Matthew Calbraith Perry

b. Newport or South Kingstown, RI, 
April 10, 1794
   d. New York City, NY, March 4, 1858
Oliver 
Hazard Perry

 b. South Kingstown, RI, 
August 20 or 23, 1785
    d. Orinoco River, Venezuela, 
August 23, 1819


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