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of the Old South Church, Boston (2 vols.

and several commercial and historical pamphlets

and reports.

HILL, Henry Barker, educator, was born in Waltham, Mass., April 27, 1849 ; son of the Rev. Dr. Thomas and Anne Foster (Bellows) Hill. He was graduated from Harvard, A.B., in 1869, A.M., 1872; studied chemistry at the University of Berlin, 1869-70 ; was assistant in chemistry at Harvard, 1870-74 ; assistant professor, 1874-84, and in 1884 was advanced to the full chair of chemistry, and in 1894 became director of the chemical laboratory. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1883, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of Notes on Qualita- tive Analysis (1874) and of contributions to jour- nals. He died in Cambridge, Mass., April 6, 1903. HILL, Isaac, senator, was born in Charles- town, Mass., April 6, 1788; eldest son of Isaac and Hannali (Russell) Hill ; grandson of Abra- ham, great-grandson of Zachariah, greats-grand- son of Abraham, and greats-grandson of Abra- ham Hill, who was born in England and was admitted as a freeman at Charles- town in 1640. He descended on his mother's side from William Russell, who came from England to Cambridge, Mass., about 1645. Hisgrand- father, Abraham Hill, was a soldier in the French and Indian ^,,<^^ /'/" ^^^ Revolutionary

^:5^^^^^^=^^/>^2:^ wars. Isaac Hill re- moved with his par- Mass., in 1798, and there 1802, when he was ap- prenticed to a printer at Amherst, N.H., and during his apprenticeship assisted in publishing the Farmers' Cabinet. At the close of liis inden- ture, in 1809, he purchased and became editor of The American Patriot, at Concord. N.H., chang- ing the name to TJie Xeic Hampsh ire Patriot. This journal soon became a recognized power in poli- tics, being the organ of the Anti-Federalist party. In 1815 he was made secretary of the "Friends of Union." In 1820 he was elected senator in the state legislature, and was re-elected in 1822 and again in 1827. In 1828 he was a delegate to the Democratic state convention, and was chair- man of the committee of correspondence. He was Democratic candidate for U.S. senate in that year, but was defeated by Samuel Bell. In 1829 he retired from the editorial chair of Tiie Neio

ents to Ashburnham, attended school until

Hampshire Patriot to accept the appointment of second comptroller of the U.S. treasury, made by President Jackson. His nomination was not confirmed by the U.S. senate in 1830, and he was elected U.S. senator, as successor to Lewis Wood- bury, serving 1831-36. He was governor of New Hampshire, 1836-39 ; and U.S. sub-treasurer by appointment of President Van Buren, 1840^1. With his two sons lie published Hill's New Hamp- shire Patriot, 1840-47 ; and icsued the Farmer's Visitor, 1836-51. His son, John McClary (born in Concord, N.H., Nov. 5, 1821), published Tlie New Hampshire Patriot, 1847-53 and 1868-73, and was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for governor of New Hampshire in 1884. Isaac Hill died in Washington, D.C., March 22, 1851.

HILL, John, representative, was born in Cats- kill, N.Y., June 10, 1821. His education was ac- quired chiefly in private schools, and in 1835 he became a clerk in his father's bank in Catskill. He was clerk in a bank at Boonton, Morris county, N.J., 1842-45, and entered in the employ of the New Jersey iron company there in 1845. He subsequently engaged in business in Boonton on his own account. He was postmaster of the town, 1849-53 ; justice of the peace, 1856-61 ; and representative in the state legislature, 1861. 1862 and 1866. He took an active part in raising troops during the civil war. He was a represen- tative in the 40th, 41st, and 47th congresses, 1867-71 and 1881-83. He was a prominent advo- cate of postal reform, and was influential in ob- taining the issue of postal cards and the reduc- tion of letter postage to two cents in 1883. He died in Boonton, N.J., July 24, 1884.

HILL, John Henry, educator, was born in New York city in 1791. He was graduated at Columbia in 1807, and received his A.M. degree in 1845. He studied at the P.E. seminary, Alex- andria, Va., 1827-30, and was ordained a deacon in 1830, and a priest in 1831. He was married in 1831 to Frances, daughter of John W. Mulligan, of New York city, and together they were sent as missionaries to Athens, Greece. They estab- lished mission schools for the education of girls, and there they educated teachers under the direction of the government. The school founded by them became known as the Hill Memorial school. Mr. Hill was chaplain of the British legation for many years after 1845. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from the University of Rochester in 1853, and from Harvard in 1856 ; and that of LL.D. from Columbia in 1808. He translated several devotional books into modern Greek. In i-ecognition of this service he was buried with the honors of a texiarch by special orders of the government, and the municipality of Athens erected a marble column over his grave. Mrs. Hill died in Athens, Greece, Aug.