Lewis Morris papers, 1704-1750.

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Lewis Morris papers, 1704-1750.

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The Lewis Morris papers, 1704-1750, contains correspondence, speeches, meeting notes and accounts. Th colection also contains a significant portion of papers from his service as governor, 1740-1746, and were organized with an index by Charles S. Boggs and Robert Davidson. Within this collection there is correspondence between Morris and Governors Clinton and Shirley as well as other important persons of the time. The subjects of many letters between the governors of the colonial provinces pertain to policies and strategies of the French and Indian War or the Seven Years War. The joint colonial expedition on the fortress of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island was the subject most written about in this collection. There are also letters depicting the measures of war against Spain, called the Jenkin's Ear War, 1739-1743. Naval strategies against Spain are detailed in Governor Morris' correspondence with King George II and the Duke of Newcastle. Morris communicated often with royal officials in England. Many letters from officials are instructions and inquries made to the events in the provincial New Jersey government.

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New Jersey Historical Society Library

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Morris, Lewis, 1671-1746

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George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760

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