Everett

(čv'r-et,) ALEXANDER HILL,an American liter a-| teur and diplomatist, B. in Boston, 1792, graduated at Harvard in 1806, and became attached to the legation of Mr. Adams, sent as minister to Ru ia in 1809. He was U. S. minister to Holland (1818-24), and to Spain (1825-29). On his return home, he a umed editorial charge of the " North American Review." D. in China, whither he had gone as commi ioner, in 1847.-His junior brother, EDWARD, B. 1794, was appointed profe or of Greek at Harvard, and after his return from a European tour, he became editor of the " North American Review," which he conducted till 1824. In the same year he was returned to Congre , where he served, by repeated reëlections, for 10 years. In 1834, he was elected governor of Ma achusetts, and in 1840, was nominated minister to England; on his return in 1845, he was chosen president of Harvard University, and in 1850, Secretary of State under Mr. Fill more's administration. D. 1865. [s. 348]