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Hart, Augustus Brewster, liiuiiic'uT, wuh bori. Murcli 15, 1S4(>, in St. I><>iiis, Mo. In l8l)2-71 he was a|i|Mtinteil c-li rk of the Mc chanics bank of ^it. Loui.s, .M(». In 1K72 he established the firm of Augustus B. Hart of St. Louid, Mo. lie is dirwtor t>f thf I^ouifl iaiia purehaiM; exposition conipuiiy. Hart, Burdett, elergyiuan. author, wuh

born Nov. IG, 1821, in Nrw ISrituin, Conn. He waji the author of Biblirul Epochs; Studifa of the Modi-I Life; AHp«i'ttt of Heaven; Always I pwurd; and Tin- t'ro«n Lust and Restored. He di»"d in ll»OG in >iew Haven, Conn. Hart, Charles Arthur, entoniologlHt. author, was born Oct. 12, 185U. in guimy. 111. He it) ai 8p«>ciali»t in aquatic innect life. He is the author of lae Entomology of the lllinoiti

River; iiml

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l)ragonlli<*H of

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Hart, Charles Henry, lawyer, art (>xpert, hibliographer, author, wa.s lM>rn F«'b. 4. 1847, in Phihidolphia, Pa. In ISiiit Ii(> gradual<-«l from the univer>sily of IVnii^ylvania ami ban received the degrees of

A.M. ami LL.H li;»W94 law in

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practiced Philadelphia,

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Pa. and having met with a severe railroad

a«-cident. ever since

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n-covery has «lfvoted himself to literature He in known as an expert u|Hin art atid historical port raiture;

in IH82 l!ii»2 was director of the Pcnnsyl xania academy of line arts; and in 18!i.'{ was rliairniiin of the conunittee on retrosptetivf .American art at the World's Columbian e|Misiti|M-dia Mritannica; Articles in the Hibli(»graphi'i Liiic(dniana and artich>t« in other national standard works. He is the author of Abraham Lincoln's Place in History; Hirts on Portraiture and How to Catalogue Them; Catalogue of Engraved Portraits of

Washington; Frauds in Historical PortraitSome Notes Conc«'rning .Tohn Norman, Engraver; Masterpieces of (Jilbert Stuart; Turner, the Dream Painter; and nunu*rous ure;

other works. Hart, Charles Henry, lawyer, jurist and •statesman of Salt I.Ake City, L tah. was born July 5, 1806, in Blooniington, Idaho. He received the degree of LL.D. from the university of Michigan. He served a term as county attorney of Cache county. Utah; and was a member of the territorial senate. In 189.5 he was a member of the constitutional convention. In 1896-1905 he was «listrict judge for the first district of Iowa. Hart, David Hasleton, «ohlier. lawyer, statesman, wa.s born Nov. 9. 1839, in LycomHe served as captain of ing county. Pa. company C, one hundred and sixth Illinois

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xidunleer infantry, during the civil war.

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was elette.l -i me.nlM'r of ilie Illinois legislatun: in 1879; wu.s a candidate for c<mgreas for govern«*r on the iindiibition ticket in 1882 and 1884. Hart, £. Kirke, banker, congressman, was iNjru April 18, 1841, in Albion, N.V. He was a niemlH*r of the New York slate assembly in 1872; and in 1877-79 he was a representative from New York to the forty tilih congress as a aemocrat. Hart, Edward, chemist, author, was born Nov. 18, 18.'»4, in Doyleslown, Pa. He is professor of chemistry in Lafayette college of Easton, I'a. He has taken out four themical patent i. In 1892-1901 he was editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society. He is the author of Chemistry For Heginners. Hart, Elias Burton, educator, legislator, capitalist, was born Feb. 9, 1834, in Cornwall, Conn. In 1857-63 he was principal of the Ixxirding school for girls and boys, known as the West Connecticut institution. In 1865 he was a member of the Comiecticut stale legislature. and

Hart, Emanuel Bernard, merchant, lawyer, congressman, was born Uct. 29, 1811, iu New York Cty. In 1851-53 he was a representative to the thirty-second congress. He was at one time a lieutenant-colonel of the state militia; and was appointed surveyor of the port of New York. He died in New

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Hart, Ernest Eldred, real estate dealer, banker, was lM)rn on l>ec. 9, 1859, in West I'nion. Iowa. In 1881-84 he was engaged in KTA Er.VcUN >U the sale of real estate; and since 1894 has been in the in-

banking

vestment

business. In 1892 he a delegate to the

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national convention



republican and haa

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and state conventions. Since 1900 he has been meinU-r of a Iowa national republican committee. He is president and manager of the First national bank of I'ouncil Hlutrs, Iowa. Hart, Francis Russell, banker, railroad president was born .Ian. 10, 1808, in New Bedford, Mass. In 1 893 1900 he wa.s president of the Cartagena-Magdalena railroad in Colombia, South America. He is a trustee of the savings bank at Milton, Mass.; and is a trustee of several other cor|K»rations. Hart, George Spencer, merchant, banker, was b«irn Feb. 11, 1837, in Cornwall. Conn. In 1S.")9 he iH'gJin his career in the produce business. In 1874 he was director of the Central Crosstown railr<»ad; and in 1870-96 was its president. He is director of the Mount Morris bank; and a trustee of tli^

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