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the battalion raised for the protection of Geor- gia, Jan. 7, 1776 ; commanded the troops at Yam- acraw Bluff, Ga., in March, 1776, which was the first passage-at-arms in tliat state in the war ; was appointed brigadier-general in the Conti- nental army in September, 1776, and placed in command of a regiment which he had raised. This occasioned jealousy on the part of Gov. Button Gwinnett, who persecuted Mcintosh and different members of his family, and after his term of office expired, challenged him to a duel. The duel was fought May 16, 1777, and both prin- cipals were severely wounded, Gwinnett fatally. Mcintosh was selected by Washington to com- mand the force of 500 men sent to Fort Pitt to defend the frontier of Pennsylvania and Virginia from the Indians in 1778. He was about to un- dertake an expedition against Detroit in 1779, when he was ordered to join D'Estaing in his at- tack on Savannah, Ga., where he commanded the 1st and 5th South Carolina regiments, and when the city was forced to surrender to the British on account of the sudden departure of the French fleet, he retreated to Charleston, S.C., with Gen. Benjamin Lincoln and defended that city until it surrendered to Gen. Henry Clinton, May 12, 1780. On May 15, 1780, the delegates to the Continental congress from Georgia decided to dispense with his services as brigadier-general until the further order of congress. This act was accomplished by the friends of Button Gwin- nett. He retired to Virginia with his family until the close of the war, and when he returned to Georgia he found that his property had been dissipated and ruined. He was a delegate to the ■Continental congress in 1784 ; served as a com- missioner to treat with the Creek and Cherokee Indians in 1785, after which he retired to private life. He was president of the Georgia branch of the Society of tlie Cincinnati. He was married to Sarah f lireadcraft. He died Feb. 20, 1806.

McINTOSH, Maria Jane, author, was born in Sunbury, Ga., in 1803 ; daughter of Lachlan and

(Stuart) Mcintosh. She was educated

s,t home and in Sunbury academy, and at the death of her father in 1806 removed to New York and made her home with her brother, Capt. James McKay Mcintosh, U.S.N. She lost her prop- erty in 1837. She is the author of Blind Alice <1841), written underthe pen name " Aunt Kitty "; Jessie Graham (1843) ; Florence Amos (1843); Grace and Clara (1843) and Ellen Leslie (1843) ; a,nd these were collected and published in one volume, entitled Aunt Kitty's Tales (1847). Macready the tragedian bought the stories for his children and procured their re-publication in London. She is also the author of : Con- quest and Self-Conquest (1843); Woman an Enigma (1844); Praise and Principle (1845) ;

7'wo Lives, or To Seem and To Be (1847) ; Charms and Counter Charms (1848); Woman in America, Her Work and Her Reward (1850); The Lofty and the Loivly {\Sr)2) ; Emily Herbert (1855); Rose and Lillie Stanhope (1856); Violet, or the Cross and Crown (1856); Meta Gray (1858); Tivo Pictures (1863). She died in Morristown, N.J., Feb. 25,1878.

McINTYRE, Albert Washington, governor of Colorado, was born in Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 15, 1853 ; son of Joseph Phillips and Isabella A. (Wills) Mclntyre, and grandson of Thomas Mc- Intyre, who was engaged in the transportation business in Maryland and served as an officer of volunteers in the war of 1812. His first ancestor in America came from Ayreshire, Scotland, about 1745. Albert W. Mclntyre was graduated from Yale, A.B., 1873, LL.B., 1875, and was ad- mitted to the Connecticut bar in June, 1875, and to the Pittsburg bar, November, 1875. He re- moved to Conejos county, Col., in December, 1876, where he practised law. He established a stock ranch in tlie San Luis valley in 1880. He was judge of the county court, 1883-86, and ad- judicator of the water rights of the 20th Colorado district, 1889-91. He was district judge of the 12th judicial district of Colorado, 1891-95, and was Republican governor of Colorado, 1895-97. At the close of his gubernatorial term he devoted himself to the development of his gold-mining interests and to the breeding of fine stock. He was married, July 16, 1873, to Florence, daughter of William Sydney Johnson, of New York city ; and secondly, Jan. 26, 1899, to Dr. Ida Noyes Beaver.

McIVER, Alexander, educator, was born in Moore county, N.C., Feb. 7, 1822: son of Daniel and Margaret (McLeoud) Mclver ; grandson of Alexander and Effie Mclver, and a descendant of Duncan Mclver. He was graduated at the Uni- versity of North Carolina, A.B., 1853, A.M., 1856 ; was tutor in mathematics in the university, 1850- 53 ; principal of Anson institute, Wadesboro, 1853 ; law student with Judges Battle, Pearson and Phillips, 1854-55; lawyer at Carthage, N.C., 1855-59 ; professor in Davidson college, 1859-69 ; professor of mathematics at the University of North Carolina, 1869-71 ; state superintendent of public instruction, 1871-75 ; principal of the Greensboro graded schools, 1875-80, and in 1880 engaged in farming at Oaks, N.C. He was chair- man of the Mecklenburg county board of magis- trates and delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1865,

McIVER, Charles Duncan, educator, was born in Moore county, N.C, Sept. 27, 1860. He was a descendant of Scotch Presbyterians, early settlers of Cape Fear district, North Carolina. He was graduated at the University of North Caro-