Scope and content
Correspondence (1791-1841) relates primarily to family affairs or Morris' activities as land agent, including letters from his mother, Mary Morris, his sons Charles B. and John Cox Morris, his nephew Gouverneur Morris (1828), and other members of the family; fair copies of letters from Jacob and letters from various people outside the family, including Robert Troup (1812), Stephan Van Rensselaer, Jr. (1821), and Elizabeth Schuyler (Mrs. Alexander) Hamilton (1821); deeds, powers of attorney, and other legal papers; a broadside "THE MORMON PROPHET. Complete Exposure of the Fraud" and copies of sworn statements (1903) from witnesses of a Mormon trek out of New York State; and miscellaneous booklets, clippings, and notes.
Dates
- 1791-1935.
Creator
- Morris, Jacob, 1755-1844. (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Attorney. Jacob Morris, of Butternuts, Otsego County, New York, served as Brigadier General in the Revolutionary War, a New York State Senator, Clerk of Otsego County, and was a land agent.
Extent
.4 cubic feet. (.4 cubic feet.)
Language of Materials
English
Bibliographic References
- Butternuts (N.Y.)
- Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler, 1757-1854.
- Latter Day Saint churches
- Lawyers -- New York (State) -- Otsego County.
- Morris, Charles B.
- Morris, Gouverneur, active 1828.
- Morris, John Cox.
- Morris, Mary.
- Otsego County (N.Y.)
- Real estate investment.
- Real property, Exchange of.
- Troup, Robert, 1757-1832.
- Van Rensselaer, Stephen, 1764-1839.
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
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