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Minor, Virginia Louisa

reformer, was born March 27, 1824, in Goochland county, Va. She was the first woman in right, and not as a favor. With this end the United States to claim suffrage as a in view, in 1872 she brought the matter the United States supreme court. before the courts, taking it finally to

Minot, Charles Sedgwick

biologist, author, was born Dec. 23, 1852 , in West Roxbury, Mass. In 1880 he became lecturer on embryology in Harvard Medical school and instructor in oral pathology and surgery. These appointments he held until 1883, when he became assistant professor of histology and embryology at that institution.

Minot, Francis

physician, educator, author, was born April 12, 1821, in Boston, Mass.

In 1871 he was made assistant professor of the theory and practice of medicine, and clinical lecturer on the diseases of women and children, in the medical department of Harvard, which places he held until 1874, when he was made full professor of the theory and practice of physic physic.

Minot, George

lawyer, author, was born Jan. 5, 1817, in Haverhill, Mass. He edited Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts; and rendered valuable aid to Richard Peter, Jr., in the preparation of the first eight volumes of the United States Statutes at Large, the index of which he prepared.

He died April 15, 1856, in Reading, Mass.

Minot, Henry Davis

railroad president, author, was born in 1859 in Massachusetts. He was at the time of his death a railway president in Minnesota. While a schoolboy at Roxbury he wrote at the age of sixteen The Land-Birds and Game- Birds of New England. He died in 1890.

Minot, William

lawyer, author, was born in 1849 in Massachusetts. He is a Boston lawyer; and the author of Taxation in Massachusetts; and Local Taxation and Municipal Extravagance.

Minturn, Robert B

merchant, philanthropist, was born Nov. 16, 1805, in New York city. By his energy and ability the shipping house of Grinnell, Minturn and Company, in which he achieved fortune and reputation, became one of the great shipping houses of the world. He died Jan. 9, 1866, in New York city.

Minturn, Robert Bowne

author, was born Feb. 21, 1836, in New York city.

He is the author of From New York to Delhi, a popular book of travels.

Mitchell, Abram W

physician, surgeon, legislator, was born Feb. 8, 1862, in Lempster, N. H. He has served with distinction as a member of the New Hampshire state legislature, and was on several important committees.

Mitchell, Annie Maria

author, was born in 1847 in Massachusetts. She is a writer of religious juveniles, among which are Martha's Gift; and Freed Boy in Alabama.

MITCHELL, CHARLES BURTON, United States senator, was born Sept. 19, 1815, in Gallatin, Tenn. He was elected a senator in congress from Arkansas for a term of six years, commencing March 4, 1861, but was expelled by the senate July 11, 1861. He died Sept. 20, 1864, in Washington, Ark.

Mitchell, Charles F

congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1837 to 1841.

MITCHELL, CHARLES LE MOYNE, manufacturer, state legislator, congressman, was born Aug. 4, 1844, in New Haven, Conn. He was a representative in the Connecticut state legislature in 1878; and was elected a representative from Connecticut to the forty-eighth congress.

He was re-elected to the forty-ninth congress as a democrat.

Mitchell, David

soldier, state legislator, was born July 17, 1742, in Cumberland county, Pa. He fought throughout the entire revolutionary war, serving as a major in Colonel John Watts's battalion in the battle of Long Island.

He represented his county in the Pennsylvania legislature from 1786 till 1805, and served as a presidential elector in 1813, and in 1817. In 1800 he was appointed brigadier-general of the militia of Cumberland and Franklin counties. He died May 25, 1818, in Juniata, Pa.