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HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 847 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HALL, See also:JAMES (1793–1868) , See also:American See also:judge and See also:man of letters, was See also:born at See also:Philadelphia on the 19th of See also:August 1793. After for some See also:time prosecuting the study of See also:law, he in 1812 joined the See also:army, and in the See also:war with See also:Great See also:Britain distinguished himself in engagements at See also:Lundy's See also:Lane, See also:Niagara and Fort See also:Erie. On the conclusion of the war he accompanied an expedition against See also:Algiers, but in 1818 he resigned his See also:commission, and continued the study of law at See also:Pittsburg. In 1820 he removed to See also:Shawnee-See also:town, See also:Illinois, where he commenced practice at the See also:bar and also edited the Illinois See also:Gazette. Soon after he was appointed public prosecutor of the See also:circuit, and in 1824 See also:state circuit judge. In 1827 he became state treasurer, and held that See also:office till 1831, but he continued at the same time his. legal practice and also edited the Illinois Intelligencer. Subsequently he became editor of the Western Souvenir, an See also:annual publication, and of the Illinois Monthly See also:Magazine, afterwards the Western Monthly Magazine. He died near See also:Cincinnati on the 5th of See also:July 1868. The following are his See also:principal See also:works:—Letters from the See also:West, originally contributed to the See also:Portfolio, and collected and published in See also:London in 1828; Legends of the West (1832); The Soldier's See also:Bride and other Tales (1832); The Harpe's See also:Head, a See also:Legend of See also:Kentucky (1833) ; Sketches of the West (2 vols., 1835) ; Tales of the Border (1835) ; Notes on the Western States (1838) ; See also:History of the See also:Indian Tribes, in See also:conjunction with T. L. M'Keeney (3 vols., 1838–1844); The See also:Wilderness and the War-Path (1845) ; See also:Romance of Western History (1857).

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