Jedidiah Morse letters

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{"value"=>"MssCol 23028", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1801-1824", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1801/1824"}

date_inclusive_start

1801

date_inclusive_end

1824

keydate

1801

unittitle

{"value"=>"Jedidiah Morse letters"}

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repository

{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826), a Congregational clergyman, was known as \"the father of geography\". His lectures on geography included Geography Made Easy (1784), the first geography publication in the U.S. Morse established the Andover Theological Seminary (1808), the New England Tract Society (1814), and the American Bible Society (1816). He started several periodicals and devoted the latter part of his life to working in behalf of American Indians and the poor. Collection consists of three autograph letters signed by Morse, 1801-1824: to an unidentified recipient, 1801 April 17, regarding political matters and efforts to counteract the influence of the Illuminati in the United States; to Rev. Dr. Benjamin Trumbull, 1809 March 2, regarding Trumbull's manuscript history, presently under review by John Adams; and to Messrs. Davis & Force, Washington, D.C. booksellers, concerning their stock of his works, with a request to sell some copies of his report on Indian affairs without commissions, for the benefit of Native Americans."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Jedidiah Morse letters, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Purchased from Catherine Barnes Historical Autographs and Documents, 2013</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Susan P. Waide</span>, <span class=\"date\">2014</span></p>"}

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

date_start

1801

date_end

1824

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