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UamiUon, John William, clergynian, bishop, author, was bom March 18, 1845, in V8t< n Vu. In 1900 Im- was cI<'< t«Ml the proU>iitant episcopal bishop of San Francisco, CaL founded the P^ple's church in Boston. Tie is the author of Meinot il- a*l, a

Parson's Proxy. hant. Tnited Stales .st'iiator. was horn Vfh. io. 1S09, near Huntsville. Ahi. He was a clerk in the war department in 1S3S-4.". arfing a» secretary of war a portion of the tune. ]- was appoint<-d coinptrolh-r of the treasury of Texas in I'^f'.T; and was <d<cf«Ml a delegate to the eone.titnti"ldi.

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Oct. 17. 181U, in Heaufort, S,*.,. He served in the confederate army in the enrolling de]>artnuiit Ix itiL" li^jljli d frf)ni nctivc "ifrv.

ie«*. He wmh aide-de-camp to <»«vern«»r .Seahrook: and also to <3ovemor Manning, with the rank of coloneL He died in Beaufort,

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Ramlltoii, Pavl, soldier, was born Feb. 13. H42, in Beaufort. S.C. H*- served in Oi.> confederate army as aide to General Va*hnr'_'.

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try. Dec. 20. 1862.

Hamilton, Peter Joseph,

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was born March HI. lS."»n. in Muliiie. Ala. He is the author of Colonial Mobile; Ram* hiers in Historic Land~. .ind other wfirks city attorney of Mobile, AU. Raniltou. PhiUp, Inwyer. jurist, was born

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1. 1802, in e York City. HiKtant district attorney in New

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Newton. N.l. Hamilton, Robert S., litterateur, authoris the author of Present Status of Social Srieni r: and I'resent RtatttS Of the PhilOSOin

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dune :{o, 1S."><5, in Washington county. Pa. Since 1886 he has been superintendent of public schools of Allegheny, Pa. In 1886 he ori;ani/ed the Allegheny county directors'' assoi'iation ; and was president of the Penn' svlvania state educational association in 181t2-!».'{. F*>r six years he was a mrtnlwr of lue city council of Braddock county, Pa.; and for three years was president of the city counc il. 11c is the author of The Red-1 ries of arithmetics. tidiiiii; and lM»rn

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Hamilton, Morris S., lawyer, journalist, hhrarian. was l>orn May 24, 1S2 filled a position in the Philadelphia poKtotlit-e; and then heeame editor of The True American of Trenton, N..I. In Ift.'il-iVt he was appointed on the iK»r«onaI stalf of fJov. Yurt. with the ranlc of colonel. In 1884-1901 he was state librarian of New Jersey. He died Jan. 23,
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Hamilton. Kobert, lawyer, state l^slator. ronyrcssinan, w;i.« Iiorn IH-O. 5, 181fi, in IlamburK, NJ. He was a uiembcr of the New Jersey legislature in 1883>64; and served the last ye.ir as .speaker. In 1S73-77 he was a reprehentative to the forty-third and fortyfourth congresses as a democrat. He died

Hamilton, Samuel, educator, author, was

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Hamilton, Morgan Calvin,

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and for some time judge adroeate of the naval r< ti[in<; board in Brooklyn. He died in New York City.

He was asYork City:

Hamilton, Schuyler, soldier, author, was born July 25, 1S22. in New York City. He

was a c.idet in the rnitc<i States military araiieni and in lM4l was afipointed s€H?ond

lieutenant in the first infantry. He attained the ranks of quartermaster and first lieutenant; and in IH46 was brevetted first lieutenant for services at the conlliets of Monterey, Mexico. In I800 he resigned with the rank of raptain. In 1871-75 he filled the chair of liydrographic engineer for the department of docks in New York City. In 1H62 he was brevetted brigadier and major* general of volunteers. He was the .^ntlior of The First History of the National Flag of the Ignited States. He died March 18. IMS. in ' v York rity.

Hamilton, Wade, clergyman, founder, was horn duly 7. IS."..>. in Ashley county. Ark. He has been on the hoard of trustees of Wiley university for fourteen years, and president of the hoard for two years. He has boiit A large numher of churches and parsonages: and has contributed extensively to church literature. Hamilton, William, lecturer, educator, au* horn .Ian.n.lS»V2. in Saint Thomas. thor. West indies. In 1883-S)U he tauyht in the Moravian parochial school at Bethlehem. I'a. ISOO he has been M^>^i>itant United Siri.c .State-* general agent of education in -Alaska. He is associate author on annual report- of education in Alaska. He lectures in tho department of hintory at the (Jeorge Washington uni ersity. Hamilton, William Douglas, soldier, was >K>rn in Scotland. In 1861 he was captain in the thirty-second regiment Ohio infantry; and in isn.'> was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers.