| Record ID | marc_loc_updates/v40.i10.records.utf8:15860218:2625 |
| Source | Library of Congress |
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040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC$edacs
072 7 $aC$2lcmd
100 1 $aMorris, Robert,$d1734-1806.
245 00 $aRobert Morris papers,$f1775-1829.
300 $a3,200$fitems.
300 $a18$fcontainers plus$a1$foversize.
300 $a4$flinear feet.
300 $a12$fmicrofilm reels.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
520 8 $aCorrespondence, letterbooks, journals and proceedings of the Continental Congress, accounts, and other papers. Most of the public papers relate to the financing of the American government and its forces during the Revolution. Includes the account rendered by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais to Congress in 1782, copies of Morris's official letters, and his private business papers such as correspondence of the Philadelphia shipping firm of Willing, Morris & Company.
530 $aMicrofilm edition available,$dno. 13,219 (8,765-12N).
533 $aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.$bWashington, D.C.:$cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service,$d1947-1965.
541 $cPurchase,$d1901-1997 (mainly 1901 and 1917).
541 $cGift,$aLawrence M. C. Smith,$d1976.
545 0 $aSuperintendent of finance for the Continental Congress during the Revolution, merchant, land speculator, and statesman.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011193.
561 $aMost of the papers were formerly owned by Meredith Read.
583 $aOne letter (1778) was previously cataloged separately as part of the Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.
600 10 $aBeaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de,$d1732-1799.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bContinental Congress.
610 20 $aWilling, Morris & Company$vCorrespondence.
650 0 $aFinance, Public$zUnited States$xHistory$yTo 1789.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xFinance.
656 7 $aLand speculators.$2itoamc
656 7 $aMerchants.$2itoamc
656 7 $aPublic officials.$2itoamc
656 7 $aStatesmen.$2itoamc
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011193
856 4 $3Finding aid (PDF)$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011193.3