Morris Family papers, 1715-1925
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Morris Family papers, 1715-1925
Letters, diaries, journals, account books, poetry, photographs, deeds, clippings, business, legal, estate and other papers of Morris and related Quaker families (Brown, Evans, Jones, Perot, Rhoads, Sansom, Smith, Wistar and others). Bulk of collection consists of letters and papers of Samuel B. Morris and his son, Samuel Morris. Topics discussed in letters include travel, religion, politics, business, missionary work, slavery, Liberia, Haverford College, Westtown School, Society of Friends affairs, peace, Quakers and military service; includes letters from Friends abroad (Australia, Japan, etc.); correspondents include J. Bevan Braithwaite, Robert B. Haines, Anthony Morris, Elliston Perot Morris, Hannah Perot Morris, Luke Wistar Morris, Lydia Spencer Morris, Marriot Canby Morris, Beulah Morris Rhoads and others; includes children's letters (especially between Samuel B. Morris and his children). Samuel Morris papers also include addresses, business papers, certificates and minutes of ministry; essays, business papers, account books and journals of Samuel B. Morris; letter (1784) of Jammey Green, a slave sold away from his wife; letters (1790-1826) of Joseph Sansom, telling of travel in Europe and visit to Indians of Five Nations (1796), also his journal of tour to treaty of Newtown Point (Tioga) in 1791; letters and papers of Caspar Wistar (1761-1818) related to medicine, botany and 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic; letters (1790-1834) of Beulah Biddle Sansom to family; letters (1841-1856) of Thomas Ellicott; journal (1832-1834) of Rachel Mason; papers related to Elias Hicks and Philadelphia Friends; records (1853-1862) of Frankford and Germantown Turnpike Road Company; minute book (1822-1827) of Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb; minutes and treasurer's reports (1824-1925) of the Provident Society for the Employment of the Poor; meeting related records for various Philadelphia area meetings.
ArchivalResource:
ca. 6400 items (26 boxes)
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