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Information: The first column shows data points from Melvill, Thomas, 1751-1832 in red. The third column shows data points from Meriell, Thomas, of Wherstead in blue. Any data they share in common is displayed as purple boxes in the middle "Shared" column.

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Melvill, Thomas, 1751-1832

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Melvill, Thomas (American patriot)

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Melvill, Thos. 1751-1832 (Thomas),

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Major in Revolution. Naval Officer of Boston. One of the Boston Tea Party. Famous as the subject of Homer's Poem, "The Last Leaf." "I saw him once before As he passed by the door," etc.

From the description of Permit, 1815, November 10, Boston. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122647871

Merchant & grandfather of Herman Melville. Came from a Scottish background, participated in the Boston Tea Party, was a Major in the Crafts Artillery Regiment in the Revolutionary War, and was appointed Surveyor of the Port of Boston and Charleston (i.e. Collector).

From the description of Thomas Melvill autograph [manuscript], [1805 Apr 17] (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 318542358

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318542358

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81802930

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http://viaf.org/viaf/41770000

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122647871

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Melvill, Thomas, 1751-1832

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Papers, 1787-1863.

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Melville family. Papers, 1787-1863.

Title: Papers, 1787-1863.

Chiefly business correspondence of Thomas Melvill or his son Thomas. Includes letters and documents reflecting the elder Melvill's position as naval officer; correspondence between father and son concerning the latter's commercial ventures in Europe; letters about the farm at Pittsfield; and papers pertaining to legal matters such as the lawsuit of Melvill heirs to recover some French property to which they had a claim by marriage, material concerning the seizure of cargo of the sloop Falmouth in 1789, and letters to or from Lemuel Shaw, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts (1830-1860). Also contains accounts, receipts, promissory notes, insurance policies and other business papers.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)

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Melvill, Thomas, 1751-1832

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Receipt, 1814.

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Melvill, Thomas, 1751-1832. Receipt, 1814.

Title: Receipt, 1814.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf)

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Melvill, Thomas, 1751-1832

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Permit, 1815, November 10, Boston.

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Melvill, Thomas, 1751-1832. Permit, 1815, November 10, Boston.

Title: Permit, 1815, November 10, Boston.

For the sloop Actress to proceed to New York. Countersigned by Thomas Melvill as Naval Officer.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 l.).

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Melvill, Thomas, 1751-1832

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Thomas Melvill autograph [manuscript], [1805 Apr 17]

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Melvill, Thomas, 1751-1832. Thomas Melvill autograph [manuscript], [1805 Apr 17]

Title: Thomas Melvill autograph [manuscript], [1805 Apr 17]

Autograph of Thomas Melvill, Collector and J. Watriz?, Jr. Naval Officer, probably clipped from a customs list.

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Meriell, Thomas, of Wherstead

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LEASE from Roger Wulferston, armiger, and Robert Dreye, of Ipswich, to John Pypho, of Stoke by Ipswich, William Baldry, Thomas Meriell, of Wherste[ad], and John Walle, of Stoke, of three acres lying in two closes in St. Peter's parish, Ipswich, which... Unspecified

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Title: LEASE from Roger Wulferston, armiger, and Robert Dreye, of Ipswich, to John Pypho, of Stoke by Ipswich, William Baldry, Thomas Meriell, of Wherste[ad], and John Walle, of Stoke, of three acres lying in two closes in St. Peter's parish, Ipswich, which... Unspecified

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Melvill, Thomas, 1751-1832

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Melville family.

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Melville family.
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Ipswich, Suffolk

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Melvill, Thomas, 1751-1832

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Meriell, Thomas, of Wherstead

Melvill, Thomas, 1751-1832

Melvill, Thomas (American patriot)

Melvill, Thos. 1751-1832 (Thomas),

Meriell, Thomas, of Wherstead

Ipswich, Suffolk

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