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editor of the Windsor Gazette of England; and editor of The ^Sandpiper of Arverne, N. Y. llv is the author of A Mesmeric Urdeal; and Desultory Verse. Hancock, Thomas, merchant, philanthropist, was burn in 1702 in Lexington, Mass. He became a successful merchant. Among his bequests were live thousand dollars to Harvard college wlierewith to found a profeshorsiiip of the Hebrew and Oriental languages; and five thousand dollars for propagating the gospel among the Indians. He 1, 17<W, in Boston, Mass. Hancock, William A., lawyer, jurist, civil was born May 17, 1831, in Barre, cnginetr, Mass. During the civil war he enlisted in the seventh regiment

he graduated from Yale university; and aubseque tly received the degree of A.M. from that institution of learning. In 18.~)9 he began the practice of law in Scranton, Pa.; and in 1879-89 was judge of the fortytifth

died Aug.

four years.

volunteer California infantry; was subsequently commissioned second lieutenant of the first regiment Arizona volunteers; an; he was seconil lieutenant of the sixth infantry. He served in the Mexican war;

and

in

was com-

IS6I

missioned a brigadierFor his services he received a reso-

geni'ral.

lution

thanks

of

passed by congress in iSJUi. In* 1880 he was an unsuccessful candidat«' for the presidency of the I'nited States, lie attiiineil the rank of major-general; an<l had coniniand of the division .Atlantic on (nivernor's Island. N.Y. He ilied Feb. !». ISsri. on (ov<'rnor's Island. N.Y.

Hand, Augustus C, lawyer, jurist, congressman. Wiis born Sept. 4. IS0.3. in Stoneham. 't. He H<'ttled at Kli/abethtown. N.Y. and was surrogate of his county in 18.31-30. In I8.30-4I he was a representative from New York to tlie twenty-sixth congress and

member of the state senate in 1845-48. He was a justice of the supreme court in IH4S r)«. He (lied March 8, 1878. in Eli/a-

a

bethtown. N.Y. Hand, Alfred,

March

20,

lawyer, jurist,

was born

1835, in Honesdale, Pa.

In

18.^7

judicial

district

Pi'unsylvania. In 1888 he became an associate justice of the court of 8 u p r e m e of

~^

and

Pennsylvania;

lor eight years was president of the Third national bank of .Scranton, Pa.

Hand, Daniel, merchant, philanthropist, was born .July 16, 1801, in Madison. Conn. in Augusta, Ga., and Charleston, S.C., where he accumulated a fortune. He gave a high-school building to his native town; and in 1888 gave one million dollars to the American missionary as-

He became a merchant

sociation, to be tional purfwses.

held

He

trust for educadied Dec. 17, 1891.

in

Conn. Hand, Daniel Whilldin, educator, surgeon, founder, was born Aug. 18, 18.34, in New Jersey. From 1872 he was president of the .Minnesota board of health; in 1883 was appointed professor of surgery in the universitv of Minnesota; and was one of the founders of the state medical society of Minnein

(iuiiford,

ifota.

Hand, Edward,

congressman,

was born

Dec. 31. 1774, in Ireland. In 1784 85 he was a delegiite from Pennsylvania to the continental congress. He died Sept. 3, 1802, in Kockford, Pa. Hand, Edward, soldier, was born Dee. 31, 1744, in Ireland. He was promoted a coli»nel in 1770; engaged in the battles of Long Island and Trenton; and was appointe«l brigadier-general. He died Sept. 3, 1802. in Kockford. Pa. Hand, J. L., planter, merchant, manufacturer, banker, legislator, was born March 20, 18.51. in Houston cttunty, Gn. He was educated at the university of Georgia and is n planter, manufacturer, merchant and banker. In I8H4-87 he was a niayor of Pelham, Ga.; and since 1884 has been city councilman. In 1888-89 he was a representative in the Georgia state legislature; and in 1880-87. 1889-99 and 1905 06 he was a member of the state senate. He is president of the Farmers' bank of Pelham; is president of the Pelham manufacturing company; is president of the Hand trading company; is

president of the Flint river and northwe«itern railroad; and is president of the Abing .Inn mills of Huntsville. Ala. Hand, Samuel, lawyer, jurist, was born .May 1, 1834, in Elizabethtown, N.Y. He practiced law with his father in Elizabethtown until his r(?moval in 1860 to Albany.