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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (HALE HAKKIS.) 



in 1843, and was uninterruptedly engaged in teach- 

 ing from the middle of his college course till his 

 death. Since 1865 he had been principal of the 

 Normal School in Salem. Dr. Hagar was a mem- 

 ber of the Salem School Board in 1866-75 ; Presi- 

 dent of the Massachusetts State Teachers' Associa- 

 tion in 1856-'58, the American Institute of Instruc- 

 tion in 1860-'61, the American Normal Association in 

 1858, the National Teachers' Association in 1871, 

 and the National Council of Education in 1885 and 

 1886 ; and was a Republican presidential elector in 

 1884. He edited " The Massachusetts Teacher " in 

 1852-'56 and 1865-70. He received the degree of 

 Ph. D. from Union College in 1871, and was author 

 of a series of mathematical text-books (Philadel- 

 phia, 1871) and of many educational addresses. 



Hale, Horatio, ethnologist, born in Newport, 

 N. H., May 3, 1817; died in Clinton, Ontario, Can- 

 ada, Dec. 30, 1896. He was a son of Sarah Josepha 

 Hale, and was graduated at Harvard in 1837. On 

 leaving college he was appointed a philologist to 

 the United States Exploring Expedition under Capt. 

 Charles Wilkes, and while on that duty studied the 

 languages of the Pacific islands, of North and South 

 America, Australia, and Africa, and investigated 

 the history of the peoples speaking them. He 

 grouped the results of these observations in " Eth- 

 nography and Philology " (Philadelphia, 1846). 

 Subsequently he settled in Chicago, where he studied 

 law, and in 1855 was admitted to the bar. In the 

 following year he removed to Clinton, Ontario, where 

 he had since resided. Besides numerous memoirs on 

 anthropology and ethnology, he published " Indian 

 Migrations as evidenced by Language" (Chicago, 

 1883) ; " The Iroquois Book of Rites " (Philadelphia, 

 1883); and "A Report on the Blackfoot Tribes," 

 presented to the British Association in 1885. 



Hall, Isaac Hollister, Orientalist, born in Nor- 

 walk, Conn., Dec. 12, 1837; died in Mount Vernon, 

 N. Y., July 2, 1896. He was graduated at Hamil- 

 ton College in 1859 ; was tutor there till 1863 ; grad- 

 uated at the Law School of Columbia College in 

 1865 ; and practiced in New York city till 1875. In 

 1875-77 he was a professor in the Syrian Protestant 

 College at Beirut, and on leaving that place spent 

 some time in Cyprus with Gen. Cesnola, then United 

 States consul, and assisted in arranging the Cypriote 

 collection that is now in the Metropolitan Museum. 

 On his return to the United States he became con- 

 nected with the editorial department of " The Sun- 

 day-school Times," and established the department 

 of " Biblical Research " in " The Independent." 

 In 1884 he was appointed curator of sculpture and 

 archaeology in the Metropolitan Museum, and he 

 held the office till his death. He was considered an 

 authority on Greek, Phoenician, Himyaritic, and 

 other Oriental inscriptions. In 1876 he discovered 

 in Beirut a Syriac manuscript of the gospels, Acts, 

 and most of the epistles dating from 700 and 900 

 A. D., and in 1884 found the Antilegomena in the 

 Williams manuscript. He is said to have been the 

 first person to read an entire inscription in Cypriote. 

 He received the degree of B. Lit. from Columbia 

 College in 1888, and from the University of Dublin 

 in 1892. He published in 1884 facsimile pages of 

 the Syriac manuscript, a series of articles on the 

 Cypriote language and inscriptions, and ''A Critical 

 Bibliography of the Greek New Testament, as Pub- 

 lished in America." 



Hall, John Williams Dean, journalist, born in 

 Raynham, Mass., in 1808; died in Taunton, Mass., 

 Jan. 19, 1896. He was apprenticed to the printer's 

 trade ; became publisher of the " Literary Sub- 

 altern " of Providence, R. I. ; was editor of the 

 " Whig and Republican " of Taunton for over 

 twenty years, retiring in 1861 ; and afterward was 

 an editor of the " Gazette " there for many years. 



In 1863 he was a member of the Legislature, and 

 in the following two years was United States pro- 

 vost marshal of the 2d Massachusetts District. 

 Mr. Hall compiled " The Taunton and Raynham 

 Descendants of George and Mary Hall " ; contributed 

 largely to the " History of Bristol County " ; and 

 for many years was secretary of the Old Colony 

 Historical Society. 



Hamilton, Charles W., financier, born in Ger- 

 man, Chenango County, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1831 ; died in 

 Omaha, Neb., Nov. 19/1896. He settled in Omaha 

 in 1856. In 18G2 he entered the banking house of 

 Barrows, Millard & Co., which firm in 1868 was re- 

 organized as Caldwell, Hamilton & Co. In 1883, 

 when it was incorporated as the United States Na- 

 tional Bank, Mr. Hamilton became its president, 

 which office he held until his death. Aside from 

 his banking business, Mr. Hamilton engaged in 

 railroad, stockyard, waterworks, and other large 

 enterprises, and actively participated in the work 

 of making Omaha a great city. 



Harper, Joseph Wesley, publisher, born in 

 Brooklyn, N. Y., March 16, 1830; died in New 

 York city. July 21,1896. He was graduated at 

 Columbia College in 1848 ; entered the publishing 

 house of Messrs. Harper and Brothers, of which his 

 father was a founder, in 1850: and was active there 

 till 1894, when he retired. He learned the printer's 

 trade, became a member of the firm in 1869, and in 

 recent years had been the head of the literary de- 

 partment. Mr. Harper was a trustee of Columbia 

 College for more than twenty years. He bequeathed 

 $5,000 to the endowment fund of St. Thomas's 

 Church, and $5,000 to Columbia College. 



Harper, Philip Jacob Arcnlariiis. publisher, 

 born in New York city, Oct. 21,1824; died in 

 Hempstead. Long Island", N. Y., March 6, 1896. He 

 was the eldest son of James Harper, one of the 

 founders of the firm of Harper and Brothers; re- 

 ceived a private-school education ; and entered the 

 house when eighteen years old. In 1869 he suc- 

 ceeded his father as a member of the firm, and in 

 1890 retired. About 1866 he took up his residence 

 in Hempstead, of which village he was president 

 and trustee for more than twenty years. He gave 

 the village a fire-engine house, a bell, and a hook- 

 and-ladder apparatus, and after his retirement he 

 spent much time in improving the condition of the 

 poor in Hempstead and vicinity, giving liberally. 



Hiirris, Jonathan Newton, philanthropist, born 

 in Salem, Conn., Nov. 18, 1815 : died in New Lon- 

 don, Conn., Oct. 18, 1896. For thirty years he con- 

 ducted a general store in New London, and since 

 1845 he had acquired a large fortune in the manu- 

 facture and sale of patent medicines. He was a 

 member of the Connecticut Legislature in 1855, 

 and of the State Senate in 1864 ; was Mayor of New 

 London in 1856 and 1862 ; and at the beginning of 

 the civil war he equipped the entire garrison at 

 Fort Trumbull. For many years he had been a 

 director and generous promoter of the American 

 Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions and 

 of the International Young Men's Christian Asso- 

 ciation. He founded the Harris School of Science 

 in Kioto, Japan, at a cost of $100,000; gave the 

 Mount Hermon School for Boys at East Northfield, 

 Mass.. and the Moody School at Northfield, each 

 $50,000 ; and contributed from $30,000 to $50.000 

 annually to various churches and benevolent organ- 

 izations. His bequests included : Northfield Sem- 

 inary and the American Board of Foreign Missions, 

 each $10,000; American Home Missionary Society 

 and Commissioners for Foreign Missions, each 

 $5,000; Bradley Street Mission, $2,000; Interna- 

 tional Young Men's Christian Association. $1,000; 

 Mount Hermon School for Boys, $2,000 annually ; 

 Memorial Hospital, $1,000 annually; Cedar Grove 



