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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | John Flavel Morse Speeches
| | | | Creator: | Morse, John Flavel | | | | Dates: | undated | | | | Abstract: | John Flavel Morese (1810-1884) was a Lake County, Ohio, representative to the Ohio General Assembly, 1839-1860, and Speaker of the Ohio House, 1851. He was elected to the Ohio Senate in 1860, enlisted in the union army in 1861 and served in the Treasury Dept., 1862-1876, supervising the construction of federal projects such as custom houses at New Orleans, New York, and Richmond, and federal mints at San Francisco and Carson City. The collection consists of four undated speeches delivered to the Ohio General Assembly and covering general political issues of the times, with specific views on the states' rights controversy, the role of labor in the 19th century and the positions of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton on the Federalist-Antifederalist debate. Also included are handwritten transcripts made by a family member and miscellaneous draft sheets for the speeches. | | | | Call #: | MS 4273 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Morse, John Flavel, 1810-1884. | State rights -- United States. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1861. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.
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