Sprague, Hosea, 1779-1843

found: nuc85-37581: His The genealogy of the Spragues ... [MI] 1828(hdg. on NN rept.: Sprague, Hosea)

found: MWA/NAIP files(hdg.: Sprague, Hosea, 1779-1843; note: printer and author, of Boston and Hingham, Mass.)

found: NUCMC data from Hingham Pub. Lib. for Sprague family bicentennial papers, 1709-1973(Hosea Sprague, great-great-grandson of Anthony Sprague (1636-1719), was born in Hingham on May 8, 1779 to Isaac Sprague (1743-1800) and Hannah Jacob (1743/44-1816). He was apprenticed to a Boston printer at the age of fifteen, becoming a fully qualified printer at the age of twenty-one. When his printing business failed a few years later, he worked briefly at the Boston Athenaeum before returning to Hingham to work as a bookseller, farmer, and inventive wood engraver. His hobbies included philosophy, meteorology, and historical research. While in Hingham he published "Hosea Sprague's Chronicle," a subscription that contained historical, geographical, and scientific extracts, Hosea's daily observations, as well as his personal philosophy on life)