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Rh` obtained employment at the coiirt of the Prince of Reuss-Greitz, but, resigning a few montJis later, devoted the remainder of his life to the arrange- ment and publication of the material he had col- lected during his travels. He published " Reisen im Siidlichen Amerika" (2 vols., Dresden, 1754); "Neueste Reisen durch Amerika" (2 vols., 1755): " Grundlehren der Anatomic und Physiologic der Pflanzen" (2 vols., Berlin, 1756); " Neueste Ge- schiehte und Beschreibungdes Brodbaums " (1758) : " Flora Cubana. exhibens eharacteres generum et specierum plantarum circa Havana crescentium " (2 vols., Leipsic, 1758); " Criptogam;e Brasilienses ab Nascher collecta?, cui additus lexicon in quo terminis artis breviter exponuntur " (1760) ; " Bilder und Skizzen der Umgebungen von Havana" (Ber- lin, 1762) ; '• Land und Leute der Insei Cuba " (1762) ; and several other works.

NASH, Abner, governor of North Carolina, b. in Prince Edward county, Va., 8 Aug., 1716 ; d. in Philadelphia, Pa., 2 Dec, 1786. He removed to New-Berne, N. C, at an early age, practised law with success, represented that town in the first Pro- vincial congress which met there. 25 Aug., 1774, and previous to the Revolution and during its con- tinuance was active in the patriot cause. He was one of the provincial council in 1775, one of the council and committee that framed the state con- stitution in 1776, the first speaker of the house of commons that assembled in North Carolina, speaker of the senate in 1779. and governor from the latter year till 1781. The period of his adminis- tration was the gloomiest part of the Revolutionary war in North Carolina, and he seems to have been of too feeble health or too easy temper for such times. Flis first assembly, 17 April, 1780, made Gen. Richard Caswell the commander of all the militia of the state, although by the constitution the governor was commander-in-chief, and at its session in September it appointed a board of war to manage military operations, which was a still larger invasion of his rights. At its meeting in December it made him a member only of a "council extraordinary," to which the supreme executive authority was confided. He declined to serve longer than the spring of 1781, was succeeded by Thomas Burke, and in 1782-'6 was a member of the Continental congress. His death occurred during his attendance on that body. — His brother, Francis, soldier, b. in Prince Edward county, Va., 10 May, 1720; d. in Germantown. Pa.. 7 Oct.', 1777, was clerk of the superior court of Orange county. N. C, held a captain's commission under the crown, and in the latter capacity served against the Regulators at the battle of Alamance in 1771. He was a member of the Provincial congress that met in Hillsborough in August, 1775, and was appointed by that body lieutenant-colonel of one of the two regi- ments that were then forming for the Continental service. He was commissioned brigadier-general by the Continental congress in February, 1777, joined Gen. Washington and commanded a bi'igade at the battle of Germantown. where he was mor- tally wounded. In November of that year con- gress passed a resolution that a monument of tlie value of $500 be erected to his memory at the ex- pense of the government, but it was never carried into effect. — Abner's son, Frederick, jurist, b. in New-Berne. N. C, 9Feb., 1781 : d. in Hillsborough, N. C, 5 Dec, 1858, was graduated at Princeton in 1799, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and represented New - Berne in the legislature in 1813-'17. He was a judge of the superior court from 1818 till his resignation in 1824. was re- elected to that office in 1836, and in 1844 was raised to the supreme bench. From the resignation of Judge Thomas Ruffin in 1852, he was chief justice of North Carolina until his death.

NA8H, Daniel, clergyman, b. in Housatonic (now Great Barrington), Mass., 28 May, 1763 ; d. in Burlington, N. Y., 4 June. 1836. He was graduat- ed at Yale in 1785, and for about ten years was principal of an academy, first at Pittsgrove, and afterward at Swedesborough, N. J. He was origi- nally a Congregationalist, but became a communi- cant in the Protestant Episcopal church. In 1794 he took charge of an academy at New Lebanon Springs, N. Y. Soon afterward he began to pre- pare for orders, and was ordained deacon in St. George's chapel. New York, 8 Feb., 1797. by Bishop Provoost, and priest in October, 1801. by Bishop Benjamin Moore. From the time of his ordina- tion for nearly forty years he labored incessantly in the discharge of his duties as missionary in Otsego and Chenango counties, N. Y., and was everywhere known as Father Nash.

NASH, Simeon, jurist, b. in South Hadlev, Mass., 21 Sept., 1804 ; d. in Gallipolis, Ohio, 19 Jan., , 1879. He was graduated at Amherst in 1829, and began the practice of law at Gallipolis, Ohio. He served in the state senate in 1839-'41. in the State constitutional convention in 1852, and from that year till 1862 was judge of the 7th district of Ohio. From the latter date till his death he practised his profession. His publications include "Digest of Ohio Reports" (20 vols., Cincinnati, 1853); " Plead- ing and Practice imder the Civil Code" (1856); " Morality and the State " (Columbus. 1859) ; " Pleading and Practice " (Cincinnati, 1875) ; and " Crime and the Family " (1876).

NASH, Stephen Payne, lawyer, b. in Albany, N. Y., 26 Aug.. 1821 ; d'. in Bernardsville, N. J., 4 June, 1898. He was educated at the French college at Chamblay, Canada, began the practice of law in Saratoga, N. Y., and resided there and in Albany till 1845, when he removed to New York city. He was a founder of the New York bar association in 1863, and in 1880 became its president. He was a trustee of Columbia college, a member of the vestry of Trinity church, and was prominent in the de- bates of the diocesan conventions of New York.

NASIMBEN, Pedro (nah-seem-ben'), Italian missionary, b. in Venice, 8 April, 1703; d. in Santa Rosa, Cal., in 1755. He entered the Society of Jesus in Italy in 1719, and in 1733 was sent by his superiors to New Spain. In 1735 he was assigned to the missions in California, where he died after twenty years of successful labor in converting the Indians. He wrote &ldquo;Noticias del establecimiento y estado de la Mision de Santa Rosa, y de sus pueblos de la Trinidad y San Marcos en California&rdquo; (Mexico, 1750).

NASON, Elias, clergyman, b. in Wrentham, Mass., 21 April, 1811; d. m North Billerica, Mass., 17 June, 1887. He taught to obtain means to enter college, was graduated at Brown in 1835, taught in Augusta, Ga., in 1836-'40, edited the &ldquo;Georgia Courier,&rdquo; and lectured throughout the state on the flora of the south. Returning to the north, he settled in Newburyport, Mass., edited the &ldquo;Watchtower,&rdquo; became master of the Latin-school, and subsequently of the high-school, and in 1852 was ordained pastor of the Congregational church in Natick. He officiated at Needham in 1858-'60, served on the Christian commission during the civil war, writing and lecturing in support of the National government. From 1865 till his death he resided in North Billerica, and constantly supplied adjoining churches. He was a successful lecturer, spoke several languages, was a member of