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

Manuscripts in the Catalogue of the William Inglis Morse Collection

Series
1545-1900

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

This series consists of manuscripts collected by William Inglis Morse. These Manuscripts are listed in the "Catalogue of the William Inglis Morse Collection" printed at the Curwen Press, London, 1938.

The Marquis de la Roche document

MS-6, MS-6-14
File
1598

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Documents

Series
1612-1869

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

This series includes documents collected by William Inglis Morse. Documents include an appointments of Joseph Howe and Thomas A. Turner, a pension decree from the War Department of the French Republic signed by Napoleon Bonaparte, an inscription to the memory of William Clark, Esq by Samuel Winslow, permits and more.

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.

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

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

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

Estat de la Conduitte que j'ay teneue pendant mon sejour au pays de l'Acadie

MS-6, MS-6-13
Item
1687-1688

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

The manuscript is written on fourteen folio pages and is signed at the end by Gargas, who was Chief Assistant to the Intendant. In this second doument he mentions each place visited and described the country in a most interesting manner.

The Delabat documents : Letter to Monsieur de Villermont concerning Acadie, dated at Port Royal, November 20th, 1703.

MS-6, MS-6-9
File
1703

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Possibly a copy. These manuscripts came from the west coast of France, and represent originals, not existing in any of the great libraries of either Europe or America. The original manuscripts comprise ten pages.

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.

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

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.

Letters

Series
1758-1914

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

This series consists of letters collected by William Inglis Morse. Letters include correspondence from Bliss Carman, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alott, William Osler, Immanuel Kant, Thomas Chandler Haliburton to Joseph Howe and more.

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 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 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 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.

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.

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

William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection pictures

Series
1813-1860

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

This series consists of photographs of sketches by William Hickman, William Eager, H. Pooley and of two pages of the occurences on board the Dart privateer by John Harris.

Books

Series
1813-1933

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

This series consists of books collected by William Inglis Morse. Books include A Journal of the proceedings on board the sloop Dart, privateer of St. John, New Brunswick, Annals of Liverpool and Queen's county, 1760-1867 and Nova Scotia authors and their work; a bibliography of the province by Robert James Long.

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

Photograph of Occurences on board the Dart pirvateer / by John Harris commander from St John

MS-6, SF Box 20, Folder 69 (MS-6-RefP)
File
June 5th, 1813

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Photograph of sketch by H. Pooley, Lieut. Royal Engineers of View of Parsborough Village, Patridge Island, etc.

MS-6, SF Box 20, Folder 66 (MS-6-P)
File
1816

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

AV 53526

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Letters written by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Photograph of sketch by William Hickman of Halifax, Nova Scotia / chromolithographed by Day and Son, London. Published by John B. Strong, Halifax.

MS-6, SF Box 20, Folder 64 (MS-6-P)
File
1860

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

The Faithless lover

MS-6, SF Box 20, Folder 10
File
1862

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Formerly known as MS-6-5B9.

Bliss Carman documents in the William Inglis Morse Collection

Series
1862-1916

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

This series consists of original manuscripts of Bliss Carman's poetry, his correspondence and photographs of himself, along with his wife and son. Also included are offprints and clippings of his published poetry.

A manuscript of May and June can be found in the Manuscript series, and photographs of Bliss Carman can be found in the Graphic Material and Portrait series.

Carman, Bliss

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 written by Louisa May Alcott

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

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Graphic Materials

Series
1887-1900

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

This series consists of a sket of the cutter 'Mary' that belonged to Major Love, photographs of Bliss Carman and a portrait of Louisa May Alcott, which were collected by William Inglis Morse.

More photographs of Bliss Carman can be found in the series Bliss Carman.

Portrait of Louisa May Alcott