Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Gouverneur Morris papers, 1771-1834 |
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Span Dates | 1771-1834 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1789-1816) |
ID No. | MSS33571 |
Creator | Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816 |
Extent | 75 items ; 25 containers plus 1 oversize ; 5.8 linear feet ; 6 microfilm reels |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | Lawyer, diplomat, and senator from New York. Letterbooks, diaries, legal and financial papers, and miscellany relating to Morris's mission to London, 1790-1791, his service as minister to France, 1792-1794, and in the United States Senate, 1800-1803. Also includes material relating to social life in Paris, the French Revolution, Morris's New York estate, the War of 1812, the Hartford Convention, and other events of the period, and financial memoranda of his wife, Anne Cary Randolph Morris. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010231 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm78033571 |