime communication with the southern states. He was, perhaps, the most daring and successful of the English blockade-runners. In 1867 he offered his services to the sultan, who gave him command of the fleet operating against Crete. For this his name was stricken from the British naval list, but, at the instance of Lord Derby, he was, in 1874, restored to his former rank of captain on the retired list.