

82 JUKES SD WARDS 



Hon. Theodore Dwight, b. 1764, lawyer. Editor 

 "The Connecticut Mirror" and "The Hartford 

 Courant;" member of Congress, where he won 

 honors by successfully combating the famous John 

 Randolph ; secretary of the famous Hartford Conven- 

 tion; established and edited 1815-17 the "Albany 

 Daily Advertiser;" established and edited the "New 

 York Daily Advertiser" 1817-36; wrote "Life of 

 Thomas Jefferson," and many other works of im- 

 portance. There were few men in his day who oc- 

 cupied a position of such influence. 



Theodore Dwight, 2d, b. 1796, g. Yale 1814, emi- 

 nent scholar, imprisoned in Paris for distributing 

 the New Testament gratis in the streets; spoke 

 seven languages; was the warmest American friend 

 of Garibaldi and was authorized by him to edit his 

 works in this country; was director N. Y. Asylum 

 for the Blind, and of the N. Y. Public School 

 Assn. ; was instrumental in having music introduced 

 into the schools of N. Y. City; was prominent in 

 religious and philanthropic as well as educational 

 work. In the Kansas crisis he induced 3,000 set- 

 tlers to go to Kansas, and indirectly caused nearly 

 10,000 to go at that critical time. He edited at 

 various times "The N. Y. Daily Advertiser," "The 

 Youths Penny Paper," "The American Magazine," 

 "The Family Visitor," "The N. Y. Presbyterian," 

 "The Christian Alliance," and wrote several suc- 

 cessful text-books and many literary and historical 

 works. He was a leader in the noblest sense of 

 the 'term. 



