Box 5

Scope and Contents This file contains papers related to legal cases between Waln & Morris and William Lippincott and Moses Q. Wood. It contains extracts of letters, receipts, and bills of lading pertaining to the shipment of corn meal to Wood by Waln & Morris in 1829. It also includes the cost of the court proceedings and a copy of the case between William P. Lippincott and Waln & Morris (in this instance identified as Morris Waln and Nathaniel B. Morris). There are also copies of amendments made...

Scope and Contents This folder contains a September 1, 1829, letter from Morris & Waln to Moses Q. Wood discussing commodity prices and the purchase of one hundred and fifty hogsheads of corn meal and making a draft on Moses Q. Wood for thirty days; a September 15, 1829, letter from Morris & Waln to Moses Q. Wood noting that the meal had been shipped and the bill of lading had been sent; a September 16, 1829, letter to Moses Q. Wood by an unknown party (possibly John F. Delaplaine & Co.); a...

Scope and Contents This file contains materials pertaining to the insolvency of John Fullmer and arrangements made to repay his creditors. There are four statements that appear to be part of a legal case labeled A, B, C, and E [D is referenced in a document titled "Amount of Monies & Goods to be accounted for by John Fullmer," but is not present in this file]. "A" is a list of losses sustained by John Fullmer, mostly related to goods sold. "B" is titled "Receipt Book shews following notes paid for goods...

Scope and Contents This file contains financial and legal documents pertaining to Samuel B. Morris's guardianship of the children of George Feinour. It includes a 1834 petition from Catharine Feinour and George Thompson Feinour for Samuel B. Morris to be their guardian and for Ann Morris, widow of Luke Morris, to act as surety. There are also materials related to partitioning the Feinour real estate and executing a bond between guardian and wards, settling stock for the benefit of the Feinour children, and...

Scope and Contents This file contains letters and financial documents pertaining to Samuel B. Morris's guardianship of the children of George Feinour. It consists primarily of correspondence relating to the partition and management of the Feinour estate and the education of Alice Feinour. After receiving information from Mary Watson about her daughter's school in Hartford, Connecticut, Alice Feinour began attending Elizabeth Watson's school around 1835. The correspondence between Elizabeth Watson and Morris...

Scope and Contents This file contains Samuel B. Morris's correspondence pertaining to the construction of his stores on Market Street and 4th Street in Philadelphia. Most of the letters are between Morris and Thomas Estlack. Many of Estlack's letters relate to negotiations with tenants who will occupy the new buildings. In a July 24, 1840, letter he writes "I have been with Sleeper & Brothers respecting the skylight which they want, they have concluded upon having two of them. It is understood that they...

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This file contains financial documents pertaining to the construction of Samuel B. Morris's stores on Market Street and 4th Street in Philadelphia. Most of the the documents are bills for construction and carpentry work, but there is also a release of liens for the five, five-story buildings Morris was constructing. Many of the accounts are with Thomas Estlack who paid for construction work on Morris's behalf. There are also rental agreements with the tenants who would occupy the stores.

Scope and Contents This file contains an assortment of shipping papers, including invoices, accounts of sales, and inventories, pertaining to Samuel B. Morris's trade operations from 1809 to 1821. These materials indicate that Morris was buying and selling goods in Portugal, Tenerife, Antigua, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Cuba as well as various ports along the eastern seaboard of the United States. Some of the accounts relate to the merchants and mercantile firms represented in the "Incoming mercantile...

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This file includes an account book that records Morris's accounts with the Bank of Germantown from 1837 to 1842, two Bonds of Warrant of Attorney between Jacob Warren and Samuel B. Morris binding Warren to pay Morris for a debt, and an essay by Morris entitled "An Essay on Commerce" from 1809.

Scope and Contents This file contains bills, receipts, and other financial ephemera belonging to Samuel B. Morris. There is an invoice and receipt of payment by Samuel B. Morris to Chauncey Collins for kegs of crackers and porterage, a bill to Samuel B. Morris from Wilkins & Atkinson for making coats and suspenders, a payment to the estate of Aaron Middleton for making a coat, and paid bills from Caleb Wilkins for tailoring. There is also a payment by Samuel by "hands of Luke W. Morris" to Issac...