HUGH HENRY BRACKENRIDGE, born near Campbelton, Scotland, in 1748, died in Carlyle, Pa., June 25, 1816. He came with his parents to America, when only five years of age, was graduated from Princeton in 1771, and continued as a tutor in that college. He next studied divinity, and took charge of an academy in Maryland; was editor of _The United States Magazine_ in Philadelphia in 1776, and a chaplain in the American army in the war of the Revolution. He afterwards studied law under Samuel Chase. In 1781 he crossed the Alleghanies, established himself at Pittsburg, took an active part in the Whiskey Insurrection, and after that affair was over took pains to vindicate his conduct by the publication of _Incidents of the Insurrection in the Western Parts of Pennsylvania_. He was afterwards Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL. A Dramatic Piece of Five Acts, in heroic measure; by a Gentleman of Maryland. Pulchrumque mori succurrit in armis.--Virgil. 'Tis glorious to die in battle. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third Street, 1776. Frontispiece. 8vo, pp. [8], 5-49, [1]. This play was recited by Brackenridge's pupils in 1776. It was dedicated to Robt. Stockton. The principal characters are well-known officers in the American and British Armies. THE DEATH OF GENERAL MONTGOMERY, AT THE SIEGE OF QUEBEC. A Tragedy, with an Ode in honor of the Pennsylvania Militia, and the small band of regular Continental troops who sustained the campaign in the depth of winter, January, 1777, and repulsed the British forces from the banks of the Delaware. To which are added Elegiacal Pieces, commemorative of Distinguished characters. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Robert Bell, 1777. Frontispiece. 8vo, pp. 79, [5]. Another edition, Norwich, J. Trumbull, 1777. 8vo, pp. 68. Also Phila., 1797. 12mo, pp. 68. BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN