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Luke Morris record of payments received, 1774-1782.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Misc Mss Box 22 Folder 5
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Morris, Luke, 1707-1793.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Sources.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Genre:
- receipts (financial records)
- Manuscripts, American.
- Penn Provenance:
- Alexander Historical Auctions (Chesapeake City, Maryland), 2015.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (1 bifolium)
- Contained In:
- Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Box 22 Folder 5
- Place of Publication:
- 1774-1782.
- Biography/History:
- Morris was a Philadelphia businessman. He married Mary Allen Richards in 1749.
- Summary:
- One folded leaf recording payment of yearly ground rent by Philadelphia merchant Edward Shippen for a property on Front Street, also referred to as Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Each payment is signed Luke Morris and spans the years from 1774 to 1782. One payment received on September 7, 1782, was for seven years.
- OCLC:
- 1354237205
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