Samuel Irenæus Prime was an American

United States

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 clergyman, traveler, and writer. He was born at Ballston

Ballston, New York

Ballston is a town in Saratoga County, New York, USA. The population was 8,729 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from an early settler, Eliphalet Ball.The Town of Ballston is in the south part of the County and is north of Schenectady....

, N. Y.

New York

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, and graduated from Williams College

Williams College

Williams College is a private liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams. Originally a men's college, Williams became co-educational in 1970. Fraternities were also phased out during this...

 in 1829. Three years later he entered Princeton Theological Seminary

Princeton Theological Seminary

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, was licensed to preach in 1833, and in 1835 was installed pastor

Pastor

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 of the Presbyterian Church at Ballston Spa, N. Y.

Ballston Spa, New York

Ballston Spa is a village in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 5,556 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Saratoga County. The village is named after Rev. Eliphalet Ball, a Congregationalist clergyman and an early settler. The village lies on the border of two...

 For a time he was principal of the academy at Newburgh, N. Y. In 1840 he entered upon the chief work of his life as editor of the New York Observer, a paper of which he afterward came to be the principal owner. His brother

William Cowper Prime

William Cowper Prime was an American journalist, art historian, numismatist, and travel writer, younger brother of S. I. Prime and E. D. G. Prime, born at Cambridge, New York. William Prime graduated Princeton in 1843 and delivered a poem at commencement. He was admitted to the New York Bar in...

 and then his son, Wendell Prime, carried on the editorship after his death. He was the founder of the New York Association for the Advancement of Science and Art, president and trustee

Trustee

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 of Wells College

Wells College

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, and a trustee of Williams College. Besides a large number of books of religious character he published:

• Life in New York (1848)
• Travels in Europe and the East (1855)
• Letters from Switzerland
  Switzerland
  Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
  
  (1860)
• American Wit and Humor (1859)
• The Alhambra
  Alhambra
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   and the Kremlin
  Moscow Kremlin
  The Moscow Kremlin , sometimes referred to as simply The Kremlin, is a historic fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River , Saint Basil's Cathedral and Red Square and the Alexander Garden...
  
  (1873)
• Life of Samuel F. B. Morse
  Samuel F. B. Morse
  Samuel Finley Breese Morse was an American contributor to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs, co-inventor of the Morse code, and an accomplished painter.-Birth and education:...
  
  (1875)
• Irenæus Letters (1880, 1885)

Consult the autobiography in Irenæus Letters (second series, New York, 1885).

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