ALS, 1788 August 23 : Morrisania, to his son, Jacob Morris, Susquehannah.

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ALS, 1788 August 23 : Morrisania, to his son, Jacob Morris, Susquehannah.

Sends his son the good news of the safe delivery of Jacob's daughter by a widwife, with mother and baby both fine.

1 p. ; 32 x 21 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6822935

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Morris, Lewis, 1726-1798

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Lewis Morris (April 8, 1726 – January 22, 1798) was an American Founding Father, landowner, and developer from Morrisania, New York, presently part of Bronx County. He signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence as a delegate to the Continental Congress from New York. Born at his family's estate, Morrisania, presently part of Bronx County, in what was then the Province of New York, he graduated from Yale College before returning to Morrisania. In 1769, he was elected to the New York General A...

Morris, Jacob, 1755-1844

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