Paternal line of the Melvill family of Boston, Massachusetts, 1712-1818.

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Paternal line of the Melvill family of Boston, Massachusetts, 1712-1818.

Handwritten genealogy concerning the author's ancestry, in particular the Melville, Cargill, and Scollay lines. Supplemental material includes an undated letter from Mercy Scollay concerning her grandfather's family, notes on the Gansevoort family, and copies of relevant gravestone inscriptions from King's Chapel cemetery, Boston.

13, [14] p. ; 21-33 cm.

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Scollay, Mercy, 1741-1826

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Scollay family.

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Melville family.

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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891

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Herman Melville (b. Aug. 1, 1819, NY, NY–d. Sept. 28, 1891, NY, NY) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. His best known works include Typee (1846) and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851). His writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor, exploration of literature and philosophy, and engagement in the contradictions of American society in a period of rapid change. He developed a complex, baroque style; the vocabulary is rich and or...

Cargill family.

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Gansevoort family.

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Melvill, Allan, 1782-1832.

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Allan Melvill is the father of author Herman Melville. From the description of Paternal line of the Melvill family of Boston, Massachusetts, 1712-1818. (New England Historic Genealogical Society). WorldCat record id: 50487703 ...