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erty was averted only by the influence of liis partner. He resided in Aslieville, N.C., under parole during the war and at its close removed to Guilford, Conn. Mr. Williams continued to carry on the business making large profits during the war which he invested in real estate, and at the close of the war he sougiit out Mr. Hand and turned over to him as his share of the profits securities amounting to ^.mS.OOO. This unlooked for sum was carefully invested and in 1888 Mr. Hand gave to the American missionary associa- tion the principal and its earnings, §1,000,894, in interest -betiring securities to be held in trust as a fund for educating southern negroes, to be known as the Daniel Hand educational fund for colored peoi)le. He added to this trust by liis will in 1891. §300.000 for immediate use, and §200,000 after the death of family legatees, which became available in 1894. Mr. Hand was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Levi Ward of Eoch- ester. N.Y. He outlived his wife and children, and died in Guilford. Conn., Dec. 17, 1891.

HAND, Edward, soldier, was born in Clyduff, Ireland, Dec. 31, 1744. He was surgeon's mate in the 18th Royal Irish regiment and in 1774 accom- panied the regiment to America and soon after his arrival he resigned to take up the practice of medicine. He joined the patriot army in 1776; was made lieu- «. ^-'^S^^,;,. tenant - colonel,

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ington. accom- panied the army to New York, and par- ticipated in the battle of Long Island and in the New Jersey campaign. In 1777 he was promoted brigadier-general. In 1778 he commanded the troops occupying Albany, N.Y., as successor to Gen. John Stark, and served with Gen. John Sullivan in the expe dition against the Six Nation Indians. He com- manded a brigade of the light infantry corps after Aug. 10, 1780, and was appointed adjutant- general on the staff of General Washington, as successor to Alexander Scannell, in March, 1781. He was a delegate to the Continental congress, 1784-85; a delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1790, and a .signer of the instru- ment then formed. When a war with France threatened in 1798, Washington recommended the appointment of General Hand as adjutant- general. He died in Rockford, Pa., Sept. 3, 1802. HAND, Samuel, juri.st, was born in Elizabeth- town, N.Y., May 1, 1834; son of the Hon. Augus- tus C. Hand. He was graduated from Union

college in 1851, was admitted to the bar and prac- tised with his father at Elizabethtown, 1853-60. In 1860 he removed to Albany, N.Y"., where he was corporation counsel for the city in 1863, and reporter of the court of appeals, 1869-72. He de- clined the Democratic nomination for governor in 1872, and an appointment of judge of the superior court in 1875. He was president of the Y.M.C.A. of Albany in 1863, and of the New York bar association in 1865. In June, 1878, he was appointed by Governor Robinson judge of the court of appeals of New York to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge William F. Allen. Upon the election of a successor in November, 1878, he returned to private practice and was subsequently appointed commissioner for the reform of the city government. He was president of the special water commission of Albany in 1885; senior counsel in the elevated railroad cases; and aided the state in prosecuting the canal contractors. The honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by Union in 1884. He edited The Fhilohihlnn of Chancellor Dehury (1861). He died in Albany, N.Y., May 21, 1886.

HANDLEV, George, governor of Georgia, was born near Sheffield, England, Feb. 9, 1752; son of Thomas Handley. He emigrated to Amer- ica in 1775, arrived in Savannah, Ga., in May, and the next year joined the Continental army and was commissioned captain. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel and colonel and served actively in Georgia and South Carolina in repelling the encroaching British and Tory forces. When Au- gusta, Ga., was captured he was taken prisoner and confined at Charleston, S.C. He was married at the close of the war to Sarah Howe, a niece of Gen. Samuel Elbert and made his home in Au- gusta, where he was sheriff of Richmond county; representative in the state legislature; commis- sioner to the proposed new state of Franklin in 1786; inspector-general of Georgia, 1787, and last governor of the conmionwealth before its admis- sion as a state, 1788. President Washington appointed him collector of the port of Bruns- wick. Ga., in August, 1789, and he served till his death, which occurred at Rae's Hall, Ga.. the home of Gen. Saiiuiel Hammond. Sept. 17, 1793.

HANDY, Alexander Hamilton, jurist, was born in Princess Anne, Md., Dec. 25, 1809; .son of Capt. George and Elizabeth (Wibon) Handy; grandson of Benjamin and Elizabeth Handy, and of James and Martlia fGlasgow) Wilson; and a descendant in the fifth generation from Samuel and Mary (Sewell) Handy, who came from Lon- don in 1664. His father. Capt. George Handy, served on the staff of " Light-Horse " Harry Lee during the Revolution, distingui.shing himself in several battles including the .storming of Augusta, Ga. Alexander was educated at Jeffer-