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Melville, Alexander

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1821 - 1911

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Biography of Alexander Melville

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230333228]
Identifier: MSS SC 3314
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten autobiography. Melville was born in Scotland in 1821, worked on a ship that hunted whales, lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, and migrated to Utah in 1852. He lived in Provo, Utah, campaigned against Utah Indians in 1853, and settled in Fillmore, Utah. He died in 1911.

Dates: 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography of Alexander Melville

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