Papers, 1698-1905.

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Papers, 1698-1905.

Business and political correspondence (1791-1892) and also correspondence relating to Morris's interest and involvement with the Law Academy, the Penn Society, and the Fellenberg Institute and its agricultural education system; deeds and other land transactions from Burlington and Hunterdon counties, N.J. (1698-1828); receipts and accounts (1789-1905); account book of Lesie and Price in account with Isaac Rogers (1797); testimony, summaries, and other papers relating to court cases (1788-1811) and miscellaneous memos, essays, notations, and Pemberton Morris's notebook (1824-1871).

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Bucks County Historical Society

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Fellenberg Academy

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Pennsylvania Society

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Lesie and Price

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Rogers, Isaac, 1793-1849

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American pioneer and convert to the Mormon Church. From the description of Letters, 1837-1848. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122550620 From the guide to the Isaac Rogers letters, 1837-1848, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

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...

Law Academy of Philadelphia

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Founded in 1821, and incorporated in 1838, the Law Academy provided students with the experience of moot courts and was actually a successor of earlier associations for legal education. It also offered systematic instruction until 1850, when a professorship of law was established at the University of Pennsylvania. From the description of Opinion book A: opinions delivered before the Law Academy of Philadelphia by the provost and vice provost, 1820-1822. (American Philosophical Societ...

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...