Letters to, M

Letter writers include:

(Aunt) Agnes McClenachan, (Aunt) Sarah McClenachan, M. Miller, (Brother-in-Law) Caspar Morris, (Aunt) Catharine Wistar Morris, Elizabeth Morris, Frederick and Elizabeth Paul Morris, Galloway Cheston Morris, (Sister-in-Law) Hannah Morris, (Brother-in-Law) Israel and Elizabeth Longstreth Morris, (Sister-in-Law) Jane Morris, (Daughter) Mary Morris, (Sister-in-Law) Mary Ann Cope Morris, R. Morris, (Brother-in-Law) Wistar Morris

Some highlights include:

(Brother-in-Law) Caspar Morris. Philadelphia, 1871 7/7. [regrets that he will not pay N.M.M. and her daughters a visit before he leaves the country]

Elizabeth Morris. Philadelphia, 1849 7/14. [discusses possibility of N.M.M. and L.M. hiring Dinah Shannon as a teacher]; Philadelphia, 1854 1/19. [informs N.M. of the death of Henry Hollingworth that morning]

(Sister-in-Law) Hannah Morris. 1831-1872. 15 items [includes a series of 12 letters written during an 1871/2 trip to North Africa and Central Europe]; n.d. [criticized N.M.M. for “hid[ing] behind the broad shoulders of George Vaux” and not having confidence in brother Wistar Morris]

(Sister-in-Law) Mary Ann Cope Morris. 147 School Lane, 1868 3/15. [offers condolences for L.M.’s death]

(Brother-in-Law) Wistar Morris. 1868-1878. 10 items. 1868 12/25. [encloses a check for $500]; Green Hill Farm, 1870 4/8. [encloses a check for an unspecified amount]; Green Hill Farm, 1870 8/17. [“Our dear father has left us—this morning about 11¼ oclock”]; 1870 12/24. [re arranging a meeting for the siblings to discuss the division of father I.W.M.’s estate]; Philadelphia, 1877 9/7. [with response from N.M.M. stating her hope that her income not be reduced as she has had “several reductions from different sources within the last two years…”]; Philadelphia, 1878 2/20. [asks for a response to his letters re the estate of Stephen P. Morris, with a response from N.M.M. stating that her son-in-law George Vaux is handling her “moneyed matters”]