State capital before 1868

Population (1900), 4,219. Millenary Petition. A petition presented by about a you sand Puritan ministers to James I. on his progre to London in April, 1603, asking for certain changes in ceremonial, etc. Miller (mē-yā'), Bénigne Emmanuel Clément. Born at Paris, 1812: died at Nice, France, 1886. A French Hellenist, noted as a paleographer. Mexican Seas" (1887), "Building of the City Beautiful" (1893), and other works. Miller, Johann Martin. Born at Ulm, Würtemberg, Dec. 3, 1750: died there, June 21, 1814. A German novelist and lyric poet, author of the novel “Siegwart” (1776), etc. Miller, Joseph. Born 1684: died at London, 1738. An English comedian. The collection of jests known as "Joe Miller's Jests" appeared originally in 1739 as "Joe Miller's Jest Book, or the Wit's Vade Mecum, etc." It was made by John Mottley and received its name unwarrantably from Joseph Miller, who is popularly said never to have made a joke in his life, and could neither read nor write. It has been many times enlarged and reprinted. Any stale jest is now known as a "Joe Miller" from the fact that it is supposed to have at some time emanated from this source. Miller, Samuel Freeman. Born at Richmond, Ky., April 5, 1816: died at Washington, D. C., Oct. 13, 1890. An American jurist. He practised medicine for a time, but afterward became a lawyer, and in 1850 removed from Kentucky to Keokuk, Iowa. Не was appointed a ociate justice of the United States Supreme Court by President Lincoln in 1862, and was a member of the United States Electoral Commi ion of 1877. He was a Republican in politics. Miller, Thomas. Born at Gains borough, England, 1807: died at London, Oct. 24, 1874. An English poet, novelist, and writer on rural life, known as "the Basket-maker." Among his works are "Royston Gower," a novel (1838), "Rural Sketches," in verse (1839), "Gideon Giles the Roper" (1840), "Godfrey Malvern" (1843), "History of the Anglo-Saxons, etc." (1848: this went through five editions). He also wrote the fifth volume of G. W. Reynolds's "Mysteries of London" (1849), etc. Miller, William. Born at Pittsfield, Ma ., 1782: died in Washington County, N. Y., Dec. 20, 1849. An American religious enthusiast, the founder of the Millerites or Adventists. He commenced lecturing on the millennium in 1831. Miller, William. Born at Wingham, Kent, Dec. 2,1795: died at Callao, Peru, Oct. 31, 1861. An English general in the service of Peru. He fought with the British in the Peninsula 1811-14, and in the United States in 1815; took service with the patriots at Buenos Ayres in 1816, and distinguished himself in the invasion of Chile 1817-19, and in Peru, where he held independent commands and led the cavalry at Junin (Aug. 6, 1824) and Ayacucho (Dec. 9, 1824). He remained in the service of Peru, became grand marshal under Santa Cruz, and on his defeat (1839) was banished. He returned and was reinstated in rank in 1859. His "Memoirs" were published in 1829 by his brother, John Miller: they give one of the best accounts of the Spanish-American revolution. Miller, William. Born at Edinburgh, May 28, 1796: died at Sheffield, England, Jan. 20, 1882. A Scottish line-engraver. He was apprenticed in 1811 to William Archibald, engraver, and in 1819 studied with George Cook in London. He returned to Edinburgh, and his first plates were for Williams's "Views in Greece" (1822). In 1824 he began to engrave after Turner, of whom he was the chief interpreter. Miller, William Allen. Born at Ipswich, Dec. 17, 1817: died at Liverpool, Sept. 30, 1870. An English chemist. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and at a Quaker seminary at Ackworth in Yorkshire. About 1837 he entered the medical department of King's College, London, and in 1840 studied with Liebig at Gies sen.