Archives Catalogue

William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

MS-6
Collection
1545-1900

Collection assembled by William Morse reflected his research interests and his ideas on what works should be available for consultation by serious scholars. The exploration and early settlement of Acadia, the history of the Maritimes, the evolution of printing, the book arts, important classics in both the humanities and the sciences, the works of Bliss Carman and George Santayana, works about General James Wolfe, and Norse legends are the major research fields represented.

Morse, William Inglis

Recensement général du pays de la Cadie = General census of the country of Cadie

MS-6, (MS-6-13)
File
1685-1686

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Minute of condition between Sir William Alexander and Duncan Forbes, Provost of Inverness and Laird of Culloden, signed by Alexander and Forbes, and witnessed by Morray, Steuart, Ross, Donypaice, Phelps, Strachan, Shaw, Marshall, Rose, Philip, and Sinclarr.

MS-6, (MS-6-2)
File
March 17, 1625

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

The document, endorsed March 17, 1625, relates to "the countrie of New Scotland in America" and bears close relation to Cape Breton.

Stirling, William Alexander, Earl of, 1567 or 1568-1640

Principes sur la Marine tirés des dépêches et des ordres du Roy donnés sous le Ministère de M. Colbert. Principes sur la Marine tirés des dépêches et des ordres du Roi donnés sous le Ministère de M. de Seignelay = Principles from the Navy dispatches and orders of the King given under the Ministry of M. Colbert. Principles from the Navy dispatches and orders of the King given under the Ministry of M. de Seignelay

MS-6, 2 (MS-6-11)
File
1756

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Pension decree from the War Department of the French Republic, Nancy

MS-6, 2-10 (MS-6-12)
File
1803

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Letter from Edmund Burke to unnamed correspondent

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 1
File
February 17, 1776

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Also known as MS-6-3.

Letter from Silvester Tiffany to unidentified recipient

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 10
File
August 13, 1798

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Also known as MS-6-23.

Letters written by Ralph Waldo Emerson

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 11
File
1857-1879

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Letters written by Louisa May Alcott

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 12
File
1882-1887

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Portrait of Louisa May Alcott

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 13
File
1887

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Photographs of Bliss Carman

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 14
File
[ca. 1900]

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Letter written by Bliss Carman

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 15
File
December 31, 1913

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Manuscript of "May and June" by Bliss Carman

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 16
File
[ca. 1900]

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Letter from Immanuel Kant in Königsberg to A.G. Kästner in Göttingen

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 17
File
[1794?]

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Letter from Edvard Grieg to M.T. Dahlström

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 18
File
November 19, 1905

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

File contains a letter from Edvard Grieg to M.T. Dahlström written on November 19, 1905. In the letter, Grieg discusses the interpretation of Henrik Ibsen's poem, "The Swan."

Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907

Inscription to the memory of William Clark, Esq. written by Samuel Winslow

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 19
File
[ca. 1742]

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Also known as MS-6-27.

Letter from Thomas Chandler Haliburton to Joseph Howe

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 2
File
[18??]

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Also known as MS-6-18.

Letter from Captain W. Tonge to Major-General George Stracey Smyth, referencing a system of telegraph used in Nova Scotia

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 20
File
February 28, 1802

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Also known as MS-6-25.

Letters written by William Osler

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 21
File
1914

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Principes sur la Marine tirés des dépêches et des ordres du Roi donnés sous le Ministère de Conseil de Marine pendant la Régence et [?] de M. le Comte de Morville = Principles from the Navy dispatches and orders of the King given under the Ministry of the Navy Board during the Regency [?] of the Count of Morville, 1715-1723

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 22 (MS-6-11)
File
1757

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Photograph of portrait of Bliss Carman. Photograph of Sophia Mary (Bliss) Carman and son

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 23
File
1862, 1888

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Formerly known as MS-6-P1b.

Portrait of Bliss Carman, Wolfville, Nova Scotia / by Lewis Rice

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 24
File
1893

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Formerly known as MS-6-P1d.

Bliss Carman, Windsor, Great Britan / by Russell and Sons

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 25
File
1896

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Formerly known as MS-6-P1e.

Bliss Carman / by Russell and Sons

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 26
File
[c. 1896?]

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Formerly known as MS-6-P1f.

Bliss Carman

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 27
File
n.d.

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Formerly known as MS-6-P1g.

Bliss Carman

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 28
File
n.d.

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Formerly known as MS-6-P1i.

Bliss Carman

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 29
File
n.d.

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Formerly known as MS-6-P1i.

Sales of seven barrels [of] apples per Schooner Eliza Jane Dunn, for account A. Gesner

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 3
File
September 8, 1827

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Also known as MS-6-15.

Bliss Carman

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 30
File
n.d.

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Formerly known as MS-6-P1l.

Bliss Carman

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 31
File
1891

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Formerly known as MS-6-P1c.

Photograph of an orginal drawing of William Inglis Morse / by Francis Dodd

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 32
File
1927-1932

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Photograph has the date 1932, however the Catalogue of the William Inglis Morse collection has the date 1927.

Bliss Carman

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 33
File
n.d.

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Also includes clipping of Bliss Carman crowned with a wreath of maple leaves presented by the Montreal branch of the Canadian Author's Association and the poem, Mr. Moon.

Pierre Du Gua de Monts, [receipt?]

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 34
File
[1612?]

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Item is possibly a receipt to Pierre Du Gua de Monts from Pierre Dugua circa 1612. The document was donated after the Catalogue of the William Morse Collection was printed.

Pierre Du Gua de Monts, [receipt?]

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 35
File
1612

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Item is possibly a receipt to Pierre Du Gua de Monts from Pierre Dugua circa 1612. Document was donated after the Catalogue of the William Morse Collection was printed.

Autograph letter from James Wolfe to his uncle, Major Walter Wolfe, of Dublin

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 36
File
19 May 1758

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

This letter was written while waiting in Halifax for the arrival of the Commander-in-Chief, Major General Jeffery Amherst, who had recently been appointed to take command of the expedition against Louisbourg. The Goldsmith referred to was Wolfe's cousin, Captain Edward Goldsmith, with whom he corresponded regularly.

Permit to A. and H. Gesner to receive merchandise and to carry the same from within the town of Halifax to Annapolis, the duties thereon having been paid or secured in the Excise Office at Halifax

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 4
File
December 13, 1828

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Also known as MS-6-15.

Sketch of the cutter 'Mary,' belonging to Major Love

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 5
File

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Also known as MS-6-17.

Letter from Thomas Chandler Haliburton to Joseph Howe regarding figures cited in a speech given by Howe on the union of the colonies

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 6
File
[18??]

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Also known as MS-6-18.

Commission appointing the Honourable Joseph Howe President of the Privy Council for Canada

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 7
File
January 30, 1869

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Also known as MS-6-18.

Letters from Giacomo Meyerbeer to unidentified recipients

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 8
File
[c. 1857]

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Letter from Johann Strauss, Sr. to 'Your Excellency"

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 9
File
December 6, 1835

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Letter from J.F.W. DesBarres to Lord George Germaine, London, furnishing plans with estimates submitted on the 'Utility of Nova Scotia,' and a scheme relating to forestry, shipping, etc., to include Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence

MS-6, Box 2, Folder 1 (MS-6-7)
File
October 1, 1779

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

The title 'Utility of Nova Scotia' is written on the back of the document.

Letter of appointment to Moses Child, written and signed by George Washington, first President of the United States

MS-6, Box 2, Folder 11
File
24 November 1775

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Letter written and signed by George Washington (1732-1799) at the beginning of the American Revolution, to Moses Child, appointing him as a spy to gather intelligence in Nova Scotia.

Letter of appointment of Thomas A. Turner as a Justice of the Peace, and of Henry Griffin as a Public Notary, for the Province of Lower Canada

MS-6, Box 2, Folder 2
File
July 10, 1822

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Also known as MS-6-8.

A journal of the proceedings on board the sloop 'Dart,' privateer of St. John, New Brunswick

MS-6, Box 2, Folder 3
Item
1813-1815

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Item is a journal kept by Captain John Harris (c. 1775-1825) during a voyage on the sloop 'Dart,' commencing May 22, 1813. Harris also used the journal during two 1815 voyages on other vessels. He recorded occurrences on board the boat 'Prince Regent' during a trip from Annapolis towards Halifax in August 1815. He also recorded occurrences on board the schooner 'Laurence' during a trip from Annapolis towards Barbados in 1815.

Harris, John

Letter from Louise Auguste de Bourbon, Duke of Maine, to M. LeCouturier asking that everything be done to enable the payment of the pension for two years due to Sieur Collet, Attorney General of the Supreme Council of Québec, who must travel to Canada shortly and is in need of this money just to get out

MS-6, Box 2, Folder 4
File
May 17, 1719

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Also known as MS-6-19.

Appointment of Joseph Howe as Deputy Assistant Commissary General to the Forces

MS-6, Box 2, Folder 5
File
October 22, 1816

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Also known as MS-6-18.

Relation du voyage de Jacques de Meulles à l'Acadie = Account of the voyage of Jacques de Meulle to Acadia

MS-6, Box 2, Folder 6 (MS-6-22)
File
1685-1686

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Principes sur la Marine tirés des dépêches et des ordres du Roy donnés sous le Ministère de M. de Pontchartrain, le Chancelier = Principles from the Navy dispatches and orders of the King given under the Ministry of M. de Pontchartrain, the Chancellor

MS-6, Box 2, Folder 7 (MS-6-11)
File
1756

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Pontchartrain, Louis Phélypeaux, comte de, 1643-1727

Journal commencing October 27, 1818, with schooner 'Mary', from Annapolis for Barbadoes

MS-6, Box 2, Folder 8
File
1818-1823

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Item is a journal kept by Captain John Harris (c. 1775-1825) during a voyage from Annapolis to Barbados on board the schooner 'Mary', commencing October 27, 1818. Harris also used the journal to record occurrences and work in Clements, N.S., between March 1819 and September 1823.

Harris, John

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