AARON W. LELAND, born in Holliston, Mass., May 28, 1761, died in
Chester, Vt., August 25, 1833. He was ordained a minister of the
Baptist Church about 1786, and settled in Chester, Vt. He was a
member of the Vermont Legislature from 1801 to 1811, a councillor for
four years, Lieutenant-Governor of the State for five years, and
justice of his county court for eighteen years. He refused a
nomination for governor in 1828. He was a very effective orator.
THE FATAL ERROR. A Tragedy. Exhibited at Williams College, March 25,
1807. Pittsfield: Printed by Seymour & Smith, 1807. 12mo, pp.
27.
Another edition. Peterboro: Reprinted by Jonathan Bunce & Co.,
[Madison County], 1810. 12mo, pp. 24.