[700.] Price. Ezekiel Price.
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. This plate is not signed, but is undoubtedly by Hurd. It has the flow of water from the shell beneath the shield, the peculiar dash after the name, and resembles the Dering plate. Of Boston.
[701.] Pride. Halcott B. Pride.
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, Libertas. Signed, Maverick Sculp. Of New York.
[702.] Priestley. Joseph Priestley.
Plain armorial. Mantling. Motto, Ars longa, vita brevis. Of Pennsylvania. Philosopher, chemist, and theologian.
[703.] Prince. By the name of Prince.
Plain armorial. Signed, Wightman. Sc.
[704.] Prince. Thomas Prince Liber, Anno Domini: 1704.
A printed name-label surrounded by ornamental type. See illustration in “Curio,” page 12. Thomas Prince was pastor of the Old South Society (Boston) from 1718 to 1758. His library is one of the best known of colonial times; he began to collect books as early as 1703, as is shown by the following plate: “This book belongs to the New England Library, begun to be collected by Thomas Prince upon his entering Harvard College July 6th, 1703,” etc. The volumes were deposited in the steeple-chamber of the Old South Church, and suffered somewhat during the British occupation. The remaining volumes are now in the Boston Public Library. Illustrated in the “Ex Libris Journal,” Vol. III, page 152.