WEST, NATHANIEL. 



son, both given while those eminent lawyers 

 were holding the office of Attorney-General of 

 the Uniti In 1854 he was chosen 



Secretary of State in Rhode Island, but lost 

 his election the following year, when the 

 "Know Nothing" or Native American Party, 

 of which order he was not a member, swept 

 the State by such immense majorities. In 1856 

 he was chosen by the General Assembly 

 Auditor, and continued in that office until Mav 

 18G3. 



Mr. Watson was also, during much of his life, 

 a writer for the political press, and in several 

 instances, usually at seasons of election, for 

 brief periods, conducted as editor certain papers 

 with which he was politically connected. The 

 most elaborate of his writings were a series of 

 papers, first published in the "Providence 

 Daily Journal " in 1844, over the signature of 

 "Hamilton," which were afterwards collected 

 and printed in a pamphlet form. The doctrines 

 then held by the Whig party, of which he was 

 ever the devoted champion in Rhode Island, 

 were there explained and vindicated with re- 

 markable force and vigor. Amidst the person- 

 alities of local politics he did not fail to make 

 many enemies, but none ever questioned the in- 

 tegrity or the ability with which he discharged 

 the duties of the varied public offices which he 

 held. Mr. Watson married a daughter of Caleb 

 Earle, of Providence. 



WEST, Rev. NATHANIEL, D. D., an American 

 Presbyterian clergyman, born in the north of 

 Ireland, September, 1794, died in Philadelphia, 

 Penn., Sept. 2, 1864. His father was of English 

 and his mother of Scottish descent. Though not 

 favored with a collegiate or university educa- 

 tion, he was an excellent scholar, and thor- 

 oughly versed in English studies and litera- 

 ture. He received his theological training un- 

 der the immediate instruction of Dr. Chalmers 

 and Dr. Turner, of Edinburgh, and after re- 

 ceiving ordination labored for several years in 

 that" city as a missionary, and was one of the 

 founders of the first temperance society there. 

 In 1834 he came to the United States, and was 

 installed as pastor of the Presbyterian Church 

 in Meadville, Penn., and subsequently was a 

 pastor successively of Presbyterian churches in 

 Monroe, Mich., North East, Pittsburg, Mc- 

 Keesport, and Philadelphia, Penn. In 1853 he 

 received the degree of D. D. from Jefferson Col- 

 lege, Penn., and was also honored by being 

 elected a corresponding member of numerous 

 literary and scientific societies. At the out- 

 break of the rebellion he resigned his pastoral 

 charge in Philadelphia, and devoted himself to 

 the service of his adopted country. In May, 

 1862, he was appointed by the President chap- 

 lain of the Satterlee United States General Hos- 

 pital at West Philadelphia, one of the largest 

 military hospitals in the United States, and the 

 thorough manner in which he performed his 

 arduous and exhausting duties at this hospital 

 it is believed hastened his death. Dr. West's 

 published works were : " The Ark of God the 



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WIXSLOW, IlrmuRn, D. D.. an American 

 author and educator, born in Williston. Vt. 

 30, 1799, died at Williston, August 13. 

 He prepared for college at Phillip- 

 Andover, Mass., and graduated at Y;. 

 in the class of 1825, standing amoi,. 

 three of his class in both institution*. Ho 

 studied theology at New Haven, under Dr. 

 Taylor, and preached a short time at Litchfield, 

 Conn. Receiving various calls, he was settled 

 at Dover, N. H., Dec. 4, 1828. Married May 

 21, 1829, the daughter of Hon. Pliny Cutter, 

 Boston, Mass. During his settlement at Dover, 

 where his ministry was very prosperous, ho 

 published his first volume, entitled, "Doctrine 

 of the Trinity," which gained him extensive- 

 reputation, exciting interest abroad, and pro- 

 voking a letter from Dr. Chalmers of Edinburgh, 

 who pronounced it the ablest treatise in his 

 judgment on that topic. In 1832 Mr. Winslow 

 succeeded Lyman Beecher as pastor of the 

 Bowdoin Street Church, Boston, where he 

 remained twelve years. During this period he 

 visited Europe and spent some time perfecting 

 himself in the languages, and cultivating the 

 acquaintance of leading men in England and 

 on the continent. He delivered numerous a(K 

 dresses on scientific, literary, and religious top- 

 ics, in various parts of the country. Among 

 his published efforts were an oration befor 

 city authorities of Boston, July 4, 1838; before 

 the "Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com- 

 pany," 1853 ; address before the Boston S> 

 of Natural History, 1839. He interested him- 

 self largely for the welfare of young men, de- 

 livering lectures on practical topics, and pub- 

 lishing the "Young Man's Aid," which was 

 republished in several languages, and received 

 a sale 01 over one hundred thousand copies in 

 England alone. A very successful pastorate was 

 a result of his labors. Over one thousand addi- 

 tions were made to his communion, and the 

 records of the Massachus..- :ion show 



that no Congregational church in that State has 

 ever exceeded the prosperity of Bowdoin 

 Street Church under Mr. Winslow. As a con- 

 troversialist in theology and philosophy 

 ranked hicrh. His defence of Dr. Taylor against 

 Bennett Tyler, his "Philosophical Tn 

 "Controversial Theology. 1 ' etc., placed him 

 among the foremost of the New England think- 

 ers. His published addresses on the various 

 duties of citizens, pertaining to Church and 

 State, appeared during his pastorate, attracting 



