Jedidiah Morse papers
name: label: Creator
content: Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826
topic: label: Occupation
content: Clergy -- Massachusetts -- Charlestown
label: Occupation
content: Geographers -- Massachusetts -- Charlestown
label: Occupation
content: Clergy -- Massachusetts -- Charlestown
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1978 by Leta M. McBean.
creator: label: Creator
content: Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Clergyman and geographer; Charlestown, Massachusetts Woodstock, Connecticut. Studied at Yale University. Wrote school textbook on geography, GEOGRAPHY MADE EASY, 1784, along with numerous other geography books and an article in ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, 1790.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1793-1932
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.morsjedi
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 1417 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters received, 1793-1823, from notable persons interested in Morse's work as a geographer and clergyman, including: Joseph Barrell, William Blount, John Erskine, John Jay, James Kent, Josiah Quincy, David Ramsay, Jno. G. Tyler, Elkanah Watson, Noah Webster, and Samuel F. B. Morse; and Morse family correspondence, 1807, 1822, and 1867. Typescripts of the letters are also included, plus an exhibition catalog, "Samuel F. B. Morse, American," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 1932.