Gaillard T. Hunt (September 8, 1862 – March 20, 1924) was an American writer and civil servant.
Gaillard Hunt was a U.S. government official in Washington D.C. and a historical writer. He is notable for his authorship of several works on
James Madison
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and early American history.
[ Malone (ed.), 1932. ''Dictionary of American Biography'' vol. ix, p. 385]
Early life
Hunt was born in
New Orleans
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. He was the seventh child of his parents, William Henry Hunt, an attorney, and his second wife, Elizabeth Augusta Ridgely. Hunt attended the Ancient
Hopkins Grammar School in
New Haven
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, Connecticut, and at the
Emerson Preparatory School Institute in Washington, D.C.. Hunt along with his family relocated there in 1878.
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Career
Beginning in 1882, Hunt began working for the government. His first five years he served as a clerk in the Pension Office. In 1887 he began employment with the Department of State, this lasted until 1909. From 1909 to 1917 he was chief of the division of manuscripts at The Library of Congress
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. He played an important role in the drafting of legislation on citizenship and naturalization, for which he wrote a book about, along with a work about the history of the Department of State in 1914.[
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Works
* 1892, ''Fragments of revolutionary history. Being hitherto unpublished writings of the men of the American Revolution''
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* 1908, ''John C. Calhoun''
* 1914, ''Life in America one hundred years ago''
* 1914, ''The department of state of the United States; its history and functions''
* 1917, ''Virginia declaration of rights and Cardinal Bellarmine''
Several of Hunt's works have been republished, in electronic form.
Available works include:
*"The Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787"
References
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1862 births
1924 deaths
American male non-fiction writers
American historians