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30 Jun

Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller graduated from Richmond Female Institute

Novelist Mittie Frances Clarke Point (April 30, 1850 - December 26, 1937) wrote as Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller, the name of her second husband. The author of 80 dime novels published from 1881 to 1915, she was one of the best-known romance writers o...

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