. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . ntire commer-cial, world. Such aman is FrederickHenry Prince. He isone of an illustriousfamily, which as longago as 1584 wasprominent in Eng-land, living at thattime in Shrewsburyupon their estate,known as AbbeyFo rega t e , JohnPrince being thenrector of East Shef- In 165 his field. s o n, E1d e r JohnPrince, came to thiscountry and settledin Hull, Mass. Hisgrandson, ThomasPrince, graduatedfrom Harvard Collegein 1707, and in 1717was ordained c o -pastor wi
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . ntire commer-cial, world. Such aman is FrederickHenry Prince. He isone of an illustriousfamily, which as longago as 1584 wasprominent in Eng-land, living at thattime in Shrewsburyupon their estate,known as AbbeyFo rega t e , JohnPrince being thenrector of East Shef- In 165 his field. s o n, E1d e r JohnPrince, came to thiscountry and settledin Hull, Mass. Hisgrandson, ThomasPrince, graduatedfrom Harvard Collegein 1707, and in 1717was ordained c o -pastor with Dr. Sew-ell of the Old SouthChurch, in Princes great-grandfather, James Prince, well known in his day andgeneration as a prominent merchant, was appointed byPresident Jefferson as naval officer of the port of Bos-ton, and afterward as United States marshal for thedistrict of Massachusetts. Mr. Prince is the son ofFrederick Octavius and Helen (Henry) Prince, and wasborn in Winchester, Mass., Nov. 30, i860, the year inwhich several other men who have attained distinctionin Massachusetts were born. His father is a distin-. FREDERICK H. PRINCE guished ex-mayor of Boston, and for many years wassecretary of the National Democratic Committee. H. Prince received his early education in public andprivate schools, and entered Harvard College in 1878,but left in 1880 to go into business. In 1885 he estab-lished the firm of F. H. Prince & Co., and his careerhas been one of uninterrupted prosperity. Mr. Princeis vice-president of the New York & New England Rail-road Company, a director of the Chicago Junction Railways and UnionStock Yards Com-pany, and a directorin many other rail-roads and large cor-p o r a t i o n s . has been con-cerned in some of- the heaviest financialundertakings in thecountry. In con-nection with Chi-cago and the WorldsFair, it may be of in-terest to know thatin 1S89 he enteredinto negotiations withMr. NathanielThayer, of Boston,and the V
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