TOULMIN, Henry, author, born in Taunton, England, in 1767; died in Washington county, Alabama, 11 November, 1823. He was the son of the eminent Dr. Joshua Toulmin, and was a dissenting minister for several years at Chorobert, Lancashire. He came to Norfolk, Virginia, in 1793, and was president of Transylvania university in 1794-'6. He was secretary of state of Kentucky in 1796-1804, and appointed judge of the United States district court of Mississippi in 1804. During his latter years he resided in Alabama, assisted in framing the constitution of that state, and served in the legislature. He published "Description of Kentucky" (1792); " Magistrate's Assistant "; "Collection of the Acts of Kentucky" (Frankfort, 1802) ; "Review of the Criminal Law of Kentucky," with James Blair (1804); and "Digest of the Laws of the State of Alabama" (Cahawba, 1823).