HOADLY, Charles Jeremy, librarian, b. in Hartford, Conn., 1 Aug., 1828. He was graduated at Trinity in 1851, and was admitted to the bar, but never practised. In 1855 he assumed charge of the state library. He has edited the "New Haven Colonial Records, 1638 to 1665" (2 vols.), and "Colonial Records of Connecticut, Vols. 4 to 15, 1689 to 1775" (completed in 1887).
HOAR, Jonathan, soldier, b. in Concord, Mass.,
about 1720; d. at sea in 1771. He was the son of
Lieut. Daniel Hoar, of Concord, Mass., was graduated
at Harvard in 1740, and served as a lieutenant
in Waldo's regiment at the capture of Louisburg
in 1745. He was present at the second
capture of Louisburg in 1758, was promoted
lieutenant-colonel for his services on that occasion, and
was afterward a member of the provisional assembly
of Nova Scotia. He commanded a regiment
under Prideaux in the expedition against Niagara
in 1759, and in 1769 was appointed governor of
Newfoundland and the adjacent provinces. He
died while on his way from London to New York.
HOAR, Leonard, educator, b. about 1629; d. in
Braintree, Mass., 28 Nov., 1675. He was graduated
at Harvard in 1650, married a daughter of John
Lisle, the regicide, was a minister of Wanstead,
Essex, until he was ejected for non-conformity in
1662. On returning to Massachusetts in 1672, he
was for some time assistant to Thomas Thatcher
at the South church, Boston. He was president of
Harvard college from 10 Sept., 1672, till 15 March,
1675, and was the first person to propose the modern
system of technical education, by the addition
of a garden and orchard, a workshop, and a
chemical laboratory to Harvard. Mr. Hoar was
regarded as being deficient in governing power,
and the college students rendered his situation so
uncomfortable that he resigned.
HOAR, Samuel, statesman, b. in Lincoln, Mass.,
18 May, 1788; d. in Concord, Mass., 2 Nov., 1856.
His father, Capt. Samuel Hoar, was a Revolutionary
officer, and served for many years in the
legislature. The son was graduated at Harvard in
1802, and was for two years a private tutor in
Virginia. He then studied law, was admitted to
the bar in 1805, began practice at Concord, and
was for forty years one of the most successful
lawyers in the state. He was a delegate to the State
constitutional convention in 1820, a member of
the state senate in 1825 and 1833, and was then
elected a representative in congress as a Whig,
serving from 7 Dec., 1835, till 3 March, 1837. In
1844 he was sent by the legislature to South Carolina
to test the constitutionality of acts of that
state authorizing the imprisonment of free colored
persons who should enter it. His appearance in
Charleston caused great excitement, and on 5 Dec.,
1844, he was expelled from that city. On that day
the legislature of South Carolina passed resolutions
authorizing his expulsion. Mr. Hoar received
the degree of LL. D. from Harvard in 1838, and
was a member of the American academy of arts
and sciences, the American Bible society, and the
Massachusetts historical society. He married a
daughter of Roger Sherman.—His son, Ebenezer
Rockwood, jurist, b. in Concord, Mass., 21 Feb.,
1816, was graduated at Harvard in 1835, studied
law, was admitted to the bar in 1840, and practised
in Concord and Boston. He was a judge of the
court of common pleas in 1849-'55, and of the state
supreme court in 1859-'69, and was attorney-general
of the United States from March, 1869, till
July, 1870. He was a member of the joint high
commission, which framed the treaty of Washington
with Great Britain in 1871, and served as a
representative in congress from Massachusetts
from 1 Dec., 1873, till 3 March, 1875, having been
chosen as a Republican.—
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Another son, George Frisbie, senator, b. in Concord, Mass., 29 Aug., 1826, was educated at Concord academy and at Harvard, where he was graduated in 1846. He studied law, was graduated at the Harvard law-school, and began to practise in Worcester, Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts house of representatives in 1852, and of the state senate in 1857, and was then elected as a Republican to four successive congresses, serving from 4 March, 1869, till 3 March, 1877. He declined a renomination to congress, was elected U. S. senator from Massachusetts, taking his seat 5 March. 1877, and was re-elected in 1883. He was a delegate to the Republican national conventions of 1876, 1880, and 1884, one of the managers on the part of the house of representatives of the Belknap impeachment trial in 1876, and a member of the electoral commission in that year. He was an overseer of Harvard in 1874-'80, regent of the Smithsonian institution in 1880, and is now (1887) president of the American antiquarian society, is trustee of the Peabody museum of archæology, and a member of the Massachusetts historical society. He has received the degree of LL. D. from William and Mary, Amherst, Yale, and Harvard.
HOBART, Aaron, congressman, b. in Abington, Mass.. 26 June, 1787; d. in East Bridgewater, Mass., 19 Sept., 1858. He was graduated at Brown
in 1805, studied law, and began practice at Abington. After a visit to England in 1810, he resumed practice in 1811 at Hanover Four Corners, where
he remained until he removed to East Bridgewater in 1824. He was a member of the Massachusetts house of representatives in 1814, of the
state senate in 1819, and was then elected to congress as a Democrat to fill a vacancy. He was re-elected three times in succession, and served
from 18 Dec, 1820, till 3 March, 1827. He was a member of the state executive council in 1827— '31, and judge of probate from 1843 till 1858.
HOBART, Augustus Charles (Hobart Pasha), Turkish naval officer, b. in Waltham-on-the-Wolds, Leicestershire, England, 1 April, 1822: d. in Milan, 19 June, 1886. He was the third son of the Earl of Buckinghamshire. He entered the British navy in 1836, during the Crimean war commanded the "Driver" in the Baltic, and was commended for his gallantry at the capture of Bomarsund and the attack on Abo. After the war he retired on half-pay, and during the civil war in the United Stales was in command of a blockade-runner, the "Don." which cruised along the coast of North Carolina, and endeavored to keep up maritime communication with the southern states. He was, perhaps, the most daring and successful of the English blockade-runners. In 1867 he offered his services to the sultan, who gave him command of the fleet operating against Crete. For this his name was stricken from the British naval list, but, at the instance of Lord Derby, he was, in 1874, restored to his former rank of captain on the retired list.
