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 6 MOTTE principal works are: "Travels m Europe and the East" (New York, 1842); translation of Velpeau's "Operative Surgery" (4 vols.); - Anniversary Discourse before the Graduates of the University of New York" (I860); "Mott's Cliniques," reported by Samuel W. Francis (1860); and several separate papers concerning special operations and cases, in medical periodicals and in the " Transactions" of the New York academy of medicine. MOTTE (or Mothe) CADILLAC. See CADILLAC. MOTTEVILLE, Francoise Bertaut de, a French authoress, born about 1621, died Dec. 29, 1689 She was brought up at the court of Anne of Austria, wife of Louis XIII. ; but as Richelieu objected to the influence of her mother, who was of Spanish origin, she went with her pa- rents to Normandy. She married in 1639 the octogenarian Langlois de Motteville, after whose death she rejoined Anne, now queen regent, in 1643, in whose service she remained until the death of the latter in 1666. Sainte-Beuve praises her tact and sagacity and her spotless life Her Memoires (5 vols., Amsterdam, 1723 ; new ed., 6 vols., 1739; 11 vols., Paris, 1822-'3) are regarded as the best authority on the his- tory of the Fronde and the minority of Louis XIV., and are classed by Marmontel next to those of Mme. de Lafayette as the best works written by a woman. MOTTEZ, Victor Louis, a French painter, born in Lille, Feb. 13, 1809. He studied under In- gres and Picot, and exhibited many fine reli- gious paintings, and also several mythological pieces, including "Leda" and '< Ulysses and the Sirens." His best known portraits are those of Guizot and Mile. Judith. After five years' residence in London, he returned to Paris in 1856, and in 1864 completed paintings for the churches of St. Germain 1'Auxerrois, St. Severin, and St. Sulpice, his masterpieces. Among his later works are "Medea" (1865), " The Cursing of the Serpent," and " The Vir- gin bruising the Serpent's Head" (1869). MOUFFLON. See SHEEP. MOULD, Jacob Wrey, an American architect, born at Chiselhurst, England, Aug. 7, 1825^ His father was a parliamentary solicitor in London. He graduated at King's college, Lon- don, in 1842, and studied under Owen Jones and Lewis Vulliamy, with both of whom he was associated in some of their most importan works. In 1852 he removed to America, anc after executing several buildings in and abou' New York, he was employed in the architec tural department of the works in the Centra park. In 1870 he was appointed architect-in chief to the department of public parks. Hi designs are distinguished for picturesquenes of outline and originality of detail. His prin cipal works are the church of the Messiah, Presbyterian church in 42d street, the churcl of the Holy Trinity, and several buildings am structures in the city parks. In March, 1875 he was appointed architect-in-chief of the pub -lie works in Lima, Peru. MOULTRIE MOULINS, or Mouta^ur-Allier, a town of Vance, capital of the department of Allier, n the river Allier, 162 m. S. S. E. of Paris; OD in 1866, 19,890. It is the seat of a bishop, nd has many educational establishments and earned societies. Among the principal bmld- ngs are the cathedral of Notre Dame (which ras founded in 1468 as a collegiate church, and ras completed in 1861), the college, museum, dtel de ville, public library, barracks, ana ospital. Hardware and cutlery, silk and cot- on hosiery, woollen and cotton goods, articles n ivory, and catgut are manufactured ; and it tas a trade in iron, wood, leather, charcoal, oal, wine, oil, salt, and cattle. Moulins was ormerly the capital of Bourbonnais, and the ukes of Bourbon kept their court there with O reat splendor. But a single tower now re- nains of their once famous castle. MOULMEIN. See MAULMAIN. MOULTON, Louise Chandler, an American au- horess, born in Pomfret, Conn., April 10, 1835. n 1855 she was married to William U. Moul- on of Boston, where she now lives (1875), but ms a summer residence at Pomfret. She has )een a contributor to periodicals from her 5th year, and has published the following books: "This, That, and the Other" (12mo, Boston, 1854) ; " Juno Clifford," a novel (New York, 1855) ; " My Third Book," a collection of stories (1859); "*' Bedtime Stories" (Bos- ection of novelettes (1874); and "More Bed- time Stories" (1874). MOULTRIE, a central county of Illinois, drain- ed by the Kaskaskia river and its branches; area, 320 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 10,385. It has a level or undulating surface and a fertile soil. The Terre Haute, Paris, and Decatur, the Chi- cago and Paducah, and the Chicago and Illi- nois Southern railroads traverse it. The chief productions in 1870 were 213,564 bushels of wheat, 1,753,141 of Indian corn, 263,992 of oats, 59,263 of potatoes, 21,010 Ibs. of tobacco, 56,679 of wool, 247,264 of butter, and 9,214 tons of hay. There were 6,274 horses, 3,254 rnilch cows, 6,695 other cattle, 20,531 sheep, and 2,300 swine. Capital, Sullivan. MOULTRIE, Fort, a fortification on Sullivan's island at the mouth of Charleston harbor, where a victory was gained, June 28, 1776, by the South Carolina troops under Col. William Moul- trie over a British fleet commanded by Sir Peter Parker. Early in that month the fleet of 40 or 50 sail arrived off Charleston with a view of investing that place. A fort which Moultrie was then building was ordered to be finished at once. On the morning of the at- tack it consisted of a square with a bastion at each angle, built of palmetto logs laid in par- allel rows 16 ft. apart, the interspaces being filled with sand. It mounted 26 guns, and had a garrison of 435 men. Four vessels of the British fleet, with 156 guns, anchored at a dis- tance of 350 yards and opened fire; but the balls, sinking into the soft wood, produced lit-
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