Howe, Nathaniel

Howe, Nathaniel a Congregational minister, was born in Ipswich, Mass., Oct. 6,1764. He graduated at Harvard College in 1786, and was ordained pastor at Hopkinton Oct.5, 1791, where he labored until his death, Feb. 15, 1837. He published An Attempt to prove that John's Baptism was not Gospel Baptism, being A Reply to Dr. Baldwin's Essay on the same Subject (1820) — A Catechism with miscellaneous Questions, and A Chapter of Proverbs for the Children under his parochial Care. See Sprague, Annals, 2, 307; North American Review, 4, 93-97.