Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Transit Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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Dedication OBERT VVOQLSTUN HUNT was born in Fallsington, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, December 9th, 1838. His father, Doctor Robert A. Hunt, a graduate of Princeton College, and the University of Pennsylvania, was a successful practicing physician, and was of the Trenton, N. J., branch of the Hunt family. His mother, Martha Lancas er WVoolston, was of a well-known Quaker family of Pennsylvania. Owing to failing health, Doctor Hunt gave up his practice and moved to Coving- I ton, Ky., where he died in 1855, leaving his widow and only child, Robert, who had to assume a man's duties. After continuing his father's drug business for two years, impaired health compelled him to relinquish it. He moved to Pottsville, Pa., and, after a short rest, entered the iron rolling mill of john Burnish Sz Co., and devoted several years to acquiring by actual work a practical knowledge of puddling, heating, rolling, and other details of the iron business. In I85Q he entered the laboratory of Booth, Garrett Sz Reese, and took a course of analytical chemistry. In 1860 he was employed by the Cambria Iron Co. of Johnstown, Pa., as chemist, and established a laboratory at their works. It was the first instance in America of an iron and steel company having a laboratory as part of their organization. Tn the spring of 1861, he assisted in starting the Elmira Rail Mill at Elmira, N. Y. That fall he entered the U. S. military service and in the fall of 1862 was in command of the U. S. Camp of Rendezvous, known as Camp Curtin at Harrisburg, Pa., with the rank of Captain. In 1863 he served as Mustering Officer for the State of Pennsylvania. In 1864 he assisted i.1 recruiting Lambert's Independent Mounted Company, P. V., and was 7