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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hawks, Francis Lister 1798-1866 (search)
Hawks, Francis Lister 1798-1866 Clergyman; born in Newbern, N. C., June 10, 1798; graduated at the University of North Carolina in 1815; ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1827: was a noted preacher, and held pastorates in important churches, including St. Thomas's in New York City, of which he was rector in 1831-43. He was the author of Reports of cases adjudged in the Supreme Court of North Carolina; Contributions to the ecclesiastical history of the United States of America: vol. i., On the early Church in Virginia; vol. II., On the Church in Maryland; Commentary on the Constitution and canons of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States; History of North Carolina, etc. He was also editor of State papers of Gen. Alexander Hamilton; Perry's expedition to the China seas and Japan; vols. i. and II. of the Documentary history of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States (with Rev. William S. Perry), etc. He died in New York City, Sept. 26,