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Size | 50 items |
Abstract | Arthur Alexander Morson (1803-1864) was a lawyer of Fredericksburg and Richmond, Va., and member of the Yale College Class of 1822. The collection is chiefly letters from Arthur Alexander Morson while he was a student at Yale College to his father, Alexander Morson, in Fredericksburg, Va., describing college life, 1818-1821, and visits to New York, N.Y., Philadelphia, Pa., and other locations, 1818-1819. Also included are three letters, 1825-1826, to Morson at Fredericksburg, Va., from his brother William at Yale;and several letters to Alexander Morson from Benjamin Silliman, a Yale professor. |
Creator | Morson, Arthur Alexander, 1803-1864. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, April 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Arthur Alexander Morson (1803-1864) was a lawyer of Fredericksburg and Richmond, Va., and member of the Yale College Class of 1822.
Back to TopThe collection is chiefly letters from Arthur Alexander Morson while he was a student at Yale College to his father, Alexander Morson, in Fredericksburg, Va., describing college life, 1818-1821, and visits to New York, N.Y., Philadelphia, Pa., and other locations, 1818-1819. Also included are three letters, 1825-1826, to Morson at Fredericksburg, Va., from his brother William at Yale; and several letters to Alexander Morson from Benjamin Silliman, a Yale professor. There are also some biographical and genealogical items.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Original finding aid |
Correspondence, 1805-1819 |
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Folder 2 |
Correspondence, 1820 |
Folder 3 |
Correspondence, 1821-1853 |