Keywords
Morris Family, Primary source analysis, frontier, farm work
Abstract
From 1829 to 1846, members of the Morris family wrote a series of letters to their brother Jonathan Morris, who remained in Chorley, England, regarding their experiences immigrating to America. This set of letters only includes the correspondence addressed to Jonathan, but it still provides valuable insights about this transitional, frontier period of American history as witnessed by the Morris family. By analyzing the different concerns voiced in these letters, the social, economic, and political world of those who immigrated to nineteenth-century Ohio comes to life.
Recommended Citation
Plessinger, Lark
(2013)
""Damn the tyrant's cause!": Primary Source Analysis of the Morris Family Letters from 1829 to 1846,"
The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing: Vol. 42:
Iss.
1, Article 7.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thetean/vol42/iss1/7
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