Nathan Daboll (November 14, 1780 – August 28, 1863), was an American
politician
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,
judge
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,
textbook
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author
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, and
almanac
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publisher
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.
Personal life
He was the son of Elizabeth (1742–1813) and
Nathan Daboll
Nathan Daboll ( – March 9, 1818) was an American teacher who wrote the mathematics textbook most commonly used in American schools in the first half of the 19th century. During the course of his career, he also operated a popular navigation sch ...
(1750–1818). He had a younger sister, Lydia (born c. 1782).
Daboll married Elizabeth in 1804. They had a son, David Austin Daboll (1813–1895).
He received an Honorary Degree from
Wesleyan University
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in
Middletown, Connecticut
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in 1835.
Career
Daboll served in the
Connecticut House of Representatives
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1832–1833, and the
Connecticut Senate
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1833–1835.
He was Clerk of the Court of Probate for the State of Connecticut, County of
New London, Connecticut
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, Probate District of
Stonington before serving as a probate judge 1843–1845.
Daboll assisted his father, the notable
American Revolution
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period almanac publisher, with the publication of the ''New England Almanac''. With his son David, he developed ''Daboll's New Arithmetic'', a revision of his father's textbook, ''Schoolmaster's Assistant''.
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1780 births
1863 deaths
People from Groton, Connecticut
Connecticut state senators
Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Connecticut state court judges
Writers from Connecticut
Wesleyan University people
19th-century American legislators
19th-century American judges
19th-century Connecticut politicians