Birkbeck, Morris, 1764-1825
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Pioneer, farmer, author, and state official of Illinois.
From the description of Morris Birkbeck treatise and scrapbook, 1619-1817. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123913404
Epithet: of Add MS 33112
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001439.0x0002af
Founder of English settlement of Wanborough, Illinois, 1818; Illinois secretary of state, 1824.
From the description of Letter : English Prairie, Illinois, to Charles Butler, London, [England], 1819 Jan. 29. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27159125
Birkbeck, a Quaker, founded an English Quaker settlement in Illinois in 1817-18.
From the description of Letter : Princeton, Ind., to William Rotch, Jr., 1817 Aug. 23. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 24832117
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Subjects:
- Emigration and immigration
- Emotions
- Society of Friends
- Society of Friends
- Poetry
Occupations:
- Authors
- Farmers
- Pioneers
- Public officials
Places:
- Illinois (as recorded)
- Great Britain (as recorded)
- Brighton, Sussex (as recorded)
- English Prairie (Ill.) (as recorded)
- Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
- Sussex, England (as recorded)
- Illinois (as recorded)
- Dublin, Ireland (as recorded)
