Samuel Buckley Morris letterbooks
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of two volumes of the letterbooks of Samuel B. Morris. The first volume contains business correspondence; the second volume contains both business and personal correspondence.
Dates
- Creation: 1815-1842
Creator
- Morris, Samuel Buckley (1791-1859) (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Samuel Buckley Morris (1791-1859) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Quakers Luke Wistar and Elizabeth Buckley Morris. Samuel B. Morris became a member of the shipping firm of Waln & Morris in Philadelphia. He was one of the first directors of the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society. Morris was one of the founders of Haverford College, a manager of Friends Asylum, and served on the Committee for Westtown School from 1843 until his death in 1859.
Extent
0.2 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Samuel Buckley Morris was a Philadelphia area Quaker and one of the founders of Haverford College. This collection contains two volumes of his letterbooks. The first volume contains business correspondence; the second volume contains both business and personal correspondence.
Acquisition
Unknown.
Processing Information
Processed by Kara Flynn; completed August, 2015.
Subject
- Haverford College (Organization)
- Title
- Samuel B. Morris letterbooks, 1815-1842
- Author
- Kara Flynn
- Date
- August, 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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