1917James R. Pringle, the local historian, went into naval service as a correspondent for the Boston Globe newspaper.People and Communities, Government and Public Service, Military, Notable People
Gloucester (Mass.) Tercentenary Committee, and James Pringle R. The Book of the Three Hundredth Anniversary Observance of the Foundation of the Massachusetts Bay Colony at Cape Ann in 1623 and the Fiftieth Year of the Incorporation of Gloucester as a City. Publication Board of the Three hundredth anniversary executive committee, 1924.