Morris family. Papers, 1766-1959.
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Papers, 1766-1959.
Additional Morris family accounts, receipted bills, family and social correspondence. Wistar Section, 1733-1816: Caspar Wistar letterbooks, 1733-1737, and incoming correspondence, 1732-1754, many from Georg Frederick Holtzer concerning family, business, and politics; Sarah Wistar miscellaneous financial and estate papers, 1762-1816. Luke Wistar Morris Section, 1787-1830: domestic receipted bills, 1810-1830; bills, accounts, legal papers, with some correspondence, 1816-1829, concerning Morris' guardianship of Abigail, Ann, Hannah, Norwood, Samuel, and Thomas, all children of William Penrose; and some of Morris' business papers. Israel Wistar Morris Section, 1856-1903: personal and private business receipted bills, 1871-1886; Morris and [Henry W.] Murray, coal merchants, receipted bills, accounts, bills of lading, correspondence, 1856-1859; Morris' papers as land agent for Lehigh Valley Coal Company, 1864-1903, including correspondence, accounts, deeds, and other land papers. Effingham Buckley Morris Section, 1865-1879: class notes, speeches, etc., while a student at the University of Pennsylvania, together with letters from his fiancee Ellen Burroughs. James Cheston Morris Section, 1837-1923: letters from family and friends, 1837-1922; physician's visiting record books, 1856, 1863; farm and household bills and receipts, 1904-1923; accounts of West Philadelphia properties, 1905-1912. Lawrence Johnson Morris Section, 1881-1889, 1942: family letters and miscellaneous papers. Mary Windor Morris Section, 1927-1959: social and family letters, newsletters and other mailings from various conservative organizations, and meditative diaries, 1953, 1954.
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