Vail family genealogical research papers, [ca. 1851-1858]

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Vail family genealogical research papers, [ca. 1851-1858]

Genealogical charts and notes, and correspondence with members of the Vail family and others concerning the family's genealogy. Also, genealogical questionnaires completed by family members.

3 cubic ft.

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Vail, Alfred, 1807-1859

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Genealogist. From the description of Vail family genealogical research papers, [ca. 1851-1858] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155497730 Inventor. From the description of Papers of Alfred Vail, 1835-1938. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82098840 Alfred Vail, a co-inventor of the telegraph, was born in Morristown, New Jersey on September 25, 1807 to Bethiah Youngs and Stephen Vail. On September 2, 1837, he witnessed one of Professor Samuel F.P. Morse's firs...