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Ephraim W. Morse Family Papers

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Ephraim W. Morse Family Papers MSS 0689 1 Descriptive Summary Languages: English Contributing Institution: Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla 92093-0175 Title: Ephraim W. Morse Family Papers Creator: Morse family Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0689 Physical Description: 4 Linear feet(9 archive boxes and 6 oversize folders) Date (inclusive): 1838 - 1907 Abstract: The Ephraim W. Morse family papers (1838-1907) document the private and public life of an important San Diego pioneer, businessman, merchant, and civic leader. The papers include family and general correspondence, documenting the concerns of 19th-century life both in New England and . Scope and Content of Collection The Ephraim W. Morse family papers documents the personal, business, and civic life of a San Diego pioneer, businessman, merchant, and civic leader and provides a glimpse into his political, social, and financial life, as well as his relationships with family, friends, and colleagues. Largely comprising correspondence from 1849 to 1906, it includes letters from many of San Diego's earliest and most important pioneers including , Joseph Judson Ames, Manuelito Cota, Rufus King Porter, Judge James Robinson, Jonathan T. Warner, and Thomas Whaley, as well as family members. Because Morse was a storekeeper, lawyer, and express agent, people wrote to him about a variety of issues of concern to those living in or passing through San Diego in the 1850s-1860s period. The collection also contains biographical materials such as various civic office notifications, certificates, and oaths; economic transaction materials regarding the Massachusetts farm and woodlands inherited from his father; educational materials and juvenilia including his bookkeeping exercise ledgers; high school report cards; diaries and notebooks; and books he carried to California on his sea voyage around Cape Horn in 1849. The business and legal documents include memorandum, receipts, notes, correspondence, inventories, appraisals, private notes and account records; California materials include campaign materials of early San Diego city and county; subscription lists; county statistics; surveys, and newspaper clippings. The papers are arranged in seven series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS, 2) EDUCATION AND JUVENILIA, 3) DIARIES AND NOTEBOOKS, 4) MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS, 5) CORRESPONDENCE, 6) BUSINESS AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS, and 7) CALIFORNIA MATERIALS. SERIES 1: BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS The BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS series contains appointment and commission notifications and signed oaths for various civic positions (1852-1878) Morse held, business cards, his certificate to practice law, various personal legal documents, documentation of his personal and economic interests in the Massachusetts family farm, invitations, reference letters, and spiritualist session notes. The materials are arranged alphabetically. SERIES 2: EDUCATION AND JUVENILIA The EDUCATION AND JUVENILIA series contains Morse's high school instruction book on bookkeeping, as well as numerous practice exercise ledger books with realistic bookkeeping entries, his cursive handwriting sampler and practice sheets, high school report cards, and a child's book on astronomy. The materials are arranged alphabetically. SERIES 3: DIARIES AND NOTEBOOKS The DIARIES AND NOTEBOOKS series contains leather-bound volumes (1852, 1854-57, 1866-1869, 1871) with handwritten annotations on a wide variety of subjects including his sea voyage and early experiences in California, mine inspection trips, mileage estimates, eventful days, meeting reminders, weather notations, recommended books, and his infant son's weight. The materials are arranged chronologically. SERIES 4: MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS The MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS series is arranged in two subseries: A) Morse, and B) Family. A) The Morse subseries contains books that Morse brought to California in 1849, a San Diego restaurant menu (ca. 1904), invitations, gardening lists, newspaper clippings, a stencil for his name, notes on travel expenses and a borrowed book not returned, as well as the original wrapping paper Morse used to organize his paperwork. The materials are arranged alphabetically, B) The Family subseries contains a document regarding an estate sale by Morse's father, John, and Lydia Ann Morse's notebook recording letters, expenses, and earnings. Also included are miscellaneous notes, receipts, invitations,

Ephraim W. Morse Family Papers MSS 0689 2 correspondence, school compositions, and prose by Morse's son, Edward Wallace Morse. The materials are arrange alphabetically. SERIES 5: CORRESPONDENCE The CORRESPONDENCE series is arranged in two subseries: A) Family, and B) General and Business. A) The Family subseries contains correspondence from Morse's parents, sisters, in-laws, cousins, nieces and nephews, his two wives and his son. Of note is the correspondence between Morse and his son in which Morse compares and contrasts San Diego to Massachusetts and explains his San Diego successes and failures. The correspondence between Edward and his step-mother, Mary C. Morse, contains a wonderfully vivid description of the Morses' camping trips in San Diego County. The 1866 letters of courtship between Morse and his soon-to-be second wife, Mary, are illustrative of the romantic sensibilities of two transplanted 19th-century New Englanders. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by last name. B) The General and Business subseries contains correspondence from customers and creditors, as well as many of San Diego's first inhabitants, including Joseph Judson Ames, Manuelito Cota, Thomas Rylan Darnall, James Donahue, O.W. Gould, Robert W. Groom, Alonzo Horton, James Ruler Lassator, John Pond, Charles and Mary Poole, Rufus King Porter, Judge James Robinson, Joseph Smith, Jonathan T. Warner and Thomas Whaley. Several letters are in Spanish, reflecting Morse's fluency in that language. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by last name. SERIES 6: BUSINESS AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS Included in the BUSINESS AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS series are business memoranda, ledger entries, notes on real estate transactions, instructions, account reconciliations and receipts, many from Morse's early period when he ran a general merchandise store (1850-1860). Included in the legal papers are samples of legal language, administration of estates and guardianships, auctioneering records and other probate actions. Morse's self-labeled "private notes" reveal secret recordations of political and financial intrigues and conversations reported to or observed by Morse. The documents are arranged alphabetically. SERIES 7: CALIFORNIA MATERIALS The CALIFORNIA MATERIALS series include a merchant's agreement to discourage the use of reals (foreign gold coins) (1864), notes on legislative acts important to San Diego, county statistics, notes on land issues affecting the new city, newspaper clippings, lists of persons entitled to do military duty (ca. 1856), and a list of the San Diego Guards. Also included are subscription lists to raise funds to aid the padre, purchase the town a United States flag for official use, aid citizens in a Mexican jail, and to fund a railroad expedition with engineers. The series includes campaign materials (1859-1884) consisting of printed ballot handouts (some with the local candidates' names penciled-in), as well as small "caucus tickets" listing candidates for city, county, and state offices. Political parties represented include the Union and Democratic Union party (1867), a local "People's ticket" (ca. 1868), the Regular Democratic ticket (1883), and the Regular Republican ticket (1884). Of note is an 1859 ballot handout featuring Leland Stanford in his first, unsuccessful bid for governor, printed in Spanish. The materials are arranged alphabetically. Biography Ephraim Weed Morse was born on October 16, 1823, in West Amesbury, Massachusetts, the only son of New England farmers and apple growers, John and Hannah (nee Weed) Morse. He attended Newburyport High School (1838-1841) where he learned bookkeeping. Leaving New England and a teaching position, at age twenty-six, Morse joined the Gold Rush to northern California. He quickly became sick and disenchanted with his prospects so, in April of 1850, he ventured to the tiny settlement of San Diego, population approximately 800. Morse, with fellow New Englander, Levi Slack, immediately began keeping a general store, first, in a failed "new town" location known as "Davis' Folly." In 1853, he moved the store to Old Town and partnered with Thomas Whaley, and later, conducted business on his own. During the early decades of the city, being an educated and temperate man, he was called upon to hold many important government positions including city trustee (1854-55, 1867), county supervisor (1860), city treasurer (1878), county treasurer (1858-59, 1861-1862), associate justice (1852), secretary of the board of trade (1852-1864), school commissioner and trustee (1853-55), and public administrator (1853, 1875). In 1856, he earned his license to practice law and became a notary public. In 1860, he experienced financial losses and bankruptcy and for a short time partnered with Joseph Smith on a sheep ranch on Smith Mountain, now known as Palomar. He soon returned to San Diego (1861) as a merchant, real estate speculator, county surveyor, and an agent for and various insurance companies. With Thomas Darnell, he unprofitably invested in the Jesus María Copper Mine in Baja California. Morse had returned to Massachusetts in 1851 to marry his first wife, Lydia Gray. Mrs. Morse arrived in San Diego in 1853, gave birth to their son Edward in 1856, and died shortly thereafter. The boy was then taken to Massachusetts by a Mrs. Stevens, where he was raised by his maternal grandparents.

Ephraim W. Morse Family Papers MSS 0689 3 In 1866, Morse married Mary C. Walker, a former San Diego schoolteacher. She was removed from that position when some parents boycotted the school because of comments that she was rumored to have made after negative reactions to her sharing a meal with an African-American woman. Although Miss Walker denied commenting on the interracial marriages of some of her critics, she was dismissed due to the boycott. She then was hired by Rufus Porter, a Spring Valley pioneer, to teach his daughter until her marriage to Morse. The Morses were happily matched and enjoyed driving their horse and buggy far out into the San Diego county wilderness, visiting the mountains and local hot springs on camping trips. They both gardened and reveled in growing fruits and flowers year-round in the excellent climate. Mary wrote articles that were published in the newspaper. Their marriage lasted for thirty-three years until Mary Morse's death on May 17, 1899. In 1869, Morse was one of the City trustees who sold Alonzo Horton the land grant that would become "Horton's Addition" or "New Town," the present site of . He was also instrumental in getting the City trustees to dedicate a large plot of land to be reserved for a city park, now . In 1871, he travelled to Washington, D.C., to fight for the City's title rights to the original "pueblo lands." Morse was involved in many of the attempts to bring a transcontinental railroad to San Diego. As a real estate speculator, he wanted to make the City easy and affordable for new settlers to reach. In 1854, he was a founder and director of the San Diego and Gila, Southern Pacific and Atlantic Railroad Company, which eventually failed. He was also involved in citizen's committees and in arrangements to reserve private land for railroad right-of-ways. He worked with Col. Thomas A. Scott to bring the Texas & Pacific Railroad to San Diego, a project that garnered Congressional support. However, all these efforts were successfully opposed by the powerful influence and money of the Central Pacific Group that included Leland Stanford, Colis P. Huntington, Charles Crock and Mark Hopkins. San Diego County would not become a terminus for a major transcontinental line until 1885. Morse's other business interests included being a founder and officer of the Bank of San Diego. He helped develop downtown San Diego, building the Pierce-Morse block located at the northwest corner of Sixth and F Street, and the Morse, Whaley, and Dalton block. With Whaley, Dalton, and Noell, he was involved in various real estate firms, and he invested in both the San Diego Flume Company and the El Cajon Valley Company. The failure to bring a transcontinental railroad to San Diego, in addition to national financial panics, such as the panic of 1873, caused Morse to lose most of his fortune. Like many San Diegans, he was land-rich but cash-poor, and land prices were not rising. He and Mary retreated to spartan living conditions in a small house in Alpine, a small foothill community twenty-five miles east of San Diego, while renting out their homestead in San Diego. The Bank of San Diego went into receivership and Morse was the subject of lawsuits due to his involvement with it for many years to come. Morse continued to live in San Diego until he was eighty-three years of age. He died on January 17, 1906, having finally witnessed substantial city growth, just as he had always optimistically predicted it. Publication Rights Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection. Preferred Citation Ephraim W. Morse Family Papers, MSS 689. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. Acquisition Information Acquired 2007. Digital Content This collection was digitized in 2016 for inclusion in the Adam Matthew subscription database Frontier Life: borderlands, settlement & colonial encounters. The documents are viewable in that resource when accessed from a UC San Diego IP address, or via any institution that subscribes to that resource. Subjects and Indexing Terms Businessmen -- California -- San Diego -- Correspondence Railroads -- California, Southern San Diego (Calif.) -- History Morse, E. W. (Ephraim W.) -- Archives Ames, John Judson -- Correspondence Morse, Edward W. -- Correspondence Darnall, Thomas Rylan -- Correspondence Horton, Alonzo E. -- Correspondence Whaley, Thomas -- Correspondence

Ephraim W. Morse Family Papers MSS 0689 4 Chase, A. J. -- Correspondence

BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS

Box 1, Folder 1 Appointments, commissions and notices of election 1852 - 1853 General note Notifications as a Court of Sessions associate justice (1852-1853), justice of the peace (1852), San Diego board trustee (1853), and public administrator (1853). (6 leaves)

Box 1, Folder 2 Appointments, commissions and notices of election 1854 - 1855 General note Notifications as San Diego City trustee (1854-1855), school commissioner (1854), and school trustee (1855). (5 leaves)

Box 1, Folder 3 Appointments, commissions and notices of election 1860 - 1861 General note Notifications as San Diego County supervisor (1860), and county treasurer (1861). Morse was first appointed treasurer on the death of Frank Ames and then was elected in his own right in September, 1861. (3 leaves)

Box 1, Folder 4 Appointments, commissions and notices of election 1865 - 1878 General note Notifications as Internal Revenue Service deputy collector (1865), city trustee (1867), public administrator (1875), and city treasurer (1878). (4 leaves)

Box 1, Folder 5 Articles in trunk sent home 1857 General note Handwritten list after death of Morse's first wife, Lydia, and departure for Massachusetts of his infant son, Edward, with Mrs. Stevens. List mentions sending Lydia's jewelry and hair. (1 leaf)

Box 1, Folder 6 Business card, ca 1860s General note Printed card listing Morse as San Diego agent for the Phoenix Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut. (1 leaf)

Box 1, Folder 7 Business card, ca. 1880s General note Morse's card representing partnership in Morse, Noell & Whaley, real estate dealers, notaries public, and insurance agents. Services included warrants purchased, money loaned, taxes paid for non-residents and rents collected. (1 leaf)

Box 1, Folder 8 Business card, undated General note Printed personal card unaffiliated with any business. (1 leaf)

Box 1, Folder 9 Certification of license to practice law 1856 General note Handwritten document, with raised seal, showing eligibility to practice law in California. (2 leaves connected with metal fasteners)

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Box 1, Folder 10 Deposition statement 1858 General note Handwritten statement regarding satisfaction of an $8065.46 judgment against Morse by A.J. Chase, ( merchandise wholesaler) that details Morse's estimate of the expenses the sheriff incurred in seizing his store. (1 leaf)

Box 1, Folder 11 Estate of Ephraim Weed Morse 1907 General note Correspondence and receipts regarding Morse's small estate including City of San Diego water bills. (6 leaves)

Box 1, Folder 12 Eastern Homestead 1851 - 1874 General note Includes documents regarding the estate of John S. Morse (father) including a list of his estate's value in 1851, a copy of his will (1868), an appraisal of the estate at the time of death (1873) and other receipts and notes. (14 leaves)

Box 1, Folder 13 Eastern Homestead 1871 - 1878 General note Includes draft and notarized deed transferring the family farm on Bear Hill, West Amesbury, Massachusetts to Morse's son (1878). Includes a West Newbury Mutual Fire Insurance Company policy (1873) showing the types and values of the homestead buildings. (6 leaves)

Box 1, Folder 14 Eastern Homestead 1873 - 1891 General note Correspondence, receipts and notes with Morse's brother-in-law, Leonard Sawyer, who lived and worked on the Homestead farm and apple orchard after John Morse's death. Includes correspondence from Susan E. Sawyer (Sawyer's second wife) and Andrew Sawyer (Morse's nephew and administrator of Leonard Sawyer's estate). (36 leaves)

Box 1, Folder 15 Eastern Homestead 1873 - 1891 General note Wood and lumber business, Part 1. Includes contracts, lists of lumber sold, and miscellaneous notes regarding Morse's arrangement with his cousin, Elbridge Melville Morse, to cut and sell wood and lumber. Also includes plans to export apples to Liverpool, England, and the building of a new barn. (17 leaves)

Box 1, Folder 16 Eastern Homestead 1873 - 1891 General note Wood and lumber business, Part 2. Includes correspondence regarding Morse and cousin Elbridge Morse's business account. [See also Elbridge Morse correspondence in Series 5A.] (46 leaves)

Box 1, Folder 17 Invitation, ca. 1850s General note Printed card and envelope announcing a Masonic event at the Gila House by committee members Joseph Smith, T.R. Darnall, George Lyons, D.B. Hoffman, and E.B. Pendleton. (2 leaves)

Box 1, Folder 18 Notary Public 1854 - 1860 General note Includes notices of commission and handwritten list of persons bonding Morse. (5 leaves)

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Box 1, Folder 19, Notary Public 1855 - 1862 Oversize FB47303 General note Four printed certificates memorializing Morse's notary public status autographed by Governors John Bigler (1855), J. Neely Johnson (1857), Miller S. Latham (1860), and Leland Stanford (1862). (4 leaves)

Box 1, Folder 20 Reference letter 1849 General note Amesbury, Massachusetts School Board Committee's letter recommending Morse as having an "irreproachable moral character." Also signed by Samuel Walker of the Boston Custom House. (1 leaf)

Box 1, Folder 21 Spiritualism notes 1866 - 1868 General note Handwritten notes regarding messages from spirits. Includes detailed reference to the Walker racial affair where Mary C. Walker (the soon-to-be Mrs. Morse) was dismissed from her position as school teacher after lunching with an African-American woman. (19 leaves)

EDUCATION AND JUVENILIA

Box 1, Folder 22 THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF PRACTICAL BOOK-KEEPING by James Bennett 1836 General note Autographed by Ephraim W. Morse who used this book in secondary school to learn the methods he would later use as a shopkeeper. 1 book (55 leaves including a large fold-out of engraved samples attached before title page)

Box 1, Folder 23 Bookkeeping exercise ledger 1837 General note Autographed and dated by Morse on the inside front cover. Student practice book that contains realistic business account entries by Morse. 1 notebook (17 leaves)

Box 1, Folder 24 Bookkeeping exercise ledger 1838 General note Autographed and dated by Morse on the inside front cover. 1 notebook (24 leaves)

Box 1, Folder 25 Bookkeeping exercise ledger 1839 General note Autographed and dated by Morse on the inside front cover. 1 notebook (25 leaves)

Box 1, Folder 26 Bookkeeping exercise ledger 1839 General note First eleven pages have laid-in and pasted-in newspaper clippings of a serial entitled, "Pollyanna Grows Up: The Second Glad Book," by Eleanor H. Potter. 1 notebook (19 leaves includes 1 leaf of newsprint laid-in)

Box 2, Folder 1 Bookkeeping exercise ledger 1840 General note Autographed and dated by Morse on the inside front cover. (1 leaf)

Box 2, Folder 2 Bookkeeping exercise ledger 1840 General note Autographed and dated by Morse on the inside front cover. (1 leaf)

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Box 2, Folder 3 Bookkeeping exercise ledger 1840 General note Autographed and dated by Morse on the inside front cover. (1 leaf)

Box 2, Folder 4 Bookkeeping exercise notes, ca. 1840s General note Handwritten notes of homework to-do lists and a list of his classmates, aged four to fourteen. (33 leaves) [Note: These papers were formerly laid-in Morse's book in folder 21.]

Box 2, Folder 5, Cursive handwriting sampler by C. Bascom, ca. 1840s Oversize FB47304 General note Printed sampler that students used to learn penmanship. Includes handwritten practice notes by Morse. (2 leaves)

Box 2, Folder 6 Newburyport High School report cards 1838 - 1841 General note 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" printed cards recording Morse's absences, tardiness, behavior, etc. Each card is signed on verso by his father. (45 leaves)

Box 2, Folder 7 YOUNG ASTRONOMER 1833 General note Paperback children's book autographed by Morse in child's cursive script and includes a printed book plate "Ephraim W. Morse, Newburyport." The text includes Vesta, Juno, Pallas, and Ceres (now known as asteroids) in an eleven planet solar system as was the early 19th century convention. 1 paperback book (44 leaves includes covers)

DIARIES AND NOTEBOOKS

Box 2, Folder 8 Diary, 1852, and Notebook, 1855 General note Includes 2 3/4" x 4" leather-bound notebooks with handwritten annotations on Morse's sea voyage to California, early California experiences including his horse being stolen and retrieved, his appointment as justice of the peace and judge of elections (November, 1852), and someone's threat to shoot him. The 1855 notebook is largely blank. 2 notebooks (1852 - 73 leaves, 1855 - 57 leaves)

Box 2, Folder 9 Diary 1866 General note 3 1/2" x 6 3/4" leather-bound "Bancroft's Diary for 1866" with handwritten annotations. Includes a copper and silver mining inspection trip to Baja California with detailed descriptions of the St. Ursula, La Fortuna, Nueva Provendencia, Palestina, Giant, and Martonell's silver mines. 1 notebook (84 leaves)

Box 2, Folder 10 Diary 1867 General note 3 1/2" x 6 3/4" leather-bound "Bancroft's Diary for 1867" with handwritten annotations. Includes comments on Vettiger's estate inventory, measures of distances to various San Diego and Mexico locations, locations of township boundary markers, and notes on horse breeding. 1 notebook (90 leaves)

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Box 2, Folder 11 Diary 1868 General note 3" x 5" leather-bound pocket diary with handwritten annotations of miscellaneous reminders, names, addresses, business transactions, and state vote counts for the 1868 presidential election. 1 notebook (69 leaves includes one laid-in sheet)

Box 2, Folder 12 Diary 1869 General note 3 1/4" x 6" leather-bound "Bancroft's Diary for 1869" with handwritten annotations. Includes a recipe said to cure rheumatism, a June 17th notation regarding moving the Express office to "New San Diego," and a September 18th annotation, "A great day for San Diego" noting the arrival of Governor Seward, Generals Stoneman and Hunter, and other dignitaries, and a pasted-in newspaper article about stamp requirements for legal paperwork. 1 notebook (136 leaves includes one laid-in sheet)

Box 2, Folder 13 Diary 1871 General note 3 3/4" x 6" leather-bound "Bancroft's Diary for 1871" with handwritten annotations. Includes mileage estimates, recommended books on geological surveys, botany, and architecture, weather notations, real estate transactions, steamer arrivals and departures, meeting reminders, etc. 1 notebook (108 leaves includes 3 laid-in sheets and 1 sheet for four postage stamps)

Box 2, Folder 14 Notebook 1854 - 1855 General note 3" x 4 3/4" leather-bound notebook entitled, "E.W. Morse - Housekeeping Expenses A/C." Includes comments on food and wood purchases and the date he began boarding with O.W. Gould (July, 1855). 1 notebook (22 leaves includes covers)

Box 3, Folder 1 Notebook 1856 - 1857 General note 3 1/4" x 4 1/2" leather-bound notebook with clasp and handwritten annotation including comments on financial transactions, recommended books, a list of male and female names, his infant son's weight, and a notation that Morse "put hair of Lydia in breast pins and rings, and presented to her sisters." (1 item)

MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS

Morse

Box 3, Folder 2 THE COURSE OF TIME: A POEM, by Robert Pollok 1841 General note 2 1/4" x 3 3/8" hard-bound book annotated, "off Cape Horn, April 20, 1849." (1 item)

Box 3, Folder 3 THE ENGLISH VERSION OF THE POLYGLUT BIBLE 1845 General note 4 1/4" X 2 3/4" leather-bound book with slide-through clasp. Autographed and dated on verso of first printed page, noting latitude and longitude off Cape Horn on April 20, 1849. Includes a list of favorite bible passages on the inside back cover, notations on his son's birth, his wife Lydia's death, and the death of a former chaplain in West Amesbury, Massachusetts on a blank page at the end of the Old Testament. 1 book (557 leaves)

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Box 3, Folder 4 HISTORICAL RELIGIOUS EVENTS by John W. Barber 1828 General note Includes a hard-bound book with a bookplate annotated, "Ephraim W. Morse, Newburyport." 1 book (88 leaves)

Box 3, Folder 5 Menu card, ca. 1904 General note Printed menu with prices of the "Coffee Club" restaurant, located at 1327 E Street, San Diego, which Morse frequented in late life. (1 leaf)

Box 3, Folder 6 Miscellaneous materials, ca. 1850s-1860s General note Includes a dinner invitation in Bushville, a note asking Dr. Hoffman to return a borrowed book entitled, LOS GRINGOES, a list of peaches and when they ripen, handwritten tally of votes for Ames and Morse, a list of jurors in the Evans case, and a list of California's springs and geysers (for possible camping trip, ca. 1866.) (10 leaves)

Box 3, Folder 7 New Hampshire Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration 1889 General note Printed price list of abandoned farms available for purchase. (4 leaves)

Box 3, Folder 8, Newspaper fragments 1854 - 1903 Oversize MC19002 General note Includes SAN DIEGO HERALD (12/16/1854) listing properties to be sold in "sheriff's sale" with annotations by Morse noting real owners, which lots assessed twice, etc., an EVENING TRIBUNE (2/21/1903) article regarding a lawsuit against Morse by the receiver of the Consolidated Bank of San Diego with notation by Morse criticizing the lawsuit, an extra-large version of the SAN FRANCISCO JOURNAL OF COMMERCE, San Diego edition, undated, featuring biographical sketches of San Diego's "most prominent citizens," including Morse. (4 leaves)

Box 3, Folder 9 Stencil, ca 1900 General note Cut-out stencil on posterboard for "E.W. Morse." Verso side reveals photographs of Republican party candidates in Haverhill, Massachusetts. (1 leaf)

Box 3, Folder 10 Travel expenses 1853 General note Itemized list of Morse's share of expenses owed to Thomas Whaley for bringing Lydia Morse to California from Massachusetts along with Mrs. Whaley and Mrs. Poole. (1 leaf)

Box 3, Folder 11 Wraps General note Miscellaneous paper with annotations that Morse used to organize his papers and letters. (13 leaves)

Family

Box 3, Folder 12 Estate of Moses Sawyer 1844 General note Handwritten note by John S. Morse (father) regarding an administrator's sale of land and brick-making machinery of Moses Sawyer (uncle.) (l leaf)

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Box 3, Folder 13 Morse, Edward (son) miscellaneous materials 1870 - 1908 General note Part 1. Miscellaneous notes and receipts, high school social and reunion invitations, and correspondence with cousins, aunts, and uncles. (28 leaves)

Box 4, Folder 1 Morse, Edward (son) miscellaneous materials 1887 - 1908 General note Part 2. Includes business and personal receipts, cancelled notes and mortgages, and a handwritten copy of an undated and unattributed poem, "In the Library." (70 leaves)

Box 4, Folder 2 Notebook - Lydia Ann Morse 1854 General note Handwritten record of letters sent and received created after her arrival in San Diego. Also lists expenses she incurred as well as money earned doing washing and mending. 1 notebook (21 leaves includes covers)

Box 4, Folder 3 School compositions and letter of recommendation, ca. 1870s General note Juvenile handwritten prose by Edward Morse (son) and his 1874 letter of recommendation from the School Committee of Amesbury, Massachusetts. (13 leaves)

CORRESPONDENCE

Family

Box 4, Folder 4 Gray, Joseph W. (brother-in-law) 1858 General note (2 leaves)

Box 4, Folder 5 Gray, Laura (sister-in-law) 1854 - 1868 General note (22 leaves)

Box 4, Folder 6 Gray, Lydia and William (in-laws) 1853 - 1868 General note Includes writing from other Gray family members in shared letters and an anonymous letter to Morse regarding Deacon Gray's poor finances in 1868. The Grays raised Morse's son after the death of their daughter. (8 leaves)

Box 4, Folder 7 Gray, Sarah (sister-in-law) 1853 - 1858 General note Includes writing from Maria Gray, the youngest sister-in-law, in a shared letter. (18 leaves)

Box 4, Folder 8 Greeley, Horace, undated General note Partial handwritten letter and signature. (1 leaf)

Box 4, Folder 9 Kay, Ann Chase (niece) 1883 - 1884 General note Niece who lived with Mary C. Morse's mother, Lucy Walker, until her death. (8 leaves)

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Box 4, Folder 10 Kimball, Judith (cousin) 1870 General note (2 leaves)

Box 4, Folder 11 Morse, Alden B. (cousin) 1849 - 1889 General note Part 1. Includes 1849 newspaper article about other Amesbury, Massachusetts residents departing for California on the brig ARK. (70 leaves)

Box 4, Folder 12 Morse, Alden B. (cousin) 1849 - 1889 General note Part 2. Includes original agreement to sell carriages in San Diego, Morse's trader's license, business receipts, and a printed copy of the will of Morse ancestor, Anthony Morse. (15 leaves)

Box 4, Folder 13, Morse, Alden B. (cousin) 1849 - 1889 Oversize FB47305 General note Part 3. Morse's onion-skin paper copy of a letter (May 9, 1885) explaining his financial situation. (7 leaves)

Box 4, Folder 14 Morse, Edward Wallace (son) 1869 - 1875 General note Part 1. (48 leaves)

Box 4, Folder 15 Morse, Edward Wallace (son) 1876 - 1882 General note Part 2. (78 leaves)

Box 5, Folder 1 Morse, Edward Wallace (son) 1883 - 1890 General note Part 3. Includes announcement in March 9, 1888 letter of the birth of Morse's grandson, Charles . (75 leaves)

Box 5, Folder 2 Morse, Edward Wallace (son) 1891 - 1899 General note Part 4. Includes a carbon copy of the Pioneers of San Diego resolution in honor of Mary C. Morse after her death on May 17, 1899. (61 leaves)

Box 5, Folder 3 Morse, Edward Wallace (son) 1900 - 1903 General note Part 5. (59 leaves)

Box 5, Folder 4 Morse, Edward Wallace (son) 1903 - 1905 General note Part 6. Includes stationery with depictions of Southern California landmarks, landscapes, and buildings (see letter of January, 1904), and newspaper articles. Also, includes printed prospectuses, advertisements, and other promotional materials Morse used as writing paper. (73 leaves)

Box 5, Folder 5 Morse, Edward Wallace (son) to Mary C. Morse 1869 - 1880 General note Includes printed card about the Sequoias entitled, "The 'Big Tree' of California" and a highly descriptive account of an 1870 Morse camping trip from San Diego to Julian City to visit the mines. (50 leaves)

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Box 5, Folder 6 Morse, Elbridge Melville (cousin) 1849 - 1890 General note (32 leaves)

Box 5, Folder 7 Morse, John S. (father) 1849 - 1870 General note (47 leaves)

Box 6, Folder 1 Morse, Lydia Ann (nee Gray) (wife) 1852 General note (1 leaf)

Box 6, Folder 2 Morse, Mary Chase (nee Walker) (wife) 1866 General note Part 1. Letters of courtship while Mary lived in Spring Valley and Morse would travel out each weekend to visit her. (38 leaves)

Box 6, Folder 3 Morse, Mary Chase (nee Walker) (wife) 1866 - 1874 General note Part 2. Includes draft of a poem by Morse entitled, "As half in shade," and two prose compositions by Mary, one entitled, "Sunshine," and one unfinished piece entitled, "The Bible." Also includes a printed flyer for the Friends' School for Boys in Philadelphia run by Morse's boyhood friend, E.M. Huntington. (52 leaves)

Box 6, Folder 4 Morse, Sarah A. (cousin) 1855 General note (1 leaf)

Box 6, Folder 5 Neal, Maria Morse (sister) 1850 - 1889 General note Includes a pressed flower in the September 6, 1850, letter, as well as some personal correspondence from Philip Neal (brother-in-law). [See also Neal, P.J. in Series 6, Business and Legal Documents.] (61 leaves)

Box 6, Folder 6 Philbrick, Joseph (cousin) 1881 - 1882 General note Joseph was Mary C. Morse's cousin. (4 leaves)

Box 6, Folder 7 Sargent, Patten (cousin) 1879 General note Includes mention of City of San Diego bonds. (1 leaf)

Box 6, Folder 8 Sawyer, Frances (niece) 1867 - 1868 General note Daughter of Hannah Weed Morse Sawyer (sister). Upon marriage, Frances' surname became Nowell. (3 leaves.)

Box 6, Folder 9 Sawyer, Hannah Weed (nee Morse) (sister) 1850 - 1867 General note Includes letters from her daughter, Ella Maria, and son, Andrew. (12 leaves)

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Box 6, Folder 10 Sawyer, Susan E. (Leonard Sawyer's second wife) 1888 General note (2 leaves)

Box 6, Folder 11 Sawyer-Tuscon, Ella (niece) 1890 General note (1 leaf)

Box 6, Folder 12 Stevens, Fannie (Mrs.) 1857 - 1859 General note Woman who delivered Morse's infant son to the Gray family in Massachusetts and died shortly thereafter. (8 leaves)

Box 6, Folder 13 Walker, Lucy (mother-in-law) 1877 - 1881 General note Part 1. (33 leaves)

Box 6, Folder 14 Walker, Lucy (mother-in-law) 1881 - 1883 General note Part 2. Includes writings of Anna Chase (later Kay) (niece) upon Lucy Walker's death in 1883. Also includes a financial note from Mrs. Walker in Morse's favor and a copy of her will. (44 leaves)

Box 6, Folder 15 Walker, Samuel (cousin ?) 1867 General note Includes a response to Morse's inquiry regarding shipping copper ore to Massachusetts for smelting. (2 leaves)

Box 6, Folder 16 Weed, Amos (cousin) 1852 - 1871 General note Weed accompanied Morse to California, stayed in northern California longer, but then resided in San Diego before returning to Massachusetts. Includes correspondence from Seth B. Blake, a fellow forty-niner. (41 leaves)

Box 6, Folder 17 Weed, Daniel (cousin) 1850 - 1890 General note Includes copy of a Morse telegraph to Weed. (22 leaves.)

General and Business

Box 7, Folder 1 Anderson, Joseph A. 1856 General note (2 leaves)

Box 7, Folder 2 Ames, Joseph Judson 1855 - 1857 General note Founder and editor of the SAN DIEGO HERALD (1851-1860). (7 leaves)

Box 7, Folder 3 Belknap, Augustus 1856 - 1857 General note San Francisco investor interested in buying San Diego county bonds and other investments. (6 leaves)

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Box 7, Folder 4 Blackstone, John 1856 General note Writing from Los Angeles, where he had secured a job driving for Banning and Willson [sic], and assured Morse of his ability to soon pay his account. (1 leaf)

Box 7, Folder 5 Bryant & Company 1857 General note San Francisco merchant enclosing a consignment of goods for Morse to sell in San Diego. (1 leaf)

Box 7, Folder 6 Carothers, J.H. 1856 General note Correspondence settling his account with Morse and sending correspondence from Dunbar. (1 leaf)

Box 7, Folder 7 Chase, A.J. 1853 - 1856 General note Correspondence regarding filling Morse's orders, prices and availability of goods, and whether any steamers are going to San Diego. (34 leaves)

Box 7, Folder 8 Chase, A.J. 1856 - 1858 General note Includes information on Morse's orders and mention the 1856 activities of the San Francisco Vigilante Committee. Also, contains a message of condolence after the death of Lydia Gray Morse. (22 leaves)

Box 7, Folder 9 Collins, John, ca. 1857 General note Correspondence from French Camp, CA, asking if Morse had received Collins' land warrant. (1 leaf)

Box 7, Folder 10 Compton, Mary 1869 General note Handwritten note to her son, George W. Johnson, who was at Ballast Point (Pt. Loma). (1 leaf)

Box 7, Folder 11 Cota, Manuelito 1857 General note Correspondence from Agua Tibia, written in Spanish, from the chief of the Luiseño tribe of Native Americans who occupied land near the San Luis Rey Mission. Cota was reported to have been a participant in the Temecula Massacre of January, 1847. (1 leaf)

Box 7, Folder 12 Cox, Delila to Mrs Morse 1856 General note Resident of San Bernardino, CA. (1 leaf)

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Box 7, Folder 13 Darnall, Thomas Rylan 1854 - 1857 General note Part 1. Early San Diego citizen (1853-1859) and office holder, as well as partner with Morse in an Old Town store and in the failed Jesus Maria Mine venture. Includes affidavits of purchase of land by Darnell sold for unpaid taxes and a receipt for a license to sell spirituous liquors and the use a billiard table for W.W. Ware(1854). (30 leaves)

Box 7, Folder 14 Darnall, Thomas Rylan 1858 - 1860 General note Part 2. Letters to Morse after the debt-ridden Darnell left San Diego in 1859. Darnall writes from Colorado City, CO, Tucson, AZ, Kentucky, and from his father's ranch in Platte City, Missouri. (21 leaves)

Box 7, Folder 15 Donahue, James 1860 General note San Diego resident regarding his drinking and lamenting the town's comments. (1 leaf)

Box 7, Folder 16 Dunbar, Edward E. 1857 General note Writing from Calabasas (Los Angeles County) regarding the land warrant of Joseph Sheppard. (1 leaf)

Box 7, Folder 17 Eldred, Lydia B. 1857 General note Writing from San Francisco for her father about Morse's payment of taxes on their San Diego land. (2 leaves)

Box 7, Folder 18 Foster, Colin 1857 General note Writing from San Andreas (Calaveras County) inquiring if Morse knows the whereabouts of John Gordon. (1 leaf)

Box 7, Folder 19 Freeman, James E. 1855 General note Letter from a friend and surveyor who was surveying mountains near Monterey, California. (1 leaf)

Box 7, Folder 20 Goodwin & Company 1857 General note Correspondence from San Francisco wholesale grocer, Charles Goodwin. (1 leaf)

Box 7, Folder 21 Gould, O.W. 1853 - 1856 General note Friend of Morse and Darnall writing from San Francisco and Fort Yuma. (4 leaves)

Box 7, Folder 22 Groom, Robert W. 1857 General note San Diego county surveyor (1856, 1859, 1861-63) and state assembly representative (1858, 1960). (3 leaves)

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Box 7, Folder 23 Hammett, A. 1863 General note Correspondence regarding shipping oil to Shedd and Wright of San Francisco. (15 leaves)

Box 7, Folder 24 Hammond, J.F. (Dr.) 1856 General note Correspondence from a military surgeon stationed at the Mission, who had cared for Lydia Morse, declaring he no longer wished to practice medicine in San Diego. (1 leaf)

Box 7, Folder 25 Harrison, D.A. 1868 General note Morse's response to a physician contemplating a move to San Diego in which Morse states his opinion of the existing eight doctors in San Diego. Includes an envelope stamped, "Return to Writer." (2 leaves)

Box 7, Folder 26 Haycocks, George 1867 General note Morse writes regarding Haycocks' share in the Encinitas Mine. (1 leaf)

Box 7, Folder 27 Hescel, Hugh 1857 General note Correspondence from a Los Angeles resident regarding a financial note paid by Mr. Groom. (1 leaf)

Box 7, Folder 28 Heusch, R., ca. 1857 General note Writing from the San Antonio Mine regarding his non-receipt of a keg of powder. (1 leaf)

Box 7, Folder 29 Hinton, F. 1857 General note Correspondence from a miner at Colorado City. (1 leaf)

Box 7, Folder 30 Hooper, George F. 1862 General note San Francisco wholesaler. Includes an official 1861 bill of lading for goods shipped on the steamer SENATOR and a sheet of County Treasurer 1857 $3.00 poll tax receipt blanks that Morse used as stationery. (10 leaves)

Box 7, Folder 31 Horton, Alonzo 1867 - 1874 General note Correspondence from San Diego's "new town" founder and real estate developer. Includes correspondence from San Francisco (1867) where Horton was promoting San Diego, deeds, leases, lists of lots in which Horton and Morse's shared an interest, records of Horton's account with Morse, and a list of lots Horton deeded for a proposed transcontinental railroad (1871). (54 leaves)

Box 7, Folder 32 Huntington, E.M. 1855 - 1871 General note Correspondence from Morse's West Amesbury, Massachusetts friend who later ran a school in Philadelphia. (4 leaves)

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Box 7, Folder 33 Huse, Charles E. 1857 General note Correspondence written for the father of the late C.W. Gould, Captain Robert W. Gould, of Salem, Massachusetts, inquiring of Morse regarding his son's character and if an estate was left. (1 leaf)

Box 7, Folder 34 Kohn, H.L. 1857 General note Correspondence from San Francisco resident asking Morse to pay taxes on his San Diego land. (2 leaves)

Box 7, Folder 35 Lassator, James Ruler 1857 General note Correspondence from the California pioneer who owned the Green Valley ranch in the Cuyamaca mountains east of San Diego. Lassator writes regarding the building of a road and supplies needed from Morse, including shirts, pants, black hats, and whiskey for his Native American workforce. Includes an 1866 letter regarding Sarah Lassator, after her husband's death by murder, in January, 1865. (2 leaves)

Box 7, Folder 36 Leighton, William 1857 General note Correspondence from Campo del Omo regarding politics, mines, and plans to return to San Diego. (1 leaf)

Box 7, Folder 37 Litch, George H. 1852 - 1858 General note Correspondence from a friend in Union Village, Vermont. Includes a letter from George's father, Samuel. (25 leaves)

Box 7, Folder 38 Main and Winchester 1854 General note Correspondence from San Francisco harness and saddle makers giving advice regarding leather "muchillas," (woven carrying bags used by Central and South American Indians, similar to saddle bags.) (1 leaf)

Box 7, Folder 39 Martinez, Manuel 1857 General note In Spanish. (1 leaf)

Box 7, Folder 40 Merrill, C.S. 1857 General note Correspondence asking Morse to forward his carpet bag. (1 leaf)

Box 7, Folder 41 Morris, G.R. 1857 General note Correspondence regarding Tom Darnall and sale of the Jesus Maria Mine. (1 leaf)

Box 7, Folder 42 Orr, George 1866 General note Correspondence from Morse advising Orr in regard to a claim against the estate of James Ruler Lassator. (1 leaf)

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Box 7, Folder 43 Ossuna, Julio 1866 General note Correspondence from Ossuna to the San Diego county auditor advising him to deliver the monthly warrant for his salary to Morse. (1 leaf)

Box 7, Folder 44 Person, Alice (sister of Rufus Morgan) 1880 General note Correspondence to Dr. Woodson thanking him for informing her of the death of her brother from eating poison mushrooms. Morgan was in a beekeeping enterprise with Morse. (1 leaf)

Box 7, Folder 45 Pond, John P. 1857 General note Correspondence from San Luis Rey (now Oceanside, CA) advising Morse he is too busy to build a house. Includes correspondence to John's brother, William, of New York City, vouching that John has been "industrious, temperate, prudent, and economical" for the last two years. (4 leaves)

Box 7, Folder 46 Poole, Charles H. 1855 - 1857 General note Correspondence with friend and San Diego mapmaker (1856) that includes discussion of previous maps and problems, a condolence letter upon the death of Mrs. Morse, San Francisco Vigilante Committee activities, and a list of books Poole left in San Diego and wished to sell. (10 leaves)

Box 7, Folder 47 Poole, Mary A. 1856 General note Correspondence to Lydia Morse, with whom she had travelled to California from the east coast, with mention of a severe San Francisco earthquake on February 15, 1856. (3 leaves)

Box 7, Folder 48 Poole, P.J. 1856 General note 1 leaf.

Box 7, Folder 49 Porter, Rufus King 1856 - 1857 General note Correspondence with the Spring Valley pioneer, writer, and friend whose father founded SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN magazine. Mary Walker lived on the Porter's ranch, prior to her marriage to Morse, teaching Porter's daughter, Rufina. (4 leaves)

Box 7, Folder 50 Rathburn, Charles 1857 General note Mail carrier (by mule) between Tucson and Maricopa Wells, Fort Yuma and Colorado City. Rathburn was also a member of the San Diego Guards. (6 leaves)

Box 7, Folder 51 Robinson, James (Judge) 1856 General note Correspondence regarding politics and the outlook for San Diego, written shortly before this San Diego pioneer's death. (1 leaf)

Box 7, Folder 52 Ryer, W.M. 1856 General note Correspondence from Stockton, California, regarding a possible land purchase. (1 leaf)

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Box 8, Folder 1 Ryerson, George 1857 General note Correspondence from Los Vallecitos informing Morse that he and W. A. Winder were the owners of the San Antonio copper mine. (1 leaf)

Box 8, Folder 2 Salorio, R., ca. 1857 General note Note regarding forwarding mail to La Paz, Baja California, Mexico. (1 leaf)

Box 8, Folder 3 Smith, Joseph 1857 General note Note advising Minter to pay Morse the funds that Minter owed to Smith. Morse and Smith were partners in a sheep ranch on Smith Mountain, now Palomar. Smith was murdered by a British ship deserter he hired who was reportedly interested in Smith's Native American wife. (1 leaf)

Box 8, Folder 4 Stene [?], George, ca. 1870s General note Envelope addressed to the Horton House hotel with a note on verso side mentioning Horton as treasurer. (1 leaf)

Box 8, Folder 5 Stone, Francis and Carlos Eschrich 1857 General note Correspondence regarding his account and its satisfaction. Eschrich's note is in Spanish. (2 leaves)

Box 8, Folder 6 Vulcan Iron Works 1854 General note Letter from R. E. Raimond, Engineer, regarding necessary machinery for a saw mill. (1 leaf)

Box 8, Folder 7 Warner, Jonathan T. 1855 - 1857 General note San Diego pioneer, first state senator (1851-1852), supervisor (1853-1855), and owner of Warner's Ranch. Correspondence from daughter, Belle Warner, for her father, from Los Angeles. (4 leaves)

Box 8, Folder 8 West Amesbury, Massachusetts post office 1851 General note Correspondence from postmaster Stephen Bayley regarding a new law requiring prepayment of postage on newspapers. (1 leaf)

Box 8, Folder 9 Whaley, Thomas 1853 - 1854 General note San Diego pioneer and Morse's partner in an Old Town general store from 1853-1856. Correspondence from San Francisco documents goods desired, availability and prices. Includes a letter from New York (8-5-1853) shortly before Whaley's marriage to Anna E. Lannay and his trip back to California accompanying the new Mrs. Whaley, Mrs. Morse, and Mrs. Poole. Whaley explains his delay because his cousin had him arrested under a non-resident debtors act. (15 leaves)

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Box 8, Folder 10 Winder, W.A. 1857 General note Writing from Fort Yuma regarding mining operations. (3 leaves)

Box 8, Folder 11 Wirtz, Dr., ca. 1857 General note (1 leaf)

Box 8, Folder 12 Wise, N. 1857 General note El Monte, CA, resident writing regarding his hope to soon pay his San Diego debts. (1 leaf)

Box 8, Folder 13 Wright, A.S. 1857 General note San Francisco resident writing regarding the taxes on the Binsley's land in San Diego. (2 leaves)

Box 8, Folder 14 Unidentified, ca. 1857 General note Poignant letter from a mother to a young daughter hoping for a visit. Includes a crayon drawing of a woman holding an American flag. (2 leaves)

BUSINESS AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS

Box 8, Folder 15 Ames, John Judson - Business account 1855 - 1857 General note Includes a subscription receipt for fifty dollars to establish the SAN DIEGO HERALD newspaper, offsets to Ames account with Morse, and a list entitled, "catalogue of books for sale." (10 leaves)

Box 8, Folder 16 Business card, ca. 1850s General note Printed card of M. Richardson & Co., San Francisco dealers in vegetables, poultry, eggs and butter. A.J. Chase's name is handwritten on the card, and the name of J.S. Fong is crossed out. (1 leaf)

Box 8, Folder 17 Business memorandum 1856 - 1858 General note Includes an early account ledger for Mannasse & Co., letters of credit, William Vettiger's account, and John Hayes' note appointing John Pond as power of attorney over the affairs of his ranch during his absence. (14 leaves)

Box 8, Folder 18 Business memorandum 1856 - 1860 General note Documents business with Louis Rose (including Morse becoming his power of attorney, 1858) and a handwritten list of James Donahue's papers and deposits being held by Morse (1860). (23 leaves)

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Box 8, Folder 19 Business memorandum 1864 - 1868 General note Miscellaneous price lists, notes of conversations and an argument during a land auction (Morse was auctioneer), instructions for George P. Tebbetts while Morse was away, a list of Morse's activities on his birthday (October 16, 1866), and a conveyance of Lot 717 from George A. Pendleton to Morse for $50.00. (19 leaves)

Box 8, Folder 20 Business receipts and notes 1850 - 1860 General note Includes receipts for a road tax payment (1853) and Lydia Morse's passage from San Francisco (1853), lists of purchases from San Francisco wholesalers, a note in Spanish to Jose M. Estudillo regarding Morse's acceptance of horses to settle Estudillo's debt, and Estudillo's reply (1867). (77 leaves)

Box 8, Folder 21 Court of Sessions 1855 General note Handwritten notes on legal actions taken. (1 leaf)

Box 8, Folder 22 Fees in contested election 1852 - 1853 General note Handwritten notation of fees in contested election case of James W. Robinson vs. Daniel B. Kurtz and another party. (2 leaves)

Box 8, Folder 23 Fisher, estate of Mrs. and guardianship of Louisianna Fisher 1856 General note Handwritten lists of expenses Morse incurred. 3 year-old Louisianna was the daughter of German parents, Gustav and Sophia, but what happened to them is not clear in the files. Louisianna's guardian may have been Surgeon Keeney associated with the United States military. (3 leaves)

Box 8, Folder 24 Instructions for George A. Tebbetts 1863 General note Morse's instructions regarding items shipped from San Francisco describing with particularity who the items are for, including two pure-bread Fox Hound dogs for Joseph Smith. Includes mention of Morse's accompanying and delivering a small girl, perhaps Louisianna Fisher. (2 leaves)

Box 8, Folder 25 Instructions to Martin Trimmer 1866 General note Includes directions as what individuals get credit and how much, mine payroll information, and other expenses. (2 leaves)

Box 8, Folder 26 Instructions to Morse from Whaley 1853 General note Detailed instructions regarding the San Diego store and what is to be done during Whaley's absence. Includes the location of sealed papers in case Whaley is involved in an accident. (1 leaf)

Box 8, Folder 27 Johnson, George A. (Captain) 1862 General note Business records and notes regarding the account Johnson maintained in regard to the Johnson and Captain A.H. Wilcox's Colorado Steam Navigation Company which ran a line of packet boats. Johnson married Maria Estefana Alvarado of San Diego, served as collector of customs, and owned the Los Peñasquitos Ranch. (15 leaves)

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Box 8, Folder 28 Land abstract regarding lot C of block 124, ca. 1870s General note Handwritten list of transactions regarding fractional shares of this lot in which Morse and Horton had interests. (1 leaf)

Box 8, Folder 29 Legal memoranda - Miscellaneous 1855 - 1863 General note Morse's records when serving as auctioneer, abstracts, and the Walter Murray vs. Lorenzo Soto judgment and payment to Sheriff McCoy. (2 leaves)

Box 8, Folder 30 Little & Company 1855 General note Wholesaler of Pilch lozenges which Morse sold on consignment. (2 leaves)

Box 8, Folder 31 First National Bank of Amesbury 1873 - 1889 General note Business records, receipts, an account booklet, postcard, and correspondence regarding bond coupons and other Massachusetts note transactions. Includes two notes from the Provident Institution for Savings (1874, 1889). (22 leaves)

Box 8, Folder 32 Neal land account 1858 - 1905 General note Records in regard to land owned in San Diego by Morse's brother-in-law in Massachusetts. Includes original multi-colored San Diego city and county tax receipts, tracings and copies of maps regarding Pueblo lot No. 256 showing the railroad right-of-way, lease agreements, an abstract of the title to the land, and miscellaneous account notes. (49 leaves)

Box 8, Folder 33 Painter, Frederick J. estate 1853 - 1854 General note Includes inventory and appraisal, claims for the estate of physician Painter, notices of estate sale, and a copy of Morse's letter informing Painter's sister, Mrs. James Witherspoon, of his death. (14 leaves)

Box 8, Folder 34 Pierce, James - Building notes 1886 - 1887 General note Notes entitled, "Extracts from the Diary of J.M. Pierce" containing complaints and allegations Pierce made against Morse in regard to the building they built and owned in partnership. (6 leaves)

Box 9, Folder 1 Private notes 1866 - 1870 General note Part 1. Includes a note from R.W. Laine of the Pacific Union Express asking Morse's advice for a San Diego agent, a note regarding statements by Horton about Morse, comments on the controversy of moving the city and county records from Old Town to New Town (1870), a purported copy of one of Horton's marriage certificates, notes regarding possible litigation against Horton and other political intriques. (25 leaves)

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Box 9, Folder 2 Private notes 1868 - 1872 General note Part 2. Includes notes on conversations about Morse, political and financial dealings, a note on verso of a printed Grant & Colfax electoral ticket (1868), notes regarding formation of a "Committee of Safety," a list the San Diego Publishing Association directors, land, bank and railroad dealings, and a letter to the editor regarding water. (21 leaves)

Box 9, Folder 3 Private notes 1870 - 1871 General note Part 3. Morse's notes regarding Chamber of Commerce meetings including a draft of a resignation letter. (6 leaves)

Box 9, Folder 4 San Diego and Gila, Southern Pacific and Atlantic Railroad Company 1854 General note Includes a notice of Morse's election to the position of stock commissioner, as well as notices of meetings. (3 leaves)

Box 9, Folder 5 Samples - legal language, ca. 1860s General note Handwritten sample of legal language for use in wills. (1 leaf)

Box 9, Folder 6 Smith, Joseph, Estate of 1869 General note Documents regarding a probate court action for claims Morse made showing part of his claim was void as beyond the two-year statute of limitations and part was ruled valid. (3 leaves)

Box 9, Folder 7 Wilcox, John A. 1856 - 1857 General note Notes and calculations in regard to Wilcox's business account. (9 leaves)

CALIFORNIA MATERIALS

Box 9, Folder 8 Agreement to Discourage Use of Reals 1864 General note Handwritten pledge signed by San Diego merchants including Morse, Donahue, Hollister, Rose, Mannasse & Company, and Sloane, to discourage the use of foreign gold coins. (1 leaf)

Box 9, Folder 9 Balboa Park quit claim deed scandal 1874 General note Morse's handwritten sixteen-page account (fashioned as a letter to his wife) describing the events of July, 1874 involving Horton and a deed issued to Gunn, Felsenheld, Arnold, and Choate for land that was to be reserved for Balboa Park. (16 leaves)

Box 9, Folder 10 California state legislative acts regarding San Diego 1855 General note Correspondence from William C. Ferrell, member of the California state assembly for the 1st District (San Diego) (1855-1856) discussing various bills of importance to San Diego. (1 leaf)

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Box 9, Folder 11 Campaign materials 1859 General note Printed ballot handout, in Spanish, featuring Leland Stanford in his first, unsuccessful run for Governor of California. (1 leaf)

Box 9, Folder 12 Campaign materials 1867 General note Printed ballot ticket of the Union Party for California state and county positions including E. W. Morse for county treasurer. (1 leaf)

Box 9, Folder 13 Campaign materials 1867 General note Printed ballot handout of the Democratic Union state and county ticket. Includes handwritten entries for many of the county positions. (1 leaf)

Box 9, Folder 14 Campaign materials, ca. 1868-1878 General note Includes small "caucus tickets" for S.S. Culverwell, Jose G. Estudillo and Charles A. Wetmore for city trustees, "pledged to the recovery of the tidelands for the city," and the "People's ticket" featuring James McCoy, A.E. Horton, and Captain M. Sherman. (6 leaves)

Box 9, Folder 15 Campaign materials, ca. 1883 General note Printed ballot flyer for the first supervisor's district of the Regular Democratic ticket with motto, "Economy and Reform." Lists local San Diego candidates for judge, district attorney, sheriff, treasurer, surveyor, etc. (1 leaf)

Box 9, Folder 16 Campaign materials 1884 General note Printed ballot handout of the "Regular Republican Ticket," including local San Diego candidates. (1 leaf)

Box 9, Folder 17 City land schemes, ca. 1860s General note Handwritten account of method used by the city of Anaheim to divide city land. (1 leaf)

Box 9, Folder 18 County statistics, ca. 1858 General note Handwritten response to a circular sent to county assessors. Includes acreage, geographic descriptions, estimates of agricultural production, livestock values, and mining operations. (1 leaf)

Box 9, Folder 19, Newspaper fragments 1854 - 1892 Oversize MC19001 General note Includes CALIFORNIA CHRONICLE (12/18/1854) advertisement by city trustees for "Sale of Valuable Real Estate in San Diego, E. W. Morse, Secretary," SOLANA COUNTY HERALD, Benicia, CA (3/29/1856) regarding that city's land sale ordinance and title question re: waterfront property, SAN DIEGO UNION (6/14/1891) article on San Diego real estate, and SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER (9/29/1892) detailing a large ceremony in San Diego recreating Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo's landing on September 28, 1542. Includes envelope and original wrapper Morse kept newspapers in. (6 leaves)

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Box 9, Folder 20 Persons in the County of San Diego entitled to do military duty, ca. 1856 General note Handwritten alphabetical list. Includes smaller list of fourteen names entitled, "Names of persons at river subject to do military service." (6 leaves)

Box 9, Folder 21 Railroad expedition with engineers 1867 General note Handwritten subscription list includes Morse, McCoy, Mannasse & Company, Bush, Grant, Wallace, Hollister, Sloan, Rose, Cleveland, Johnson, and others. (2 leaves)

Box 9, Folder 22 San Diego county - Statement of finances and bonds 1865 - 1868 General note Miscellaneous handwritten notes about the amount and types of San Diego debt. (4 leaves)

Box 9, Folder 23, San Diego Guard, ca. 1856 Oversize FB47306 General note Handwritten list entitled, "Members - San Diego Guards." This voluntary military company was formed August 2, 1856 under the command of Captain George Pendleton. (1 leaf)

Box 9, Folder 24 San Diego town flag 1864 General note Includes a subscription list for money and appointment of a committee of three to purchase a flag for the use of the town. Includes a printed price list with annotations indicating the purchase of a twenty-one to twenty-five foot flag. (2 leaves)

Box 9, Folder 25 Subscription in aid and relief of William Cole, William Vettiger, and Eugene Edmonds, ca. 1859 General note Handwritten list to raise funds to aid San Diegans held in a Mexican prison and about to be sent to La Paz for trial for murder. (1 leaf)

Box 9, Folder 26 Subscription to send an express to meet the steamer at San Pedro 1868 General note Handwritten list of funds collected in order to meet the steamer on Saturday, February 1, 1868, possibly to greet dignitaries. (1 leaf)

Box 9, Folder 27 Subscription to the padre 1867 General note Handwritten list of money collected for the local Catholic chaplain. (1 leaf)

Box 9, Folder 28 Survey - San Diego to Anaheim 1872 General note Handwritten account of a journey by Charles Fox describing the conditions of the roads and routes taken. (1 leaf)

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