Morfit, Henry Mason -1868 creator mixed material monographic eng 4,000 13 5.2 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. Open to research. 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 newspaperman Eaton, William W Correspondence Gelston, Hugh Correspondence newspaperman Giles, Joseph 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 mm 79033431 Open to research. DLC 790320 20260227111656.0 mm 79033431