Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826
Person
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Evarts family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 200
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, legal and financial material, congressional papers, family memorabilia, and other papers of various members of the Evarts family of Vermont, Boston, and New York. The principal figures, however, are Jeremiah Evarts (1781-1831), author, editor, lawyer, and philanthropist, and his son, William Maxwell Evarts (1818-1901), lawyer and statesman. The papers of Jeremiah Evarts relate to his work and writings on Congregational orthodoxy, his travels for...
Dates:
1753-1960, bulk 1798-1901
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Evarts family papers
Humphreys-Marvin-Olmstead collection
Collection
Call Number: MS 857
Overview:
A collection of unrelated papers, linked by the family connections of the major figures. The papers of David Humphreys, a diplomat in the service of the United States, document his activities in Spain, 1789-1808. Also included are personal papers including correspondence with David Bushnell and Ezra Lee about submarines and with James Madison on politics, and some family correspondence. The papers of George William Erving, who was chargé d'affaires in Madrid (1804-1809) during Humphreys'...
Dates:
1776-1867
Letter : Charlestown, Mass., to Stephen Twining, New Haven, 1808 Jul 7
Part of Collection — Box: 21, Folder: GROUP 363, F-1
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS regarding the education of his two sons at Yale.
Dates:
1808 Jul 7
Morse Family Papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 358
Overview:
The principal figures in this collection are Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826) and his sons Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872) and Richard Cary Morse (1795-1868). More than half of the collection is made up of correspondence (1779-1868) among members of the family. Also included are legal and financial papers, sermons by Jedidiah and Richard Cary Morse, travel journals, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, printed matter, and photographs.
Dates:
1779-1868
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Morse Family Papers
William Henry Morse papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 25
Overview:
The papers include personal and family correspondence, subject files, and photographs relating to the life and career of William Henry Morse. The collection also contains genealogical material relating to Morse family members, particularly Jedidiah Morse, the father of American geography.
Dates:
1833-1959
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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William Henry Morse papers
Park family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 384
Overview:
The Park family papers are composed of correspondence and other papers of Park family members and of correspondence and other documents collected and preserved by Park family members for their autograph or historical value. The papers include six volumes of mounted autograph items as well as unbound documents of American and European authors, scientists, military leaders, statesmen, and clergymen. The papers include a large collection of documents relating to the history, faculty, and...
Dates:
1701-1929
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Park family papers
John Cotton Smith papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 460
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence and other documents of John Cotton Smith and his family. Material relating to Simeon Smith, Cotton Mather Smith, and William Mather Smith is also included.
Dates:
1768-1924, bulk 1781-1865
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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John Cotton Smith papers
Benjamin Trumbull papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 505
Overview:
The papers contain correspondence, bills and receipts, sermons, church papers, writings, and miscellanea documenting the personal life, religious career, and literary work of Benjamin Trumbull. Sermons include material on a wide range of religious, historical, political, and social topics. Correspondence and other papers include material relating to Trumbull's family life, student years, religious responsibilities, and writings on Connecticut history, divorce, and land settlement.
Dates:
1629-1867
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Benjamin Trumbull papers
Woolsey family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 562
Overview:
The papers document three generations of the Woolsey family. The most prominent figures in the collection are William Walton Woolsey (1766-1839), land owner and merchant in New York City; his son, Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1801-1889), Greek scholar, political theorist and president of Yale College; and Theodore Salisbury Woolsey (1852-1929), professor of international law at Yale Law School, son of Theodore Dwight Woolsey. The papers of William Walton Woolsey contain extensive business...
Dates:
1750-1969, bulk 1811-1921
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Woolsey family papers