physician, b. in Philadelphia, 27 Feb., 1798, lost, at sea in 1828, in a South American ship-of-war, to which he had been appointed surgeon, contributed poetry and scientific articles to the " Port-Folio." HALL, Thomas, organ-builder, b. in Phila- delphia, Pa., in 1791 ; d. in New York city in 1874. He was apprenticed to Jchn Lowe, an organ- builder, whom he succeeded in business. Mr. Hall came to New York in 1813 and erected the organ in the old Trinity church, which had been built by Mr. Lowe, captured at sea by the British ship " Plantagenet," and ransomed by the vestry of Trinity parish. He also built the large organs in Trinity chapel, St. Thomas's church, and in the Temple Emmanuel of New York.
HALL, Willard, lawyer, b. in Westford, Mass.,
24 Dec, 1780; d. in Wilmington, Del., 10 May,
1875. He was graduated at Harvard in 1799,
studied law with Samuel Dana, of Groton, and was
admitted to the bar in 1803. He immediately re-
moved to Dover, Del., and practised there for
twenty years. He was secretary of the state of
Delaware from 1811 till 1814, and again in 1821,
served in congress in 1817-'21, and was a mem-
ber of the legislature in 1822. In 1823 he was ap-
pointed by President Monroe U. S. district judge
for Delaware, which office he held until his resigna-
tion in 1872. He revised the state laws, by order
of the general assembly of Delaware in 1829, and
in 1831 was a member of the State constitutional
convention. Mr. Hall advocated the establishment
of public schools, and suggested the plan that was
adopted in 1829. He was also active in religious
matters. He published " Laws of Delaware to 1829,
Inclusive " (Wilmington, 1829).
HALL, William, soldier, b. in Virginia in 1774 ;
d. in Green Garden, Sumner co., Tenn., in October,
1856. He served in the Indian wars, and com-
manded a regiment of Tennessee riflemen under
Gen. Jackson in the war of 1812. For several
years he was a member of the state legislature, and
was at one time speaker of the senate. He became
governor of Tennessee in 1820 on the resignation
of Samuel Houston. Gov. Hall was a major-gen-
eral of militia, and served in congress from 1831
till 1833, having been elected as a Democrat.
HALL, William, publisher, b. in Sparta, N. Y.,
13 May, 1796 ; d. in New York city, 3 May, 1874.
He served in the war of 1812. In his youth he
commanded the 8th militia regiment, and was
afterward appointed brigadier-general. In 1821 he
engaged in the music-publishing business under
the firm-name of Firth, Hall and Pond, in which
he continued until his death. At the Astor place
riots he commanded a brigade of militia, which
was ordered out by the governor for their suppres-
sion. By his courage and calmness he saved the
lives of many innocent spectators in ordering his
troops to fire high when they were assailed with
stones by the mob. He served also in the state
senate during the administrations of Gov. Fish and
Gov. King. — His son, James Frederick, soldier, b.
in New York city, 31 Jan., 1822 ; d. in Tarrytown,
N. Y., 9 Jan., 1884. With a younger brother,
Thomas, he was a member of the firm of William
Hall and Sons. In 1861 he assisted the commissary-
general of ordnance of the state to equip twenty-
eight regiments for the field. He then set to
work to fit out a regiment for himself. Mr. Par-
rott, of the West Point foundry, presented to Mr.
Hall a full battery of field-guns, which was after-
ward permitted to act with the 1st regiment of
engineers, organized by Mr. Hall and Col. Serrell.
Col. Hall, at the head of these men, did good work
at the taking of Port Royal. He constructed the
works on Tybee island, and was present at the
capture of Fort Pulaski. Ga., which followed. He
received honorable mention for his gallantry on the
field at Pocotaligo and Olustee, Fla. He was pres-
ent at the capture of Morris island and at the two
attacks on Fort Wagner, and co-operated with
Sherman against Savannah and Charleston. For
two years he acted as provost-marshal-general of
the Department of the South. He was brevetted
brigadier-general of volunteers on 24 Feb., 1865.
HALL, William P., soldier, b. about 1820; d.
in New York city, 20 Oct., 1865. He enlisted as a
private in the regular army, and before he was of
age was advanced to the rank of sergeant-major.
He took part in the Mexican war, and it is said
that he was the first to place the United States
colors on the heights of Chapultepec. For this act
he was commissioned captain in the regular army,
which appointment he refused for private reasons.
His claims were strongly urged by his comrades
for the snuff-box that was left by Andrew Jackson
as a legacy to the bravest soldier. The New York
common council, who had the difficult task of
awarding this gift, decided in favor of another on
the ground that Lieut.-Col. Hall belonged to the
regular army, which debarred him from the list of
competitors. He served in the civil war, was seri-
ously wounded on several occasions, and was taken
prisoner by the Confederates when major of the
9th New York, or Ira Harris cavalry. He was com-
missioned lieutenant-colonel. 11 Jan., 1865. He con-
tracted a disease in prison which caused his death.
He contributed many articles to periodicals.
HALL, William Whitty, phvsician, b. in Paris,
Ky., in 1810 ; d. in New York city, 10 May, 1876.
He was graduated at Centre college in 1830, and
received his medical degree from Transylvania in
1836. For fifteen years he practised medicine in
the south, after which he removed to New York
and published " Hall's Journal of Health " (1854),
which had a large circulation. He was the author
of a " Treatise on Cholera " (New York, 1852) ;
"Bronchitis and Kindred Diseases" (1852; new
ed., 1870); "Consumption" (1857); "Health and
Disease " (1860 ; 5th ed., enlarged, 1864) ; " Sleep "
(4th ed., 1864; new ed., 1870); "Coughs and
Colds " (1870) ; " Guide-Board to Health " (Spring-
field, Mass., 1870) ; " Health by Good Living "
(New York, 1870) ; and " Fun Better than Physic,
or Everybody's Life-Preserver " (Springfield, 1871).
HALL, Willis, lawyer, b. in Granville, N. Y.,
1 April, 1801 ; d. in New York city, 14 July, 1868.
He was graduated at Yale in 1824, studied law in
New York, and Litchfield, Conn., and was admitted
to the bar in 1827. practising in Mobile, Ala., from
1827 till 1831, and in New York from 1831 till
1838. He was elected a member of the assembly
in 1837, and again in 1842. In 1838 he was ap-
pointed attorney-general of the state, and filled
this office for one year. He was for some time a
lecturer in the law-school of Saratoga. In 1848 he
opposed the nomination of Gen. Taylor as the
Whig candidate for the presidency and supported
Henry Clay, and in the same year retired from pro-
fessional and political life.
HALLAM, Robert Alexander, clergyman, b. in New London, Conn., 30 Sept., 1807 ; d. there, 4 Jan., 1877. He was graduated at Yale in 1827, and at the General theological seminary, New York, in 1832. He was rector of St. Andrew's church, Meriden, Conn., for over two years, and of St. James's church, New London, Conn., from 1835
until his death. He was a delegate to the general convention continuously from 1850 till 1868, and member of the standing committee of the diocese
