History of Marietta, (Lancaster County) Pennsylvania United States of America

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Biographical Sketch of Theodore Henry Hittell

Theodore Henry Hittell, author, was born at Marietta, Lancaster county, Pa., April 5, 1830; son of Jacob and Catherine (Shertzer) Hittell. He was graduated from Yale in 1849, was admitted to the bar at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1852, and practised in Hamilton, Ohio, 1852-55. He then removed to California, and was connected with the staffs of the San Francisco Bulletin and Times, 1855-61. He again took up the practice of law in San Francisco in 1862, and was state senator in 1880-82. He is the author of: History of California (4 vols., 1885 and 1897); General Laws of California (Hittell's Digest, 1864); Hittell's Codes and Statutes of California (1876); Review of Goethe's Faust (1879); Adventures of James Capen Adams (1860), and contributions to periodical literature.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor