Ephraim W. Morse Papers, 1861 - 1884

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Ephraim W. Morse Papers, 1861 - 1884

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Papers (1861-1884) of Ephraim W. Morse, a San Diego merchant, real estate broker, insurance agent, and city promoter. Materials include storebooks and account books for Morse's Old Town and New Town stores; correspondence; cased daguerreotypes and ambrotypes of unidentified subjects; and a scrapbook. The collection is arranged in four series: 1) FINANCIAL RECORDS; 2) SCRAPBOOK; 3) PHOTOGRAPHS; and 4) CORRESPONDENCE.

1.80 linear feet; (5 archives boxes)

eng,

University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.

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Morse, E. W. (Ephraim W.), 1823-1906.

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Historical Background [The following information was taken from Earl Samuel McGhee's thesis entitled E.W. Morse, Pioneer Merchant and Co-Founder of San Diego (1950).] Ephraim W. Morse was born in West Amesbury, Massachusetts on October 16, 1823 and arrived in San Diego in April of 1850 to pursue a business in general merchandising. His first store was located in Davis' Addition, but he soon entered into a partnership with Thomas W...