MILETUS. 485 MILHATJ. by the Persians, ami alUr a long resistance cap- tured and destroyed in li.c. 494. It seems to liave revived after the I'urniation of the Athenian League, and near the close of the l'<d()[)unncsian War ventured to revolt and join the Spartans. It also oliered some resistance to Alexander, hut seems to have declined from that time, though it continued to e.ist for several centuries. Saint Paul spent two or three days there on his last journey to .Jerusalem heforc his imprisonment at Home, and delivered his farewell address to the elders from Ephesus, who visited him at his recpicst (Acts xx. l.ix.xi. 1). Another visit, referred to in I. Timothy iv. 20, is best placed in a period later than that covered h.v the Book of .Acts. .Miletus has a distinguished |)lace in the history of tireek literature, having been the birth- place of the philosophers Thales, Anaxiraander, and .uaxinienes. and of the historians Cadmus and HecatiPus. Its harbor is now filled up, and the site is a swampy plain, occupied by the little Turkish village of Palatia. Excavations were begun by the Berlin JIuseum in 1899. and in spite of great dilliculties have determined the course of the ancient walls, some streets, the Bouleuterion and part of the Agora, and other points important for the topography of the city. Preliminary reports are published in the Sitz- vnfinhcrirhte der Akademie der M'insenschaft zu Berlin for 1900 et seq. See also the unfinished work of Rayet and Thomas, Milct et le Golf Lut- niifiiic (Paris, 1877 et seg. ). MI'LEY, John (1813-95). An American theologian of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was born near Hamilton. Butler County, Ohio; graduated at Augusta College, Ken- tucky, in 18.38: entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the same year, and served churches in Ohio and Eastern New York from 1838 to 1873, except during 1848-50, when he was teacher in Wesley Female College in Cincinnati. In 1873 he became professor of systematic theology' in Drew Theological Semi- nary. Madison. . J., which chair he filled till his death. He as the author of a Treatise on Clans Meetings (1851) ; The Atoneinml in Christ (1879), which advocates the governmental the- ory; and Systematic Theology (1892-94). He was a progressive conservative, holding to the substance of the traditional Methodist theology, but introducing important and sonic even radical change- of view. MILFOIL. An herb. See Achillea. MIL'FORD. A seaport in Pembrokeshire, Wales, iiM the famous Milford Haven, six miles from its entrance, and 273 miles west of London by rail (Map: England, A 5). The haven is formed by an estuary running inland for 17 miles to Langwin (easily reached by vessels of 2000 tons), and varies from one to two miles in breadth. It is protected from winds by a girdle of hills; its lower reaches arc well forti- fied. The distance of Milford. however, from the Channel, the highway of British conmierce. is a serious disadvantage, and its trade is not com- mensurate with its natural advantages. The town has passenger and cattle traffic with Irish ports, and an average of 2700 vessels of 575.000 tons biirilen enter and clear anmially. Area of docks. fiO acres; depth of water over sill (high tide), 34 feet. The proposition to make Slilford the eastern terminus of the English transatlantic steamers has been long discussed, as it would shorten by several hours the time now necessary for reaching London. The United States is repre- sented by an agent. The town owns its water and gas sup])lics. The haven is frequently mentioned in Shakespeare's Cymbeline. Henry VII., when Earl of Kichniond, landed here in 1485. on his way to claim the crown. Population, in 1891, 4070; in 1901, 5102, MILFOBD. A town in New Haven County, Conn., nine miles southwest of New Haven; on Long Island Sound, at the mouth of the Wepo- waug River, and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (Map: Conneeticut. C 5). It is an attractive summer resort, with line boat- ing and bathing facilities. Its noteworthy fea- tures include the Taylor Library of 9000 volumes, an interesting Memorial Bridge, erected (1889) on the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the town's settlement, a soldiers' monument, and the Broad Street Park of four acres. The leading industries are farming, seed-growing, oyster cultivation, and the manufacture of straw hats, electrical supplies, silverware, telephone apparatus, and shoes. Population, in 1890. 3811; in 1900, 3783. Milford, called Wepowage by the Indians, was settled in 1039 by a company from New Haven and Wethersfield. In 1644 Milford became one of the six towns which constituted the confed- erate 'Colony of New Haven.' and in 1664 it came
ider the jurisdiction of Connecticut. Robert Treat, an early colonial Governor, lived in Mil- ford, and here, from 1061 to 1663, the regicides Uollc and A'halley were secreted. Consult "Early Milford." an article in the Connecticut Maqazine, v<d. V. (Hartford, 1899). MILFORD. A town in Kent and Sussex counties, Del., about 60 miles south of Wilming- ton ; on Mispitton Creek, and on a branch of the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Rail- road (Map: Delaware. Q 5). A steamship line
- ilso connects the town with Philadelphia. It is
tlic shipping point for the surrounding agricul- tural and fruit-growing district, and has various industrial interests. There is a subscription library of about 1500 volumes. Milford was founded in 1680. and was incorporated in 1787. Population, in 1890, 2565: in 1900, 2500. MILFORD. A town in Worcester County, Mass., 18 miles southeast of Worcester; on the Charles River, and on the Boston and Albany and the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroads ( Map : Massachusetts, D 3 ) . It has a fine high-school building, and a memorial hall which contains the public library, and is noted as a manufacturing centre, its products including boots and shoes, straw goods, silk, machinery, foundry and machine-shop i)roducts. etc. There are also extensive quarries of granite, which is Used in the construction of many buildings in the town, and which is shipped in large quanti- ties. The government is administered by town meetings, which are convened at least twice a year. Population, in 1890. 8780: in 1900. 11.376. Settled as early as 1669, Milford, with a popula- tion of 750. was incor[)oratcd as a sejiarate town in 1780. having previously been the East Precinct of Jlendon. Consult Ballon, Histori/ of the Toien of Milford (Boston, 1882). MILHATI, me'16'. A town of France. See IMlLL.M-.
