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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Arthur Alexander Morson Correspondence, #528-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received prior to 1940.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.

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• College students--United States--History--19th century.
• Morson, Alexander, fl. 1818-1821.
• Morson, Arthur Alexander, 1803-1864.
• Morson, William, fl. 1825-1826.
• New York (N.Y.)--Description and travel.
• Philadelphia (Pa.)--Description and travel.
• Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864.
• Yale College (1718-1887)--Faculty--History--19th century.
• Yale College (1718-1887)--History--19th century.
• Yale College (1718-1887)--Students--History--19th century.

Arthur Alexander Morson (1803-1864) was a lawyer of Fredericksburg and Richmond, Va., and member of the Yale College Class of 1822.

The collection is chiefly letters from Arthur Alexander Morson while he was a student at Yale College to his father, Alexander Morson, in Fredericksburg, Va., describing college life, 1818-1821, and visits to New York, N.Y., Philadelphia, Pa., and other locations, 1818-1819. Also included are three letters, 1825-1826, to Morson at Fredericksburg, Va., from his brother William at Yale; and several letters to Alexander Morson from Benjamin Silliman, a Yale professor. There are also some biographical and genealogical items.