Jedidiah Morse (1761–1826)
Jedidiah Morse and Bushrod Washington corresponded regarding the preparation of a biography of George Washington.
Jedidiah Morse was born on 23 August 1761 in Woodstock, Connecticut. While teaching school in New Haven, he grew dissatisfied with instruction materials on geography and decided to create his own.
"Jedidiah Morse." Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/BT2310007078/UHIC?u=viva_uva&sid=bookmark-UHIC&xid=cb79a0e3. Accessed 3 Nov. 2023.
"To George Washington from Jedidiah Morse, 25 June 1793," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-13-02-0106. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 13, 1 June–31 August 1793, ed. Christine Sternberg Patrick. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2007, pp. 148–149.]
"Jedidiah Morse to Thomas Jefferson, 24 February 1818," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-12-02-0408. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 12, 1 September 1817 to 21 April 1818, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014, pp. 507–508.]
Jedidiah Morse Papers, 1779–1850, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library, New York City.
Jedidiah Morse at Find a Grave.
Reverend Jedediah Morse at FamilySearch.