signed this office in 1836 to become governor of his state, and served till 1839. He was U. S. sub-treasurer at Boston in 1840-'l, and in the former year, with his two oldest sons, established " Hill's Sew Hampshire Patriot," which they published and edited till 1847. He also issued the " Farmer's Monthly Visitor" for the last fifteen years of his life. His biography, with a collection of his speeches and miscellaneous writings, was published (Con- cord, N. H., 1835). — His son, John McClary, jour- nalist, b. in Concord, N. H., 5 Nov., 1821, aided his father in the publication of " Hill's New Hamp- shire Patriot " till 1847, when it was merged in the " New Hampshire Patriot," with which journal he was also connected till 1853. and again in 1868-'73. In 1884 he was the unsuccessful Democratic candi- date for governor of New Hampshire.
HILL, John, congressman, b. in Catskill, N. Y.,
10 June, 1821 ; d. in Boonton, N. J., 24 July, 1884.
He was educated at private schools, and at an
early age was clerk in the bank of which his father
was cashier. In 1845 he became paymaster of the
New Jersey iron company at Boonton, N. J., and
afterward engaged in business there. He was post-
master of the town in 1849-'53, justice of the peace
in 1856-'61, and was elected to the New Jersey as-
sembly in 1861, 1862, and 1866, serving as speaker
during his last term. He was active in raising
troops during the civil war, and at its close was
elected to congress as a Republican, serving from
1867 till 1873, and again from 1881 till 1883. Mr.
Hill was an active member of the house committee
on post-offices and post-roads, and was earnest in
promoting postal reform. When he first entered
congress he introduced a bill to abolish the frank-
ing privilege, and he was also the author of the
bill providing for the issue of postal-cards. In
December, 1881, he introduced a bill reducing
letter postage to two cents a half an ounce, which
was finally passed on 2 March, 1883^ owing largely
to his persistent efforts. Mr. Hill received many
resolutions of thanks from various public bodies
for his interest in the matter. He was an elder of
the Presbyterian church at Boonton, and was ac-
tive in religious affairs.
HILL, Joshua, statesman, b. in Abbeville dis-
trict, S. C, 10 Jan., 1812; d. in Madison, Ga., 6
March, 1891. He was admitted to the bar of Geor-
gia, early beginning to practise at Madison. He
was afterward chosen to congress as an American,
and served from 1857 till 23 Jan., 1861, when he
resigned his seat, in obedience to the wishes of the
Georgia convention, though he was strongly op-
posed to secession. He had a few days previously
made a conciliatory speech, which had been well
received. During the civil war he remained quietly
on his plantation, and took no part in public affairs,
save that he was a candidate for governor of his
state in 1863, and was defeated by Joseph E. Brown.
He took part in the proceedings of the Constitu-
tional convention called in pursuance of President
Johnson's proclamation in 1866, and was an un-
successful candidate for the U. S. senate in the
same year. He then removed to Washington, but
in 1868, after the organization of a state govern-
ment in Georgia, under the reconstruction acts of
congress, he was elected U. S. senator from that
state, and served till 1873. In 1872 he took an
active part in the discussion with Charles Sumner
on the civil rights bill.
HILL, Mark Langdon, congressman, b. in
Biddeford, Me., 30 June 1772 ; d. in Phippsburg,
Me., 26 Nov., 1842. He received a common-school
education, and early entered public life. After
serving several times in each house of the Massa-
chusetts legislature he became judge of the court
of common pleas in 1810, was a member of con-
gress from Massachusetts in 1819-'21, and from
Maine in 1821-'3. He was afterward postmaster
at Phippsburg, and collector of the port of Bath.
Judge Hill was an overseer of Bowdoin from its
foundation in 1795 till 1821, and a trustee from
that time till his death.
HILL, Nathaniel Parker, senator, b. in Mont-
gomery, N. Y., 18 Feb., 1832. He entered Brown
in 1853 as a student, became tutor in chemistry in
1858, and was professor of chemistry applied to
the arts from 1859 till 1864. In the latter year he
visited Colorado to examine an extensive tract of
mining and agricultural lands in the interest of
Providence and Boston capitalists. The imperfect
methods of treating ores at that time led him into
a thorough investigation of the subject, and he
spent a part of 1865-'6 in Swansea, Wales, and
Freiberg, Germany. Having become satisfied that
the refractory ores of Colorado could be treated
successfully and economically, in 1867 he organized
the Boston and Colorado smelting company, and
has been its manager to the present time (1887).
Through the success of that enterprise he has
acquired a fortune, and, by showing that the gold
and silver could be profitably extracted from the
ores, he gave a great impetus to the development
of the mining industry of Colorado, which at the
time of the erection of his works had been nearly
abandoned. He was a member of the territorial
counsel in 1872-'3, and in 1879 was elected to the
U. S. senate as a Republican, serving until 1885.
He was an active member of that body, and in the
first years of his term secured the passage of many
bills of a local character affecting the interests of
his state. Later he devoted himself earnestly to
the task of obtaining legislation for a postal tele-
graph service. During his term he was the chief
advocate of silver coinage, and his speeches and
magazine articles on bi-metalism attracted atten-
tion both in this country and Europe. His influ-
ence has been felt in a marked degree on the
interests of Colorado, and much of its present
prosperity is due to his exertions.
HILL, Nicholas, lawyer, b. in Montgomery
county, N. Y, 16 Oct., 1806 ; d. 1 May, 1859. His
father was a Revolutionary soldier who, on leaving
the army, had become a clergyman. The son
received a good education, studied law, and began
practice at Amsterdam, N. Y. He was appointed
state law reporter in 1841. and became one of the
best special pleaders in the state, taking part in
over three fourths of the cases on the docket of the
court of appeals during his active practice. He
prepared with Sidney Cowen " Notes to Phillips
on Evidence," and published " New York Reports,
1841-4" (7 vols., Albany and New York, 1842-5).
HILL, Richard, merchant, b. in Maryland ; d. in Philadelphia, Pa., 4 Sept., 1729. In early life he followed the sea, and up to 1704 was known as "Capt. Hill." He was in Philadelphia during William Penn's second visit to this country, where he formed the proprietor's acquaintance and came to enjoy his personal friendship. He finally settled as a merchant in Philadelphia, and was admitted to the governor's council in February, 1704, retaining the place up to the time of his death. In 1707 he was unanimously elected alderman of the city, and in 1709 was chosen mayor, to which office he was many times re-elected. He was elected to the assembly in 1710, and served in this body continuously until 1721, being three times speaker. In 1720, as one of the six oldest councillors, he was appointed a master in the court
