Morris family receipts, 1820 - 1904
Scope and Contents
This subseries is made up of receipts from the Morris family. The receipts begin in the 1820s, when Levi Morris lived alone. Levi Morris and Naomi McClenachan Morris married in 1831 and lived first in Philadelphia, moving to Harriton, which she inherited from her father, in 1840. Levi died in 1868, at which point Naomi began managing the farm with the assistance of her daughter Catharine Wistar Morris and her son-in-law, James Thornton Shinn. After her death in 1893, Catharine Wistar Morris and James Thornton Shinn managed the farm. The receipts end in 1904 for unclear reasons.
The receipts are organized as they were found, bundled and labeled by year. There has been no organization of the receipts beyond that provided by those bundles.
Dates
- Creation: 1820 - 1904
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Extent
15 boxes
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