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* HUNTINGTON. ■MH HUNTSVILLE. T>rary, Albany; Gov. E. D. lluri^aii, William E. Dodgi', Chancellor Kcrris, Xi-w urk L'nivcraity; Mr. uiid .Mrs. Tiiylur, Corioraii (iaili'iv. Wa^li ingtiiii; liishup lii[i|)lf. JJfV. Mor^,'aii l)i.. Uisli- op I'otU-r; Judge Ulatchford (I87!M, I'liittd Slates District Coiirl: (ieii. ./oliri .. Dix (1S80), Historical Society, New York; Hdii. .luliii Slier- iiian (1881), Chamber of ComimTue. New York; Kev. Dr. Adams (18«:f), I'liioii Thiological Seminary, New York; Hon. K. C U inthroji, United States Con"ress; Julius Halljrarten, founder of prizes of Uie National Academy. HUNTINGTON, Fiikiikbhk Dan (l«llll!l04t. .ii Aniiiicaii ili-r^'vuian. the lirst l'riite»lant Episccipal Bishop of Central New York, lie was born at lladley. Alass. ; ;.'railuatcd at . iher«t in I8:<!), and ill Harvard Divinity ScIk.oI in 184.'. and was pa^-tur of the South Confircgatioiial (Cnitarian) Church, liostou. In 18.').') he became preacher at Harvard and I'lununer professor of Christian morals there. In 18UU he left thu Unitarian Church to become an Kpiscopalian. Resigning his professprship, he organized n parish in Boston, and was its rector until 18G9, when he was consecrated Bishop of the newly created Diocese of Central New York. Among his numerous works are: (.(ctiiics on Uuman tiu- tidy ( 1800) ; .1/ci/iorta/s of a Quirt lAfe ( 1874) ; Vhrint in the Vhrislian Year (2 vols., 1877-81) ; and Tlic (loUhn Kulv Aiiplivd to ISuaincus and Sociitl Life ( lS!f.2). HUNTINGTON, J.mikz Wii.i.iasis (1788- 1847). . American jurist and Icpislatiir. Ho was horn in Norwich, Conn.. ;;raduated at Yalo in I80(i, studied and practiced law in Uitchlield, Conn., was a representative in Conj-ross from 182!) to 1834, was then a judge of the highest courts in Connecticut, and was finally United States Scnatiir from 1840 until his death. HUNTINGTON, .Tkdidiaii (174.3-181.'!). An American general in the Army pf the Revolution, horn in Norwich. Conn., the son of Jabcz Hunt- ington ( 17I!)-178fi). He graduated at Hiirvard in no."}, joined the American Army at Cam- bridge, became a brigadier-general in 1777, and took part in many impurlant engagements until the close of the war, when he was brevettcd major-general. He was one of the organizers of the Society of the Cincinnati. He became col- lector of the port of New tondon in 1789, and held the ollice twenty-six years. HUNTINGTON, Sami el (17.32 0(1). An .■ ieriiaii lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was born at Wvndham, Conn., on a farm, educated himself for the law; practiced at Norwich, represented that constitu- ency in the General .Assembly, and became asso- ciate justice of the Su|>erior Court (1774). of which, ten years later, lie became Chief Justice. From 177*1 to 1784 he was a member of the Con- tinental Congress, of which he was president, as the successor of .John .lay. in 1779-80. From 1780 to his death. Huntington w.as Oovernor of Connecticut. His nephew- and adopted son. Sam- t EL HusTixr.TOX (I7r..")-1817). graduated at Yalo in 1785. was admitterior Court. Chief .Justice of the Supreme Court. Slate Senator, and Oovernor of tlic S(:, f,. fr..-n 1M.>< 1,, )s)n HUNTINGTON, William He.nby (1820-85). . American journalist, born at Norwich, Conn. He spent mo>l of his life in I'aris. «liirc for twenty years he was a currespondcnl of I lie New- York JVifcmif. He remained in I'aris during the siege of 1870-71, eii''a"ed in the relief ot the sulTering. His remarKalile collection of portraits of Washington and Franklin was given to the .Metro|iolilaii -Museum of Art. HUNTINGTON, William Held (1838—).

American clergyman, of the Protestant Epis- copal Church. He was born in l-owell. ilass., graduated at Harvard in 1859, and became an inslrui'tor in chemistry there. Entering the Episcopal ministry, he was rector of All Saints Church. Worcester. Mass.. in lSti2-8;t. and of (irace Churdi. New York, after 1883. Dr. Hunt- ington always took a prominent and inllucniial lie was active in the movenient for liturgical re- visions, and 'was long chairman of the Praycr- Book Revision Committee, and joint editor with Dr. Samuel Hart of the Standaril I'rayer-liuoh of 1802. In addition to sermons, his publications include: Y'/ie Church Idia, an tjssitii Toirard f 111(1/ (1870) ; Conditional Immortalilij (1878) ; The Book. nexcd. Its Crilicn and lis I'ros/iccts (188G) ; iihort Uislori/ of the Book of Common Prayer (1883) ; and .1 yational Church (1898). HUNTO-Y, Oeorge Gordon, fifth Earl of (?-l."i7iii. A Scottish statesman. He was edu- cated for the Church, but gave up the idea of entering it ujion the death of his elder brother, and bticame SherilV of Inverness and the kec>per of its castle (15.ili). Entering into llie political ])lots of his time, he was more than once im- pri.soned and condemned to death. .Mary, tjiicen i:f Scots, released him and restored his estates and title, with a view to gaining his adherence; hut he refused to turn Catholic to please her, though he sided with his brother-in-law. Both- well, in the troubles that followed, lluntly trie,! (o rescue Hizzio. and was a main mover in the murder of Darnley as well as in the Qim-n's suh.sequent marriage to Bothwell, to which he was a witness. He conspired to rescue his royal mistress from Lochleven (1.5(!S). and raised troops in her service; but his lifelong enemy, the Earl of Moray, vanquished him at last, and Huntly's resolve to give up her cause as hopeless was Mary's chief reason for surrendering to Elizabeth. HUNTS'VILLE. A city and the county seat of Madison County, Ala., 100 miles north of Birmingham, on the Memphis and Charleston and the Nashville, Chattanooga and Saint l.oiiis railroads (j^Iap: Alabama. C 1 ). It is in the fer- tile valley of the Tennessee River, and has im- portant farming, cotton-growing, and stock-rais- ing interests. There are cotton-mills, a foundry and machine-shops, saw-mills, sash and blind fac- tories, etc. .Among the educational institutions are the Huntsvillo Female College. Hunts- ville Female fspminarv. a State normal and in- dustrial school, and the Central .Mabama .Acad- emy. The government, as provided bv a charter of 1898. is vested in a mayor, elected biennially, and a council which c<mtrols appointments to all administrative departments. The city owns and o|ierates its water-works. Settled in 1775. Hunts- ville was first incorporated in 1800. .t one
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