Mitchell, Nahum
lawyer, jurist, congressman, author, was born Feb. 12, 1769, in East Bridgewater, Mass. From 1811 to 1821 he was judge of the circuit court of common pleas, and afterward chief justice of Massachusetts. From 1798 to 1812 he was a representative in the general court; a representative in congress from 1803 to 1805; and in 1813 and 1814 was state senator. From 1814 to 1820 he was one of the governor's council; and from 1822 to 1827 was treasurer of the state. In 1840 he published a History of Bridgewater, Massachusetts; and a volume of sacred music entitled the Bridgewater Collection. He also wrote Grammar of Music. He died Aug. 1, 1853, in Plymouth.