Albert Harrison Hoyt

American lawyer

Albert Harrison Hoyt
Born	1826 Sandwich, New Hampshire
Died	1915
Occupation	Editor and author
Nationality	American
Education	Wesleyan University
Notable works	Necrology of the New England Colleges

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). He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1875.^[1]

Bibliography

Some of the works authored by Hoyt 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

^ American Antiquarian Society Members Directory

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