“His heroic exploits in the cause of freedom earned him the soubriquet, The American Dare Devil,’” according to an article in the Rutland Herald by Paul Hellerfor in January 2018.

[1] The Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire began in 1821 and Miller answered their calls for assistance by travelling there in 1824.

His bravery in guerrilla units earned him the rank of Colonel and he returned to America, but still remained loyal to the cause and he raised thousands of dollars and gathered relief supplies.

[2] In 1835 the radical American reformer Samuel Joseph May came to speak in Montpelier; it was Miller who stepped forward to intercede with a hostile crowd.

[10] Miller had been an active supporter of the inclusion of women as members of the American Anti-Slavery Society that same year.

Ann Phillips told her husband Wendell not to "shilly-shally" when discussing the issue[11] and Miller set forth his point of view.

[10] Even though Vermont had chosen to send only male delegates, he argued that "if our female friends were here ... then this hall would not hold them".

Miller took his assigned seat at the convention[10] whilst another American delegate William Adam decided to sit with the women.