Morse Family Papers 1878-2005

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Morse Family Papers 1878-2005

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv29087

The Morse family papers document the life and experiences of Morse family members living in Waterville, Maine and San Francisco, California. These papers also document Robert I. Morse's effots to establish a thriving business enterprise during the pioneer age in Bellingham, Washington.

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Morse family

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In 1875 Robert Irvine Morse, using money his mother saved for him in a sugar bowl, moved from Waterville, Maine to San Francisco, California in order to seek gainful employment. Robert was the son of Comfort Taylor Morse and Rhoda Ann (Balentine) Morse. In California Robert worked as a salesman, a streetcar conductor, and a milk delivery person. He drove a team of horses through the streets of San Francisco sixteen hours a day, making two hundred delivery stops. In 1894,...

Morse, Ada C., 1888-1961

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Morse, Robert I.

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Morse Hardware Company

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Founded in 1884 by Robert I. Morse, The Morse Hardware Company is one of the oldest, continually operating family owned businesses in the Pacific Northwest. The company began as a retail business with the slogan "Sell 'em Low, Send and Get More" and expanded into wholesale trade, becoming a major supplier to new businesses that served the region. Upon the death of Robert I. Morse in 1920, his eldest son, Cecil A. Morse, assumed the duties of the president and general man...