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years, and for a considerable period held the" 

 post of United States Naval Officer at Boston, 

 under the Administration of President Grant. 

 He made a tour in the East in 1881, and pub- 

 lished a volume giving an account of it. 



Harris, Elisha, an American physician, born 

 in Westminster, Vt., March 4, 1824; died in 

 Albany, N. Y., Jan. 31, 1884. In early life he 

 taught school, and aided himself in this wise 

 while obtaining his own education. He was 

 graduated, in 1849, at the College of Physi- 

 cians and Surgeons, New York, and began 

 practice in that city. He took an active part 

 in the sanitary service during the civil war, 

 and invented a railroad ambulance, which car- 

 ried off a prize at the Paris Exposition. On the 

 organization of the Metropolitan Health De- 

 partment in 1866, Dr. Harris was made Secre- 

 tary and Register of Records. In 1869 he was 

 appointed Sanitary Superintendent ; but as the 

 New York charter was amended, he went out 

 of office the next year. He was reappointed 

 in 1873. He left the department in 1876, when 

 the Bureau of Vital Statistics was reorganized, 

 and was subsequently appointed commissioner 

 on the State Board of Health and Secretary. 

 Dr. Harris issued a number of valuable books 

 in connection with sanitary improvements, and 

 was widely known for his zeal, energy, and 

 unceasing labors in that cause. 



Henry, Caleb Spragne, an American clergyman, 

 born in Rutland, Mass., Aug. 2, 1804; died in 

 Newburg, N. Y., March 9, 1884. He was grad- 

 uated at Dartmouth College in 1825, and stud- 

 ied theology at Andover Seminary for three 

 years. He entered the Congregational min- 

 istry in 1829, and served at various places 

 for the next six years. In June, 1835, he was 

 ordained deacon in the Protestant Episcopal 

 Church, and the next year was ordained priest. 

 For two years (1836-'38) he was Professor of 

 Moral and Intellectual Philosophy in Bristol 

 College, Pennsylvania, and in 1839 he was 

 appointed Professor of Philosophy and History 

 in the University of the City of New York. 

 This post he held until 1852. For three years 

 (1847-'50) he was rector of St. Clement's 

 Church, New York city, and later he held 

 the rectorship of St. Michael's Church, Litch- 

 field, Conn. (1870-'73). Dr. Henry published 

 several works, and in company with Rev. Dr. 

 F. L. Hawks and Dr. J. G. Cogswell estab- 

 lished the " New York Review " (1837-'43). 

 He also translated from the French works by 

 Victor Cousin and F. P. Guizot. 



Hoe, Robert, an American manufacturer of 

 printing-presses, born in New York city in 

 1810 ; died in Tarrytown, N. Y., Sept. 13, 1884. 

 Mr. Hoe was not only a very successful man 

 in his business operations, but was also a pub- 

 lic-spirited, liberal-minded citizen. He was 

 one of the founders of the Academy of Design 

 in his native city, a patron of young artists, 

 and an earnest Christian. 



Hoffman, Charles Fenno, an American author, 

 born in New York city, in 1806 ; died in Har- 



risburg, Pa., June 7, 1884. He was a son 

 of Judge Josiah 0. Hoffman, and brother of 

 Ogden Hoffman. He entered Columbia Col- 

 lege, but did not remain till graduation, and 

 was admitted to the bar in 1827. Disliking 

 the legal profession, he resolved to devote him- 

 self to literature, and at the age of twenty-four 

 he joined Charles King in work on the " New 

 York American," a journal of some influence. 

 In 1833 Mr. Hoffman established the "Knick- 

 erbocker Magazine," and soon after that he 

 became editor of the " American Monthly." 

 Two years later he published " A Winter in 

 the West," which met with much favor. Other 

 works followed. In 1840 appeared his first 

 work of fiction, entitled "Greyslaer," a ro- 

 mance founded on the trial of Beauchamp for 

 the murder of Col. Sharpe in Kentucky. He 

 published in 1842 a collection of his poems, 

 under the title of "The Vigil of Faith, and 

 other Poems," which appeared in 1845, revised 

 and enlarged, as "Love's Calendar." Some 

 of Mr. Hoffman's songs and lyrics have ob- 

 tained a permanent place in literature, notably 

 " Sparkling and Bright," and " Monterey." In 

 1846 he became editor of the " Literary World," 

 which post he held for three years, till he was 

 seized with a mental disorder, which rendered 

 him incapable of literary or other work, and 

 from which he never recovered. 



Hubbard, Richard Dudley, an American lawyer, 

 born in Berlin, Conn., Sept. 7, 1818; died in 

 Hartford, Conn., Feb. 28, 1884. He was grad- 

 uated at Yale College in 1839, was admitted 

 to the bar in 1842, and practiced his profession 

 till the close of his life. He was elected to 

 the Assembly from East Hartford in 1842, and 

 represented Hartford in the same body in 

 1855 and 1858. From 1846 to 1868 he was 

 State Attorney for Hartford county. He was 

 a member of Congress in 1867, but declined a 

 re-election. As Democratic candidate for Gov- 

 ernor, he was defeated in 1872, elected in 1876, 

 and defeated again in 1878. During the civil 

 war, Mr. Hubbard was an earnest supporter 

 of the Union cause. 



Hunt, William H., an American lawyer and 

 publicist, born in South Carolina, in 1834; died 

 in Petersburg, Va., Feb. 27, 1884. In "nulli- 

 fication" times his father opposed Calhoun's 

 doctrines, and found it expedient to leave the 

 State. He removed with his family to New 

 Orleans. William Hunt was educated at Yale 

 College, after leaving which he studied law, 

 and was admitted to the bar. When the civil 

 war broke out, in 1861, Mr. Hunt espoused the 

 cause of the Union. He was busily occupied in 

 the duties of his profession during the larger 

 part of his life. In 1876 he was chosen Attor- 

 ney-General of Louisiana. The next year he 

 took up his residence in Washington. In 1878 

 he was appointed Justice of the Court of Claims 

 of the United States. In 1880 he was selected 

 by President Garfield as Secretary of the Navy, 

 but when Mr. Arthur came into power he 

 sent Justice Hunt as United States minister 



