Albert Harrison Hoyt

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] 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)
Albert Harrison Hoyt
Born1826
Sandwich, New Hampshire
Died1915
OccupationEditor and author
NationalityUnited States
EducationWesleyan University
Notable worksNecrology of the New England Colleges

References
  1. American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
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