BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES BY THE EDITOR.

[The editor would have been pleased to give brief sketches of all the delegates in the foregoing list, had the means of doing it been at his command. The sketches that follow are gathered from such sources of information as were accessible, and may be relied on as essentially correct. Many names in this list are also found among the representatives in the convention to revise the constitution in 1791-2, Of a portion of these, with many others, sketches will be appended to the journal of that convention.-ED.]

(1) JOHN LANGDON, Esq., one of New Hampshire's most distinguished citizens, was born in Portsmouth, 1740; son of John L. and grandson of Tobias Langdon. He was one of the party which siezed Fort William and Mary, at New Castle, 1774, and carried away the powder and military stores; a delegate to the continental congress in 1775 and 1776; representative and speaker of the house of representatives, N. H., 1776 and 1777; he forwarded the expedition, under Gen. Stark, to cut off Burgoyne's march, 1777; judge of the court of common pleas; in 1779 he was continental agent in New Hampshire for building of public ships; and again delegate to congress, in 1783. In 1784-5, he was a member of the N. H. senate, and in the latter year was president of the state, and in November, 1788, was elected senator of the United States, and was the first president, pro tem., of that body under the federal constitution. He served in the senate two terms. From 1805 to 1808, and again in 1810 and 1811, he was governor of the state. Governor Langdon was eminent for his personal dignity, his patriotism, his capacity for offices of high honor and trust, and for his religious reverence and devotion. He was a member of the first church in Portsmouth. An excellent portrait of him is in the council chamber of the state. He died Sept. 18, 1819, aged 78. (See Allen's Biog. Dic., and N. H. State Pap., Vols. VII and VIII.)

(2) PIERCE LONG, Esq., first appears in the provincial records as an active and influential member of the 4th provincial congress, at Exeter, May, 1775, and again in December of that year. In 1776 he had command of the forces to defend the harbor and fortresses of the Piscataqua; in November, 1777, he marched his regiment to Ticonderoga. He often represented the town of Portsmouth, and filled many offices, military and civil, with fidelity and honor.

(3) JOHN TAYLOR GILMAN, Esq., of Exeter, was son of Nicholas Gilman, who married Ann Taylor, a daughter of Rev. John Taylor, of Milton, Mass. He was born Dec. 19, 1753. With only the advantages of a common academic education, he rose to distinction in all the public offices of the state. The morning after the news of the battle of Lexington, he marched as a volunteer, with a hundred others, to Cambridge. In 1782 he was a member of congress; in 1783, treasurer of the state, and again in 1791-93. He filled the office of governor from 1794 to 1805; was again elected in 1813, 1814, and 1815. His long and useful services were gratefully acknowledged by the legislature in a farewell address. Politically he was known as a federalist. He died in Exeter, September, 1828, aged 74.

(4) Col. DANIEL RUNNELS, or REYNOLDS, of Londonderry, served as captain in Col. Nichols's regiment at the battle of Bennington, also as captain in Col. Peabody's regiment in Rhode Island in 1778. He was representative from Londonderry, and an able and distinguished citizen.

(5) Rev. SAMUEL LANGDON, D. D., of Hampton Falls, was first settled in the North Church at Portsmouth twenty-seven years; then president of Harvard college from 1774 to 1780. Eminent for learning, patriotism, and piety, he deceased Nov. 29, 1797, aged 75.

(6) Hon. JOSIAH BARTLETT, Esq., takes rank with the most eminent of New Hampshire's sons. He was born in Amesbury, Mass., in 1729,son of Stephen Bartlett. In his profession of medicine he acquired distinction, but was called from a successful practice to fill offices of trust and honor in the state and in the national congress. He was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, July, 1776; chief justice of the court of common pleas (N. H.), 1779; justice of the superior court, 1784,-chief justice in 1788. In 1790 he was chosen by the legislature president of New Hampshire, and in 1791 he was elected to the same office by the people; and, under the revised constitution, he was chosen governor, 1792. He was the chief original founder and president of the New Hampshire Medical Society, 1791. He died suddenly, of a paralytic affection, May 19, 1795, aged 65.

(7) THOMAS BARTLETT, Esq., of Nottingham, was among the leading patriots of Rockingham county. Aside from offices of minor grade, he was captain of the 5th company of six weeks men" at Winter Hill in 1775; lieutenant-colonel in Col. Gilman's regiment at Rhode Island in 1778; from May, 1778, to January, 1779, a member of the Committee of Safety; colonel of one of the New Hampshire regiments for the defence of West Point in 1780. Under the law of 1792, he was made brigadier-general of the third brigade of New Hampshire militia. He was representative to the fourth provincial congress at Exeter, May, 1775, and one of the committee to remove the public records from Portsmouth to Exeter in June, 1775. After the Revolution, he was speaker of the house of representatives and justice of the court of common pleas. He died June 30, 1807, aged 59.

(8) Dr. EZRA GREEN, of Dover, was born in Malden, Mass.; graduated at Harvard college, 1765; joined the army under Col. James Reed, 1775; in June that year was appointed surgeon, and served on land till

April, 1778. He was then appointed surgeon on board the ship Ranger, under command of Capt. John Paul Jones. Retiring from service in 1781, he settled at Dover as a merchant. He died greatly respected July 25, 1847, aged 101.

(9) His Excellency JOHN SULLIVAN, Esq., president of the convention, was the son of John Sullivan, and was born in Dover, in that part called Somersworth, in 1741. He was a brother of His Excellency James Sullivan, of Massachusetts. Both received their education from their father. John commenced the practice of law at Durham, where he continued his residence till his death, and where his remains are interred. He early evinced a military spirit, and was one of the brave band that seized Fort William and Mary at New Castle, 1774; was delegate to congress, 1774-75, and in the latter year was appointed brigadier-general in the army of the Revolution, and in 1779, a major-general. He was in command at Winter Hill, 1775; in Canada, 1776; distinguished in the battle of Brandywine and Germantown, 1777; commanded the army in Rhode Island, 1778; and was at the head of the expedition against the Western Indians in 1779. Filling numerous offices in the state, as agent to settle the disputed bounds of the New Hampshire grants, attorney-general, etc., in 1786 and 1787 he was chosen president of New Hampshire. In 1789 he was a presidential elector, and again that year chosen president of the state. He was appointed judge of the district court of New Hampshire by Washington, 1789, which office he held till his death, Jan. 23, 1795, at the age of 54. See an admirable portrait of him in council chamber, Concord, painted from a sketch by Col. Trumbull.

(10) Hon. JOSEPH BADGER, Esq., son of Capt. Joseph Badger, an early settler in Gilmanton, was born in Bradford, Mass., Oct. 23, 1746. He was a man of great military ardor, and held offices in the militia for thirty years, passing from the rank of captain to that of brigadier-general. He was present at the capture of Burgoyne in 1779. After the war he served the town of Gilmanton as representative, and was a councillor six years,-1784, 1790-92, 1795-96. He was one of the founders of Gilmanton Academy, gave the land on which it is located, and superintended the erection of the building. He died Jan. 15, 1809, aged 62. The late Governor William Badger was his son. [Hist. of Gilmanton.]

(11) Mr. ROBERT B. WILKINS, of Henniker, a native of Amherst, entered the army at the age of 16, and was in the battle of Bunker Hillwounded; in the Continental army, in Col. Scammel's regiment, he was promoted to a lieutenancy. He served under Gen. Lafayette, of whom he was a great admirer. On his visit to Concord, in June, 1825, the general met Lieut. Wilkins, and recognized him. Receiving a pension from the government, he spent the later years of life with his family in Concord, but died in Boston, August, 1832, aged 77.

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(12) Col. EBENEzer Webster, of Salisbury, was the father of Hon. Ezekiel and Daniel Webster. He was born in Kingston in 1740. tling in Salisbury, he served in the "seven years war against the French and Indians; in the revolution was captain of a company; in 1785-89 was a state senator, and also 1790-91. He was a judge of the court of common pleas for Hillsborough county from 1791 to 1806.