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Eastern Homestead, 1871 - 1878 : Land transaction document; Business and financial document 1871-1878

Published:
Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2017.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Additional Creators:
Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
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Summary:
Description: Includes draft and notarized deed transferring the family farm on Bear Hill, West Amesbury, Massachusetts to Morse's son (1878). Also includes a West Newbury Mutual Fire Insurance Company policy (1873) showing the types and values of the homestead buildings.
Note:
Correspondence, business documents and notebooks documenting the life and activities of a San Diego (Calif.) pioneer, businessman, merchant, and civic leader who was active in the early development of the city. Materials include correspondence with family members and relatives, especially with his son Edward (1869-1905); business documents for family enterprises; and school exercise notebooks. Papers also contain correspondence with California businessmen, including A.J. Chase, Alonzo Horton, Thomas R. Darnall, John Judson Ames, and Thomas Whaley; business and legal documents; San Diego election ephemera; and miscellaneous lists and notes. E. W. Morse was born 16 Oct. 1823 in West Amesbury, Mass. In 1850 he journeyed to San Diego to start a business in general merchandising. He soon became partners with San Diego resident Thomas Whaley, and the two operated a store in the Old Town plaza. The partnership was dissolved in 1854, and Morse opened another store in the plaza until financial problems forced its closure in 1859. He opened a third store at the same general site in 1861 and subsequently sold it to Whaley and another man in 1869. At that time Morse opened a real estate and insurance office in Horton's Addition. For the next ten years he served as an agent for several eastern insurance companies. He also served as director of the San Diego and Gila Railroad Co., helped to organize the Bank of San Diego in 1870, helped to develop the San Diego Flume Co., and presided over the San Diego Bee Keepers Association in 1877.
AMDigital Reference: MSS 689.
Original Version:
Reproduction of: Eastern Homestead, 1871 - 1878 1871-78.
Location of Originals:
University of California, San Diego
Copyright Note:
University of California, San Diego
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