The New International Encyclopædia/Miner, Charles

MINER, Charles (1780-1865). An American author, born at Norwich, Conn. When nineteen years old he removed with his family to the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania, where he became interested in various newspapers. He was a member of Congress from 1825 till 1829. The most important of his publications is a History of Wyoming (1845), which contains a description of the Wyoming massacre given by eye-witnesses.