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=Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster.= _Ty._, 1855- ----. Son of Cyrus Hamlin,
_infra_. An architect, professor of architecture in Columbia College
from 1889. Handbook of the History of Ornament.
=Hamlin, Augustus Choate.= _Me._, 1829- ----. A surgeon of Bangor.
Martyria, or Andersonville Prison; The Tourmaline; Leisure Hours Among
the Gems. _Hou._
=Hamlin, Charles.= _Me._, 1837- ----. Cousin of A. C. Hamlin, and
son of Hannibal Hamlin, who was vice-president of the United States,
1861-65. He was an officer in the Federal army during the Civil War,
and has published The Insolvent Laws of Maine.
=Hamlin, Cyrus.= _Me._, 1811-1900. A Congregationalist missionary in
Turkey, 1837-60, president of Robert College, Constantinople, 1860-76,
and of Middlebury College, Vermont, 1880-85. Papists and Protestants;
Arithmetic for Americans; Cholera and Its Treatment; Among the Turks;
My Life and Times (1893). _C. P. S._
=Hamlin, Teunis Slingerland.= _N. Y._, 1847- ----. A Presbyterian
clergyman of Washington. Denominationalism versus Christian Union.
_Rev._
=Hamline, Leonidas Lent.= _Ct._, 1797-1865. A Methodist bishop
prominent in Ohio. Sermons; Works, edited by F. G. Hibbard.
=Hammett, Samuel A----.= “Philip Paxton.” _Ct._, 1816-1865. A
journalist of New York city. A Stray Yankee in Texas; The Wonderful
Adventures of Captain Priest, are among his works.
=Hammond, Anthony.= 18-- - ----. Law of Nisi Prius; Parties to Actions;
Principles of Pleading; Reports in Equity; Criminal Code: Forgery;
Practice and Proceedings in Parliament; Index to Tennessee Reports;
Criminal Code: Simple Larceny.
=Hammond, Edward Payson.= _Ms._, 1831- ----. A noted evangelist who has
been a prolific author of religious books and tracts. Among his hundred
or more publications are, Good Will to Men; Sketches of Palestine; The
Conversion of Children; Gathered Lambs. _See Reaper and Harvest, by P.
C. Headley, infra._ _Fu. Rev._
=Hammond, Mrs. Henrietta [Hardy].= “Henri Dangé.” _Va._, 1854-1883.
A Southern writer of fiction. The Georgians; A Fair Philosopher; Her
Waiting Heart; Woman’s Secrets, or How to be Beautiful. _Hou._
=Hammond, Jabez D.= _Ms._, 1778-1855. A jurist of New York State. The
Political History of New York; Life of Julius Melbourn; Life of Silas
Wright; Evidence of the Immortality of the Soul.
=Hammond, James Henry.= _S. C._, 1807-1864. A South Carolina
politician, governor of his State, 1842-47, and United States Senator,
1857-60. Owing to a speech of his in Congress in which the term
“mudsills” was used, he was afterwards known as “Mudsill Hammond.” He
published The Pro-Slavery Argument.
=Hammond, Marcus Claudius Marcellus.= _S. C._, 1814-1876. Brother of
J. H. Hammond, _supra_. A United States army officer whose home was in
South Carolina, and who published A Critical History of the Mexican War.
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