NATHANIEL DEERING, born June 25, 1791; died near Portland, Me., in
1881. His grandfather, of the same name, was one of the founders of
that city. The subject of this memoir began his education at Phillips
Academy, Exeter, and was graduated from Harvard College in 1810. He
was admitted to the Bar in 1815, and practiced for a time in Canaan
and Milburn (now Skowhegan), Maine. He removed to Portland in 1836,
and devoted himself to literature. He was the first editor of the
_Independent Statesman_.
CARRABASSET; OR, THE LAST OF THE NORRIDGEWOCKS. A Tragedy in Five
Acts. Portland, 1830. 18mo, pp. 54.