| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Morse, Freeman Harlow |
| Title: | Freeman Harlow Morse Papers |
| Dates: | 1848-1888 |
| Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | Freeman Harlow Morse (1807-1891) was a state legislator, United States Representative from Maine, and United States consul in London. The collection consists of correspondence from Charles Francis Adams, John Bigelow, James D. Bulloch, and William Pitt Fessenden; copies of affidavits made by seamen aboard the U. S. S. Kearsarge and the C. S. S. Alabama, June 19, 1864, and a printed letter (1888) from Morse to W. L. Putnam of Portland, Maine, concerning Morse's claim of $38,189 against the United States. |
| MS Number | MS 0823 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Freeman Harlow Morse Papers, 1848-1888 and undated, consist of correspondence from Charles Francis Adams, John Bigelow, James D. Bulloch, and William Pitt Fessenden; copies of affidavits made by seamen aboard the C. S. S. Alabama, June 19, 1864, and a printed letter (1888) from Morse to W. L. Putnam of Portland, Maine, concerning Morse's claim of $38,189 against the United States.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the American Civil War and naval operations during that war, specifically the sinking of the Confederate navy warship Alabama at the Battle of Cherbourg by the Union navy warship U. S. S. Kearsarge in 1864.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 823 Freeman Harlow Morse Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of Mrs. Hatch.
Freeman Harlow Morse Papers 1848-1888 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Correspondence 1848-1884 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Miscellaneous documents and newspaper clippings 1861-1888 undated | |||||||||