Citizenship Certificate of Leopold Morse, Massachusetts, 1855


Citizenship certificate issued to Leopold Morse in Massachusetts on June 1, 1855. The document includes biographical information about Morse, noting his career in retail clothing (Leopold Morse & Co.), his terms as a United States Representative from Massachusetts (1877-1885, 1887-1889), his presidency of the Post Publishing Co. (publisher of The Boston Post), and his founding of the Boston Home for Infirm Hebrews and Orphanage in Mattapan, Massachusetts. Morse (August 15, 1831 – December 15, 1892) is described as having made his fortune in retail clothing.


Associated People/Businesses

  • Morse, Leopold

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Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 16, Folder 1