Papers, 1789-1929.

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Papers, 1789-1929.

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Correspondence of Thomas Melville Vinson relating to his military service in the War of 1812 at Plattsburg and Fort Brown, N.Y., efforts to obtain veterans' bounty lands in Michigan or Illinois, his interest in the whale fishery, attempts to obtain compensation for destruction of the schooner Ann by French privateers, and other topics, and letters of recommendation while seeking employment; correspondence and other papers of Vinson's son, Cornelius Marchant Vinson, teacher in Jamaica Plain, Mass., including letters of recommendation, and Harvard College themes and reports from Boston Public Latin School from his student days; deeds of the Perry family for land in Maine; depositions concerning Oyster Pond, Edgartown, Mass.; description of a trading voyage, 1790-91, by Robert Williams Jr.; notebook on "mathematical geography"; undated essays on religion, possibly by Samuel Willard Vinson. (Con't) Also, Vinson family genealogical notes; photos; and other papers relating to the Vinson, Perry, and Williams families.

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Vinson, Cornelius Marchant, -1893

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Perry family.

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