The Hunters of Rhode Island
- William Hunter (1774–1849), Rhode Island State Representative 1799 1811–1812, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island 1811–1821, U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to Brazil 1834–1841, U.S. Minister to Brazil 1841–1843. Father of William Hunter.
- William Hunter (1805–1886), acting U.S. Secretary of State 1853 1860. Son of William Hunter.
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Famous quotes containing the words hunters and/or island:
“There is a period in the history of the individual, as of the race, when the hunters are the “best men,” as the Algonquins called them.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“When the inhabitants of some sequestered island first descry the “big canoe” of the European rolling through the blue waters towards their shores, they rush down to the beach in crowds, and with open arms stand ready to embrace the strangers. Fatal embrace! They fold to their bosoms the vipers whose sting is destined to poison all their joys; and the instinctive feeling of love within their breasts is soon converted into the bitterest hate.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)