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Webster 1828 Edition


Memoir

MEM'OIR

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Noun.
A species of history written by a person who had some share in the transactions related. Persons often write their own memoirs.
1.
A history of transactions in which some person had a principal share, is called his memoirs, though compiled or written by a different hand.
2.
The history of a society, or the journals and proceedings of a society; as memoirs of the Royal Society.
3.
A written account; register of facts.