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_cDLC
_dDLC
072 7 _aN
_2lcmd
245 0 0 _aMorris and Popham families papers,
_f1669-1892
_g(bulk 1750-1850).
300 _a770
_fitems.
300 _a4
_fcontainers.
300 _a1.6
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
545 0 _aFamily 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.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
600 1 0 _aDu Ponceau, Peter Stephen,
_d1760-1844
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHazen, Moses,
_d1733-1803.
600 1 0 _aPopham, William S.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aTaylor, John,
_d1753-1824
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aTilton, James,
_d1745-1822
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWashington, George,
_d1732-1799
_vCorrespondence.
600 3 0 _aMorris family.
600 3 0 _aPopham family.
610 2 0 _aNew York State Society of the Cincinnati.
650 0 _aCourts
_zNew York (State)
650 0 _aCourts-martial and courts of inquiry.
650 0 _aPractice of law
_zConnecticut.
650 0 _aPractice of law
_zNew Jersey.
650 0 _aPractice of law
_zNew York (State)
651 0 _aBronx (New York, N.Y.)
_xHistory.
651 0 _aNew Jersey
_xHistory
_yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
651 0 _aNew Jersey
_xPolitics and government.
651 0 _aPennsylvania
_xPolitics and government.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yRevolution, 1775-1783.
700 1 _aMorris, Lewis,
_d1671-1746.
_tLewis Morris papers.
700 1 _aMorris, Lewis,
_d1698-1762.
_tLewis Morris papers.
700 1 _aMorris, Robert Hunter,
_dapproximately 1700-1764.
_tRobert Hunter Morris papers.
700 1 _aMorris, Richard,
_d1730-1810.
_tRichard Morris papers.
700 1 _aPopham, William,
_d1752-1847.
_tWilliam Popham papers.
999 _c39974
_d39974