Hartford Convention

met at Hartford, Conn., December 15, 1814, and adjourned January 5, 1815. It consisted of delegates from Ma achusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island and was the outgrowth of the opposition of the New England Federalists to the war with Great Britain, which was then in progre and which was especially injurious to the commercial interests of New England. The New England States strongly denounced the policy of the Democratic administration in the: ' conduct of the war, especially in respect to forcible drafts. The convention was held in secret, and many false reports were circulated respecting the meeting, though the general aim seems to have been to determine as far as po ible, the question of States’ rights. Its proceedings brought upon the New England Federalists great odium., Hartranft, John F. (1830-1889), entered the army in 1861, had commands at Roanoke, Antietam and Fred ericks burg, was brigadier general at the Wilderne , Spottsylvania and Petersburg, and brevetted major-general in 1865. He was Governor of Pennsylvania from 1872 to 1878. Harvard University, the oldest college in the United States, at Cambridge, Ma . It was founded in 1636, and chartered in 165¢ by the General Court. In 1638 it was named after Rev. John Harvard, who left it probably £750. Its first cla , consisting of nine, was graducted in 1642. It received State aid, in addition to private benefactions, til’ 1814, but its official connection with the commonwealth continued till 1865, after which time the control of the university was vested in its alumni. Besides its academic department it has schools of theology, law, medicine, science and dental surgery, founded respectively in 1819, ° 1817, 1782, 1848 and 1868. Hatcher’s Run, Va., scene of two severe engagements during the Civil War, while Grant and Lee were maneuvering about Richmond and Petersburg. October 27, 1864, Grant endeavored to force a pa age of Hatcher’s Run and move against the South Side Railroad. Finding no a ailable point in the Confederate lines he decided to withdraw, when suddenly the Confederates fell furiously upon Hancock’s rear ranks. Hancock turned and drove them back to their fortifications. From February 5 to 7, 1865, there was also some severe fighting about Hatcher’s Run between Hancock, who was endeavoring to push the Federal lines to that stream, and the Confederates under Gordon and Hill. Hancock was succe ful. Hatter as Inlet, N. C., location of two Confederate forts commanded by Samuel Barron, and deemed a valuable pa age for landing the ammunition and supplies of the Confederacy, and for sending cotton out of the country. General Butler and Commodore String ham fitted out an expedition against these forts, Clark and Hatter as, and sailed from Hampton Roads August 26, 1861, with ten ve els carrying 158 guns and goo men. Fort Clark, the weaker position, was speedily reduced, August 27, by the guns of the Federal ships ‘‘ Minnesota,’’ “Wabash” and ‘‘ Susquehanna,” and Hatter as was captured after protracted bombardment the next day. Barron and 700 Confederates were made prisoners. 328