Lewis Morris (1726-1798) waste book, 1738-1772.

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Lewis Morris (1726-1798) waste book, 1738-1772.

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88-page notebook belonging to Lewis Morris (1726-1798), used for two separate purposes. Thirty-five pages comprise Morris' "waste book," twenty-nine of which are devoted to detailed records of the "transactions relative to the estate of Lewis Morris, Esq. deceased at Morrisania ye 3 July, 1762..." Thirty-two pages, beginning from the other side of the notebook, are devoted to Morris' early practice of arithmetic, with a handwritten title page "Lewis Morris / His book of arithmetic / Dec. 28, 1738." The remaining pages between the two sections are blank.

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Morris, Lewis, 1726-1798

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Lewis Morris (April 8, 1726 – January 22, 1798) was an American Founding Father, landowner, and developer from Morrisania, New York, presently part of Bronx County. He signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence as a delegate to the Continental Congress from New York. Born at his family's estate, Morrisania, presently part of Bronx County, in what was then the Province of New York, he graduated from Yale College before returning to Morrisania. In 1769, he was elected to the New York General A...

Morris family.

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Morris, Lewis, 1701-1765

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Chief Justice, Vice Admiralty Court of New York. From the description of Papers, 1735-1754. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 476439243 ...