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Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 5, 20201 min read
Cherokee-White Intermarriages
"Under the provision of the Curtis Act (1898),1 the Department of the Interior, Commissioner of Five Civilized Tribes, recognized...
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Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 4, 20202 min read
1780 Payment for Stephen Davenport of Connecticut, Signed by Abraham Davenport
Abraham Davenport (1715 – November 20, 1789), born in Stanford, Conn., son of John Davenport (1668-1730) and Elizabeth Morris...
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Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 4, 20201 min read
Frakturs: American Folk Art with Genealogical Clues
"American folk art has become more and more popular over the years, and frakturs have become a particular favorite among collectors,"...
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Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 4, 20201 min read
Republican Senator Hiram Rhodes Revels, Mississippi
Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827-1901), oil portrait Wikipedia, U.S. Senator (Republican), Mississippi, 1870-1871. Revels was born to free...
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Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 4, 20201 min read
Maria Hebberd Bresee: A Minister’s Wife After Millions
Phineas and Maria Hebberd Bresee. Image credit: Paul Bresee Family Collection, featured in my GenealogyBank article, "More Hopkins Saga:...
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Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 4, 20201 min read
George Washington Mezzotint by Charles Wilson Peale 1780
From American Collections Decorative Arts, Paintings, and Prints of the Colonial and Federal Periods, from Private Collections, in an...
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