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 HANAFORD

HANCOCK

its prosecution. Speaking to liis former compan- ions in war in l!-(>(i lie commended to them the welfare of the negro, saying: " As a slave he was faithful to us; as a freeman, let us treat him as a friend. Deal with him frankly, ju.stly, kindly and my word for it he will reciprocate your kindness, clinging to his old home, to his own country and his former master."' In Novem- ber, 1^76, under his leadership the people suc- ceeded in breaking up the ring of political adventurers who had gained control of the state government, and his diplomacy and moderation won for him the respect of the very men he overthrew. He was elected governor of South Carolina over Daniel Henr}- Chamberlain, the candidate of the party in power, by a majoritj- of 1135 votes, but he was not allowed to take his office until after President Hayes had withdrawn the U.S. trojps stationed in the state by Presi- dent Grant, and on March 5, 1877, the state passed from the chaotic misrule of ten years to a condi- tion of law and order. His administration was so successful that in 1878 the entire staff of state officials was re-elected without opix)sition. The same year the legislature of South Carolina elected Governor Hampton U.S. senator, and he resigned the governorship and took his seat in the U.S. senate, April 16, 1879. He was re-elected for a second term in 1884 but was defeated in the election of 1890. He was appointed U.S. com- missioner of railroads by President Cleveland in 1803, and was retained in office until 1897. He died ii) Columbia, S.C, April 11, 1902.

HANAFORD, Phebe Ann, minister and au thor. was born in Nantucket, Mass., May 6, 1829; daughter of Capt. George Washington and Phebe Ann (Barnard) Coffin; granddaughter of Robert and Mary (Coffin) Coffin, and of Henry and Love (Cartwright)' Barnard; great-gi-anddaughter of Nathaniel Coffin, and a descendant of Tristram Coffin, who came from Brixton, Devonshire, Eng- land, in 1642. She attended the schools of her native town and also studied under the Rev. Ethan Allen, rector of St. Paul's at Nantucket. She was a birthright member of the Society of Frienils or Quakers, and was brought up as such. In 1849 she was married to Joseph H. Hanaford, a teacher, and had two children, a son and a daughter. She joined the Baptist church in 18r)0 and often sfKike at public meetings. Her book '* The Best of Books and its History " (1857) was delivered chapter by chapter in the Baptist Sun- day school at Nantucket. After marriage she taught several years in Massachusetts and later edited the Ladies' JRppository and The Myrtle, 1866- 68. About 1866 she joined the Universali.st church and occasionally lectured in the vicinity of Boston. In February, 1868, she v^-as ordained as pastor of the Universalist church at Hingham,

Mass., thus becoming the first woman minister ordaineil in New England. Slie was pastor at Waltham, Mass., 1869-70; at New Haven, Conn., 1870-74; at Jersey City, N.J., 1874-84. and then returned to New Haven as pastor or the Church of the Holy Spirit (Universalist). In 1891 she removed to New York city, and employed her time in preaching, lecturing, teaching and writ- ing. She was a member of Sorosis for more than a quarter of a century and was for six years first vice-president, and for eleven months acting president. She was also president of the Society for political study, president of the Philitscipoma club of Newark, N.J., and an officer of many other leading clubs and societies. She was also the first woman chaplain in a state legislature, acting in that capacity on several occasions in 1870 and 1872 in both the house and senate of Connecticut. She is the author of: Lucreda the Quakeress (1853); Leonctte, or Truth Sought and Found (1857); Ahrnhain Limoln (1865); The Sol- dier's Damjhter (ISm); llie Captive Boy of Terra del Fuego (1867); Field. Gunboat, Hospital and Pmv>;i (1867); The Young Captain (1868); George Peahndy (1870); From Shore to Shore, and Other Poems (1870); Charles Dickens (ISIO); Women of the Century (1817); Ordination Book (1887); The Heart of Siasconset (1890); and frequent contri- butions to periodicals.

HANCOCK, John, signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born in Quincy, Mass.. Jan. 23, 1737; son of the Rev. John Hancock (1703- 1744), a graduate of Harvard in the class of 1719; librarian of the college, 1723-26, and preacher at Braintree, 1726-44, and grandson of the Rev. John Hancock (1671- 1752), Harvard, 1689. He was a nephew of Thomas Hancock, 1702-1764, bookseller, merchant, founder of the Hancock chair of Hebrew and other oriental languages in Harvard, for which purpose he be- queathed £1000. He al.so gave £1000 to propagate the gospel among the Indians, £600 to the town of Boston for the erection of an insane asylum, and the remainder of his large fortune to his nejjhew, John Hancock, the signer. John was adopted by his uncle Thomas, was graduated from Harvard in 1754, and was then admitted to his uncle's counting house, finally inheriting the business. He was a representative in the Massachusetts legislature,