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446 Grant in Riverside park, which he executed in a few minutes. Mr. Mould illustrated the second volume of Owen Jones's " Alharabra" (London, 1848), assisted him in his "Grammar of Ornament" (1856), and also illustrated editions of Gray's " Elegy in a Country Church-Yard " and the "Book of Common Prayer."

MOULTON, Louise Chandler, author, b. in Pomfret, Conn., 5 April, 1885. She was edu- cated at Mrs. Emma Willard's seminary in Troy, N. Y. Miss Chandler began to contribute to pe- riodicals under the name of " Ellen Louise " at the age of fifteen, published at nineteen her first book, which was very successful, and after her marriage in 1855 to William U. Moulton, a pub- lisher of Boston, Mass., continued to write for the magazines, was long the Boston correspondent on literary topics of the New York " Tribune," and sent letters on society and literature to newspapers from London and Paris. Her published works are " This, That, and the Other," stories, essays, and poems (Boston, 1854) ; " Juno Clifford," a novel, which was issued anonymously (New York, 1855) ; " My Third Book," containing short stories (1859) ; " Bed-Time Stories," a book for children (Boston, 1873) ; " Some Women's Hearts " (1874) ; •' More Bed-Time Stories " (1875) ; " Poems " (1877) ; " Swal- low-Flights and Other Poems " (1878) ; " New Bed- Time Stories " (1880) ; " Random Rambles " (1881) ; " Firelight Stories " (1888) ; and " Ourselves and Our Neighbors: Short Chats on Social Topics" (1887). In 1887 she edited and prefaced with a biographical sketch the " Garden Secrets " of Philip Bourke Marston.

MOULTON, Jeremiah, soldier, b. in York, Me., in 1688 : d. there, 20 July, 1765. When York was destroyed by the Indians in 1692, he was carried into captivity, but with other children was re- turned after the release by Benjamin Church of some Indian women and children. He took an active part in the conflicts between the English settlers and the eastern Indians in Queen Anne's war. In 1722 he led an expedition against the village of Norridgewock, and, finding it deserted, carried off the papers of Sebastian Rale, but left the church and hotises standing. On 23 Aug., 1724, he attacked the village with 200 men. The Indians were taken by surprise and tried to escape across Kennebec river, but were killed in the water, not more than fifty reaching the other shore. The English slew many of the women and children and shot Father Rale, who came out of his cabin to ex- postulate, notwithstanding Moulton's orders that his life be spared. The village and chapel were de- molished, and the Norridgewock Indians were never heard of more. In 1745 Col. Moulton commanded a regiment at the reduction of Louisbourg. He was subsequently sheriff', a member of the council, judge of common pleas, and probate judge.

MOULTON, Joseph White, historian, b. in Stratford, Conn., in June, 1789 ; d. in Roslyn, L. I., 20 April, 1875. His family removed to Troy, N. Y., where he studied law. After his admission to the bar he settled in Buffalo, N. Y. He subsequently resided in New York city, and finally retired to Roslyn, where he devoted himself entirely to an- tiquarian and legal researches. He published, with John V. N. Yates, " A History of the State of New York," treating merely of the earlier period of its history (New York, 1824-'6) ; " Chancery Practice of New York " (3 vols., 1829-'32) ; " View of the City of New Orange as it was in 1673" (1849) ; and an annotated edition of John F. Mit- ford's " Treatise on Pleadings in the Court of Chancery " (1849).

MOULTRIE, William, patriot, b. in England in 1731; d. in Charleston, S. C, 27 Sept., 1805. His father, Ur. John Moultrie, came to this coun- try from Scotland about 1738 and practised with reputation in Charleston until his death in 1773. William in 1761 was ap- pointed a cap- tain of foot in a militia regi- ment that was raised to defend the South Caro- lina frontier against the in- cursions of the Cherokees. He thus gained a knowledge of military affairs that proved of value to him in the subsequent war of independence. At the beginning of the Revolutionary war Moultrie at once espoused the patriot cause, although several of his family remained loyal to the crown. He was appointed to the command of the 2d colonial regiment, and also represented the parish of St. Helena in the Continental congress of 1775. Early in June, 1776, on the approach of a British land and naval force under Sir Henry Clinton and Admiral Sir Peter Parker to invest Charleston, Moultrie was ordered to complete a fortress on Sullivan's island, at the mouth of the harbor, which he had been engaged in building since the previous March, and he was still busy at the work when the enemy made his appearance. On the morning of the 28th five of the fleet began to cannonade the unfinished fortification ; but the repeated broadsides produced little or no effect, owing to the soft, spongy character of the palmetto-wood of which it was constructed. Col. Moultrie, on the other hand, having but a limited supply of ammunition, discharged his guns with such deliberation that every shot told upon the hulls or rigging of the enemy. So great was the slaughter on board the admiral's ship, the " Bristol," that at one time only Sir Peter Parker remained on the quarter-deck. At sunset, after a nine hours' engagement, only one of the guns on the fort having been dismounted, the enemy's fire began to slacken, the " Bristol " and " Experiment " being so riddled as almost to have become wrecks. At half-past nine in the evening the attack was abandoned, and several weeks after the discomfited squadron returned to the north. In commemoration of Moultrie's bravery in defending the fort it was subsequently called by his name. He was soon afterward commissioned brigadier-general in the Continental army, and had charge of the military interests of Georgia and South Carolina. In February, 1779, he defeated a superior British force under Col. Gardiner near Beaufort. In the latter part of April, Gen. Augustine Prevost, taking advantage of the absence of Gen. Benjamin Lincoln with most of the Continental troops in Georgia, advanced upon Charleston with a large force of British regulars and Tories. Moultrie, who was stationed on the north side of Savannah river with 1,000 or 1,200 militia, hastened to throw himself in Prevost's path, and by retarding the progress of the enemy enabled the