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cmy of Inland Navigation, Irrigation and Drainage" (1799) ; "Communications on the Agriculture and Commerce of the United States" (,1800); "Historical and Practical Essay on the Culture and Commerce of Tobacco'* (1800); "National Irrigation" (1801); "Oxen for Tillage" (1801).

Hunter, Andrew, born in Virginia in 1752, the son of a British officer, and was licensed to preach by the first Presbytery of Phila- delphia in 1773. immediately after which he m.ade a missionary tour through Virginia and Pennsylvania. In 1775 he was appoint- ed a brigade chaplain, served throughout the revolutionary war, and received the pub- lic thanks of Gen. Washington for the valu- able services he had rendered at the battle of Monmouth. He was principal of a school near Trenton, New Jersey, in 1794, and in 1804 he was elected professor of mathe- matics and astronomy at Princeton. He re- signed from this office in 1808 to take charge or the Dordentown Academy, and in 1810 became a chaplain in the navy. He married a daughter of Richard Stockton, the singer. He died in Washington, D. C, February 24, 18J3.

Kcnnon, Richard, of "Finewood." Meck- lenburg county, \irginia. son of Robert Kennon and Sarah Skipwith. his wife, daughter of Sir William Skipwith, baronet. He entered the revolutionary war as lieu- tenant in the Fifth Virginia Regiment, and served with distinction. He was made brig- adier-general of state troops: was county lieutenant of Mecklenburg county in 1789: member of house of delegates: state sena- tor, and speaker of senate, 1801. He was the first governor of the territory of Louisi- ana, under President Jefferson, and he died

while holding that office, in New Orleans, at the age of forty-four. He married Eliza- beth, daughter of Col. Robert Munford, of "Richland," Mecklenburg county, Virginia. Commodore Beverley Kennon (q. v.;, of the United States navy, was his son.

Bellini, Charles, doubtless came to Vir- ginia with Philip Mazzel, in 1773; his name is found in the roll of Albemarle volunteers in 1775, ^"J o" 1779 to 1783 on the Masonic rolls at Williamsburg. In 1779 he became the first professor of modern languages in William and Mary College — the first insti- tution of learning in the United States to establish such a professorship. When the college was temporarily closed, in 178 1, the Abbe Robin states that he saw "this soli- tary professor of Italian extraction" at Wil- liamsburg, and that "his conversation and abilities appeared to be such that after what he told us of his brethren, we could not help regretting their absence." He died in 1803.

Henkel, Paul, born in Rowan county, North Carolina, December 15, 1754, a de- scendant of Gerhardt. a court preacher in Germany, and one of the earliest Lutheran ministers to come to America, who settled in Germantown, Pennsylvania, about 1740. Nearly all the male descendants have been Lutheran clergymen. Paul's father settled in North Carolina, but in 1760 the family were driven by the Catawba Indians to take refuge in western Virginia. The son grew up an expert hunter and familiar with In- dian warfare. About 1776 he listened to the preaching of Whitefield. and determined to enter the ministry. After receiving a brief classical and theological training from the Lutheran clergj-man in Fredericktown, Maryland, he was licensed to preach by the

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