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Hamilton, James, colonial goviTuor, wa^ about 17 lU in Accomac rounly, a. lUlivi" tinu-s a memlKT of tlic pniximial

Imu h

was

an»l in 1745 was mayor of I'liil He bfraine a nu'inbtr ol tb*I'a. In 1745 54 anil provincial council in 1740. 17U((»5 be was colonial governor of Dela ware; and in 1718 54, 175'J tJ:{ and 1771 li»wad colonial governor of Pennsylvania, lie look an active part in founding several pub lbinstitutions of Tbiladelpbia, Pa. lie

r.ssuiiibly

iidelpiiia,

died Aug. 14, 1783, in

New York

City.

the

seventeenth,

eighteenth,

nineteenth

and twentieth congresses; and in 1830 32 was the nineteenth governor of Soulh Car«i He was one of the founilers of the lina. Southern Quarterly Review; and also of the bank of Charleston. lie moved to Texa^; and at the time of his death he was a seiia congress from Texas. lb- dii'd X»»v. 15, 1857. by drowning while on bi^ way from New Orleans to (jalveston. Texas. Hamilton, James, philanthropist, lawyer, tor-elect

in

author, was Itorn Oet. 10. 1793. in Ciirlisle. Pa. He labored assidu<»usly in the eause nl e«lueation; and was for many yt-ars a trus He was the author t«H! of Dickin-on eollegi-. of Notes on Proidiecy; and The Two I'll jjrinis. He died .Ian. 23, 1873. in Carlisle. Pa. Hamilton, James, painter, artist, was burn in

1819. in

Ireland.

He

is

will

Unown

the sjiirited illustrator of Dr. Kane's Are .uiong his pictures are Kxpedition. tic Capture of the Serapis; Old lronsi«bs: .u KgA'ptian Sunset; NVreekid Hopes; Coli-ridge's Aneieiil .Mariner; and nmny stibjeets from the Arabian Nights. Hamilton, James Alexander, lawyer, author,

was

iKirn .pril

14.

178S. in

New York

City, lb' served in the war of 1S12 15 as bri^'ade major and in^peeior in New York stale militia; and afterward praetieed law He was the author of ity. in New York (

KeniiniM-enees During Three (Quarters of a Centurv; and Martin Van Ruren's Caliiiii n-es Ifepildialed. Irvington. N.Y.

He

died Sept. 24. IS7H. in

Jarrtes Henry, educator, author, was lM)in Oet. 31. ISOl. in (Jreeiisburg. Iml. Since 1S90 he has In'en professor of socinl

Hamilton,

ogy at Syracuse university. N.Y. He is tbe autlior of Savings and Savings Institutions. Hamilton, John, e<donlal Kovernor, was In 1735 born in K:ist .l. rsey or Scotl.md. he was appointrd associate judge of the jnovineial sU|)renie court

«)f

New

Jersey.

In

he was colonial governor of New York; and in 1740-47 was c«donial governor of New 17.30

He

died in 1740 in Perth Aiuboy.

Hamilton, John, congressman, was born in 17«i3 in Washington county, Pa. He was at one tinw high slierifT of NVashington county, Pa.; and in 1805-07 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the ninth congress. He died Aug. 31, 1837, in Washington county, Pa.

Hamilton, John Church, lawyer, author, was born Jan. 31, 1853, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a lawyer in New York City. He was the author of Memoirs of Alexander Hamilton; History of the Republic; and The

Prairie

Hamilton, James, lawyer, governor, Unite.l congressman, was born May S. 1780, in Cbark'ston, S.C. In 1812 be serv ed on the Canadian frontier; and in 182;{ was elected to the Song

He

N..I.

Hamilton, John L., banker of Hoopeston, was born May 8. 1862, in Shipnian. 111. He is president of the Hoopeston National

III.,

bank; ami vice-president and director of various other tinaneial and industrial corpora(i«ins. He has iM-en mayor of bis city; pn^sident of the American" banking association and president of the Illinois bankers' asso-

«iation.

Hamilton, John Marshall, soblier, educator, lawyer, state senator, governor, was b<jrn .May 28. 1847. near Richwood. Ohio. He entered the union army in 1804, and served In 1809 he until the close of the war. eame pr<»fessor of latin at the Illinois Wesleyan university. In 1870 he was elected a state senat«»r; and in 1880 was eleetetl lieutenant-governor of Illinois. In 1883 be was governor of Illinois. He the seventeenth .'.ivd

Sept. 23. 1905. in Cliieago.

111.

Hamilton, John McCIure, painter, artist, was born Ian. 31. 1853. in Philadelphia. Pa. Since 1879 be has residetl principally in I>)ndon. Kn^liuul.

en^il«_'e(l

in

painting portraits.

Hamilton, John Taylor, banker, congressman, was born (et. 10. 1843. near (iencseo, III.

lie

removed to Iowa

in

1808; and hais

since been engaged in wholesale farm the

^

business. president of tbe Sav-

machinery

(tf^.

He

Jh

Rapids Cedar '"gs bank; and

W

.

^4*.

•

is

presi-

the C«dar of Rapids electric light and power company.

dent

He was mayor dar

Uapids;

of C*"-

be

was

three times a member of the state legislature, and speaker of the house. In 1891-93 he was a representai.v«' from Iowa to the Ofty-second congress as a lifniofrjit. Hamilton, John Taylor, clergyman, author, was born in 1H59 in the West Indies, He is a Moravian clergyman of lietblebein. Pa. He is the ajithor of History of the Moravian A History of ( liurch in the I nited States; .Moravian Missions; and History of the Mo-