Blumenthal, Ralph. "Philharmonic Gets Diary Of a Savvy Music Man", The New York Times, July 29, 2002. Accessed November 15, 2007. "Hill played violin with the orchestra until he was over 70, then fell into poverty and depression. In 1875, living in Paterson, N.J., he wrote a farewell note to his second wife: Why should or how can a man exist and be powerless to earn means for his family?"
