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Passport Applications, 1795-1905

These are letters and form applications for US passports. An application may include supporting letters and affidavits from friends and relatives concerning the applicant's citizenship, residence, and character. It also may contain information regarding the applicant's immediate family, date and place of birth, occupation, physical characteristics, and (if foreign) of naturalization. Images are ordered by the surname initial, then by application date, yet not alphabetically beyond the surname initial. Continue…

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US Department of State Logo From 1839

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Interesting Letterhead, "documents as art"

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Charles D. Freeman

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Rep. Bayne from PA was married to the sister of the US Consul to Switzerland, Roland J. Hemmick.'s wife Lucy Smith Hemmick.
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Wondering whether this is Hemmick instead of Herrick? If so, this would be one of my ancestors and I would be happy to share what I have found so far.
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William Herrick (b. London 1835) passport application

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This handwritten passport application is for Jonathan Kilham Herrick (1800 - 1861) b. in Wenham, Massachusetts. He owned a stationery company in New York.
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This is Maude Withey, a.k.a. Margaret B. Withey, the daughter of Lewis H.
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17th day of January 1839

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