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=Hall, Harrison.= _Md._, 1785-1866. Son of Mrs. Sarah Hall, _infra_. A
scientist of Philadelphia who in 1815 published a work on Distillation
that was much commended in its day.
=Hall, Hiland.= _Vt._, 1795-1885. A jurist of Vermont and governor of
that State, 1858-60, who wrote a History of Vermont to 1791.
=Hall, Isaac Hollister.= _Ct._, 1837-1896. Son of E. Hall, _supra_. A
lawyer and Oriental scholar, lecturer on New Testament Greek in Johns
Hopkins University, 1884-96. He published American Greek Testaments, a
critical Bibliography.
=Hall, James.= _Pa._, 1744-1826. A Presbyterian clergyman in the
Southern States. Narrative of a Most Extraordinary Work of Religion in
North Carolina; Missionary Tour through the Mississippi and Southwest
Country.
=Hall, James.= _Pa._, 1793-1868. Son of Mrs. Sarah Hall, _infra_.
Letters from the West; Legends of the West; Tales of the Border;
Sketches of the West; Notes on the Western States; Life of General
Harrison; History of the Indian Tribes (with McKinney); The Wilderness
and the War Path; The Harpe’s Head, a Legend of Kentucky; Romance of
Western History. _See Allibone’s Dictionary; Bibliography of Ohio._
_Clke._
=Hall, James.= _Ms._, 1811-1898. A paleontologist of distinction,
professor of geology at the Troy Polytechnic School from 1836, and
State geologist of New York from 1837. Geology of the Fourth District
of New York; Paleontology of New York; Geological Survey of Wisconsin;
and many scientific monographs.
=Hall, John.= _Pa._, 1806-1894. A Presbyterian clergyman, pastor of the
First Church in Trenton, New Jersey, from 1841, among whose writings
are, Translation of Milton’s Latin Letters; History of the Presbyterian
Church in Trenton; Forty Years’ Familiar Letters of James W. Alexander,
_supra_; Sabbath-School Theology.
=Hall, John.= _I._, 1829-1898. A Presbyterian clergyman who came from
Dublin to America in 1867, and became pastor of the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church in New York city. All the Way Across; The Chief
End of Man; Familiar Talks to Boys; Questions of the Day; God’s Word
through Preaching; A Christian Home; Foundation Stones for Young
Builders, include his principal writings. _Bar. Ran._
=Hall, John Elihu.= _Pa._, 1783-1829. Son of Mrs. Sarah Hall, _infra_.
A lawyer and author of Philadelphia who edited The Portfolio, 1817-27.
Memoirs of Eminent Persons; Practice and Jurisdiction of the Court of
Admiralty; Life of Dr. John Shaw; Tracts on Constitutional Law. _See A.
H. Smyth’s Philadelphia Magazines, 1892._
=Hall, Mrs. Louisa Jane [Park].= _Ms._, 1802-1892. A writer of
Providence. Miriam, a dramatic poem; Joanna of Naples, a tale; Life of
Elizabeth Carter. _See Griswold’s Female Poets of America._
=Hall, Samuel Read.= _N. H._, 1795-1877. An educator of Vermont who
organized the first training-school for teachers in the United States.
The Instructor’s Manual; Lectures on Education; Geography for Children.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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