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Call Number:
MSS 8
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Title(s):
Probate of the last will and testament and four codicils of Margaret Lewen Morton, spinster deceased : dated at Durham the 20th day of August 1823.
Date:
1823 August 20
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series II: Scrapbooks, notebooks, and genealogical material
Part of Collection:
2, folder 8
Provenance:
Acquired 2009, Paul Mellon Fund.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
Margaret was the sister of Frances Morton, and the great-aunt of the Rev. Thomas William Carr of Barming. The will has a seal affixed to it, presumably that of the Bishop of Durham. In the will, Margaret makes an array of small bequests of money and personal items to her female family members and close female friends. A note affixed to the will by a clerk records that she named her brother-in-law, Thomas William Carr, as her executor.
Physical Description:
1 sheet (on vellum) ; 58 x 64 cm
Genre:
Wills, Pictorial works, Diaries, Genealogies, Scrapbooks, Sketchbooks, Landscape drawings, Views, Travel sketches, Charcoal drawings, Engravings (prints), Graphite drawings, Photographs, Wash drawings, and Watercolors (paintings)
Subject Terms:
Chron
Grand tours (Education)
History
Social life and customs
Women artists
Women travelers
Subject Period:
1824-1899
Associated Places:
Europe
France
Great Britain
Italy
Northumberland (England)
Pisa (Italy)
Switzerland
Associated People/Groups:
Carr, Thomas, 1733-1793
Morton, Margaret Lewin, d. 1823
Finding Aid Title:
Carr family collection of travel sketches, scrapbooks, and genealogical material
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/24.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3318
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3318?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1