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Found in 2 Collections and/or records:

 Collection

Peter Force Papers and Collection

Identifier: MSS20990
Abstract

Antiquarian, historian, and mayor of Washington, D.C. Chiefly Force's personal papers and papers he collected for his nine-volume American Archives. Force's personal papers document his career as a Washington printer, newspaper editor, compiler, and collector. The collection records political, military, scientific, and social aspects of eighteenth and nineteenth century America.

Dates 1492-1977; Majority of material found within 1750-1868
 Collection

Henry Mason Morfit Papers

Identifier: MSS33431
Abstract

Lawyer. Correspondence and financial and business papers relating to Morfit's Washington, D.C., practice as a claims lawyer and as a political figure in the administrations of Andrew Jackson.

Dates 1819-1858; Majority of material found within ( 1844-1855)