NATHANIEL EVANS, born in Philadelphia, Penn., June 8, 1742, died in
Gloucester County, N. J., October 29, 1767, was graduated from the
College of Philadelphia, and ordained in England by the Bishop of
London. As a member of the British Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel in Foreign Parts, he settled in Gloucester County, N. J., and
became noted for his eloquence as a preacher. He wrote some very
graceful verses, which were collected and published after his death
as _Poems on Several Occasions_ [1772].
AN EXERCISE, CONTAINING A DIALOGUE AND ODE ON PEACE. Performed at
the Public Commencement in the College of Philadelphia, May
17th, 1763. Philadelphia: Printed by Andrew Stewart, 1763. 8vo,
pp. 8.
The Ode was written by Dr. Paul Jackson, of Chester, Pennsylvania.
Also published in Evans's _Poems_. Phila., 1772.