William Hyslop Sumner (July 4, 1780 – October 24, 1861) was an American lawyer, soldier, and writer, and the son of Governor Increase Sumner. He graduated from Harvard College in 1799, and practiced law. He served as a general in the Massachusetts militia. Sumner wrote The History of East Boston and died in 1861. (From Wikipedia)
More about William H. Sumner:Books by William H. Sumner:
![[Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/info.gif)
Sumner, William H. (William Hyslop), 1780-1861: A History of East Boston, With Biographical Sketches of its Early Proprietors, and an Appendix (Boston: J. E. Tilton and Co., 1858)- Sumner, William H. (William Hyslop), 1780-1861, ed.: Militia Laws of the United States and of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Together With Extracts from the United States and State Constitutions, With References to the Decisions of Judicial Courts, and Extracts From Several Important Standing General Orders (Boston: S. Gardner, 1824) (page images at HathiTrust)
Additional books by William H. Sumner in the extended shelves:
![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif)
Sumner, William H. (William Hyslop), 1780-1861: Address to the reader of the documents relating to the Galveston Bay & Texas land company, which are contained in the appendix. (Printed by G. F. Hopkins & son, 1831), also by Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company and G.F. Hopkins & Son (page images at HathiTrust)- Sumner, William H. (William Hyslop), 1780-1861: An inquiry into the importance of the militia to a free commonwealth; in a letter from William H. Sumner ... to John Adams, late president of the United States; with his answer. (Cummings and Hilliard, 1823) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Sumner, William H. (William Hyslop), 1780-1861: Memoir of Governor Increase Sumner (S.G. Drake, 1854), also by William Blake Trask (page images at HathiTrust)
- Sumner, William H. (William Hyslop), 1780-1861: Message of His Excellency the governor to the Senate, returning the bill In addition to an Act for regulating, governing and training the militia of this commonwealth, with his objections to its becoming a law, together with the documents which accompanied said message. March 28, 1833. (Dutton and Wentworth, state printers, 1833), also by Massachusetts. Governor (1825-1834 : Lincoln), Levi Lincoln, and Massachusetts Senate (page images at HathiTrust)
- Sumner, William H. (William Hyslop), 1780-1861: Militia laws of the United States and the of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts : together with extracts from the United States and state constitutions ... also, an appendix containing the general orders for uniforming the militia, compiled and published for the use of the militia (Printed by S. Gardner, 1824), also by Massachusetts Adjutant General's Office, United States, and Massachusetts (page images at HathiTrust)
- Sumner, William H. (William Hyslop), 1780-1861: Militia of the United States (B. Homans, 1833), also by Benjamin Homans (page images at HathiTrust)
- Sumner, William H. (William Hyslop), 1780-1861: Observations on national defence, drawn from Capt. Patridge's lecture on that subject, and from Gen. Sumner's letter to the venerable John Adams, on the importance of the militia system (Simon Gardner, printer ..., 1824), also by John Adams and Alden Partridge (page images at HathiTrust)
- Sumner, William H. (William Hyslop), 1780-1861: Reminiscences of Gen. Warren and Bunker Hill (s.n., 1858) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Sumner, William H. (William Hyslop), 1780-1861: Sketch of Adjutant General Sumner's address to the Charlestown Artillery Company, November 23, 1831. (W.W. Wheildon, 1832) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Sumner, William H. (William Hyslop), 1780-1861: Some recollections of Washington's visit to Boston. ([Boston], 1860) (page images at HathiTrust)
Find more by William H. Sumner at your library, or elsewhere.