- Creator
- Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826
- Call number
- MssCol 23028
- Physical description
- .1 linear feet (1 folder)
- Preferred Citation
Jedidiah Morse letters, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
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.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Purchased from Catherine Barnes Historical Autographs and Documents, 2013
Processing information
Compiled by Susan P. Waide, 2014
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328