The Robert and Sarah Morriss Story

[Bad-Company]

Thank you so much sir Franklin, maybe next time.

Sir, How about this message of Thomas Beale to Andrew Jackson, March 6, 1815?
If only there's a way to compare penmanship with the original letters addressed to Mr. Morris.

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[Bad-Company]

You can compare the letter here to Tom Beale who was the Register of Wills. You should be able to find all kinds of documents from a Register of Wills.

 

[MysteriousWV]

My, my. Over 5 years of posts and things certainly do get a bit heated around here. Sigh. IDK if these have been thrown up for comment yet but the Gugenheimer residence "at the head of Main St." is shown on the 1877 map attached here. It shows up (Partially at first) on the Sanborn Maps from 1885 onward. Also, City Directories (Ancestery.com) exist for 1875 and 1885. 1875 shows Max at the "Head of Main St." residence. By 1885 he was at Grace St. The Sanborn maps are especially interesting as the name of the former "Washington House" changes at least 3 times between 1885 and 1907...but is the same building. The 1875 City Directory still has it listed as "Washington House" including an upper-page ad later in the book. The Sanborn pics are too large to upload here but can but found at the Library of Congress site.

Here the link to the 1895 Sanborn Map page, the first time the entire brick row is shown. #s 416 - 426. https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3884lm.g3884lm_g090401895/?sp=19&r=0.063,0.859,0.6,0.297,0

416 and 418 are still there today beside the ramp. An older (1920s I think) gas station-turned-restaurant occupies what WAS 426, 424 and 422.

I don't/cant find access to the 1860 map of Lynchburg. If anyone can hook me up with a link or e-mailed pic I would be VERY much obliged.

If you don't yet have the 2011 Matyas books head over to EBAY, both volumes on sale together for 29.95. Can't speak to their accuracy but it's a mountain of info nonetheless.

Glad to be here. Cheers!

Sean P McCracken
MysteriousWV.com

 

[franklin]

My, my. Over 5 years of posts and things certainly do get a bit heated around here. Sigh. IDK if these have been thrown up for comment yet but the Gugenheimer residence "at the head of Main St." is shown on the 1877 map attached here. It shows up (Partially at first) on the Sanborn Maps from 1885 onward. Also, City Directories (Ancestery.com) exist for 1875 and 1885. 1875 shows Max at the "Head of Main St." residence. By 1885 he was at Grace St. The Sanborn maps are especially interesting as the name of the former "Washington House" changes at least 3 times between 1885 and 1907...but is the same building. The 1875 City Directory still has it listed as "Washington House" including an upper-page ad later in the book. The Sanborn pics are too large to upload here but can but found at the Library of Congress site.

Here the link to the 1895 Sanborn Map page, the first time the entire brick row is shown. #s 416 - 426. https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3884lm.g3884lm_g090401895/?sp=19&r=0.063,0.859,0.6,0.297,0

416 and 418 are still there today beside the ramp. An older (1920s I think) gas station-turned-restaurant occupies what WAS 426, 424 and 422.

I don't/cant find access to the 1860 map of Lynchburg. If anyone can hook me up with a link or e-mailed pic I would be VERY much obliged.

If you don't yet have the 2011 Matyas books head over to EBAY, both volumes on sale together for 29.95. Can't speak to their accuracy but it's a mountain of info nonetheless.

Glad to be here. Cheers!

Sean P McCracken
MysteriousWV.com

I have all of that information and more. I have all the deeds for the Washington Inn from the time it was a lot, when it was built of brick up to about the 1930's. Here is a link to the Civil War Map of Lynchburg, Virginia. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gvhs01.vhs00378/?r=-0.035,0.738,0.408,0.165,0 And the Bedford County Civil War Map. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gvhs01.vhs00378/?r=-0.035,0.738,0.408,0.165,0 If the links don't work you can find them on the Library of Virginia webpage. I have also found Hunter's Hill where Sarah Morriss died and Roslin where Robert Morriss died.

 

[calli942001]

i found 2 docs yesterday that has me wondering about our RM and the doi RM

Robert Morris to George Washington, August 17, 1782, Cipher
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Robert Morris to George Washington, October 16, 1782, Cipher
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About 10 years ago i found a letter from robert morriss to his son while he was in prison aqbout 1797. It came out of a familys attic in roanoke,va. This got my interest up because Mr.Morriss was supposed to be broke but he left some valuables to his children according to his will. He was involved in a land scheme and spent time in jail. He is the reson we no longer have deptors prison. He was George Washintons close friend. I often wondered if the treasure was an attempt to hide his wealth.

 

[cw0909]

About 10 years ago i found a letter from robert morriss to his son while he was in prison aqbout 1797. It came out of a familys attic in roanoke,va. This got my interest up because Mr.Morriss was supposed to be broke but he left some valuables to his children according to his will. He was involved in a land scheme and spent time in jail. He is the reson we no longer have deptors prison. He was George Washintons close friend. I often wondered if the treasure was an attempt to hide his wealth.

hmmm maybe, I had forgot about the codes, some of the correspondences were in plain text, but a code was
hidden in it, some links that might help, maybe your letter is coded

Codes and Ciphers between Washington and Rochambeau and the Yorktown Campaign

The Culper Code Book

See the Culper Code Book used by Washington's spies.

www.mountvernon.org

Spying and Espionage

www.mountvernon.org

george washington papers codes

Search results for George Washington Papers Codes, Available Online

Search results 1 - 25 of 545174.

www.loc.gov

 

[franklin]

Thanks cw0909, I have studied that code for many years. I could never find a connection to the Beale Ciphers though. I had two distant first cousins that were body guards for General Washington during the American Revolution. My gggrandfather was personal body guards for Presidents Lincoln and Davis during the Civil War. I could never find a text that could decipher the Beale Codes. That is why I had to use the frequency method or usage of words to decipher them.

 

[cw0909]

franklin, you guys jarred my memory,I don't remember what I had searched for
but did run into something strange at the Virginia Chronicle site,looked at
it again,and in the Virginia Argus from, 19 January 1810 to 22 February 1813
there are marks & #s on several of the pgs, thru those yrs ,never could figure it out.
I never looked at other Virginia papers, to see if any other papers had the marks & #s

marks & #s

Virginia Argus 9 December 1811 — Virginia Chronicle: Digital Newspaper Archive

Virginia Chronicle: Digital Newspaper Archive

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Virginia Argus years & months

Virginia Argus — Browse by title — Virginia Chronicle: Digital Newspaper Archive

Virginia Chronicle: Digital Newspaper Archive

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search by title

Browse by title — Virginia Chronicle: Digital Newspaper Archive

Virginia Chronicle: Digital Newspaper Archive

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