Box 2

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This file contains materials pertaining to Luke W. Morris's guardianship of the children of Caleb Cresson. Most of the materials in this file pertain to the education of the Cresson children. There is a bill sent by John Bullock to Morris for Clement Cresson's tuition, board, French instruction, and school supplies. There is also a November 24, 1824, letter from Clement Cresson discussing his possible attendance at J. Gummere's school.

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This file contains materials pertaining to Luke W. Morris's guardianship of the children of Caleb Cresson. It primarily includes his accounts on behalf of Sarah and Clement Cresson. In addition to accounts with J. Gummere and John Bullock for Clement's schooling, the file includes bills and receipts related to property on Cresson's Alley.

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This file contains materials pertaining to Luke W. Morris's guardianship of the children of Caleb Cresson. Most of the materials relate to property on Cresson's Alley. There are also payments for Clement Cresson's tuition at J. Gummere's school.

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This file contains materials pertaining to Luke W. Morris's guardianship of the children of Caleb Cresson. Most materials relate to property on Cresson's Alley. There are also payments for Clement Cresson's tuition at J. Gummere's school and a letter from Sarah Cresson to Morris.

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This file contains a letter from Norwood Penrose in Burlington, New Jersey, to Luke W. Morris. Penrose asks Morris to send him shirts and notes that "There has been several robberies commited here since I was down and there has been several coloured persons suspected and they are strangers too there has been a great number of blacks coming here every day and the people do not like it, they come one or two together."

Scope and Contents This file contains correspondence and shipping papers related to Samuel B. Morris's venture to Cadiz, Spain, as supercargo aboard the Ship "Ann Maria." The "Ann Maria" was owned by Jehu Hollingsworth, Jr. and this file contains a letter from Hollingsworth to Morris noting that he would prefer Morris sell the ship in Cadiz for upwards of $6000. Hollingsworth also advises Morris "You are now about taking your stand in the World and you must take your chance as well as others that have gone...

Scope and Contents This file contains shipping papers pertaining to the Schooner "Hebe," which traveled from Philadelphia to Puerto Rico and Cuba in 1817. The papers indicate that James Elliott, Jr. was at least partial owner of the "Hebe" and that sundries were sold "for account of Mr. James Elliott by order of Samuel B. Morris, merchant." These "sundries" included dry goods, potatoes, porter, and butter sold in Puerto Rico. The file includes bills for piloting the "Hebe," surveying, watching the schooner...

Scope and Contents This file contains Samuel B. Morris's correspondence pertaining to the Schooner "Hebe," which traveled from Philadelphia to Puerto Rico and Cuba in 1817. The correspondence indicates that one of the schooner's owners, James Elliott Jr., wished to sell the ship in Puerto Rico or Cuba along with its cargo. In one of Elliott's letter to James A. Bartram, the schooner's supercargo, and John Parker, he requested that they sell the "Hebe" in Puerto Rico or St. Jago, Cuba, to the best advantage and...

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Most of the letters in this file are from Mark Hardin & Co. of Darien and related to cargo in the Schooner "Ann & Rebecca." There is also a letter from Reuben Chandler in North Yarmouth.

Scope and Contents The letters in this file were addressed to Morris by the following merchants and mercantile firms in Hartford, Connecticut: Jared Scarborough (discussions of market prices in Philadelphia, confirming receipt of flour from Morris), Orrin Sage (sales of cheese and tow cloth, remittance of $1000), Benjamin Newbury Jr. (request to send money in bills of the York Bank), Caldwell & Scarborough (pine lumber and rum), William Deming (Virginia notes and drafts on Petersburg or Richmond), J....