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HUTCHINSON

Philosophical society in 1768; received the hon- omry degree of D.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1790. He wrote: An Abstract of the First Pi-inciples of Enylish Gnmnnar, which passed through tliree editions. He died in Pliiladolpliia. Pa.. Ai)ril 25), 1833.

HUTCHINS, Thomas, geographer, was born in Monmouth, N.J., in 1730. He was an ensign in the British army in 1746, and rose to the rank of paymaster and captain in the COth Royal American regiment, serving under Gen. Henry Bouquet. 1704. He was imprisoned in London, England, in 1779 on the ciiarge of corresponding with Benjamin Franklin, tlien in France. By tliis imprisonment he is said to have lost £12,000. He was released, and went to France, and thence to Cliarleston. S.C, where he was attached to the stati of Gen. Nathanael Greene, and was made geographer-general, an office created by con- gress. May 20, 178'3. He made the maps and plates for Dr. William Smith's Account of Bou- quet's Expedition ( 17(30), published in London and Paris; A Topographical Description of Vir- ginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Car- olina (1778-1781), and in Philadelphia. History, Narrative and Topographical Description of Lou- isiana and West Florida (1784); besides three pa{}ers in the Philadelphia Transactio)is (1775, 1776 and 1783), and one in the Transactions of the American Society. His geographical work forms the basis of American Gazetteer (1789), compiled by Dr. Jedidiah Morse. Ho died in Pittsburg, Pa.. April 28. 1789.

HUTCHINS, Waldo, representative, was born in Brooklyn, Conn., Sept. 30, 1822. He was graduated at Amherst in 1842, studied law in New York city, 1842-4.5; was admitted to the bar in 1845 and practised in New York city. He was a member of the st;ite assembly, 1853; a member of the state constitutional convention of 1807; an advocate of the establishment of public pai'ks in New York city; a member of the board of com- missioners of public parks, New York city, 1857-69 and 1887-91, serving as president, 1889-90; and a Democratic representative in the 4Cth, 47th and 48th congresses, 1879-85. He died in New York city, Feb. 8, 1891.

HUTCHINS, Wells Andrews, representative, was born at Hartford, Trumbull county, Ohio, Oct. 7, 1818; son of Asa and Hannah (Bushnell) Hutchins, who emigrated from Hartford, Conn,, and were among the early settlers of Ohio. Asa Hutchins was a colonel in the war of 1812, and died when Wells, the fourth child, was twelve years old. leaving the boy practically dependent on his own resources. He devoted his leisure to study, and in 1836 opened a select school at Cory- don, Harrison county, Ind., where he earned enougli money to enable him to prepare for the

bar. He studied under the Hon. John Hutchins and John Crowell; was admitted to the bar in 1841, and began practice in Portsmouth. Ohio. He was married, Feb. 23, 1843, to Cornelia M., daughter of Joshua V. Robinson. He was a Whig in politics until the dissolution of that party, when he became a Democrat. He was a repre- sentative in the 50th general assembly of Ohio, 1852-54; provost-marshal for Ohio, 18G2, and a r(?presentative in the 38th congress, 18(53-65, being the only Democratic representative in congress from Ohio who voted for the amendment to the Constitution of the United States abolishing slavery. Ho attained a high position at the bar. He (lied at Portsmouth. Ohio, Jan. 22, 1S75.

HUTCHINSON, Aaron, educator, was born in Hebron, Conn., in March, 1722. He was grad- uated at Yale, A.B., 1747, A.M., 1750; studied theology and was pastor of the Congregational churcl), Grafton, Mass., 17.50-73. He was mar- ried in 1749 to Marjory Carter, of Hebron, and their ten children were all born in Grafton. j\lass. In April. 1774, he visited the valley of the upper Connecticut, and the towns of Hartford, Pom- fret and Woodstock, Vt.. engaged his services for a term of five years as the pastor for the three towns, and on July 4, 1776, he removed his family to a farm in Pomfiet, which afforded him during his life the chief support of his family. While car- rying on his farm labors he taught a class of young men preparing for the ministry, the students fol- lowing liim in the fields while he was ploughing or mowing. He taught them Latin and Greek without the aid of text-books, depending entirely on his memory, as he usually did also in con- ducting the church services, he having com- mitted to memory the entire New Testament by chapter and verse and the hymns in general use. lie was given the honorary degree of A.]\I. by Harvard in 1750, by Dartmouth in 1780 and by the College (jf New Jersey in 1794. His sermon before the Windsor convention, Jul}' 2, 1777, entitled " A Well Tempered Self Love a Rule of Conduct to- wards Others," was delivered extempore and afterward written out by him and published. It was read before the convention assembled at Bennington in September, 1777. See Biographi- cal Skcldi, by Rush C. Hawkins (1888); Memoir ]>y Heniy Swan Dana (Woodstock Standard, Aug. 17, 24, 31, 1871 ). His sermon at Windsor was re- printed in Collections of the Vermont Historic-al .societ}', vol. I. pp. 67-101. He is also the autlior of: Valor for the Truth (1767); Coming of Christ (1773); Meat out of the Eater, or Samson's Piddle Vnriddh-.d (1784). He died in Pomfret, Vt.. Sept. 27. I SIM).

HUTCHINSON, Anne, religious teacher, was born in Lincolnshire, Engiaiul, probably in 1590; daughter of the Rev. Francis Marbury.