Collection Summary
Title | James Dudley Morgan collection of Digges-L'Enfant-Morgan papers, 1674-1923 |
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Span Dates | 1674-1923 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1778-1828) |
ID No. | MSS18481 |
Creator | Morgan, James Dudley, 1862-1919 |
Extent | 400 items |
Extent | 2 containers plus 1 oversize |
Extent | 0.8 linear feet |
Extent | 2 microfilm reels |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010068 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm82018481 |
Summary | Chiefly correspondence, accounts, commissions, notes, and other papers (1778-1828) relating to soldier and engineer Pierre C. L'Enfant, including material concerning the Society of the Cincinnati, the design of the city of Washington, D.C., Robert Morris's home in Philadelphia, and Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania, and Fort Washington, Maryland. Also includes papers relating to the Digges family of Prince Georges County, Maryland, especially Thomas Atwood Digges and William Dudley Digges, and to James Dudley Morgan's research interest in L'Enfant and the Digges family. |