Nathan Miller (Rhode Island shipbuilder)
Nathan Miller (March 20, 1743 – May 20, 1790) was an American shipbuilder and merchant from Rhode Island. He was a delegate for Rhode Island to the Confederation Congress in 1788. Although reappointed to the Congress in 1789, he did not attend that year.[1]
Born in Warren, Rhode Island, Miller attended private school and became a shipbuilder and merchant. He served as a member of the Rhode Island Legislature from 1772 to 1774, and in 1780, 1782, 1783, and 1790.[1] In 1772, he was also commissioned a brigadier general in the Rhode Island Militia, serving in this capacity until 1778, although having duties "of an administrative nature, rather than as a field general".[1]
On January 8, 1764, Miller married Rebecca Barton, with whom he had four children. Miller died in Warren at the age of 47.[1]
References
edit- United States Congress. "Nathan Miller (id: M000748)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- “American Generals of the Revolutionary War: a Biographical Dictionary.” American Generals of the Revolutionary War: a Biographical Dictionary, by Robert P. Broadwater, Mcfarland, 2012, pp. 89–89.
- “Diary of Colonel Israel Angell, Commanding the Second Rhode Island.” Diary of Colonel Israel Angell, Commanding the Second Rhode Island, by Israel Angell, Hardpress Publishing, 2012, pp. 52–54.
- “History of Warren, Rhode Island, in the War of the Revolution, 1776-1783.” History of Warren, Rhode Island, in the War of the Revolution, 1776-1783, by Virginia Baker, Hardpress Publishing, 2012.
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