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36 eases of the heart. In addition to his editorial con- nection with various journals he is the author of many monographs and of several treatises, among which are " New Remedies" (2 vols., New York, 1867); "Pocket Manual of Domestic Practice" (1870) ; " Lectures on Diseases of the Heart " (1871) ; and " Diseases of Women " (1875).

HALIBURTON, John, physician, b. in Rhode Island in 1739 ; d. in Halifax, N. S., in 1808. He removed to Halifax, being a loyalist, about 1776, and during the Revolutionary war was a surgeon in the British navv. At its conclusion he returned to practice in Halifax, held several public offices, and was a member of the council. He ranked high in his profession. His wife was a sister of Admiral Brenton.— His son, Sir Brenton, jurist, b. in Rhode Island in 1773; d. in Halifax, N. S., in 1860, studied law and was admitted to the bar. Rising rapidly in his profession, he was appointed chief justice of Nova Scotia, and at the age of eighty-six received the honor of knighthood. The chief justice was highly esteemed as an able, pains- taking, conscientious judge, and a man of kindly disposition and great liberality of opinion.

HALIBURTON, Thomas Chandler, author, b. in Windsor, Nova Scotia, in 1797 ; d. in Isleworth, England, 27 Aug., 1865. He was admitted to the bar in 1820, and afterward elected a member of the house of assembly. In 1829 he was appointed chief justice of the court of common pleas, and in 1840 became a judge of the supreme court. Two years later he resigned that office and removed to England, where he afterward resided. In 1859 he was returned to parliament for Launceston as a Conservative, holding the seat until the dissolution in July, 1865. Owing to infirm health, he did not offer himself for re-election. In 1858 he received the degree of D. C. L. from the University of Ox- ford. In 1835 he wrote a series of newspaper sketches satirizing the New England character, which were subsequently collected and published under the title of " The Clockmaker, or the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville " (1837). These were followed by a second series, which ap- peared in 1838, and a third in 1840. Of Judge Haliburton's success in portraying the typical New Englander, President Cornelius C. Felton says: " We can distinguish the real from the counterfeit Yankee at the first sound of the voice, and by the turn of a single sentence ; and we have no hesita- tion in declaring that Sam Slick is not what he pretends to be ; that there is no organic life in him ; that he is an impostor, an impossibility, a non- entity." On the other hand, the " London Athe- naeum " asserts that " he [Sam Slick] deserves to be entered on our list of friends, containing the names of Tristram Shandy, the shepherd of the 1 Noctes Ambrosiana?,' and other rhapsodical dis- courses on time and change, who, besides the de- lights of their discourse, possess also the charm of individuality." He afterward wrote " The Attache, or Sam Slick in England " (1843 ; 2d series, 2 vols., 1844 ; new ed., 4 vols., 1846), in which British so- ciety is amusingly depicted. Judge Haliburton is also the author of " An Historical and Statistical Account of Nova Scotia " (1828-'39) ; " Bubbles of Canada," " The Old Judge, or Life in a Colony," and "Letter- Bag of the Great Western" (1839); " Rule and Misrule of the English in America " (2 vols., 1851); "Yankee Stories " and " Traits of American Humor " (3 vols., 1852) ; " Nature and Human Nature " (1855-'8) ; " Letters to Lord Dur- ham," and " Wise Saws and Modern Instances." He also edited several works, including one on the "Settlement of New England."

HALKETT, Sir Peter, bart., soldier, of Pit- firrane, Pifeshire, Scotland ; d. near Pittsburg, Pa., 9 July, 1755. He was the son of Sir Peter Wedder- burn, of Gosport, who assumed his wife's name. The son entered the army, and represented Dun- fermline in parliament in 1734. In 1745 he was lieutenant-colonel of Lee's regiment (the 44th) at the battle of Preston- Pans, was taken prisoner by the troops of the Pretender, and released on parole. Subsequently he was one of the five officers who, in February, 1746, refused to rejoin their regiment on the command of the Duke of Cumberland, and the threat that in the event of non-compliance their commissions would be forfeited. Their reply, " that his royal highness was master of their com- missions, but not of their honor," was approved by the government, and Sir Peter embarked for America in command of his regiment in 1754. He was killed, with his youngest son, James, in the battle of the Monongahela, when Braddock was de- feated. — His nephew, John, author, b. in London, England, in 1768; d. in Brighton, England, in November, 1852, was appointed governor of the Bahamas, 5 Dec, 1801, and of Tobago, 27 Oct., 1803. From 1814 till 1819 he was chairman of the board of commissioners of West India accounts. In 1821 or 1822 he visited the United States, and on his return to England (1823) published " His- torical Notes respecting the Indians of North America." He was also the author of a "State- ment," respecting the attempt of his uncle, the Earl of Selkirk, to form a settlement on the Red river, regarding which there are many contradic- tory accounts (London, 1817).

HALL, Andrew Douglass, physician, b. in St. George's parish, Hempstead, Queens co., N. Y., 2 July, 1833. He was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1851, and at Jefferson medical college in 1854. After serving as resident physi- cian in the Episcopal and Pennsylvania hospitals in Philadelphia, he entered on general practice in that city in 1858. In 1863 he was elected attend- ing surgeon to the Wills hospital, and in 1867 surgeon to St. Mary's hospital, which latter office he resigned after five years' service. His specialty is diseases of the eye. He is a member of several medical associations, and, as one of the original members of the Pathological society, has con- tributed numerous papers to its first volume of "Transactions." Articles from his pen on sub- jects connected with ophthalmology have frequent- ly appeared in professional journals.

HALL, Arethusa, educator, b. in Norwich (now Huntington), Hampshire co.. Mass., 13 Oct., 1802. She had limited opportunities for obtaining an education, but subsequently made up for early deficiencies by private study. At the age of nine she became a member of the family of Rev. Sylvester Judd, of Westhampton, Mass. She was principal of the Greenland, N. H., academy in 1826, and afterward of that at Haverhill, Mass., where she was the teacher of the poet Whittier. She continued to teach in New England schools until 1849, and in that year came to the Brooklyn female academy (now Packer institute), and after two years' service was associated with Prof. Alonzo Gray in the Brooklyn Heights seminary for young ladies, where she remained as associate principal until 1860. Failing health soon afterward compelled her to retire. She published "Thoughts of Blaise Pascal" (Andover, 1846); "A Manual of Morals" (1849); "The Literary Reader" (Boston, 1850); "Life of the Rev. Sylvester Judd" (Boston, 1854) ; and "Memorabilia of Sylvester Judd, Sr." (printed privately, Northampton, 1882).