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studied law, and practised in Baltimore, Md. He was professor of rhetoric and belles-lettres in the University of Maryland, and in the riots of 1812, caused by the opposition offered to the adminis- tration of President Madison by the Baltimore Federal liepublican, edited by Alexander Contee Hanson, in which the newspaper office was mobbed and the friends and defenders of Hanson killed and wounded, he was one of the defending party, and one of the nine left in a heap for dead. He edited the American Laio Journal, 1808- 17; removed to Philadelphia and edited the Port Folio, 1817-27, established by Joseph Dennie in 1800, and to which his mother was a chief con- tributor; and was editor of the Philadelphia Sou- venir, 1827-29. He published: Memoirs of Anacreon and 3Iemoirs of Eminent Persons in the Port Folio; and published The Practice and Jurisdiction of the Court of Admiralty (1809); Life of Dr. John Shaw (1810); Emerifjon's Maritime Laws in English (1811); Tracts on Constitutional Law (1813); and an edition of William Wirt's British Spy. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., June 11, 1829.

HALL, John Lesslie, educator, was born in Richmond, Va., March 2, 1856; son of Jacob, Jr., and Emily Glent worth (Moore) Hall, and grand- son of Jacob and Catharine Eliza (Mooi'e) Hall, and of the Rev. David and Margaretta (Glent- worth) Moore. He attended the University school of Richmond, Va., and later Randolph- Macon college, but did not graduate on accovmt of trouble with his eyes. He engaged in mercan- tile pursuits, 1873-80; taught school, 1881-85, and was a fellow of Johns Hopkins imiversity, 1886- 87, and fellow-by-courtesy, 1887-88. He was made professor of the English language and liter- ature and of history at William and Maiy college in 1888. He was married, April 30, 1899, to Mar- garet Fenwick Farland. Dr. Hall's ambition, on entering upon his academic career in 1888, was to connect his name inseparably with the revival of the College of William and Mary, which had been almost extinct for many years, but which again became a prominent factor in the educa- tional sy.stem of Virginia. He was elected a member of the American historical association. Johns Hopkins university conferred upon him the honorary degree of Ph.D. in 1892. He is the author of: Translation of Beoimlf (1S92); Judas, a Drama (1894); Old English Idyls (1899); and many contributions to periodicals.

HALL, John W., educator, was born in Orange county, N.C., Jan. 19, 1802. He studied theology with Dr. Gideon Blackburn and was licensed to preach by the presbytery of West Tennessee, in October, 1824. He was an evange- list in West Tennessee, 1824-26, and pastor at Murfreesboro, Tenn., 1826-30, and at Gallatin, Tenn., 1830-40. He organized and was president

of a female seminary at Gallatin, 1837-40; was pastor at Dayton, Ohio, 1840-52, and at Hunts- ville, Ala., 1852-54. He was president of Miami university, 1854-66, and superintendent of schools at Covington, Ky.. 1866-76. He died Jan. 6, 1886.

HALL, John W., governor of Delaware, was born in Frederica, Del., Jan. 1, 1817; son of John Hall. His father died in 1826, and the son was obliged to earn his own living. He was a clerk in a mercantile establishment in Frederica, and at the same time sold confectionery on his own accomit. In 1838 he bought out his employer's mercantile business and in a few years he suc- ceeded in e.stabli.shing an extensive trade. He also engaged in the grain and lumber trade and subsequently in the shipping business. He was state senator in 1866; a delegate to the Demo- cratic national convention in 1876; a candidate for governor of the state in 1874; governor, 1879- 83, and was again state senator in 1890. He died at Frederica, Del., Jan. 23, 1893.

HALL, Joshua Oilman, representative, was born in Wakefield, N.H., Nov. 5, 1828; son of Joshua Oilman and Betsey (Plumer) Hall, and a descendant in the sixth generation from Deacon John Hall, the first deacon in the First church in Dover, 1638. He prepared for college at Oilman - ton academy, was graduated at Dartmouth in 1851, and was admitted to the Stratford comity bar in 1855. He practised in Wakefield, 1855-57, and in Dover, N.H., 1857-98. He was married, Nov. 16, 1861, to S. Elizabeth Bigelow of Boston, Mass. He was solicitor of Stratford county, 1862- 74; state senator, 1871 and 1872; state representa- tive, 1874; mayor of Dover, 1866-67; U.S. district attorney for New Hampsliire, 1874-79, and a rep- resentative in the 46th and 47th congresses, 1879- 83. He died in Dover, N.H., Oct. 31, 1898.

HALL, Lot, jurist, was born in Yarmouth, Mass., April 2, 1757: son of Lot and Hannah (Doane) Hall; grandson of Deacon Daniel Hall, and a descendant from John Hall, who emigrated from Coventry, England, settled in Charlestown, Mass., in 1630, and was the father of twelve sons. He was given a good priniarj^ education and in 1776 earned a lieutenantcy in the marine depart- ment of the patriot army, as a reward for enlist- ing twenty-nine men and one boy and transporting them to Providence, R I. Lieutenant Hall sailed with the expedition sent to protect the coast of South Carolina and he was placed in command of the Venus, a prize captured Aug. 23, 1776. He was captured by the British and Avith his vessel was carried to Glasgow, where he was released. On his waj^ home he was again captured, and this time obtained his release through the influence of Patrick Henry of Virgmia. After the close of the war he studied law in Barnstable, Mass., 1782; removed to Bennington, Vt., the same year, and