Albert Harrison Hoyt
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Albert Harrison Hoyt (1826–1915) was an American editor and author, born in Sandwich, New Hampshire. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1850, studied and practiced law in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was a paymaster in the army during the Civil War, rising to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. After the peace he was editor of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1868–76) and of Memorial Biographies, volume iv (1885). His other works include:
- Necrology of the New England Colleges (1869–70)
- Captain Francis Goelet's Visit to Boston, etc., in 1745-50 (1870)
- Letters of Sir William Pepperell, Bart. (1874)
- The Name Columbia (1886)
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Categories:
- Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the New International Encyclopedia
- American biographers
- Male biographers
- American lawyers
- American print editors
- 1826 births
- 1915 deaths
- Union Army officers
- Wesleyan University alumni
- 19th-century American historians
- United States Army paymasters
- People from Carroll County, New Hampshire
