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100	1		_aMorfit, Henry Mason, _d-1868.
245	0	0	_aHenry Mason Morfit papers, _f1819-1858 _g(bulk 1844-1855).
300			_a4,000 _fitems.
300			_a13 _fcontainers.
300			_a5.2 _flinear feet.
506	0		_aOpen to research.
520	8		_aCorrespondence 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.
545	0		_aLawyer.
555	8		_aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
600	1	0	_aArmstrong, John, _d1758-1843 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aBaltzell, Philip _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aBaltzell, Thomas, _d-1866 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aCampbell, George Washington, _d1769-1848 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aDouglas, Earl _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aEaton, John Henry, _d1790-1856 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aEaton, William W., _cnewspaperman _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aGelston, Hugh _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aGiles, Joseph, _cnewspaperman _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aGreen, Duff, _d1791-1875 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aIngersoll, Jared, _d1749-1822 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aJackson, Andrew, _d1767-1845.
600	1	0	_aLudlow, Thomas William, _d1795-1878 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aMcLean, Alney, _d1779-1841 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aPrescott, Eustis _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aRhind, William H. _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aWoodbury, Levi, _d1789-1851 _vCorrespondence.
650		0	_aClaims.
650		0	_aFinance.
650		0	_aFrench spoliation claims.
650		0	_aLand speculation _zSouthern States.
650		0	_aLand speculation _zWest (U.S.)
650		0	_aPatents.
650		0	_aPractice of law _zWashington (D.C.)
650		0	_aSlavery _zUnited States.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1829-1837.
656		7	_aLawyers. _2itoamc
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