Call Number:

MC.975.02.030

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.13 linear ft. (1 volume)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Morris family letterbook (HC.MC.975.02.030), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1855-1859 (inclusive)

Creator:

Morris, Samuel Buckley (1791-1859) and Morris, Elliston P. (Elliston Perot), 1899-1980

Form:

Correspondence and letters (correspondence)

Abstract:

This letterbook includes correspondence related to the resettlement of Luke W. Morris's estate, the executors of which were Samuel B. Morris and Elliston P. Morris. All letters were written by either Elliston P. Morris and Samuel B. Morris.

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 letterbook includes correspondence related to the resettlement of Luke W. Morris's estate, the executors of which were Samuel B. Morris and Elliston P. Morris. All letters were written by either Elliston P. Morris and Samuel B. Morris.