Armorial. Born at Middleton-Place-on-the-Ashley, near Charleston, S.C., 1785; died, 1849. Author; intimate in the circles of Mesdames De Staël and Récamier. 575. MIDDLETON. _Peter Middleton. M.D._ Armorial. Chippendale. Signed, _J. Lewis Sc._ Mantling profuse and reaching well down the shield. Motto, _Fortis & fidus_. Of New York. Born in Scotland. Made the first dissection on record in America. 576. MILLER. _Ferdinand H. Miller._ Literary. Very similar to the Thomas Robbins plate. 577. MILLER. {_Bruder Jaebez. 178-._ {_Petrus Heremit. 1791._ These plates, simple printed labels, were the property of J. Peter Miller, the Prior of the Convent at Ephrata, Penn. 578. MILNER. _James Milner._ Armorial. Chippendale. Motto-ribbon empty. Of Virginia. 579. MINOT. _Minot._ Armorial. Early English. Rough mantling all about the shield. Motto, _Ad astra per aspera_. George Richard Minot, historian, Boston. 580. MINOT. _Minot._ Armorial. Early English. Mantling all about the shield. Motto, _Ad astra per aspera_. A better plate than the above. The copy before me has an _S_ written before the name. Of Massachusetts. 581. MINTURN. _William Minturn._ Plain armorial. An elaborate frame, with mantling reaching far down the sides. Motto, _Esse potius quam haberi_. 582. MITCHELL. _A. Mitchell Ejus Liber._ Armorial. Chippendale. An early settler of Chester County, Penn. 583. MITCHELL. _Jacobum Whitely Mitchell._ Literary. The central panel of this design bears the name and the following lines:-- _Hujus si capias dominum_ _Cognoscere libri, si infra,_ _Inspicida nomen habebis ibi._ At the left shelves of books are seen, and at the right what seems to be a heavy press. Above, on a bracket, are grouped several implements of music, art, etc. This is a rude woodcut. 584. MOAT. _Horatio Shepheard Moat._ Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Nil desperandum_. Signed, _Rollinson_. 585. MOORE. _Lambert Moore. Esqr._ Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Virtus interrita pergit_. This plate is not signed, but is unmistakably the work of Dawkins. The half-draped female on the left side is the same as that on the Whitehead Hicks plate, and the music-making shepherd on the right is reversed from the Benjamin Kissam plate. 586. MOORE. _Nathl. F. Moore._ Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. No motto. Signed, _P. Maverick_. Of New York. President of Columbia College, 1842-1849. 587. MOORE. _Saml. W. Moore._ Plain armorial. Motto, _Non est vivere sed valere vita_. Of New York. 588. MOREAU. _John B. Moreau._ Literary. The name on an open book, floating in the clouds. 589. MORGAN. _John Morgan. M.D. Philadelphia._