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In 1878 Field, Leiter and company the retire-

nessce.

delphia,

He was

i'a.

librarian of the Phil-

He wa^

made him a partner; and on

adelphia athenaeum in 187(5 lUUI.

of Mr. J^A-iter he became on«' of the new firm of Marshall Field an<l company. He was president of the Worhl's CoUunbian exposition; and is president of the Field Aluseum of natural history and the Chicago free kindfrgiirt«'fi association. In 1SH2 he organi/.ed the Chicago honie for incurables

autiior of A Century <»f Printing, or the Issues of the Press in Pennsylvania, 1805187-4; and Printers and Printing in Colonial New York, lie was editor of the Provincial Las in Pennsylvania. He died in lOUl Pliiladelpliia. Pa. 111 Hildeburn, Mrs. Mary Jane, litterateur, aiilhor, was Uirn Dec. 2, 1821, in Philadelphia, Pa. She was a Pliiladelpliia writer ot .Nuinlay-scbcNil tales, aiiKing which are, Day l)ream.->; Archy and Pussy Series; Dr. Leslie's Hoys; and Cagiiev's Tavern. She died Spt. l.s. 1882. in Pliiralph ami Bradford, Vt. At the age of si.xtien he Ix'caine a schoolteacher; and for thirty-live years was u printer, editor and publisher of sevenil newspapers. He has served as a inemlH>r of the Iowa general assembly; and was a member of the Iowa slate IxKird of educatitm. He is the principal owner of the electric light plant of Charles City, Iowa; •uid the owner of the Hildretli hotel and opei i house of that city. Hildreth, Charles Lotin, journalist, author,

!nent

and

been continuously

ha.s

its

president.

Higley, Warren, e«lucator, lawyer, jurist,

was

liorn

tanglit

July

I.

a district

Auburn, .N.Y. He school; was student and

Is;{;},

in

teacher at the

^^^^m

'

I

!

Auburn

acadeny; and in 18t32 graduated from Hamilton college. He has

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I

^P^V

been

principal of the lake acadprincipal of the liigii xliMol and supriiiundent of >rhools lit lb" city of Auburn principal of the i-< high ->elKK)l of leveland. (Uiio; j^uper titendent of public

Cavauga

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V

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Daylon.

inxl ruction at

of

tlic

<)hi«>:

teachers' institute in

and conductor

New

York.

In

was admitted to the practice of law: .Tud in IHSl was elected to the bencli. In I.SS2 he was one of the originators ami is now president of the forestry eongresa; and was the founder and first president of IH74

he

the Oliin Stat

"

forestry as-ociation.

Hilbom, Samuel Greeley, lawyer, congressman, was lH>rn Dee. f>. 18:}4, in Mim»t, Maine. He Kerv«»d in th.' California slate senate in 1875-79; an a April 10, 180{>, in

tilty-.'ifth

died

Washington. D.C. Hild, Frederi k Henry, librarian, was born Chicago, HI. Since i .i4 he has been connfctcd with the Chicago public library; and in 1887-1909 was librarian of that in situation. He is a membor and lias heiri several oflices in the Ameiican library asin

sociation.

Hildebrandt, Howard Loftan, painti-r. artwas horn Nov. 21, 18t!2. in .Ileglieny In 100(1 he won the Kvans" prize. He is a siiccfs'sful figure ])ainter; and has painted many prominent men anorn

Aug.

28,

18,58, in

New York

He was

editor of Helford's Magazine; Deniorest's Magazine of New Y'ork City. He was the autlior of the .Masque of Di'atli. a volume of ]Miems; The Mysterious '.

ity.

ami

of

City; .Iiidith;

Damar; The New Symphony;

America; and other works. He died New York City. Hildreth, Eugenius Augustus, physician, inventor, author, was lM>rn Sept. I.'l, 1821, in .rt in

in

I80«; in

Wheeling. W.Va.

He was

the

inventor of

ap|)liances. He was the author of upon Medical Botany of West Virgiania; Meteorology and Eni«lemic Diseases of Ohio County; and Biographies of Physicians of Wheeling for the I^ist Hundred Yea rs. 'Urgi«'al

articles

Hildreth, lM)rn .Iiilv

Ezekiel, educator, author, 1784. in Westford, Mass.

18.

was

He

was the author of I>»gopolis. a grammatical treatise: and Key to Knowledge. He

Hildebrant, Charles Quinn, merchant, congressman, wiis born Oct. 17. 18U4. in Wilmington. Ohio. Tn 1801 he became clerk of courts at Wilmington. Ohi«». In 10010.*) he was a representative from Ohio to

Maiel, ir,. 18.-.(i. in Wheeling. W.V'a. Hildreth, George Osgood, pliysieian. auwas Uirn Nov. 17, 1812, in Marietta. Ohio. In 100.') he bi'gjui the practice of medi«'ine at llamsted. N.H.; ami for many years practiwd at Marietta. Ohio. In 181012 he was a member of the Ohio legislature. He was the author of History of the Kpideniic of the Year 1807: Treatise on Hyilrophobia Lives of the Karly Settlers of Ohio: and other works.

the fifty-seventh and fifty-eighth congresses as a rrpublican. Hildeburn, Charles Swift Riche, librarian, nufhor. was l>orn .Aug. 1 I. 18.'».'». in Phila-

Hildreth, Hosea, educator, clergyman, was iKirn .Tan. 2. 1782. in Chelmsff.rd.Mass. Tn 18.11 h" iH'came pastor of a small cliurch in Wesdjorongh. He delivered a Dudleian lec-

ist,

City, Pa.

for his subjects.

di.«l

thor,