C Frewen, Morton, (1853-1922), Papers, 1823-1922 879 41 rolls of microfilm MICROFILM This collection is available at The State Historical Society of Missouri. If you would like more information, please contact us at shsresearch@umsystem.edu. INTRODUCTION Papers concerning Frewen's personal life, money-making ventures, and interest in bimetallism and silver. Frewen was a member of Parliament for Northeast Cork and long interested in Irish problems. Originals in the Library of Congress. DONOR INFORMATION The papers were donated to the University of Missouri by the Colorado State Archives on 1 September 1949 (Accession No. 3054). FOLDER LIST r.1 Court case to decide right of inheritance, 1830. Thomas Frewen sermon. Correspondence concerning Foreign Department and India, 1875; correspondence 1879-1880 on inheritance and personal fortune; 1881, U.S. Business; trips to America; German monetary situation to wife and business associates. List of debts, 1883. Nizam, India projects. r. 2 Correspondence with wife, business associates and creditors, 1885. Report on Egyptian financial condition, 1886. Gold and Silver speech and London Times clipping. Correspondences with Bimetallic League, Sault Ste. Marie Canal in Minnesota. r. 3 Correspondence with his wife from South Africa, India and America, Hyderabad, India, railroad scheme. Egyptian currency reform, 1887. Correspondence, 1888, on foreign trade. Investigation of Indian mining. r. 4 Land and River Improvement Company Program for Investment. Hyderabad Railroad Company India. Bimetallic League correspondence, 1889. MARR Construction Co., Maryland. Missouri Interstate Land and Town Co. Bank Account. Miscellaneous correspondence, 1889. Richard Frewen. Bimetallism correspondence, 1890. r. 5 Beliville Water Works Co., Ontario, Canada, 1890. Bimetallic League correspondence. Transvall, Africa; Attempts to build African railroad with Cecil Rhodes. Silver question as it concerned Europe. Correspondence with wife and about business affairs, 1890. Black Hills, South Dakota. London and Hungarian Financial Corporation. Silver question, 1891. African Gold Recovery Co., Inter-British Trade
C879 Frewen, Morton (1853-1922), Papers, 1823-1922 Page 2 League. r. 6 Correspondence with wife and business associates, 1891, Colorado. Cave Springs Mining Company, Utah. General Exploring Co., Africa. Colorado Mining and Cattle Corpora tion. r. 7 Correspondence with Baceton Foundry Co. concerning mining equipment; Salt Lake City, Utah, mining operation; Hyderabad, India, railroad corporation. Frewen's address to National Silver Convention, 1892. Montana cattle investments. Silver question, Frewen's investments. Coal Corporation in New Jersey. Waldeck Mining Co. Centennial Mining Co. Correspondence with H.C. Lodge and Anthony Higgins concerning silver. r. 8 H.C. Lodge and silver problem before U.S. Senate. Prospects for investment in Australia, particularly gold, 1894. Correspondence with wife, 1895. Crawford Improved Gold Mill, Utah. British Economic Association. Views on silver and gold question. International patents. Speech to American Bimetallic Union. r. 9 Correspondence with Barker Co., Philadelphia, Pa., concerning silver question; with wife 1896; and about debts. r. 10 Legislation and questions concerning currency question and land problems in Ireland. Political career and Memberships in Parliament from Cork, Ireland. Bimetallism Convention, New York, 1898. Personal correspondence with wife; Utah and Montana mining. r. 11 Powder River Cattle Co., Wyoming. Correspondence, 1901-1902, with stock dealers and with Charles A. Towns, Co. National Sea Fisheries project to promote protection for fishing industry. H.C. Lodge and silver question. English development of resources in Canada, Egypt and India. r. 12 Silver question in the U.S. and Canada; 1902-1904 Correspondence London Ltd. Credit Co.; Reapportionment of districts in Ireland and the land question; European fuel problems, use of briquettes. r. 13 Canadian Redevelopment Corporation, 1906. U.S. Senate Appropriation Committee on monetary revaluation. Correspondence with Congressman Richard P. Bland and Senator Williams B. Allison. Letters to Clara Frewen. r. 14 Personal correspondence 1908. Frewen's attempts to persuade William Howard Taft to support silver. Letters to Australian Prime Minister about land development. r. 15 Land development in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Pacific Railroad. Quebec Development Co. Silver Question, 1909. Frewen's role in Ireland. r. 16 Correspondence with Henry Moore Teller, Senator from Colorado and silver advocate. Possibilities of production of iron in Asia. Cattle projects in Colorado. Deep Sea Fisheries, Canadian Investment Corporation. r. 17 Papers pertaining to Frewen vs. Hays (Charles M.) over Frewen's interest in Grand Trunk Town and Development Co., a subsidiary of
C879 Frewen, Morton (1853-1922), Papers, 1823-1922 Page 3 the Grand Trunk and Pacific Railroad Co. Personal correspondence. r. 18 The problems of Irish Home rule and financing the movement, Frewen's election as Member of Parliament from an Irish District. 1910 Personal and business correspondence concerning Frewen's Canadian interests, with Canadian Pacific Railway, with Robert Dollar Co. 1911 material on federalism of the British Empire. Termination of Frewen vs. Hays. r. 19 Frewen's Parliamentary affairs. Correspondence with Henry Cabot Lodge on U.S. legislation. Speculation practices involving inflation in prices and specie, Frewen's court case against British Columbia, Canada, over trade privileges. Problems of Home Rule in Ireland and constitutional problems of reapportionment. Material on Cork County. r. 20 Irish problems. Speech of Frewen's; article in Spectator by Frewen. Possibilities of Prince Rupert, Canada area. 1912 correspondence concerning personal affairs and Frewen's debts. r. 21 Home Rule for Ireland. Prince Rupert development, 1912, gold, silver, and balance of payments between countries. Correspondence concerning business affairs in India, China, United States and Canada. Personal letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frewen. r. 22 Correspondence, 1913, on Irish problems and on articles Frewen wrote and published. Canadian real estate and mining. Trade in East Indies. r. 23 Correspondence, 1913, with wife and creditors. Business ventures in lumber and mining in British Columbia - Port Edward and Prince Rupert. Correspondence, 1900-1913, especially on the Frewen vs. Hays case; decisions in case. Federalism and Home Rule. Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge discussing Home Rule. r. 24 Personal letters from Frewen to family concerning business affairs and travel. Payment of account due to Frewen family by Lincoln Trust Co. Canada investments and projected Canadian recreation area. Correspondence during first year of World War I. r. 25 Correspondence on the suspension of British Bank Act; with his wife; an economic plan for India; Canadian fishery industry; U.S. "Greenbacks" monetary controversy; and financing England's World War I war effort. r. 26 Miscellaneous correspondence with business associates and with Henry Cabot Lodge concerning war effort. r. 27 Article on India and cotton. North American fisheries. Personal correspondence. Wilson peace efforts; correspondence, 1916, with Henry Cabot Lodge. World War I, Red Cross. Lincoln Trust Co. r. 28 Monetary problems and bimetallism. Personal correspondence 1917-1918. Frewen discusses personal and business affairs with wife and others. World War I and possible intervention of American Lincoln Trust Co. Collection of World War I pamphlets dealing with war crime. Discussions of British Empire Committee Fenian plots during World War I. r. 29 Potential investment in North Sea fishing. Correspondence with Lloyd
C879 Frewen, Morton (1853-1922), Papers, 1823-1922 Page 4 George. World War I, Report by Lodge on Wilson peace efforts; U.S. Federal Reserve Act. Irish problems in World War I. r. 30 Memorial service for Theodore Roosevelt. British troubles with Ireland during World War I. Financial problems after the war. Letter from Lodge on Treaty Debate in U.S. Senate. Grand Trunk Railway and Peace River Development Corporation in Canada. r. 31 Possibilities of investment in wheat. Coal production in France. Correspondence with Lodge on proposed League of Nations. Personal correspondence and correspondence between Clare Frewen and Frewen's debtors. Bimetallism. r. 32 Georgian Bay Canal across Ontario to link Lakes Huran and Ontario. Problems of India, Articles of Frewen's in magazines Limitations of Arms Conference, 1921. Personal correspondence, 1921. Appeal to Chamberlain on silver. St. Lawrence Seaway. r. 33 Empire Resources League. Canadian fishery project. Bimetallism. Frewen obituary notice, 1923. Clara Frewen correspondence. r. 34 Frewen family correspondence. r. 35 Canadian business affairs. With Frewen's son after Moreton's death. Empire currency reform especially Egypt, 1885. American Railroads, 1882. Essays of Lord Salisbury on Empire Federation. Hyderabad railroads. Tariffs. Colorado cattle investment. Papers of Elmer Gates, business associate of Frewen. r. 36 Letters of Clara Frewen and son. r. 37 Frewen's thoughts on problems of exchange and currency. r. 38 Second volume of Frewen s views on currency question. r. 39-41 Pamphlets that Frewen wrote or collected on monetary problems, World War I, trade, etc. Cattle industry and all of Frewen's varied interests. INDEX TERMS Subject Roll Africa, General Exploring Company roll 6 Africa, Transvall Republic roll 5 Allison, William Boyd (1829-1908) roll 13 American Bimetallic Union roll 8 Australia roll 8,14 Barker Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania roll 9 Bimetallic League roll 2,4,5 Black Hills roll 5 Bland, Richard Parks (1835-1899) roll 13 Bouton Foundry Company roll 7 Canada roll 1-41 Canada, British Columbia, Port Edward roll 23 Canada, British Columbia, Prince Rupert roll 15,20,21,23 Canada, Georgian Bay Canal roll 32
C879 Frewen, Morton (1853-1922), Papers, 1823-1922 Page 5 Subject Roll Canada, Ontario roll 5 Cattle roll 7,35,40,41 Cave Springs Mining Company roll Centennial Mining Company roll 7 Chamberlain, Austin roll 32 Colorado roll 6,35 Colorado Mining and Cattle Corporation roll 6,35 England roll 1-41 Fenian Movement in Ireland roll 2B Fisheries rolls 1-41 Frewen, Clara Jerone roll 1-41 Frewen, Clare roll 1-41 Frewen, Hugh roll 1-41 Frewen, Moreton (1853-1922) roll 1-41 Frewen, Oswald roll 1-41 Frewen, Richard roll 1-41 Frewen, Thomas roll 1 General Exploring Company, Africa roll 6 Grand Trunk and Pacific Railway roll 15, 17, 30, 31 Grand Trunk Town and Development Company roll Hays, Charles M. roll 15, 17 Higgins, Anthony roll 7 Homestead Act roll 1 Hudson Bay, 1886 roll 2 India roll 1-41 India, Hyderabad roll 3, 4, 35 India, Nizam roll 1 Inter-British Trade League roll 5 Ireland roll 1-41 Ireland, Cork County roll 19 Iron roll 16 League of Nations roll 31 Lincoln Trust Company roll 24, 27, 28 Lloyd George, David (1863-1945) roll 29, 30 Lodge, Henry Cabot (1850-1924) roll 7, 8, 11, 18, 19, 23, 26, 27, 29-32 Marr Construction Company roll 4 Mexico roll 18 Mills, Roger Q. roll 2 Mines and mineral resources rolls 1-41 Missouri Interstate Land and Town Company roll 4 Monetary policy roll 1-41 Monetary policy--egypt, 1880s roll 3 Money roll 37-41
C879 Frewen, Morton (1853-1922), Papers, 1823-1922 Page 6 Subject Roll Montana roll 7 Patterson, Josiah roll Peace River Development Corporation roll 30 Powder River Cattle Company roll 1-41 Railroads, 1882 roll 35 Rhodes, Cecil roll 5 Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) roll 21, 29 Sault Ste. Marie Canal roll 2 Sheridan, Clare Frewen roll 1-41 Silver roll 1-41 Silver question roll 1 South Africa roll 3 South Dakota roll 5 St. Lawrence Seaway roll 32 Taft, William Howard (1857-1930) roll 14 Teller, Henry Moore (1830-1914) roll 16 Utah, Salt Lake City roll 7 Waldeck Mining Company roll 7 Wheat roll 31 Whitehead, Spencer roll 1-41 Wilson, Woodrow roll 27-29 World War, 1914-1918 roll 24-29, 39-41 World War, 1914-1918, War Crimes roll 28