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Rh physician, b. in Philadelphia, 27 Feb., 1798, lost, at sea in 1828, in a South American ship-of-war, to which he had been appointed surgeon, contributed poetry and scientific articles to the " Port-Folio." HALL, Thomas, organ-builder, b. in Phila- delphia, Pa., in 1791 ; d. in New York city in 1874. He was apprenticed to Jchn Lowe, an organ- builder, whom he succeeded in business. Mr. Hall came to New York in 1813 and erected the organ in the old Trinity church, which had been built by Mr. Lowe, captured at sea by the British ship " Plantagenet," and ransomed by the vestry of Trinity parish. He also built the large organs in Trinity chapel, St. Thomas's church, and in the Temple Emmanuel of New York.

HALL, Willard, lawyer, b. in Westford, Mass., 24 Dec, 1780; d. in Wilmington, Del., 10 May, 1875. He was graduated at Harvard in 1799, studied law with Samuel Dana, of Groton, and was admitted to the bar in 1803. He immediately re- moved to Dover, Del., and practised there for twenty years. He was secretary of the state of Delaware from 1811 till 1814, and again in 1821, served in congress in 1817-'21, and was a mem- ber of the legislature in 1822. In 1823 he was ap- pointed by President Monroe U. S. district judge for Delaware, which office he held until his resigna- tion in 1872. He revised the state laws, by order of the general assembly of Delaware in 1829, and in 1831 was a member of the State constitutional convention. Mr. Hall advocated the establishment of public schools, and suggested the plan that was adopted in 1829. He was also active in religious matters. He published " Laws of Delaware to 1829, Inclusive " (Wilmington, 1829).

HALL, William, soldier, b. in Virginia in 1774 ; d. in Green Garden, Sumner co., Tenn., in October, 1856. He served in the Indian wars, and com- manded a regiment of Tennessee riflemen under Gen. Jackson in the war of 1812. For several years he was a member of the state legislature, and was at one time speaker of the senate. He became governor of Tennessee in 1820 on the resignation of Samuel Houston. Gov. Hall was a major-gen- eral of militia, and served in congress from 1831 till 1833, having been elected as a Democrat.

HALL, William, publisher, b. in Sparta, N. Y., 13 May, 1796 ; d. in New York city, 3 May, 1874. He served in the war of 1812. In his youth he commanded the 8th militia regiment, and was afterward appointed brigadier-general. In 1821 he engaged in the music-publishing business under the firm-name of Firth, Hall and Pond, in which he continued until his death. At the Astor place riots he commanded a brigade of militia, which was ordered out by the governor for their suppres- sion. By his courage and calmness he saved the lives of many innocent spectators in ordering his troops to fire high when they were assailed with stones by the mob. He served also in the state senate during the administrations of Gov. Fish and Gov. King. — His son, James Frederick, soldier, b. in New York city, 31 Jan., 1822 ; d. in Tarrytown, N. Y., 9 Jan., 1884. With a younger brother, Thomas, he was a member of the firm of William Hall and Sons. In 1861 he assisted the commissary- general of ordnance of the state to equip twenty- eight regiments for the field. He then set to work to fit out a regiment for himself. Mr. Par- rott, of the West Point foundry, presented to Mr. Hall a full battery of field-guns, which was after- ward permitted to act with the 1st regiment of engineers, organized by Mr. Hall and Col. Serrell. Col. Hall, at the head of these men, did good work at the taking of Port Royal. He constructed the works on Tybee island, and was present at the capture of Fort Pulaski. Ga., which followed. He received honorable mention for his gallantry on the field at Pocotaligo and Olustee, Fla. He was pres- ent at the capture of Morris island and at the two attacks on Fort Wagner, and co-operated with Sherman against Savannah and Charleston. For two years he acted as provost-marshal-general of the Department of the South. He was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers on 24 Feb., 1865.

HALL, William P., soldier, b. about 1820; d. in New York city, 20 Oct., 1865. He enlisted as a private in the regular army, and before he was of age was advanced to the rank of sergeant-major. He took part in the Mexican war, and it is said that he was the first to place the United States colors on the heights of Chapultepec. For this act he was commissioned captain in the regular army, which appointment he refused for private reasons. His claims were strongly urged by his comrades for the snuff-box that was left by Andrew Jackson as a legacy to the bravest soldier. The New York common council, who had the difficult task of awarding this gift, decided in favor of another on the ground that Lieut.-Col. Hall belonged to the regular army, which debarred him from the list of competitors. He served in the civil war, was seri- ously wounded on several occasions, and was taken prisoner by the Confederates when major of the 9th New York, or Ira Harris cavalry. He was com- missioned lieutenant-colonel. 11 Jan., 1865. He con- tracted a disease in prison which caused his death. He contributed many articles to periodicals.

HALL, William Whitty, phvsician, b. in Paris, Ky., in 1810 ; d. in New York city, 10 May, 1876. He was graduated at Centre college in 1830, and received his medical degree from Transylvania in 1836. For fifteen years he practised medicine in the south, after which he removed to New York and published " Hall's Journal of Health " (1854), which had a large circulation. He was the author of a " Treatise on Cholera " (New York, 1852) ; "Bronchitis and Kindred Diseases" (1852; new ed., 1870); "Consumption" (1857); "Health and Disease " (1860 ; 5th ed., enlarged, 1864) ; " Sleep " (4th ed., 1864; new ed., 1870); "Coughs and Colds " (1870) ; " Guide-Board to Health " (Spring- field, Mass., 1870) ; " Health by Good Living " (New York, 1870) ; and " Fun Better than Physic, or Everybody's Life-Preserver " (Springfield, 1871).

HALL, Willis, lawyer, b. in Granville, N. Y., 1 April, 1801 ; d. in New York city, 14 July, 1868. He was graduated at Yale in 1824, studied law in New York, and Litchfield, Conn., and was admitted to the bar in 1827. practising in Mobile, Ala., from 1827 till 1831, and in New York from 1831 till 1838. He was elected a member of the assembly in 1837, and again in 1842. In 1838 he was ap- pointed attorney-general of the state, and filled this office for one year. He was for some time a lecturer in the law-school of Saratoga. In 1848 he opposed the nomination of Gen. Taylor as the Whig candidate for the presidency and supported Henry Clay, and in the same year retired from pro- fessional and political life.

HALLAM, Robert Alexander, clergyman, b. in New London, Conn., 30 Sept., 1807 ; d. there, 4 Jan., 1877. He was graduated at Yale in 1827, and at the General theological seminary, New York, in 1832. He was rector of St. Andrew's church, Meriden, Conn., for over two years, and of St. James's church, New London, Conn., from 1835 until his death. He was a delegate to the general convention continuously from 1850 till 1868, and member of the standing committee of the diocese