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FINANCIAL RECORDS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 1) FINANCIAL RECORDS: Contains business records from Morse's mercantile store in Old Town, San Diego, between 1861 and 1869, and his general entrepreneurial activities in New Town between February 1869 and 1884.
Morse kept two types of business records for his Old Town store. He recorded each transaction serially in a storebook each day and also kept an account book for individuals with running credits and debits. For each transaction in the storebook, Morse assigned a unique number to each individual based upon the page number assigned in one of the several account books. The account books summarize transactions by person. Missing from the storebooks for Old Town are records from November 1, 1863 to December 31, 1865. Missing from the account books are records from 1861 to 1864. Morse's activities in New Town, beginning in February 1869, are also represented by storebooks, February 6, 1869 to June 30, 1879, and account books, 1869-1884.
Box 1, Folder 1

Storebook 1861 October 7-1863 September 30

Storebook -1861 October 7 to 1863 September 30

Box 1, Folder 2

Storebook 1866 January 1-1867 March 2

Storebook - January 1, 1866 to March 2, 1867

Box 1, Folder 3

Storebook 1867 March 2-1868 April 13

Storebook - March 2, 1867 to April 13, 1868

Box 2, Folder 1

Storebook 1868 April 13-1869 February 6

Storebook - April 13, 1868 to February 6, 1869

Box 2, Folder 2

E. W. Morse day book 1869 February 6-1870 December 31

E. W. Morse day book

Box 2, Folder 3

Storebook 1871 January 2-1879 June 30

Storebook - January 2, 1871 to June 30, 1879

Box 2, Folder 4

Account Book - Leger G 1864 June 1-1867 December 31

Account Book - Leger G

Box 3, Folder 1

Account Book - Leger H 1868 January 1-1870 July 12

Account Book - Leger H

Box 3, Folder 2

Account Book, no.3 1864-1865

Account Book, no.3

Box 3, Folder 3

Account Book, no.4 1866 October 1-1869 February

Account Book, no.4

Box 3, Folder 4

Account Book, no.9 1869-1884

Account Book, no.9

 

SCRAPBOOKS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 2) SCRAPBOOKS: Contains a scrapbook of photographs of San Diego taken circa 1874 and a collection of pressed ferns from the southern California region. Some of the photographs are probably duplicates from the production of the pamphlet entitled Information relative to the City of San Diego, California. Illustrated with twenty-two photographic views, containing, also a Business Directory of the city (1874). Morse sat on the production committee of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce for this publication. Included in the collection of images are commercial buildings in New Town, houses of prominent local citizens, and landscapes in the county. Also included is a scrapbook of pressed ferns and another scrapbook of pressed seaweed.
Box 4, Folder 1

Scrapbook of San Diego ca. 1874

Scrapbook of San Diego

General

Includes photographs of San Diego, newspaper clippings, a short extract of prose entitled "Among the Wild Flowers of San Diego", and several pressings of ferns from the southern California region.
Oversize FB-519-01

Fern Scrapbook ca. 1861-1884

Fern scrapbook

Oversize FB-519-02

Seaweed Scrapbook ca. 1861-1884

Seaweed scrapbook

 

PHOTOGRAPHS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 3) PHOTOGRAPHS: Examples of cased ambrotype and daguerreotype portraits of unidentified subjects.
Box 4, Folder 2

Portrait of man and woman ca. 1853-1880

Portrait of seated woman and man

General

Ambrotype photograph.
Box 4, Folder 3

Portrait of man ca. 1839-1869

Portrait of man

General

Daguerreotype photograph.
Box 4, Folder 3

Portrait of man ca. 1839-1869

Portrait of man

General

Daguerreotype photograph.
Box 4, Folder 4

Portrait of three women ca. 1839-1869

Portrait of three young women

General

Daguerreotype photograph.
Box 4, Folder 4

Portrait of woman holding flowers ca. 1839-1869

Portrait of bonneted woman holding flowers
Portrait of young woman

General

Daguerreotype photograph.
Box 5, Folder 1

Portrait of woman in blue velvet case ca. 1839-1869

Portrait of smiling young woman in blue velvet case

General

Daguerreotype photograph.
Box 5, Folder 1

Portrait of woman ca. 1839-1869

General

Daguerreotype photograph.
Box 5, Folder 2

Portrait of a woman with feathered bonnet and jewels ca. 1839-1869

Portrait of a woman with feathered bonnet and earrings

General

Daguerreotype photograph.
 

CORRESPONDENCE

Scope and Content of Series

Series 4) CORRESPONDENCE: Two folders of letters. In the John Capron materials is a letter from Charles White which discusses the election of Sheriff McCoy. The E.W. Morse folder contains miscellaneous notes, letters from insurance companies, and materials related to the Masonic Building Association.
Box 5, Folder 3

Capron, John 1875

John Capron correspondence

General

Correspondence topics range from health of loved ones, to promotion of San Diego as a place to live and visit. Includes a letter from Charles White which discussing the election of Sheriff McCoy. Some text obscured by plant pressings.
Box 5, Folder 4

Morse, Ephraim W. 1874-1881

Ephraim W. Morse correspondence

General

Includes correspondence with the New Zealand insurance company regarding his employment, miscellaneous notes, and materials related to the Masonic Building Association.