Catalog of Manuscript Collections
MSS 18: Morris Family Papers, 1670-1942
Creator: Morris family
Extent: 6.75 ft.
Description: Correspondence, wills, deeds, receipts, promissory notes, and other business, political, and personal papers, of a prominent New Haven, CT, family. Includes political correspondence and papers of Luzon Burritt Morris (1827-1895), Governor of Connecticut, papers of Daniel Morris (1750-1828) as tax collector and attorney, and Morris family genealogy. Other persons represented include Eleazor Morris (b. 1648), his brother, Joseph Morris (b. 1656), Daniel Morris (1715-1792), Amos Morris (1723-1801), Eli J. Morris, Eli G. Morris, Martha Jane Morris, and Charles G. Morris.
Research Topics: Prominent New Haven families; Connecticut governors; 18th and 19th century land deeds and property papers