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Passport Applications, 1795-1905

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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.

Source Information

Publication Title:: Passport Applications, 1795-1905
Content Source:: NARA
Partner:: NARA
Footnote Publication Year:: 2008
Language:: English
Short Description:: NARA M1372. Images of handwritten letters and application forms for US passports, 1795-1905.
Applicant Surname Starts With:: M
Applicant Surname:: Melville
Applicant Given Name:: Herman
Birth Year Or Age:: 37
Birth State:: [Blank]
Volume:: 130
Date Range Year Begin:: 1856
Date Range Year End:: 1856
Publication Number:: M1372
Original data from:: The National Archives