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Rh 9 Dec, 1845, was the daughter of the English ventriloquist, Lee-Sugg, and began her theatrical career at the age of seven, on the London stage. She came to the United States from the Birmingham theatre, and in 1819 appeared at the New York Park, as Miss Lee-Sugg, in the part of Jessie Oatland, in which she displayed a well-trained contralto voice. In the same year she was married, and retired from the stage. After an intermission of seven years, when her husband had failed in business, Mrs. Hackett appeared at the Park theatre, mostly in operettas, and continued to play until 1832. Her last appearance was in 1838, at the National theatre, for her husband's benefit, as Susan in "Perfection." Mrs. Hackett's forte was comedy and operetta, although she sometimes performed tragic parts. In "The Croakers" Halleck thus mentions her:

—Their son, John Keteltas, lawyer, b. in Utica, N. Y., 13 Feb., 1821 ; d. in New York city, 26 Dec, 1879, was educated at Columbia, and at the University of the city of New York, where he was graduated in 1837. He then studied law in Utica, and was admitted to the bar in Albany, N. Y. In 1850-'7 he resided in California, where he was for some time corporation-counsel for San Francisco. He was made assistant corporation-counsel of New York city in 1863, and in 1866 became recorder of the city, which office he held till his death. He was noted for his independence on the bench.

HACKLEY, Charles Elihu, physician, b. in Unadilla, N. Y., 22 Feb., 1836. He was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1856, and at the medical school in 1860. He was surgeon in the 2d U. S. cavalry in 1861-'4, and was surgeon-in-chief of the 3d cavalry division. Army of the Potomac He was appointed physician to the New York hospital in 1867, was surgeon to the New York eye and ear infirmary in 1865-'75, and clinical professor of diseases of the eye and ear in the Women's medical college, New York, in 1870-'6. He has translated Stell wag's " Diseases of the Eve" (1867); Niemeyer's "Practical Medicine" (1869); Billroth's "Surgical Pathology" (1871); and has written articles in Wood's " Reference Handbook of the Medical Sciences," and other contributions to medical literature.

HACKLEY, Charles William, educator, b. in Herkimer county, N. Y., 9 March, 1809 ; d. in New York city, 10 Jan., 1861. He was graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1829, and was assistant professor there till 1832. He then studied law, and subsequently theology, and was ordained as a clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal church in 1835. He was professor of mathematics in the University of New York till 1838, and afterward president of Jefferson college, Mississippi, and rector of St. Peter's church in Auburn. N. Y. In 1843 he was appointed professor of mathematics and astronomy in Columbia college, and in 1857 was transferred to that of astronomy alone, which he held till his death. He exerted himself particu- larly to establish an astronomical observatory in New York city. Prof. Hackley contributed to daily and weekly journals and to scientific periodicals, and published a "Treatise on Algebra" (New York, 1846); "Elementary Course in Geometry " (1847); and "Elements of Trigonometry" (1850).

HACKLEMAN, Pleasant Adam, soldier, b. in Franklin county, Ind., 15 Nov., 1814; d. near Corinth, Miss., 4 Oct., 1862. His father. Major John Hackleman, fought in the war of 1812. After engaging for a number of years in farming, the son studied law, and was admitted to the bar in May, 1837. He began practice in Rushville. rose rapidly to distinction in his profession, and in August, 1837, was elected judge of the probate court of Rush county, which office he held till 1841, when he was elected to the state house of representatives. After serving for several years as clerk of Rush county, he was, in 1847 and 1858, a candidate for congress, but was defeated. In 1860 he was a member of the Republican national convention at Chicago, and in 1861 of the peace conference at Washington. He entered the national service in May, 1861, as colonel of the 16th Indiana regiment, and, after the first battle of Bull Run, served under Gen. Banks in Virginia. He was made a brigadier-general, 28 April," 1862, and in June was ordered to report to Gen. Grant in the southwest. He took an active part in the battle of Corinth, where he was killed on the second day.

HADDEN, James Murray, soldier, b. in England; d. in Harpenden. England. 28 Oct., 1817. He was educated at Woolwich, and served under Burgoyne and Cornwallis, was appointed lieutenant of artillery, 7 July, 1779, promoted to a captaincy in March, 1784, became colonel in 1804, and major-general in 1811. After the Revolution he went to England, and was adjutant-general under Sir Charles Stuart during the stay of the latter in Portugal. His journal in this country has been edited bv Gen. Horatio Rogers (Albany, 1884).

HADDOCK, Charles Brickett, author, b. in Franklin, N. H., 20 June, 1796; d. in West Lebanon, N. H., 15 Jan., 1861. His mother was a sister of Daniel Webster. He was graduated at Dartmouth in 1816 and at Andover seminary in 1819, when he returned to Dartmouth. He occupied the chair of rhetoric and belles-lettres there from 1819 till 1838, and that of intellectual philosophy and political economy from 1838 till 1854. He was U. S. chargé d'affaires in Portugal from 1850 till 1854. He was four years in the New Hampshire legislature, where he introduced and carried the present common-school system of the state, and was the first school commissioner under that system. He was the originator of the railroad system in New Hampshire, wrote with ability on many subjects, and was thoroughly versed in public law. His anniversary orations, lectures, reports for fifteen years on education, sermons, writings on agriculture, and rhetoric, are numerous. He published a volume of addresses and other writings, including occasional sermons (1846), and was a contributor to the &ldquo;Bibliotheca Sacra,&rdquo; &ldquo;Biblical Repertory,&rdquo; and other periodicals.

HADDOCK, John A., aëronaut, b. 17 Oct., 1823. In companionship with John La Mountain he made the second of two memorable balloon journeys, for the purpose of testing the upper currents of the atmosphere as a means of travelling. The two voyagers left Watertown, N. Y., on 22 Sept., 1859, late in the afternoon, and sailed almost due north to a point 150 miles north of Ottawa city, Canada, making the journey of 300 miles, the greater part of it after dark, in about four hours.

HADLEY, James, philologist, b. in Fairfield, N. Y., 30 March, 1821; d. in New Haven, Conn., 14 Nov., 1872. He received his early instruction at the Fairfield academy, and also acquired some scientific knowledge from his father, who was professor of chemistry in the College of physicians and