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Prince, Nathan – Proctor, Thomas
Prince, Nathan
missionary, author, was born Nov. 30, 1698, in Sandwich, Mass. He took orders in the Church of England, and was sent as a missionary to the Mosquito Indians in Central America. He published an Essay to Solve the Difficulties Attending the Several Accounts Given of the Resurrection; and an Account of the Constitution and Government of Harvard College from 1636 to 1742. He died July 25, 1748, in Honduras.
Prince, Oliver Hillhouse
lawyer, congressman, author, was born about 1787 in Connecticut. He published a Digest of the Laws of Georgia. He was a senator in congress from Georgia during the years 1828 and 1829. He died Oct. 9, 1837, at sea.
Prince, Thomas
governor, was born in 1601, in England. He came to America on the Mayflower; and during 1634-38 was governor of Plymouth Colony, and also during 1657-73. He died March 29, 1673, in Plymouth, Mass.
Prince, Thomas
clergyman, author, was born May 15, 1687, in Sandwich, Mass.
He was a congregational minister, pastor of the Old South church in Boston, 1718- 58, and one of the most fair-minded, accurate historical writers that America has had. His library now forms a separate collection in the Boston public library.
He is the author of Earthquakes of New England (1755); and Chronological History of New England. He died Oct. 22, 1758, in Boston, Mass.
Prince, Thomas
editor, was born Feb. 27, 1722, in Boston, Mass. He edited the earliest American periodical, which was entitled Christian History, and contained accounts of the revival and propagation of religion in Great Britain and America for 1743. He died Sept. 30, 1748, in Boston, Mass.
Prince, William
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Indiana from 1823 to 1824. He died Sept. 8, 1824, in Princeton, Ind.
Prince, William
horticulturist, author, was born Nov. 10, 1766, in Flushing, L. I. He was a horticulturist of Flushing, L. I., whose Treatise on Horticulture (1826) was the first comprehensive work on the subject published in the United States. He died April 9, 1842, in Flushing, N. Y.
Prince, William Robert
horticulturist, author, was born Nov. 6, 1795, in Flushing, L. I. He was a horticulturist of Flushing, and the author of History of the Vine (with W. Prince); Pomological Manual; and Manual of Roses. He died March 28, 1869, in Flushing, N. Y.
Prindle, Elizur H
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born May 6, 1829, in Newton, Conn. He was district attorney of Chenango county, N. Y., in 1860-62, and was a member of the state assembly in 1863. He was elected a representative from New York to the fortysecond congress as a republican.
Proctor, Edna Dean
littérateur, author, was born Oct. 10, 1838, in Henniker, N. H. She is a writer formerly of Brooklyn, N. Y., now of South Framingham, Mass. She is the author of Poems; A Russian Journey; and The Song of the Ancient People.
Proctor, Lucien Brock
author, was born March 6, 1826, in Hanover, N. H.
He is a legal writer of Albany, and the author of The Bench and the Bar of the State of New York; Lives of the State Chancellors; Life of Thomas Emmet; Lawyer and Client; Bench and Bar of King's County; and Legal History of Albany and Schenectady Counties.
Proctor, Thomas
soldier, was born in 1739 in Ireland. In 1793 he became brigadier-general of the Pennsylvania troops, and marched against the whiskey insurgents at the head of the first brigade. After this he became major-general of the Philadelphia militia. He died March 16, 1806, in Philadelphia, Pa.