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Pratt, Robert M

artist, was born in 1811 in Binghamton, N. Y. Among his numerous portraits are those of Aaron D. Shattuck and George H. Smillie, both in the possession of the Academy of Design. He was elected an associate of the National academy in 1849, and an academician in 1851. He died Aug. 31, 1880, in New York city.

Pratt, Samuel Wheeler

clergyman, author, was born Sept. 9, 1838, in Livonia, N. Y. He is a presbyterian clergyman at Monroe, Mich., from 1883; and the author of Summer at Peace Cottage, or Talks About Home Life; The Gospel of the Holy Spirit; and Life of St. Paul.

Pratt, Thomas George

lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Feb. 18, 1804, in Georgetown, D. C.

He frequently served in the Maryland senate; and was a presidential elector in 1837. He was governor of Maryland from 1844 to 1848; and was a senator in congress from that state from 1850 to 1857. He died Nov. 9, 1869, in Baltimore, Md.

Pratt, Zadock

manufacturer, state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 30, 1790, in Stephenstown, N. Y. In 1823 he was elected a colonel of militia; and in 1830 was elected to the New York state senate. In 1836 he was a presidential elector; and was elected to congress in 1836 and 1842. He died April 6, 1871, in Bergen, N. J.

Pray, Isaac Clark

journalist, author, was born May 15, 1813, in Boston, Mass. He was a journalist, playwright and theatrical manager of New York city; and the author of Prose and Verse; The Book of the Drama; Memoirs of James Gordon Bennett; and Virginius. He died Nov. 28, 1869, in New York city.

Preble, Edward

naval officer, was born Aug. 15, 1761, in Portland, Maine.

He is famous for the success of his squadron, under his flagship the Constitution, sent against Tripoli in 1803. For these services he received a gold medal from congress. He died Aug. 25, 1807, in Portland, Maine.

Preble, George Henry

naval officer, author, was born Feb. 25, 1816, in Portland, Maine. He was a rear-admiral in the United States navy; and the author of History of the American Flag; Chronological History of Steam Navigation; and The Preble Family in America. He died March 1, 1885, in Boston, Mass.

Preble, Harriet

educator, author, was born in 1795 in England. She published translations into French prose of Bulwer's poem The Rebel, with an histerical introduction, and of James Fenimore Cooper's Notions of the Americans, and left several works in manuscript. She died Feb. 4, 1854, in West Manchester, Pa.

Preble, Henry

educator, author, was born in 1853 in Maine. He is an educator who was professor of Latin at Harvard university. He has edited a revised edition of Andrews and Stoddard's Latin Grammar, and several volumes of Latin classics.

Preble, Jedediah

soldier, lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born in 1707 in Wells, Maine. In 1774 he was commissioned brigadier-general by the provincial congress of Massachusetts, and he was afterward made major-general, but refused on account of age. He was judge of the court of common pleas in 1778, and a member of the state senate in 1780. He died March 11, 1784, in Portland, Maine.

Prendergast, Davis Mcgee

lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born Dec. 16, 1816, in Shelbyville, Tenn. He attended the Cumberland college, Ky.; and the East Tennessee university of Knoxville.

He served as a member of the tenth and thirteenth state legislatures of Texas; and filled with distinction the office of judge of the thirteenth judicial district of Texas. He is a successful lawyer of Mexia, Texas; a decided prohibitionist; and in 1892 was nominated by that party for governor of Texas.