Morris family
Family
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Morris family commonplace book
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-065
Overview
The commonplace book of the Morris family includes copied extracts from the journals of Margaret Morris, which include a description of Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1793, as well as copied poems, letters written by Mary Morris and Richard Hill Morris, and a clipped illustration depicting early settlers.
Dates:
Undated.
Morris-Shinn-Maier collection
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1191
Overview
This collection spans approximately 200 years, from the late 1700s to the late 1900s, and five generations of the Morris-Shinn-Maier family, which are traced through matrilineal and patrilineal lines. They were prominent Quaker businessmen and lawyers in the Philadelphia area, and a large portion of the collection is dedicated to their legal and business material, as well as a great deal of very detailed financial material. There is also a quantity of personal material, namely diaries and...
Dates:
1720-1975
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- Agriculture -- United States 1
- Art critics -- United States 1
- Backlog Camp 1
- Cadorus farm 1
- Child rearing -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States 1
- Land tenure -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History 1
- Quaker businesspeople 1
- Quaker lawyers 1
- Quaker women 1
- Quakers -- Family relationships 1
- Quakers -- History 1
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
- Yellow fever 1
- Yellow fever -- History 1
- commonplace books 1
- correspondence 1
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