Allan Melvill Business Papers (MS Am 3423) Houghton Library, Harvard University

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Allan Melvill Business Papers (MS Am 3423) Houghton Library, Harvard University

1801-1869

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou03516/catalog

Business accounts and French merchants' documents of American merchant Allan Melvill, father of author Herman Melville

.15 linear feet (1 box)

eng, Latn

Houghton Library

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Melvill, Allan, 1782-1832

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Allan Melvill, father of writer Herman Melville, was an American merchant who imported cloth and clothing and sold it in Albany (N.Y.) and New York City. His parents were Thomas Melvill and Maria Gansevoort; his grandfather was General Peter Gansevoort, hero of Fort Stan-wix in the American Revolution. ...