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Minot, George Richards

jurist, author, was born Dec. 22, 1758, in Boston, Mass. He was made chief justice of the court of common pleas in 1799, and judge of the municipal court of Boston on its establishment in 1800, which office he held until his death. He was one of the founders of the Massachusetts Historical society, and edited three volumes of its Collections. He published History of the Insurrection in Massachusetts in 1786; and Continuation of the History of Massachusetts Bay from the Year 1748. He died Jan. 2, 1802, in Boston, Mass.