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Mott, Gershom

soldier, was born April 7, 1822, near Trenton, N. J. He was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers in 1862; and in 1864 was brevetted major-general for distinguished services during the war. He died May 29, 1884, in New York city.

Mott, Gordon N

soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Oct. 12, 1812, in Zanesville, Ohio. In 1849 he emigrated to California; and in 1850 was elected judge of Sutter county. In 1851 he was appointed a district judge; and in. 1861 was appointed a justice of the supreme court of Nevada territory.

In 1862 he was elected a delegate from that territory to the thirty-eighth congress.

Mott, Henry Augustus

chemist, author, was born Oct. 22, 1852, in Clifton, N. Y. He was a chemist of New York city; and the author of The Chemist's Manual; Was Man Created?; The Air We Breathe; and Fallacy of the Present Theory of Sound. He died in 1896.

Mott, James

congressman, was born June 20, 1788, in North Hempstead, Del.

He was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1801 to 1805. He had previously been treasurer of the state; and was a presidential elector in 1809. He died Jan. 26, 1868, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Mott, Richard

merchant, congressman, was born July 21, 1804, in Mamaroneck, N. Y. He was a merchant of Toledo, Ohio; and was elected to the thirtyfourth congress; and re-elected to the thirty-fifth congress.

Mott, Valentine

surgeon, author, was born April 26, 1785, in Glen Cove, L. I. He was a celebrated surgeon of New York city; and one of the founders of Rutgers Medical college. He was the author of Travels in Europe and the East; Mott's Cliniques; and a translation of Velpeau's Operative Surgery, and surgical papers. He died April 26, 1865, in New York city.

Mott, Valentine

physician, author, was born Nov. 17, 1852, in New York city. In 1887 he went to Paris as the representative of the American Pasteur institute, and studied under Louis Pasteur the prophylactic treatment for hydrophobia, which he introduced into the United States, bringing away the first inoculated rabbit that Pasteur allowed to leave his laboratory. His principal medical paper is Rabies and How to Prevent It, being a Discussion of Hydrophobia and the Pasteur Method of Treatment.

Mott, William Franklin

philanthropist, was born Jan. 12, 1785, in New York city. He established in 1807 the House of Refuge, the Eastern dispensary, the Home for the Friendless, the Colored Orphans' asylum, the Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, and the Woman's hospital, in New York city. He died May 3, 1867, in New York city.

Motte, Isaac

soldier, congressman, was born Dec. 8, 1738, in South Carolina.

In 1780-82 he represented South Carolina in the continental congress. He was a member of the state convention that ratified the United States constitution, and was appointed naval officer of the port of Charleston, holding that office till his death. He died May 8, 1795, in South Carolina.

Mould, Jacob Wrey

architect, was born in 1825 in England. He came to New York in 1853; and in 1857 he was appointed assistant architect of public works. In 1870 he became chief architect.

His last work was the design for the temporary tomb of Gen. Grant in Riverside park, which he executed in a few minutes. He died June 14, 1886, in New York city.

Moulton, Joseph White

author, was born in June, 1789, in Stratford, Conn.

He is an antiquarian writer of Roslyn, L. I.; and the author of History of the State of New York; and Chancery Practice of New York. He died April 20, 1875, in Roslyn, N. Y.