MARC Record from Library of Congress

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245 00 $aMorris and Popham families papers,$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.
541 $cPurchase,$d1952.
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 10 $aDu Ponceau, Peter Stephen,$d1760-1844$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHazen, Moses,$d1733-1803.
600 10 $aPopham, William S.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aTaylor, John,$d1753-1824$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aTilton, James,$d1745-1822$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWashington, George,$d1732-1799$vCorrespondence.
600 30 $aMorris family.
600 30 $aPopham family.
610 20 $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 $aMorris, Robert Hunter,$dca. 1700-1764.$tRobert Hunter Morris papers.
700 1 $aMorris, Richard,$d1730-1810.$tRichard Morris papers.
700 1 $aPopham, William,$d1752-1847.$tWilliam Popham papers.
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home