Morris Family papers, 1715-1925

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Morris Family papers, 1715-1925

1715-1925

https://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/repositories/5/resources/462

Letters, diaries, journals, account books, poetry, photographs, deeds, clippings, business, legal, estate and other papers of Morris and related Quaker families (Brown, Evans, Jones, Perot, Rhoads, Sansom, Smith, Wistar and others). Bulk of collection consists of letters and papers of Samuel B. Morris and his son, Samuel Morris. Topics discussed in letters include travel, religion, politics, business, missionary work, slavery, Liberia, Haverford College, Westtown School, Society of Friends affairs, peace, Quakers and military service; includes letters from Friends abroad (Australia, Japan, etc.); correspondents include J. Bevan Braithwaite, Robert B. Haines, Anthony Morris, Elliston Perot Morris, Hannah Perot Morris, Luke Wistar Morris, Lydia Spencer Morris, Marriot Canby Morris, Beulah Morris Rhoads and others; includes children's letters (especially between Samuel B. Morris and his children). Samuel Morris papers also include addresses, business papers, certificates and minutes of ministry; essays, business papers, account books and journals of Samuel B. Morris; letter (1784) of Jammey Green, a slave sold away from his wife; letters (1790-1826) of Joseph Sansom, telling of travel in Europe and visit to Indians of Five Nations (1796), also his journal of tour to treaty of Newtown Point (Tioga) in 1791; letters and papers of Caspar Wistar (1761-1818) related to medicine, botany and 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic; letters (1790-1834) of Beulah Biddle Sansom to family; letters (1841-1856) of Thomas Ellicott; journal (1832-1834) of Rachel Mason; papers related to Elias Hicks and Philadelphia Friends; records (1853-1862) of Frankford and Germantown Turnpike Road Company; minute book (1822-1827) of Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb; minutes and treasurer's reports (1824-1925) of the Provident Society for the Employment of the Poor; meeting related records for various Philadelphia area meetings.

ca. 6400 items (26 boxes)

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Haverford College Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7265047

Haverford College Library

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Whitall, Joseph, 1770-1847

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Joseph Whitall was a farmer and Quaker minister from Woodbury, New Jersey, who served as an early superintendent of Westtown School. Whitall was born to Benjamin and Elizabeth Whitall of Woodbury, New Jersey, on March 17, 1770. Around the age of 19, at his father's urging, he went to Trenton to pursue training as a lawyer. While there he began attending Quaker meetings and felt drawn to their principles. Soon Whitall felt and complied with a spiritual obligation to give up the study of th...

Morris family.

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Sansom, Beulah.

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Friendship Fire Company.

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Westtown Boarding School

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Sansom, Joseph, 1765 or 1766-1826

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An amateur landscape draftsman, Philadelphian Joseph Sansom was noted as a traveler and author. Following his 1798 marriage to Beulah Biddle, he embarked on a three year tour abroad. From the description of Silhouette albums, 1790-1800. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122503694 ...

Brown family.

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Morris, Samuel, 1827-1905

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Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia

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The first meeting at the Society at Friends in Australia took place in Hobart, 1833. In 1902 the first Australia General Meeting was held, continuing until 1963, to be superseded the following year by the Australian Yearly Meeting. The Canberra Preparative Meeting began in 1954, attached to the Sydney Monthly Meeting. In 1964 an independent Canberra Regional Meeting was established, constituting the Canberra and Riverina Local Meetings. From the description of Records of the Religiou...

Rhoads family.

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Jones family.

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Sansom family.

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Morris family.

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Samuel Buckley Morris (1791-1859), Quaker merchant of Philadelphia, son of Luke Wistar Morris (1768-1830) and Elizabeth Morris Buckley Morris (1771-1797). He was one of the founders of Haverford College and was also interested in Westtown Boarding School. He m. Hannah Perot (1792-1831). Their children included Samuel Morris (1827-1905), Beulah Sansom Morris (1829-1923) and Elliston Perot Morris (1831-1914). From the description of Papers, 1711-1949 (bulk 1790-1905). (Haverford Colleg...

Haines, Robert G.

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Morris, Elliston P. (Elliston Perot), 1831-1914

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Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from Elliston P. Morris and his wife, Anna S. Morris. From the description of Letters, 1946, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155873088 Elliston P. Morris was a Philadelphia merchant and shipper. From the description of Account books, 1848-1849. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122409402 Elliston P. Morris was a student at the Westtown Boarding School. ...

Rhoads, Beulah Sansom Morris, 1829-1923

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Mason, Rachel, 1783-1849.

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Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818

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Caspar Wistar taught chemistry at the College of Philadelphia from 1789 to 1792. This College, with the University of the State of Pennsylvania, would become the University of Pennsylvania in 1791. From the description of Lectures : on chemistry, 1790. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122621060 Philadelphia physician. From the description of ALS : to an unidentified correspondent, 1817 July 14. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat r...

Braithwaite, J. Bevan (Joseph Bevan), 1818-1905

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Epithet: junior; of New Barnet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000473.0x0003be ...

Morris, Marriot Canby, 1863-1948.

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Provident Society for the Employment of the Poor

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Sansom, Beulah Biddle, 1768-1837.

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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...

Haverford college

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Haverford College was founded in 1833 as a Quaker school for boys. Today it is a coeducational, non-sectarian college applying the Quaker values of consensus and honor code. From the description of Archival records, 1831-[ongoing]. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 60246925 ...

Evans family.

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Smith family.

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Morris, Samuel Buckley, 1791-1859

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Samuel B. Morris was a Philadelphia farmer and commission merchant. From the description of Account books, 1848-1904. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122684100 ...

Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb

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Morris, Lydia Spencer, 1829-1903.

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Frankford and Germantown Turnpike Road Company.

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Morris, H. P. (Hannah Perot), 1854-1931

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Ellicott, Thomas.

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Perot family.

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Wistar family.

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Morris, Luke Wistar, 1768-1830

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Luke W. Morris was treasurer of a committee for the relief of poor and orphans in Philadelphia. From the description of Receipt book, 1799. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122465365 ...