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state senate, 1824-'^.j ; aud served as secretary of the commissioners for determining the N.E. boundary line of the United States. He was a trustee of the University of Vermont, 1823-33; president of the New Hampshire historical society, 1830 ; an organizer of the first agricultural society in the state ; and a prominent advocate of temper- ance, education, the abolition of slavery and the Unitarian movement. He received the Iionorary degree of A. M. from the University of Vermont in 182-1 and from Dartmouth college in 1849. His published works include: The Histoi-y of the United States of America from Their First Settlement as Colonies to the Close of the War toith Great Britain in 1S15 (1821). continued to 1845 and then passed through many editions. This work gained a prize of §400, and a gold medal from the American academy of belles-lettres of New York as a text- book. He also publislied: The Administration of John Qui)ici/ Adams and the Opposition by Algernon Sidnerj (1826) ; Conspiracy of the Spaniards Against Venice, translated from, the Abbe Beat and of John Lewis Fiesco against Genoa, translated from Cardi- nal de Retz (1828) ; Annals of the Toini of Keene from its First Settlement in 1734 to 1790 (1826), continued to 1815 (1851) ; An Oration on the Char- acter of Washington (1832); and addresses. He died in Somerville. Mass., Nov. 19, 1866.

HALE, Sarah Josepha (Bueli), author, was born at Newport, N.H., Oct. 24, 1788; daughter of Capt. Gordon and Martha (Whittlesey) Buell; and granddaughter of Nathan and Thankful (Grif- fin^ Buell, and of Joseph and Sarah (Whittlesey) Wliittlesey. Her father held a commission in the Revolutionary army under Gen. Horatio Gates, and both her parents were of Puritan descent. She taught school from 1804 imtil 1813, when she was mar- ried to David Hale, a la^yJ'■er of Newport, N.H. The death of her husband in 1822 left her with five young children and with scanty means for their support. She collected her poems already printed in newspapers and else- where, and published them under the title "The Genius of Oblivion and other Poems" (1823). In 1828 she became editor of the newly established Ladies' Magazine, which in 1837 was united with Godey's Lady's Book. The circulation became very large and Mrs. Hale continued to edit the literary department until December,

1877, when she retired. Meanwhile she wrote many books and gave much time and thought to benevolent, educational and patriotic undertak- ings. She was one of the founders and the first president of the Seamen's aid society. She removed from Boston to Philadelphia in 1841 and in that city established the "Ladies" Medical Missionarj' societj'. " After many years of effort she succeeded in having Thanksgiving day estab- lished as a national holiday. President Lincoln in 1864 responding to a direct personal appeal from herself. In every succeeding year during her lifetime she was accustomed to repeat this appeal and always with the same result. Among her published works are: Northwood (1827); Sketches of American Character (1830); Traits of American Life {\8S5); Flora's Interpreter (1835) ; The Ladies' Wreath (1835); The Way to Live Well, and to be Well ichile We Live (1838); Grosvenoi; a Tragedy (1838); Alice Bay (1846); Harry Gray, the Widow's Son (1848); T/iree Hours (1848); Keic Household Receipt Book (1853) ; A Dictionai-y of Poetical Quo- tations (1854) ; The Judge, a Drama of American Life (1854) ; Manners (1868) ; and Lore, or Wom- an's Destiny (1870). Her most important book Woman's Record, appeared in 1852 containing bio- graphical sketches of more than 2500 women. She died in Philadelphia, Pa., April 30, 1879.

HALE, Susan, painter, was born in Boston Mass., Dec. 5, 1838; daughter of Nathan and Susan Preston (Everett) Hale. She was edu- cated at the George B. Emerson school and engaged as a teacher. She finally devoted herself entirely to the art of painting in water- colors which she studied under English, French and German masters and she travelled extensively, sketching and visiting the galleries of the world. She was associated with her brother, the Rev. Edward Everett Hale, in the publication of " The Family Flight "' series, which included the several countries she had visited. She also exhib- ited her pictures of the White Mountains, N.H., of North Carolina scenery and of foreign scenes, in New York and Boston. She edited Life and Letters of Thomas Gold Appleton (1885), and con- tributed numerous articles to periodicals.

HALE, William Gardner, educator, was born in Savannah, Ga., Feb. 9, 1849; son of William Bradford and Elizabeth (Jewett) Hale; and grandson of William and Electa (Stoddard) Hale and of Ahimaaz and Eliza (Scott) Jewett. He was graduated at Harvard in 1S70; was fellow in philosophy, 1870-71 ; and tutor in Latin, there, 1874-76, and 1877-80; and non-resident fellow in classics and student in Leipzig and Gottingen, 1876-77. He was professor of the Latin lang\iage and literature at Cornell, 1880-92, and accepted the chair of Latin at the University of Chi- cago in 1893. He was married in 1883 to Har-