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Stone (MELVILLE ELIJAH an American)

MELVILLE ELIJAH, an American journalist; born in Hudson, III., Aug. 22, 1848; settled in Chicago, Ill., and was there educated; began his newspaper career in 1864 when he reported for the Chicago "Tribune"; later with a partner he founded the Chicago ican historian, son of the preceding; born in New York City, April 4, 1835; was graduated at Brown University in 1858 and admitted to the bar in 1859.

He was Centennial historian for the State of New York; honorary member of the Chicago, Buffalo, New Haven Colony, and other historical societies and organizations, and the author of "The Life and Times of Sir William Johnson, Bart.," "Revolutionary Letters," ," "History of New York City," "Ballads of the Burgoyne Campaign," "The Life of George Clinton," etc. He died June 11, 1908.