- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1.2 linear feet (4 boxes).
- Summary
- Collection consists of correspondence, sermon and journal.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Diaries.
- Access (note)
- Source (note)
- Gratz, Simon; American Art Association; Swann Gallery; Union Square Book Shop
- Biography (note)
- Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826), a Congregational clergyman, was known as "the father of geography".
- Processing Action (note)
- Call Number
- MssCol 2069
- OCLC
- NYPW94-A57
- Author
Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826.
- Title
Jedidiah Morse papers, 1779-1850.
- Restricted Access
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
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.
- Finding Aids
Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
Clergy.
- Added Author
Evarts, Jeremiah, 1781-1831.
Hitchcock, Jeremiah.
Morse, Elizabeth Ann.
Morse, Richard C. (Richard Cary), 1795-1868.
Morse, Sidney E. (Sidney Edwards), 1794-1871.
- Research Call Number
MssCol 2069