Horatio Hastings Weld (4 February 1811 – 27 August 1888) (commonly referred to as H. Hastings Weld) was an American

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and minister.Wilson, James Grant & Fiske, John (eds.
Appleton's cyclopædia of American biography, Volume 6
p.424 (1889) In 1845 he became an Episcopal minister.Husch, Gail E
Something coming: apocalyptic expectation and mid-nineteenth-century American painting
p.233 (2000) () Weld was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1811. In 1845, Weld was ordained a minister in the Episcopal Church. He would serve as

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of St. James Episcopal Church of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, Trinity Church of

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and Christ Church of

Riverton, New Jersey Riverton is a borough located in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough had a total population of 2,779, Weld's books include ''The Women of the Scriptures'' (1848); ''Life of Christ'' (1850); and ''Sacred and Poetical Quotations'' (1851). Weld served as editor for several New York City periodicals, including '' Brother Jonathan'', and the short-lived ''Evening Tattler''.Kopley, Richard
Edgar Allan Poe and the Dupin mysteries
p.107 (2008) () He also served as editor of the Boston-based newspaper the ''New England Galaxy'', recruiting John Neal to co-edit the paper in 1835. Weld died in Riverton in 1888.

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