21625225 http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dr5bsg revised SNAC: Social Networks and Archival Context VIAF revised 2015-09-17 machine CPF merge program Merge v2.0 revised 2016-08-11T11:51:58 machine SNAC EAC-CPF Parser Bulk ingest into SNAC Database revised 2016-08-11T11:51:58 human System Service (system@localhost) created 2026-05-27 machine SNAC EAC-CPF Serializer SNAC Identity Constellation serialized to EAC-CPF /data/source/findingAids/yale/mssa.ms.0358.xml Welsh, Jonas. person Welsh, Jonas presumed active 1756 active 1975 Morse family. Morse Family Welsh, Jonas Morse family. Morse family papers, 1779-1868 (inclusive). Morse family. Morse family papers, 1779-1868 (inclusive). 8 linear ft. (21 boxes, 1 folio) The principal figures in this collection are Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826) and his sons Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872) and Richard Cary Morse (1795-1868). More than half of the collection is made up of correspondence (1779-1868) among members of the family. Also included are legal and financial papers, sermons by Jedidiah and Richard Cary Morse, travel journals, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, printed matter, and photographs. Jedidiah Morse's missionary work among the Indians and his concern for their condition is reflected in a number of letters on the subject. Samuel F. B. Morse, who had a double career as a painter and as the inventor of the telegraph, is represented by correspondence, depositions on his invention, and three drawings by a student (dated 1862). Richard Cary Morse's papers contain a biography of Jedidiah Morse and extensive journals on travels to the Bay of Fundy in 1822; to Europe in 1837-1838 in search of a cure for his depression; and again to Europe in 1855. One of the entries in his journal of 1837-1838 is his account of the coronation procession of Queen Victoria. Correspondence with his wife, Sarah Louise, between 1838 and 1850 conveys a vivid picture of family life and many details on the sickness of children. Yale University Library Littlefield, Elijah. Coleman-Deering families collection, 1756-1975. Littlefield, Elijah. Wells, Isaac. Welsh, Jonas. Whitten, Israel. Mitchell, Daniel, of Arundel, Me. Mason, Josiah G. Goodrich, Benjamin, fl. ca. 1864. Robinson, Albert, of Kennebunk, Me. Benson, Oliver, of Kennebunkport, Me. Coleman-Deering families collection, 1756-1975. 1 box. Documents, broadsides, deeds, postcards, tax records, brochures, building specifications, ledgers, daguerrotypes, typescripts, photographs, and ephemera of a later period that are not known to have survived elsewhere. Most of the significant material concerns people and organizations in Kennebunkport, but there is some useful Kennebunk material, such as the specifications for Kennebunk's first Ross Block. The deeds are from Thomas Perkins to Elijah Littlefield, 1758; Isaac Wells, Gorham, to Jonas Welsh, Biddeford, 1797; Israel Whitten, Arundel, to Daniel Mitchell, Arundel, 1793; Josiah G. Mason to Benjamin Goodrich, 1864; and, Albert Robinson, Kennebunk, to Oliver Benson, Kennebunkport, 1848. Brick Store Museum Morse Family Papers, 1779-1868 Morse Family Papers 1779-1868 8 linear feet (21 boxes, 1 folio) The principal figures in this collection are Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826) and his sons Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872) and Richard Cary Morse (1795-1868). More than half of the collection is made up of correspondence (1779-1868) among members of the family. Also included are legal and financial papers, sermons by Jedidiah and Richard Cary Morse, travel journals, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, printed matter, and photographs. English Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives