Morse-Keith family papers, 1833-1938, bulk 1864-1872.

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Morse-Keith family papers, 1833-1938, bulk 1864-1872.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/495191904

Papers centering around Charles Ansel Morse (1835-1894) who settled in Chicago in the early 1860's, establishing a wholesale clothing firm. The bulk of the collection consists of letters home to family in New Bedford, Mass.

0.4 linear feet (1 box)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7608883

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Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Midwest manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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Morse family.

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Bernard family.

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Keith family.

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Small family.

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Morse, Charles Ansel, 1835-1894.

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