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FLINT, Abel, clergyman, born in Windham, Connecticut, 6 August 1765; died in Hartford, 7 March 1825. He was graduated at Yale in 1785, and in the following year was appointed tutor in Brown, where he remained until 1790. He then studied theology, and in 1791 became pastor of the 2(t Congregational Church in Hartford, Conn. He was secretary of the Connecticut missionary societ, y at its organization in 1798, and held this office for several years. He was an editor of the " Connecticut Evangelical Magazine" in 1800, and about this time assisted in the preparation of the "flartford Selection of Hymns," which passed through several editions. He was one of the founders of the Connecticut Bible society in 1809, and was actively engaged in its management. The degree of D. D. was conferred upon him by Union in 1818. He published "Geometry and Trigonometry, with a Treatise on Surveying" (1806), and a selection and translation from Massilion and Bourdaloue's sermons.
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