Morris and Popham families papers, 1669-1892  (bulk 1750-1850). 

 - 770  items. 4  containers. 1.6  linear feet. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, journals, notebooks, legal papers, and other papers including the papers of Lewis Morris (1671-1746), Lewis Morris (1698-1762), Richard Morris, and Robert Hunter Morris, and Major William Popham.  Includes a record of the court martial of Col. Moses Hazen in 1780 and copies of George Washington's letters to Robert Hunter Morris.  Other correspondents include Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, John Taylor of Caroline, and James Tilton.  Most of the letters after 1849 are addressed to William S. Popham. 
<br/><br/><br/>Family members include Lewis Morris (1671-1746), owner of most of the land now known as the Bronx, chief justice of the province of New York, and governor of the province of New Jersey; Lewis Morris (1698-1762), judge of the Vice Admiralty Court of Connecticut, New York and New Jersey; Richard Morris (1730-1801), chief justice of New York State; Robert Hunter Morris (1700-1764), governor of Pennsylvania; major William Popham (1752-1849), president-general of the Society of the Cincinnati and Richard Morris' son-in-law; and William Popham's son, William S. Popham, a leading member of the New York State Society of the Cincinnati. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 78033647  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 --Correspondence.<br/>Hazen, Moses, 1733-1803. <br/>Popham, William S.--Correspondence.<br/>Taylor, John, 1753-1824 --Correspondence.<br/>Tilton, James, 1745-1822 --Correspondence.<br/>Washington, George, 1732-1799 --Correspondence.<br/>Morris family.<br/>Popham family.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>New York State Society of the Cincinnati.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Courts--New York (State)<br/>Courts-martial and courts of inquiry.<br/>Practice of law--Connecticut.<br/>Practice of law--New Jersey.<br/>Practice of law--New York (State)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--History.<br/>New Jersey--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.<br/>New Jersey--Politics and government.<br/>Pennsylvania--Politics and government.<br/>United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.