[Corliss family genealogies].

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[Corliss family genealogies].

First item is a letter dated David's Island, NY Harbor Dec 13, 1871 to NEHGS with a brief history of the Corliss family in New England and a handwritten copy of the 1686 will of George Corliss of Devonshire, England and Haverhill, Mass. The second item is a handwritten genealogy of 27 leaves with the caption title "Memoir of the family of Corliss, Corlies, Corless or Corlis". This item is dated David's Island, NY Harbor May 13, 1872. The final item is a handwritten genealogy of 25 leaves with the caption title "Corliss family of Maine". The item is dated Yarmouth Maine November 20, 1875.

[11, 27, 25] leaves ; 32 cm.

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Corliss, Augustus Whittemore, 1837-1908

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Augustus W. Corliss was born March 25, 1837 in Maine. During the American Civil War he served with the 1st and 2nd Rhode Island Cavalry, and eventually attained the rank of lieutenant colonel (1862-1863). He then resigned his commission and later joined the U.S. Army as a private and eventually, after the war, became a Captain with 8th U.S. Army Infantry. Corliss was assigned to various military posts in the western U.S. In 1897, he was promoted to the major of the Seventeenth Cavalry and served...

Corliss family.

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