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at the bar, arguing before the supreme court be- fore he was twenty-four years of age. With Na- thaniel B. Blunt and Aaron J. Vanderpoel he orig- inated a prominent New York law firm. Blunt WHS elected district attorney in 1830, selecting Hall as his assistant. When Blunt died in 1854, Hall resigned, but was elected to the |)csition at the ensuing election. It is said that lie argued two hundred cases as district attorney : he also contributed many reformatory statutes applicable to the city. He became mayor in 1869, and was re-elected in 1870. It was charged at the time, and later stated in Brvce's " American Common- wealth," that he had criminal relations with the Tweed ring ; the courts, however, exonerated him, and his dying in poverty would seem to disprove the charge. After his retirement he appeared on the stage in 1875 in "The t'rucible," a play writ- ten by himself, which was not a success. He re- turned to journalism, and was for a time city editor of the " World." lie then gave up his position, went abroad, and practised at the Kng- lish bar. Mr. Hall also took charge of the Lon- don bureau of the " New York Herald " until 1880. He. returned to this country in 1891, and resumed literary pursuits. His writitigs include "The Manhattaner in New Orleans" (New York, 1851); "Old Whitev's Christmas Trot" (1857); "The Congressman's Christinas Dream" (1870); "Bal- lads" (1880): and an exhaustive " History of the Tweeil Ring," left in manuscript.

HALL, Anne, artist, b. in I'omfret. Conn., 26 Jlay, 1792; d, in New York city, 11 Dec, 1863. She was the sister of Jonathan I'rescott Hall (q. v.). She took some les-sons in applying colors to ivory from Samuel King, who taught Wash- ington -Mlston, and received instruction in oil- painting from .Alexander Uoliertson, in New York, an<l John Trumbull, but soon turned her entire attention to miniature [tainting, in which she be- came celebrated. She was elected a meml>er of the National academy of design, where she occasionally exhibited. Her miniature portrait of Garaniia Mohallii, the Greek girl, has lieen considered her masterpiece, and has been engraved rei*ate<lly. Uer beautiful picture of Dr. .lohii W. Francis's son John has been long engraved under the name of " Ol>eron." Her miniatures are scattered widely over the country, but many of the Iwst are in the possession of her relatives in New York.

HALL, Arthur Crawshuy Alliston, bishop, P. K. church, b. in Binfield, Berkshire co., Kng- laiid, 12 .pril, 1847. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, receiving his degrees from there, of B. A. in 18(59, .M. A. in 1872, and D. D. in 189:t. He has l)een a licensed preacher in the diocese of Oxford. as a meml>cr of the society of St. John the Kvungelist. In 1874 he was assistant minister in the (;hurch of the Advent, Boston, becoming in 1882 minister of the mission church of St. John the Kvangelist, and so continuing until 18itl. The diweseol Vermont elected Dr. Hall itsthird bishop, and he was consecrated in February, 1894. Dr. Hall has written many religious tracts and books, the latest being the Biililwin lecture (1897) entitled " Christ's Temptation and Ours," "The Virgin Mother," " The Church's Dis<'ipline concerning Marriage and Divorce," anil n devotional exiwisi- tion of the Epistle to the Hebrews entitled " Con- cerning Christ and the Church."

HALL, Granville Stanley, psychologist, b. in Ashlield. Mass., May. 1845. He was graduated at Williams in 1867, was professor of jisychology at Antioch ojllege, Ohio, in 1872-'6. studied in Berlin, Bonn, Heidelberg, and liCipsic, and was lecturer on psychology at Harvanl in 1876 and again in 1881-2, becoming professor of that branch at Johns Hopkins university in 1882. In 1888 he atrcepted the presidency of C5lark university. Har- vard gave him the degree of Ph. I), in 1876. Prof. Hall has written extensively for periodicals on psychological and educational topics, and is editor of the " American Journal of Psychology," and the author of " Aspects of German Culture" (Boston, 1881), and, with John M. Mansfield, "Hints toward a Select and Descriptive Bibliog- raphy of Education " (1886).

HALL. James A., soldier, b. in Jefferson, Me., 10 Aug., 1835; d. on a train near Syracuse, N. Y., 10 June, 1893. He was educated at the Warren academy, in his native state. Abandoning the dry-goods business in which he had been engaged, he entereil the army in November, 1861. as 1st lieutenant of the 2d Maine battery, and rose to the rank of brevet brigadier-general, his services being especially conspicuous at Gettysburg, where he was wounded an<l had his horse shot under hiin. Gen. Hall was mustered out, 22 July, 1865, and in the following month was assigned as colonel to the 2d regiment of Hancock's corps, from which he was mustered out at Savannah, Ga., in March, 1866. He was for thirteen years after the war colle<-t(>r of customs at Waldoboro', Me.

HALL, John, clergyman, b. in Market Hill, County .Armagh, 31 July, 1829; d. in Bangor, County Down. 17 Sept., 1898. He was graduated at Belfast college, and was licensed to preach in 1849. Three years he served as a missionary at Camlin, when he was calleil lothe First church, Armagh, and in 1858 was transferred to the church of St. Mary's ab- bey, now Hut land square, Dublin. In the oHice of commissioner of educa- tion, to which he was shortly afterward ap- pointed, he discharged liis arduous duties with unflaggingxeal and with- out compensation. In 1867 Dr. Hall was chosen delegate from the gener- al as.xeinblv in Ireland to

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then in .>icssi(in in Cincinnati, where he made strong appeals in behalf of church unity, and it is believed hastened the desired union. At the ncw-sclinol a.s- sembly in Koehcster he was equally successful. He preached in the Fifth avenue church in June, in the following month a call was sent to him, and in Oclolier he returned to New York, entering upon his duties on the first .Sunday of the following month. The church soon became too small for the rapidly increasing congregation, and the pres- ent imposing edifice was built and generally known as Dr. Hall's church. During his ministry of more than three ileeades it became the most important Presbyterian parish in the country and justly celebrated for its wiile-spread charity. While neither a great orator nor a profound scholar, but a simple, earnest, conservative Chris- tian pastor, he wfus recognized as one of the lead- ing ministers of his denomination. In 1875 Dr. Hall delivered the Lyman Beecher cour.'^ of lec- tures at Yale, and in 1882 he became chancellor of the University of the city of New York. His death occurred at his sister's residence during his annual visit to Ireland, and his burial was in