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Miscellaneous papers of the Morgan family. Correspondents include Cornelius N. Bliss, Charles Foster, Benjamin Harrison, Temple R. Hollcroft, Herbert Hoover, Levi P. Morton, William H. Seward, and members of the Morgan family. Also, early land deeds and newspaper clippings.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Morgan family papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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Source of acquisition--Brookfield, Henry M., Jr. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1970. Accession number--M-70.
Family of Aurora, N. Y., descendants of Christopher Morgan of Groton, Conn. Edwin Barber Morgan (1806-1881) and Christopher Morgan (1808-1877) were members of Congress before the Civil War. Edwin was elected to the Thirty-third (as a Whig), Thirty-fourth (as a Whig), and Thirty-fifth Congresses (as a Republican) (1853-1859); Christopher was elected to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-senveth Congresses (as a Whig) (1839-1843).
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/89.
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