Box 104
Container
Contains 8 Results:
Stephen Paschall Morris (1800-1865): correspondence and papers
File — Box: 104
Correspondence with friends and relations
Item — Box: 104, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Letter writers and recipients include: (Cousin) Catharine Morris Brown, Marmaduke Cooper Cope, Hannah Hollingsworth, Henry Hollingsworth, (Brother-in-Law) Caleb Johnson, S.M. Johnson, (Mother-In-Law) Jane Johnson, Catharine Wistar Morris, Martha Morris, Mary Hollingsworth Morris, Paschall Morris, Samuel B. Morris, Joseph TatumSome highlights include:(cousin) Catharine Morris Brown. Philadelphia, 1823-1859. 7 items, 1853 11/15 [congratulations on engagement...
Rachel Johnson Morris (d. 1837) correspondence and papers
Item — Box: 104, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Letter writers include: A.S. Collins, Julia Haylander, Mary Marot, Hannah Morris, Stephen Paschall Morris, Anne PorterSome highlights include:Correspondence with Stephen P. Morris, 1826-1835. 4 items [includes an exchange of their feelings for each other during their courtship]A.S. Collins. 1837 7/5 [discusses Rachel’s recent illness and requests that she send her “Scripture questions” to the newly established boarding school of Friends in...
Correspondence with immediate family, A. Morris-H. Morris
Item — Box: 104, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Letter writers and recipients include: Caspar Morris, Hannah Morris, Henry Morris Some highlights include:Correspondence with Caspar Morris. 1835. 5 items [discussion of an agreement regarding property payments]Letters from Hannah Morris. 1824-1852. 11 items. 1829 9/ [expresses concern for her father: “...place thyself in father’s situation – I have felt particularly for him this summer. We were surrounded by young friends and happy in them –...
Correspondence with immediate family, I. Morris-Z. Morris
Item — Box: 104, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Letter writers and recipients include: Israel Wistar Morris, Jane Morris, Levi Morris, Wistar MorrisSome highlights include:
Correspondence with Israel Wistar Morris. 1828-1848. 7 items [Stephen P. Morris’s financial situation, their deceased mother]Letters from Jane Morris. 1841-1848. 2 items, 1841 1/24 [“Supposing it to be well understood between us that the three words standing so conspicuously on the left hand corner of my page [my dear brother]...
Courtship letters between Stephen P. Morris and Mary Ann Cope Morris
Item — Box: 104, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Contents include:Poems copied for Stephen P. Morris by Mary Ann Cope Morris. 1854, 2 items.Correspondence between Stephen P. Morris and Mary Ann Cope Morris. 1854, 4 items. 1/29 [Letter from Mary Ann Cope Morris discussing her fears about Stephen’s frequent illnesses]; 1/30 [Letter from Stephen P. Morris confessing his frequent bouts with depression and anxiety: “I am often sick with creeping nervous feelings in my flesh that will exact upon my poor mind too – I...
Shared correspondence with Rachel Johnson Morris
Item — Box: 104, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Letter writers and recipients include:Caroline Braithwaite, Angelina Emily Grimké, Sarah Moore Grimké, Lydia SargeantSome highlights include:From Caroline Braithwaite. Kendal, 1834-1841. 9 items. 1841 1/30 [consolation for Rachel’s death]From Angelina Emily Grimké. Shrewsbury, 1836 6/30 [re Rachel Johnson Morris’ scripture questions: “I cannot help hoping thou wilt reap the rich rewards of thy faithful labors, by seeing thy book extensively...
S.P.M. Papers
Item — Box: 104, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Contents include:Bill for lodging at Edinburgh, 1833 7/6.“Rainbow” poemPoems by Stephen P. Morris, 2 items.Notes written by Stephen P. Morris. 1838, 2 items [discussion of sale of the Walnut St. front of his Estate on the corner of 3rd Street in order to get himself out of debt; discussion of his late wife Rachel Johnson Morris and their years at Green Land Farm]Note regarding the death of Stephen P. Morris. Philadelphia, 1865 4/6...
