1857-1935
Guide to the Collection
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers of editor and author John T. Morse, including correspondence from prominent scholars, writers, historians, and politicians about literary matters and scholarship, in particular the writing of biographies for the American Statesmen series, edited by Morse.
Biographical Sketch
John Torrey Morse (1840-1937) was a lawyer, editor, and author. He served as co-editor of the International Review and editor of the American Statesmen series.
Collection Description
This collection consists of the papers of John T. Morse, including correspondence from prominent scholars, writers, historians, and politicians about literary matters and scholarship, in particular the writing of biographies for the American Statesmen series. Correspondence with life-long friends and colleagues, including Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924) and Thomas S. Perry, contains references to politics, World War I, and personal matters. The collection also includes scrapbooks of Morse's magazine articles, reviews, and essays published in the Boston Daily Advertiser (1868-1877) and other publications. Additional correspondents include James F. Rhodes, Theodore Roosevelt, Charles F. Adams (1835-1915), Henry Adams, Carl Schurz, Moorfield Storey, Albert J. Beveridge, William R. Thayer, and Lord Charnwood (1864-1945), with single letters from Booker T. Washington, A. B. Hart, and Samuel E. Morison. (For a list of the major correspondents, see the index.)
Acquisition Information
Gift of Charlotte Morse (Dec. 1950, Jan. 1951) and Augustus Loring (Apr. 1968).
Detailed Description of the Collection
I. Correspondence, 1859-1935
NOTE: See the Select Index of Major Correspondents for dates of letters by specific individuals.
Box 1Folder 1
Undated
Box 1Folder 2-19
1859-1917
Box 2Folder 1-14
1918-1935II. Writings, 1857-1930
Box 2Folder 15-16
Loose articles and reviews,
1882-1930Box 3
Bound articles and reviews,
1857-1898
Box 4Vol. 1
Scrapbook of articles, reviews, and essays by Morse published in the
Boston Daily Advertiser and other publications,
1868-1871
Box 4Vol. 2
Scrapbook of articles, reviews, and essays by Morse published in the
Boston Daily Advertiser and other publications,
as well as reviews of his work,
1872-1887Select Index to Major Correspondents
Listed below are the major correspondents represented in Series I of this collection, followed by the dates (and some subjects) of their correspondence. The column on the left indicates the box in which each particular item is located.
Adams, Charles Francis (1835-1915)
Box 1
Letter (Kansas City) about making changes on Adams' manuscript, Wed.
15 [no month or year]Box 1
Letter (Lincoln, Mass.) about proof sheets and mutual friends, Sat.
4 Feb. [no year]Box 1
Letter (Boston) declining to write a biography of Daniel Webster, 6
May 1881Box 1
Letter (Boston) about writing an appendix on Adams' grandfather, 11
May 1881Box 1
Letter (Boston) sending galleys, 20 Oct. 1899Box 1
Letter (Boston) requesting a meeting, 30 Oct. 1899Box 1
Letter (Boston) about corrections and the publishers, 1 Dec.
1899Box 1
Letter (Boston) about responses to Adams' book on his father Charles
Francis Adams, 8 May 1900Box 1
Letter (South Lincoln, Mass.) complimenting Morse on his ability to
write biographical memoirs, in particular his recent one of Henry Lee, Sun. 9
[no month] 1906Box 1
Letter (Boston) about their portraits published in a recent catalog,
18 Oct. 1912Adams, Henry (1838-1918)
Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) agreeing to write a biography for the
American Statesmen series, 9 Apr.
1881Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) with recommendations for writers of
biographies for American Statesmen, 27 Apr.
1881Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about a writer for a biography of Daniel
Webster and a "Congress of rejected members," 2 Mar. 1882Box 1
Letter (Beverly Farms, Mass.) asking to be released from his offer
to write a biography of Aaron Burr, 6 Oct. 1882Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about getting a biographer for Patrick
Henry and about Adams' book on John Randolph, 19 Nov. 1882Box 1
Letter (Beverly Farms, Mass.) about Adams' book on Aaron Burr, 26
Sep. 1883Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about Frederic Bancroft and John Hay as
possible authors of a biography of William Seward, 5 July 1890Agassiz, Alexander (1835-1910)
Box 1
25 Apr. 1905Arnold, Isaac Newton (1815-1884)
Box 1
3 Dec. 1883Box 1
10 Dec. 1883Bancroft, Frederic (1860-1945)
Box 1
30 Nov. 1889Box 1
23 Jan. 1890Box 1
31 Jan. 1890Box 1
20 Apr. 1912Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah (1862-1927)
Box 2
1 June 1922Box 2
21 Aug. 1924Box 2
14 Sep. 1924Box 2
21 Oct. 1924Box 2
11 Nov. 1924Box 2
30 Mar. 1925Box 2
23 June 1925Box 2
24 July 1925Box 2
20 Aug. 1925Box 2
30 Sep. 1925Box 2
5 Oct. 1925Box 2
13 Oct. 1925Box 2
21 Oct. 1925Box 2
15 Jan. 1926Box 2
2 Feb. 1926Box 2
26 May 1926Box 2
16 June 1926Box 2
14 July 1926Box 2
10 Aug. 1926Box 2
31 Aug. 1926Box 2
24 Sep. 1926Box 2
18 Oct. 1926Box 2
12 Nov. 1926Box 2
4 Jan. 1927Box 2
27 Jan. 1927Box 2
10 Feb. 1927Box 2
22 Mar. 1927Charnwood, Godfrey Rathbone Benson, Baron (1864-1945)
Box 2
26 Feb. 1918Box 2
28 Feb. 1918Box 2
3 Mar. 1918Box 2
9 June 1918Box 2
24 June 1918Eliot, Charles William (1834-1926)
Box 2
23 Mar. 1925Emerson, Edward Waldo (1844-1930)
Box 1
12 Aug. 1907Box 2
10 Jan. 1918Fiske, John (1842-1901)
Box 1
29 Sep. 1883Box 1
19 Nov. 1883Box 1
1 July 1884Box 1
23 Dec. 1884Gilman, Daniel Coit (1831-1908)
Box 1
6 Apr. 1881Box 1
13 Sep. 1893Box 1
19 Jan. 1898Godkin, Edwin Lawrence (1831-1902)
Box 1
undatedGrant, Robert (1852-1940)
Box 2
9 Nov. 1930Hackett, Frank Warren (1841-1926)
Box 1
1 Nov. 1910Hart, Albert Bushnell (1854-1943)
Box 1
31 Jan. 1895Hay, John (1838-1905)
Box 1
10 June 1890Higginson, Thomas Wentworth (1823-1911)
Box 1
13 Nov. 1895Box 1
2 May 1896Box 1
12 May 1896Box 1
20 June 1899Hosmer, James Kendall (1834-1927)
Box 1
27 Sep. 1885Box 1
18 Oct. 1885Box 1
22 Jan. 1887Box 1
13 May 1891Jay, John (1817-1894)
Box 1
25 Feb. 1889Julian, George Washington (1817-1899)
Box 1
12 Nov. 1889Lodge, Henry Cabot (1850-1924)
Box 1
Letter (Nahant) regretting that Lodge has been unable to work on the
Daniel Webster volume due to the beginning of a new campaign, 29 June [no
year]Box 1
Letter (Boston) about Lodge's book on Alexander Hamilton being ready
for press, 16 Jan. 1882Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about Lodge's biography of George
Washington, 20 Feb. 1889Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about revisions of Lodge's biography of
George Washington, 25 Feb. 1889Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about a letter from Houghton Mifflin
regarding Lodge's book on George Washington and about personal news, 26 Feb.
1889Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about revisions of Lodge's book on George
Washington, 6 May 1889Box 1
Postcard (Washington, D.C.) about proof corrections, 10 May
1889Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about Morse's book on Abraham Lincoln, 29
Apr. 1893Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about Morse's book on Abraham Lincoln, 3
May 1893Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) suggesting Thomas Brackett Reed to write a
biography of William R. H. Fessenden, 9 Sep. 1893Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) wondering if Morse received a previous
letter, 20 Sep. 1893Box 1
Letter complimenting Morse on his biography of Oliver Wendell
Holmes, 21 May 1896Box 1
Letter (Nahant) about Lodge's comments regarding Morse's book on
Oliver Wendell Holmes, 4 July 1896Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about the proposal to establish a
lectureship in government at Harvard in honor of E. L. Godkin, 24 Feb.
1903Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about the proposal to establish a
lectureship in government at Harvard in honor of E. L. Godkin and about recent
presidential appointments, 28 Feb. 1903Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) thanking Morse for his kind words in a
previous letter, 8 July 1904Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) thanking Morse for photographs and
regarding the progress of the campaign, 24 Aug. 1904Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) thanking Morse for his letter and a quote,
15 Sep. 1905Box 1
Letter (Nahant) asking for a donation for the state committee for
the current campaign, 20 Oct. 1906Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) thanking Morse for his compliments on a
recent interview and regarding states' rights, 12 Feb. 1907Box 1
Letter (Boston) thanking Morse for trying to visit twice and for
Morse's sympathy on the death of Lodge's sister Lillie Lodge James, 15 May
1908Box 1
Letter (Boston) thanking Morse for his care and thought after the
death of Lodge's sister Lillie, 3 June 1908Box 1
Letter (Boston) thanking Morse for his sympathy at the death of
Lodge's son George Cabot Lodge, 31 Aug. 1909Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) thanking Morse for his support and
regarding his recent re-election, 23 Jan. 1911Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about a personal favor done for Morse and
about Lodge's article on the Burr/Hamilton feud, 6 Sep. 1911Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about Roosevelt's proposed constitutional
changes, the strike in Lawrence, and Lodge's recent speech in the Senate, 1
Mar. 1912Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about Roosevelt, Wilson, and Taft as
candidates and asking for a donation to maintain the Republican legislature in
Massachusetts, 11 Oct. 1912Box 1
Letter (Nahant) about Massachusetts politics, 14 Oct.
1914Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about William H. Taft, other political
news, and Charles F. Adams' recent book, 2 Mar. 1914Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about the Mexican situation and John
Lothrop Motley, 17 Mar. 1914Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about Lodge's recent proposal for a bill
to protect American ships from German capture, 28 Jan. 1915Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) thanking Morse for his support in Lodge's
work against Woodrow Wilson, 4 Jan. 1916Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about the nomination of Louis D. Brandeis
for the Supreme Court and nominations for president, 16 Feb. 1916Box 1
Letter (Nahant) asking for a subscription to the national committee
in a bid to defeat Woodrow Wilson for president, 31 Aug. 1916Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about current political news and the
upcoming election, 5 Sep. 1916Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about President Wilson and his handling of
the war and politics, 9 Jan. 1917Box 1
Letter (Nahant) about personal reminiscences and sorrow over the
loss of family members, 23 Oct. 1917Box 2
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about U.S. and world politics, 7 Feb.
1918Box 2
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about politics, the president, and the
Fuel Administration, 19 Feb. 1918Box 2
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about land ownership in Nahant, 8 May
1918Box 2
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about the present military situation, 16
May 1918Box 2
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about the situation in Europe, 3 June
1918Box 2
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about German propaganda, 15 June
1918Box 2
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about the religious aspects of the war and
the domestic economy, 26 June 1918Box 2
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about demands for a treaty with Germany
and the domestic economy, 11 Sep. 1918Box 2
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about an unconditional surrender vs.
compromise peace to end the war, 14 Oct. 1918Box 2
Letter (Nahant) thanking Morse for his help and regarding politics,
31 Oct. 1918Box 2
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about the situation abroad and the League
of Nations, 25 Dec. 1918Box 2
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about the situation abroad and the League
of Nations, 20 Feb. 1919Box 2
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about the League of Nations and Italy, 2
May 1919Box 2
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about the League of Nations, 7 June
1919Box 2
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about Wilson and the League of Nations, 18
Aug. 1919Box 2
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about nominations for president and the
League of Nations, 2 Dec. 1919Box 2
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about the defeat of Woodrow Wilson's plan
for the League of Nations, Lodge's health, and personal matters, 23 Mar.
1920Box 2
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about the proper pronunciation and
spelling of a word in Shakespeare's Hamlet, 5
Apr. 1920Box 2
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about the proper pronunciation and
spelling of a word in Shakespeare's Hamlet and
political news, 24 Apr. 1920Box 2
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about President Harding's appointments,
Lodge taking himself out of the running for secretary of state, politics, and
Charles Dickens, 26 Jan. 1921Box 2
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about George B. McClellan Harvey as
ambassador to Great Britain and about President Harding, 7 Apr.
1921Box 2
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about Joe Grew and his position in
Denmark, 11 Apr. 1921Box 2
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about Joe Grew, George B. McClellan
Harvey, and England, 20 Apr. 1921Box 2
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about a position for Van Ingen, Germany,
and England's indebtedness, 5 May 1921Box 2
Letter about Lodge's hopes for the conference and Boston politics, 5
Dec. 1921Lowell, Abbott Lawrence (1856-1943)
Box 2
26 Dec. 1932Lowell, Edward Jackson (1845-1894)
Box 1
19 July 1893Lowell, John (1824-1897)
Box 1
13 May 1896McCall, Samuel Walker (1851-1923)
Box 1
5 Oct. 1898Box 1
3 Dec. 1898Box 1
7 Jan. 1899Box 1
15 Jan. 1899Box 1
19 Jan. 1899Box 1
7 Dec. 1901Mitchell, Silas Weir (1829-1914)
Box 1
2 May 1896Morison, Samuel Eliot (1887-1976)
Box 2
8 Feb. 1935Morse, John Torrey (1840-1937)
NOTE: Listed here are Morse's letters to Thomas Sergeant Perry only.
Box 1
11 June 1914Box 1
22 June 1914Box 1
5 July 1914Box 1
8 July 1914Box 1
13 July 1914Box 1
16 July 1914Box 1
1 Aug. 1914Box 1
3 Aug. 1914Box 1
19 Aug. 1914Box 1
23 Aug. 1914Box 1
24 Aug. 1914Box 1
29 Aug. 1914Box 1
7 Sep. 1914Box 1
8 Sep. 1914Box 1
4 Oct. 1914Box 1
6 Oct. 1914Box 1
19 Oct. 1914Box 1
20 June 1915Box 1
15 July 1915Box 1
18 July 1915Box 1
21 July 1915Box 1
28 July 1915Box 1
30 July 1915Box 1
5 Aug. 1915Box 1
9 Aug. 1915Box 1
15 Aug. 1915Box 1
29 Aug. 1915Box 1
6 Sep. 1915Box 1
11 Sep. 1915Box 1
23 Sep. 1915Box 1
2 Oct. 1915Box 1
13 June 1916Box 1
2 July 1916Box 1
9 July 1916Box 1
17 July 1916Box 1
30 July 1916Box 1
6 Aug. 1916Box 1
13 Aug. 1916Box 1
15 Aug. 1916Box 1
27 Aug. 1916Box 1
2 Sep. 1916Box 1
5 Sep. 1916Box 1
14 Sep. 1916Box 1
18 Sep. 1916Box 1
24 Sep. 1916Box 1
3 Oct. 1916Box 1
9 Oct. 1916Box 1
14 Oct. 1916Box 1
16 Oct. 1916Box 1
20 Oct. 1916Box 1
18 June 1917Box 1
25 June 1917Box 1
8 July 1917 [2 letters]Box 1
12 July 1917Box 1
9 Aug. 1917Box 1
12 Aug. 1917Box 1
16 Aug. 1917Box 1
19 Aug. 1917Box 1
25 Aug. 1917Box 1
2 Sep. 1917Box 1
7 Sep. 1917Box 1
17 Sep. 1917Box 1
21 Sep. 1917Box 2
30 June 1918Box 2
21 July 1918Box 2
23 Aug. 1918Box 2
31 Aug. 1918Box 2
8 Sep. 1918Box 2
13 Sep. 1918Box 2
18 Sep. 1918Box 2
22 Sep. 1918Box 2
25 Sep. 1918Box 2
26 Sep. 1918Box 2
6 Oct. 1918Box 2
14 Oct. 1918Box 2
23 Nov. 1918Box 2
29 Dec. 1922Box 2
7 Jan. 1923Box 2
15 Jan. 1923Box 2
20 Jan. 1923Box 2
23 Jan. 1923Box 2
9 Feb. 1923Box 2
11 Feb. 1923Box 2
16 Feb. 1923Box 2
23 Feb. 1923Box 2
3 Mar. 1923Box 2
5 Mar. 1923Box 2
9 Mar. 1923Box 2
16 Aug. 1927Page, Walter Hines (1855-1918)
Box 1
23 Feb. 1898Perry, Bliss (1860-1954)
Box 2
13 Mar. 1930Perry, Thomas Sergeant (1845-1928)
NOTE: Listed here are John Torrey Morse's letters to Perry only.
Box 1
11 June 1914Box 1
22 June 1914Box 1
5 July 1914Box 1
8 July 1914Box 1
13 July 1914Box 1
16 July 1914Box 1
1 Aug. 1914Box 1
3 Aug. 1914Box 1
19 Aug. 1914Box 1
23 Aug. 1914Box 1
24 Aug. 1914Box 1
29 Aug. 1914Box 1
7 Sep. 1914Box 1
8 Sep. 1914Box 1
4 Oct. 1914Box 1
6 Oct. 1914Box 1
19 Oct. 1914Box 1
20 June 1915Box 1
15 July 1915Box 1
18 July 1915Box 1
21 July 1915Box 1
28 July 1915Box 1
30 July 1915Box 1
5 Aug. 1915Box 1
9 Aug. 1915Box 1
15 Aug. 1915Box 1
29 Aug. 1915Box 1
6 Sep. 1915Box 1
11 Sep. 1915Box 1
23 Sep. 1915Box 1
2 Oct. 1915Box 1
13 June 1916Box 1
2 July 1916Box 1
9 July 1916Box 1
17 July 1916Box 1
30 July 1916Box 1
6 Aug. 1916Box 1
13 Aug. 1916Box 1
15 Aug. 1916Box 1
27 Aug. 1916Box 1
2 Sep. 1916Box 1
5 Sep. 1916Box 1
14 Sep. 1916Box 1
18 Sep. 1916Box 1
24 Sep. 1916Box 1
3 Oct. 1916Box 1
9 Oct. 1916Box 1
14 Oct. 1916Box 1
16 Oct. 1916Box 1
20 Oct. 1916Box 1
18 June 1917Box 1
25 June 1917Box 1
8 July 1917 [2 letters]Box 1
12 July 1917Box 1
9 Aug. 1917Box 1
12 Aug. 1917Box 1
16 Aug. 1917Box 1
19 Aug. 1917Box 1
25 Aug. 1917Box 1
2 Sep. 1917Box 1
7 Sep. 1917Box 1
17 Sep. 1917Box 1
21 Sep. 1917Box 2
30 June 1918Box 2
21 July 1918Box 2
23 Aug. 1918Box 2
31 Aug. 1918Box 2
8 Sep. 1918Box 2
13 Sep. 1918Box 2
18 Sep. 1918Box 2
22 Sep. 1918Box 2
25 Sep. 1918Box 2
26 Sep. 1918Box 2
6 Oct. 1918Box 2
14 Oct. 1918Box 2
23 Nov. 1918Box 2
29 Dec. 1922Box 2
7 Jan. 1923Box 2
15 Jan. 1923Box 2
20 Jan. 1923Box 2
23 Jan. 1923Box 2
9 Feb. 1923Box 2
11 Feb. 1923Box 2
16 Feb. 1923Box 2
23 Feb. 1923Box 2
3 Mar. 1923Box 2
5 Mar. 1923Box 2
9 Mar. 1923Box 2
16 Aug. 1927Pierce, Edward Lillie (1829-1897)
Box 1
1 Nov. 1892Box 1
3 Nov. 1892Rhodes, James Ford (1848-1927)
Box 1
undatedBox 1
6 May 1893Box 1
21 May 1893Box 1
30 May 1893Box 1
17 Mar. 1903Box 1
16 Nov. 1904Box 1
5 Jan. 1907Box 1
21 June 1908Box 1
5 May 1909Box 1
10 May 1909Box 1
7 Nov. 1911Box 1
6 Jan. 1912Box 1
22 May 1912Box 1
20 Dec. 1914Box 1
26 May 1915Box 1
12 Feb. 1916Box 1
19 Feb. 1916Box 1
22 Mar. 1916Box 1
16 Apr. 1916Box 1
11 June 1916Box 1
12 Aug. 1916Box 1
21 Aug. 1916Box 1
14 Jan. 1917Box 2
1 Jan. 1918Box 2
25 Jan. 1918Box 2
31 Jan. 1918Box 2
2 Mar. 1918Box 2
29 Aug. 1918Box 2
30 Oct. 1918Box 2
2 Nov. 1918Box 2
5 Jan. 1919Box 2
5 Apr. 1919Box 2
10 Feb. 1920Box 2
25 June 1920Box 2
15 July 1920Box 2
21 July 1920Box 2
13 Nov. 1920Box 2
25 Nov. 1921Box 2
26 Dec. 1921Box 2
19 May 1922Box 2
15 July 1922Box 2
15 Mar. 1923Box 2
11 Aug. 1923Box 2
28 Oct. 1923Box 2
26 Nov. 1924Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)
Box 1
Letter (Elkhorn Ranch, Medora, Dakota) about Roosevelt's work on the
biography of Thomas Hart Benton, 7 July 1886Box 1
Letter (Elkhorn Ranch, Medora, Dakota) about Roosevelt's biography
of Thomas Hart Benton being sent to the publisher, 9 Aug. 1886Box 1
Letter (Sagamore Hill) about criticisms of Roosevelt's previous
works and his work on Gouverneur Morris, 29 May 1887Box 1
Letter (Sagamore Hill) asking if there will be biographies of John
Jay and Benjamin Franklin in Morse's American
Statesmen series, 7 June 1887Box 1
Letter (Sagamore Hill) about Roosevelt's work on Morris and with
suggestions for biographies of American statesmen, including John Jay, 22 June
1887Box 1
Letter (Sagamore Hill) asking if there will be a biography of John
Jay and, if not, offering to include a sketch in the biography of Gouverneur
Morris, 28 June 1887Box 1
Letter (Sagamore Hill) explaining how John Jay will be treated in
Roosevelt's biography of Gouverneur Morris, 10 July 1887Box 1
Letter (Sagamore Hill) about Roosevelt's completed biography of
Gouverneur Morris, 11 Sep. 1887Box 1
Letter (Sagamore Hill) about Morse's corrections and revisions of
Roosevelt's biography of Gouverneur Morris, 3 Nov. 1887Box 1
Letter (Medora, Dakota) about Morse's corrections and revisions of
Roosevelt's biography of Gouverneur Morris, 28 Nov. 1887Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about Roosevelt's visit to Henry Cabot
Lodge and the preface for his book on Gouverneur Morris, 28 Jan.
1888Box 1
Letter (New York) about the galleys of Roosevelt's book on
Gouverneur Morris, its preface, and the series as a whole, 2 Feb.
1888Box 1
Letter (New York) declining the opportunity to write a biography of
Benjamin Franklin, 18 Mar. 1888Box 1
Letter (New York) encouraging Morse to include a biography of
Benjamin Franklin in his series, 22 Mar. 1888Box 1
Letter (Washington, D.C.) about Whipple as a candidate for the Navy
Department and about a preface for his biographies of Gouverneur Morris and
Thomas Hart Benton, Jan. 1898Schouler, James (1839-1920)
Box 1
1 Nov. 1916Schurz, Carl (1829-1906)
Box 1
18 Mar. 1881Box 1
23 Aug. 1881Box 1
9 Jan. 1883Box 1
7 Jan. 1885Box 1
30 Apr. 1885Box 1
21 May 1885Box 1
28 Sep. 1885Box 1
11 Oct. 1885Box 1
17 Oct. 1885Box 1
29 Jan. 1886Box 1
29 June 1886Box 1
12 Aug. 1886Box 1
29 Aug. 1886Box 1
6 Oct. 1886Box 1
18 Oct. 1886Box 1
23 Oct. 1886Box 1
9 Nov. 1886Box 1
13 Nov. 1886Box 1
14 Nov. 1886Box 1
19 Nov. 1886Box 1
27 Dec. 1886Box 1
3 Jan. 1887Box 1
4 Jan. 1887Box 1
10 Jan. 1887Box 1
13 Jan. 1887Box 1
14 Jan. 1887Box 1
16 Jan. 1887Box 1
17 Jan. 1887Box 1
31 Jan. 1887Box 1
10 Feb. 1887Box 1
12 Feb. 1887Box 1
18 Feb. 1887Box 1
21 Feb. 1887Box 1
22 Feb. 1887Box 1
14 Mar. 1887Box 1
19 Apr. 1887Box 1
25 Apr. 1887Box 1
27 Apr. 1887Box 1
1 May 1887Box 1
12 May 1887Box 1
14 June 1888Box 1
3 July 1888Box 1
30 Sep. 1889Sedgwick, Ellery (1872-1960)
Box 1
26 Mar. 1913Box 1
31 Mar. 1913Box 1
1916Box 2
15 Nov. 1920Seward, Frederick William (1830-1915)
Box 1
29 Dec. 1883Shepard, Edward Morse (1850-1911)
Box 1
2 Apr. 1887Box 1
5 Apr. 1887Box 1
18 July 1887Box 1
3 Oct. 1887Box 1
12 Nov. 1887Box 1
6 Dec. 1887Box 1
19 Dec. 1887Box 1
23 Jan. 1888Box 1
24 Jan. 1888Box 1
2 Apr. 1888Box 1
17 June 1888Stanwood, Edward (1841-1923)
Box 1
4 May 1893Storey, Moorfield (1845-1929)
Box 1
undatedBox 1
11 May 1899Box 1
27 Nov. 1899Box 1
9 Dec. 1899Box 1
12 Dec. 1899Box 1
8 Aug. 1900Box 1
11 Aug. 1900Box 1
18 Aug. 1900Box 1
11 Aug. 1905Sumner, William Graham (1840-1910)
Box 1
2 Aug. 1881Box 1
14 Mar. 1882Box 1
21 Mar. 1882Tarbell, Ida Minerva (1857-1944)
Box 1
13 Sep. 1896Thayer, William Roscoe (1859-1923)
Box 1
18 June 1905Box 1
16 July 1905Box 1
23 Aug. 1905Box 1
30 June 1911Box 1
8 July 1911Box 1
9 Oct. 1911Box 1
8 Jan. 1912Box 1
19 Aug. 1913Box 1
24 Sep. 1914Box 1
13 Apr. 1915Box 1
17 Dec. 1917Box 2
8 Nov. 1918Box 2
11 Nov. 1919Tyler, Moses Coit (1835-1900)
Box 1
22 Jan. 1886Box 1
23 Mar. 1887Van Holst, Hermann (1841-1904)
Box 1
8 Dec. 1881Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915)
Box 1
7 Dec. 1907White, Richard Grant (1821-1885)
Box 1
7 Dec. 1882Box 1
20 Sep. 1883Box 1
21 Oct. 1883Preferred Citation
John Torrey Morse papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.
Persons:
Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915.
Adams, Henry, 1838-1918.
Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah,
1862-1927.
Charnwood, Godfrey Rathbone Benson, Baron,
1864-1945.
Hart, Albert Bushnell, 1854-1943.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1841-1935.
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924.
Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1887-1976.
Perry, Thomas Sergeant, 1845-1928.
Rhodes, James Ford, 1848-1927.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906.
Storey, Moorfield, 1845-1929.
Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923.
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915.
Subjects:
Authors, American.
Biographers.
Historians.
Politicians--United States--Biography.
Scrapbooks--1868-1877.
United States--Politics and
government--1865-1933.