02867cpcaa2200577 a 4500 mm 79033431 DLC 20260227111656.0 790320|||||||||||| eng mm 79033431 ms 79001800 DLC dacs DLC DLC N lcmd Morfit, Henry Mason, -1868. Henry Mason Morfit papers, 1819-1858 (bulk 1844-1855). 4,000 items. 13 containers. 5.2 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence and financial and business papers relating to Morfit's Washington, D.C., practice as a claims lawyer and as a minor political figure in the Jackson administrations. Correspondence primarily concerns business matters, especially the collection of claims. Other topics include slavery, French spoliation claims, land speculation in the South and West, finances, and patents. Correspondents include John Armstrong, Philip and Thomas Baltzell, George W. Campbell, Earl Douglas, John H. Eaton, William W. Eaton, Hugh Gelston, Joseph Giles, Duff Green, Jared Ingersoll, Thomas Ludlow, Alney McLean, Eustis Prescott, William H. Rhind, and Levi Woodbury. Lawyer. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. Armstrong, John, 1758-1843 Correspondence. Baltzell, Philip Correspondence. Baltzell, Thomas, -1866 Correspondence. Campbell, George Washington, 1769-1848 Correspondence. Douglas, Earl Correspondence. Eaton, John Henry, 1790-1856 Correspondence. Eaton, William W., newspaperman Correspondence. Gelston, Hugh Correspondence. Giles, Joseph, newspaperman Correspondence. Green, Duff, 1791-1875 Correspondence. Ingersoll, Jared, 1749-1822 Correspondence. Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845. Ludlow, Thomas William, 1795-1878 Correspondence. McLean, Alney, 1779-1841 Correspondence. Prescott, Eustis Correspondence. Rhind, William H. Correspondence. Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851 Correspondence. Claims. Finance. French spoliation claims. Land speculation Southern States. Land speculation West (U.S.) Patents. Practice of law Washington (D.C.) Slavery United States. United States Politics and government 1829-1837. Lawyers. itoamc 42273 42273