Apr 14, 2015 - Sale 2380

Sale 2380 - Lot 149

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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(LAW.) Papers of international law specialist Alexander Porter Morse. 67 letters to Morse, 1879-1903; 8 copies of Morse's outgoing correspondence; 8 miscellaneous documents; and a folder of family papers. Vp, 1852-1903 plus later family papers
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Alexander Porter Morse (1842-1921) was a Louisiana-born Confederate veteran who became an attorney and author in Washington specializing in international law. This collection consists mostly of his professional correspondence, mostly in English with some in French and Spanish, and a few personal letters. Correspondents include legal scholar John Bassett Moore, Georgetown president J. Havens Richards, diplomat Alvey A. Adee, Louisiana senator Edward Douglass White, Bishop John J. Keane, Colombian diplomat Carlos Martinez Silva, and more.
Among the family papers is a travel diary by Morse's mother-in-law Anna M. (Cripps) Clarke of Washington, describing a trip to New York, Niagara Falls, Quebec, Montreal, and Boston, 23 July to 18 August 1862.