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* HUNTINGDON. 337 HUNTINGTON. Huntingdon was a zealous Puritan in sympa- thies, possibly for political reasons. He was succeeded by his brother, George. HUNTINGDON, Selina Hastings, Countess <,t (I707-l)l). One of the most influential pro- moters of the early Methodist movement. She was the second of three daughters of Washington Shirley, second Earl Ferrers, and was born at Stanton-Harold, Leicestershire. August 24, 1707. She married, in 1728. Theophilus. ninth Earl of Huntingdon. She adopted the principles of the Methodists,, much to the dismay of her friends, and gave her life with increasing zeal as the years went on to the interests of the new sect, introducing its ideas into aristocratic circles, to which its other adherents had no access. She was an intimate friend of both Wesleys, of Whitefield, and of many other cleTgymcn promi- nent in her time. She became a widow in 1740. In the dispute between the Wesleys and Whitefield she sided with the latter, and assumed a leader- ship among his followers, wiio came to be known as 'The Countess of Huntingdon's Connection.' For the education of ministers she established and maintained a college at Trevecca, in Wales (removed, in 17'J2, to Cheshunt, Hertfordshire), and built, or became possessed of. numerous cha])els in different parts of the country, the principal one being at Bath. She likewise ex- pended large sums in the supjxjrt of young men trained to itinerant preaching, as well as in ))rivate charity. She died in London. .Tune 17, 1701. By her will she created a trust be- queathing her chapels to four persons for their care and management after her death. The num- ber of these chapels was then si.xty-four, of which abpiit half still survive. Consult The JAfe and Times of t^eliiui. Countess of Huntingdon (Lon- don. 18.30-40). HUNT'INGDONSHIRE. A south-midland county of En.!,'land. bounded on the east by Cam- bridgeshire, on the south by Bedfordshire, and on the west and north by the County of North- ampton. Area, 368 square miles, almost the whole of which is in arable or pasture lands (Jlap: England. F 4). Population, in 1801, 57,- 760; in 1001. .57.770. It is watered chiefly by the Ouse and by the Xene. which skirts its north- ern boundary. The northern portion of Hunt- ingdonshire is included in the great fen-country. The soil is various : clay, however, predominates generally. Grain, beans, rape, and clover are the chief crops. Capital, Huntingdon. Huntingdonshire was traversed by two Roman roads, and Roman remains, as coins, pottery, etc.. have been found. In early Anglo-Saxon times it belonged to East Anglia, ftfterwards to Mercia. HUNT'INGTON. A city and the county-seat of Huntintrton County. Ind., 24 miles southwest of Fort Wayne, on Little River, and on the Waliash and the Chicago and Erie railroads (Maj): Indiana. D 2). It has a United Brethren college and a public hi.ch-school library with 11.000 volumes. There are railroad shop.; of the Chicago and Erie, numerous lime-kilns and wood-working establishments, and manufactures of boots and shoes, pianos, bicycles, etc. The city has also important commercial interests. Settled in 18.S4. Huntin.2ton was incorporated as a town in 1848. and in 187."! was chartered as a city. Under the charter of 1873. the government is vested in a mavor. elected bienniallv. and a city council. The water-works and electric-light plant are owned and operated hv the municipal- ity. Population, in 1890, 7328/in 1000, 0401. HUNTINGTON. A town, including several villages in Sullolk County, N. Y., 30 miles east by north ot Xew York City, on Long island Sound and on the Long Island Railroad (Map: New York, G 5). It is in a fertile agricultural district and has manufactures of brick and pot- tery, but is primarily a residential suburb of New York and a popular summer resort. There are a public library of 3500 volumes and a monu- ment marking the spot where Nathan Hale was captured. The government is administered by town meetings, which are held bienniallv. Popu- lation, in 1890, 8277; in 1900, 9483. HUNTINGTON. A city and the county-seat of Cabell County, W. Va., 52 miles west of Charleston, on the Ohio River, and on the; Chesapeake and Ohio, the Ohio River, and the Guayandotte Valley railroads (Map: West Vir- ginia, B 3). It is picturesquely situated and well laid out, and has Marshall College (State normal school), the West Virginia Asylum for Incurables, and a Carnegie Library. The city controls an important commerce, and has sev- eral wholesale establishments, shops of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, an extensive car- manufacturing concern, a steel plant, machine- shops, a brewery, and manufactures of glass, pic- ture-frames, stoves, etc. .Settled and incor- porated in 1871, Huntington is now governed iinder a charter of 1895. revised in 1901. which provides for a mayor, elected every two years, and a unicameral council. Population, in 1890, 10,108: in 1900, 11,023. HUNTINGTON, Daniel (1816-). An American historical, genre, and portrait painter. He was born in New York, October 14. 1816. and was educated at Hamilton College. In 1835 he studied with Professor ilorse, and later with Tnman and Trumbull; in 1830 he visited Italy. studying with Ferrerc in Rome. On his return to America he became a resident of New York. He was elected nuMuber of the National Academy in 1840, and held the office of president from 1862 to 18(10, and from 1877 to 1801. He re- turned to Europe in 1854. and painted several important works at Florence and Rome. His pictures are illustrations of taste rather than elaborate painting; his color is subdued but good, and his style is unaffected. He has been chiefly engaged in portrait painting, but he has also painted historical and genre works of note. Two of his largest canvases are "Lady Washington's Reception Day" and the "Atlantic Cable Projectors," in the Chamber of Com- merce, New Y'ork, both containing exceptionally fine portraits. His other principal works are: "Florentine Girl" (1839); "Shepherd Bov" (1840): "Sacred Lesson" (1844): "Mercy's Dream" (1850). in the Corcoran Gallery. Wash- ington (a replica in the Pennsvlvnnia .cademv. Philadelphia): "Henry VIII.' and Catharine Parr" (1850) ; "Venice." owned by .1. P. Morgan. New York; "Study in the Woods." owned bv C. P. Huntington. New York: "The Sibyl." Histori- cal Societv. New York: "Republican Court" (1876). Stuart Collection. New- York: "Philoso- phy and Christian .Art" (1878). .Among his por- traits are those of Presidents Lincoln. T'nion T.eaeiie Club. New York: Van Buren, State Li-