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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mitchill, Samuel Latham 1764-1831 (search)
eful Arts, and his scientific labors made him famous at home and abroad when he was little past thirty years of age. In 1797 he assisted in establishing the Medical repository, a magazine which he edited sixteen years. He was a member of the national House of Representatives from 1801 to 1804, and a United States Senator from 1804 to 1809. From 1808 to 1820 he was Professor of Natural History in the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons; of Botany and Materia Medica from 1820 to 1826; and was vice-president of the Rutgers Medical School. With Drs. Hosack and Williamson he founded the New York Literary and Philosophical Society. Dr. Mitchill possessed a very retentive memory, and acquired vast stores of learning. He believed in Fulton's ability to establish navigation by steam, promoted his interests in the legislature, and was one of the friends who accompanied him on his experimental voyage from New York to Albany in September, 1807. He died in New York City, Sept. 7, 1831.