Collection MS-6 - William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Pierre Du Gua de Monts, [receipt?] Pierre Du Gua de Monts, [receipt?] Agreement concerning land grants in New Plymouth, signed by Hamilton, Arundell and Surrey, F. Car... An autograph letter of Saccardy, describing in detail his voyage round Acadie, and including in t... Estat de la Conduitte que j'ay teneue pendant mon sejour au pays de l'Acadie Letter from Captain W. Tonge to Major-General George Stracey Smyth, referencing a system of teleg... Letter from Edmund Burke to unnamed correspondent Letter from J.F.W. DesBarres to Lord George Germaine, London, furnishing plans with estimates sub... Letter from Louise Auguste de Bourbon, Duke of Maine, to M. LeCouturier asking that everything be... Letters from Giacomo Meyerbeer to unidentified recipients The Delabat documents : Letter to Monsieur de Villermont concerning Acadie, dated at Port Royal, ... The Marquis de la Roche document Minute of condition between Sir William Alexander and Duncan Forbes, Provost of Inverness and Lai... Pension decree from the War Department of the French Republic, Nancy Recensement général du pays de la Cadie = General census of the country of Cadie Relation du voyage de Jacques de Meulles à l'Acadie = Account of the voyage of Jacques de Meulle ... Document from Richard Phillips, Governor of Nova Scotia. To the Right Honorable, the Lord Visct. ... Letter of appointment to Moses Child, written and signed by George Washington, first President o... Autograph letter from James Wolfe to his uncle, Major Walter Wolfe, of Dublin A journal of the proceedings on board the sloop 'Dart,' privateer of St. John, New Brunswick Journal commencing October 27, 1818, with schooner 'Mary', from Annapolis for Barbadoes At an easter market`

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William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

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MS-6

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  • 1545-1900 (Creation)
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    Morse, William Inglis

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1 m of textual records

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Morse, William Inglis
(1874-1952)

Biographical history

William Inglis Morse was born in Paradise, Nova Scotia, on 4 June 1874. He graduated from Acadia College in 1897 and the Episcopal Theological School in 1900. Morse preached in Connecticut and Massachusetts until 1929 and then devoted himself to historical research. He collected maps, books and manuscripts relating to Nova Scotia and Canada, donating his collection to Acadia University, Dalhousie University, Harvard University and Yale University. He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 4 June 1952.

Custodial history

The manuscripts were collected by William Inglis Morse during his his lifetime and donated to Dalhousie University as part of the William Inglis Morse Collection. Morse purchased the manuscripts from dealers and collectors in North America and Europe, with many coming from France.

Scope and content

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.

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Physical condition

Most of the manuscripts are in very good condition.

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Arrangement

The collection has been arranged according to the Catalogue of the William Inglis Morse Collection, compiled by Eugene Archibald. Series include:

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  • Multiple Languages

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The collection contains manuscripts in French and English.

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Many of the manuscripts have been edited and transcribed by William Inglis Morse and published in Acadiensia nova : new and unpublished documents and other data relating to Acadia (London: B. Quaritch, 1935).. Transcriptions of other letters appear in the Catalogue of the William Inglis Morse Collection prepared by Eugenie Archibald.

The Archives and Special Collections also have photocopies of most of the manuscripts that will preferably used for reference purposes.

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All records are open to researchers, but photocopies and transcriptions will be preferred for reference purposes.

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Finding aids

A complete catalogue of the Dalhousie William Inglis Morse Collection was compiled by Eugene Archibald. Many of the documents are fully described and transcribed in Acadiensia Nova by William Inglis Morse.

Finding aid

william-inglis-morse-manuscript-collection.pdf

Associated materials

The Nova Scotia Archives holds the papers of Joseph Howe (MG 1, vol. 1706; microfilm reels 10 301). Dalhousie University Archives and Special Collections also holds a small collection of Joseph Howe papers (MS-2-340).

William Inglis Morse also made major donations to Acadia University between 1926 and 1931, Harvard University in 1944, and Yale University in 1946.

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Preferred citation: [Identification of item], William Inglis Morse Collection, MS-6, Box [box number], Folder [folder number], Dalhousie University Archives and Special Collections, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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