Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography

Thousands of short American lives — soldiers, inventors, preachers, governors, novelists — each given a paragraph: born where, did what, and why anyone remembered.

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2058 lives in this part of Herringshaw's American Biography, printed on pages 606–685.

Maben, William Nelson – Maple, Joseph Cowgill

221 lives · printed pages 606–615

Marable, John H – Masury, John W

238 lives · printed pages 615–623

Mather, Cotton – Mcbroom, James W

157 lives · printed pages 623–629

Mccabe, James Buchanan – Mcguire, William

257 lives · printed pages 629–639

Mchatton, Robert – McWILLIE, WILLIAM

217 lives · printed pages 608–648

Meacham, James – Meyers, Benjamin F

186 lives · printed pages 648–655

Michel, John Alfred – Moeller, Louis Frederick

256 lives · printed pages 655–681

Moffat, Edward Stewart – Moorhead, James Kennedy

158 lives · printed pages 665–671

Morais, Sabato – Mozley, Norman A

241 lives · printed pages 671–680

Mudd, Sydney Emanuel – Myrick, Milton Hills

127 lives · printed pages 680–685

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