Call Number:

MC.975.02.014

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.45 linear ft. (5 volumes)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Elliston P. Morris letterbook (HC.MC.975.02.014), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1831-1915 (inclusive)

Creator:

Morris, Elliston P. (Elliston Perot), 1899-1980

Form:

Correspondence

Abstract:

This collection is comprised of four volumes of Elliston Morris's letterbooks, three large bound volumes, and one volume of Bushnell's Perfect Letter Copying Book. All volumes in the collection contain business correspondence related to financial transactions, including loans, and the buying and selling of real estate.

Elliston Perot Morris (1831-1914) was born May 22, 1831, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Samuel B. Morris and Hannah Perot Morris. Morris married Martha Canby on March 21, 1861, and the couple had four children: Marriott Canby Morris (b. 1863), Elizabeth Canby Morris (b. 1866), Samuel Buckley Morris (b. 1868), and E. Perot Morris (b. 1872). Morris died on December 3, 1914.

This collection is comprised of four volumes of Elliston Morris's letterbooks, three large bound volumes, and one volume of Bushnell's Perfect Letter Copying Book. All volumes in the collection contain business correspondence related to financial transactions, including loans, and the buying and selling of real estate.