Prentiss, John J., Jr.

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Prentiss, John, 1778-1873

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John Prentiss (1778-1873), founder and editor of the New Hampshire Sentinel in Keene, N.H., was the son of Rev. Caleb Prentiss (1747-1803) and Pamela Mellen (1750-1823) of Reading, Massachusetts. John had assisted his brother Charles Prentiss (1774-1820), the founder of the Rural Repository in Leominster, Mass., before establishing the New Hampshire Sentinel in 1799. John was also a publisher and bookseller, town clerk and treasurer, state representative in 1820 and state senator in 1838. Prenti...