About the Author
Image credit: Portrait by son Samuel Morse, c. 1810-11. [source: Yale University Art Gallery]
Works by Jedidiah Morse
The American gazetteer, exhibiting a full account of the civil divisions, rivers, harbours, Indian tribes, &c. of the American continent, also of the West India and other… (1798) 19 copies, 1 review
Report to the Secretary of War of the United States on Indian Affairs (Reprints of economic classics) (1970) 17 copies
The American universal geography 3 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Morse, Jedidiah
- Birthdate
- 1761-08-23
- Date of death
- 1826-06-09
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Yale University
University of Edinburgh - Occupations
- geographer
teacher
pastor - Organizations
- Massachusetts Historical Society
- Relationships
- Morse, Samuel F. B. (son)
Morse, Sidney E. (son) - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Woodstock, Connecticut, USA
- Places of residence
- Woodstock, Connecticut, USA
Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA - Burial location
- Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Connecticut, USA
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Reviews
Includes a U.S. map as of 1806, with vague info about the area of the Louisiana Purchase. The world map is missing.
The American gazetteer : exhibiting, in alphabetical order, a much more full and accurate account, ... by Jedidiah Morse
"Read chiefly in the American Gazeteers, which are a very valuable Magazine of american Knowledge." (Diary, 10 November 1766).
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- Works
- 43
- Members
- 180
- Popularity
- #119,864
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
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