Papers, 1781-1894.

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Papers, 1781-1894.

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Papers of several residents of Bolton Farm, a Bristol, PA estate originally owned by the Pemberton family and passed onto the Morris family through marriage. There is a small amount of James Pemberton estate papers. The majority of material relates to Pemberton's son-in-law Anthony Morris: various account books, 1793-1816; family letters, 1812-1817, 1825-1832 particularly from Louisa Pemberton Morris Chaderton; copybook of letters, 1813-1816, to James Monroe and with George W. Erving concerning Morris' unofficial diplomatic service in Spain; correspondence, 1817-1818, with John A. Morton on financial and personal matters; correspondence, 1827-1834, relating to his plan to establish an agricultural school at Bolton after the methods of Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg. Additional papers, 1823-1894, consist of miscellaneous accounts, receipts, legal papers, some correspondence of James Pemberton Morris and Phineas Pemberton Morris, all relating to the farm operations and financing.

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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Morris, James Pemberton, 1795-1834

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James Pemberton Morris owned a farm in Bucks County, Pa. near Bristol. He served as President of the Agricultural Society in the 1820s. Morris was also on the vestry at St. James Church in Bristol. He and his wife had four daughters. From the description of Diary, 1823 Jan. 1-1825 Oct. 14. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122568344 ...

Chaderton, Louisa Pemberton, 1798-1828

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Fellenberg, Emanuel von, 1771-1844

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Morris, Anthony family.

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Morris, Anthony, 1766-1860

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Lawyer and merchant of Philadelphia. Morris was prominent in the East India trade. In 1793-94 he was speaker of the Pennsylania Senate. From 1800 to 1806 he was a director of the Bank of North America, and from 1806 to 1817 a trustee of the University of Pennsylania. From the description of Letterbook, 1800-1808. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 123466577 Lawyer and merchant, of Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Papers, 1698-1905. (Bucks...

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

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James Monroe, fifth president of the United States of America (b. April 28, 1758, Monroe Hall, Virginia-d. July 4, 1831, New York, New York) fought with distinction in the Continental Army, and he practiced law in Fredericksburg, Virginia. As a young politician, he joined the anti-Federalists in the Virginia Convention which ratified the Constitution, and in 1790, an advocate of Jeffersonian policies, he was elected United States Senator. As Minister to France in 1794-1796, Monroe showed strong ...

Pemberton, James, 1723-1809

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Quaker merchant, of Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Papers, 1777-1812. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 27134245 Quaker merchant and philanthropist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to James Phillips, (probably the Quaker bookseller in London), 1788 Nov. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872094 Clerk of the Philadelphia and New Jersey Society of Friends. From the description of Quaker pape...

Morton, John A.

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Morris, Phineas Pemberton

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Phineas Pemberton Morris, an attorney, son of James Pemberton and Rosa Gardiner Morris, descended from old Philadelphia families. He was named for one of his ancestors, Phineas Pemberton, who came to Pennsylvania in the 1680s, and settled near Bristol, Bucks County, naming his property Bolton Farm. Pemberton's great-granddaughter Mary Pemberton married Anthony Morris (1766-1860), a Philadelphia lawyer, merchant, and member of a distinguished family, in 1790. Their son James Pemberton Morris inhe...

Chaderton, Louisa Pemberton, 1798-1828

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Erving, George William, 1769-1850

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Diplomat. From the description of George William Erving papers, 1801-1815. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980360 George William Erving (1769-1850) was a United States diplomat. From the description of Letter : Bourdeaux, to L. Jarvis, Paris, 1814 March 1. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191282772 ...