Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826)

Morse, James. Jedidiah Morse, A Champion of New England Orthodoxy. New York: Columbia University Press, 1939.

Gribbin, William. "A Mirror to New England: The Compendious History of Jedidiah Morse and Elijah Paris." New England Quarterly 45(September, 1972)3:340-54. The Compendious History, published in 1804, was the favorite text in New Eng­land for twenty years. It reflected in many ways the Connecticut of Morse. See also the article by Clifton Johnson under Samuel Goodrich.

 

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