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File:Priscilla Scollay Melville by Francis Alexander Old State House Museum, Boston, MA - IMG 6712.JPG

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Description Priscilla Scollay Melville (1755-1833) by Francis Alexander, c. 1826-1828 - Old State House Museum, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She was Herman Melville's grandmother.
Date Created c. 1826-28; photograph taken on April 26, 2010.
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Francis Alexander  (1800–1880)  wikidata:Q5479973
 
Francis Alexander
Description American painter and art collector
Date of birth/death 3 February 1800 Edit this at Wikidata 27 March 1880 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Killingly Florence
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