William Cutter

(Born: May 15, 1801 - Died: February 8, 1867)

American merchant and author. He published a biography of Lafayette, The Life of General Lafayette, New York, George F. Cooledge and Brother, 1849 (reprinted, Boston: John Philbrick, 1854). He may be the same William Cutter born May 15, 1801 in Yarmouth, Maine, to Levi Cutter and Lucretia Mitchell. This William Cutter married Margaret W. Dicks, May 29, 1828. He died on February 8, 1867. He attended Bowdoin College, from which he graduated in 1821. In later years, he moved to Brooklyn, NY. He was a member of the congregational church, and wrote hymns for The Christian Mirror (Portland, ME). He appears to have had some acquaintance with Robert M. Bird, and may have contributed to Robert Merry’s Museum, a magazine for children, under the pseudonyms of Hiram H., Hiram Hatchet, and Uncle Hiram.