Nathan Hoskins [class of 1820], the son of Nathan and Sarah (Oakes) Hoskins, was born at Weathersfield, Vt, Apr. 27, 1795. He taught at St. Albans, Vt., in 1821 and 1822, reading law also with the Hon. Asa Aldis and finishing the study with Edmund Hawley at Vergennes, Vt.; practiced there from 1823 to 1831, editing also the Vermont Aurora for 3 years; then had his office at Bennington, Vt., to 1859; removed that year to Williamstown, Ms., and there remains; has published the "History of Vermont"; Notes on the West in 1833; the Bennington Court controversy and Strictures on Civil Liberty as it existed in the U.S. in 1847 and 1848. He married Margaret, dau. of Robert Miller of Colerain, Ms., at C. Sept. 16, 1829. (From "Sketches of the Alumni of Dartmouth College" by Rev. George D. Chapman; Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1867)
Nathan Hoskins [class of 1820], the son of Nathan and Sarah (Oakes) Hoskins, was born at Weathersfield, Vt, Apr. 27, 1795. He taught at St. Albans, Vt., in 1821 and 1822, reading law also with the Hon. Asa Aldis and finishing the study with Edmund Hawley at Vergennes, Vt.; practiced there from 1823 to 1831, editing also the Vermont Aurora for 3 years; then had his office at Bennington, Vt., to 1859; removed that year to Williamstown, Ms., and there remains; has published the "History of Vermont"; Notes on the West in 1833; the Bennington Court controversy and Strictures on Civil Liberty as it existed in the U.S. in 1847 and 1848. He married Margaret, dau. of Robert Miller of Colerain, Ms., at C. Sept. 16, 1829. (From "Sketches of the Alumni of Dartmouth College" by Rev. George D. Chapman; Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1867)
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