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Creator
Morris family
Call number
MssCol 2062
Physical description
.3 linear feet (1 box)
Preferred Citation
Morris family papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
Repository
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Access to materials
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The Morris family lived in Morrisania, New York, N.Y. Collection consists of correspondence, land papers, accounts, and other papers of James Morris, counselor at law and sheriff of the city and county of New York; Thomas Morris; William H. Morris; and other members of the Morris family. Includes orders, 1799, to the sheriff of New York City to release William Duer from prison.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Gift, Wyman, Howard, 1952

Using the collection

Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328