Nourse, Maria Louisa Bull, 1765-1850
Dates
- Usage: 1765 - 1784
Parallel Names
- Nourse, Maria Louisa, 1765-1850
Biographical Note
Maria Louisa (or Louise) Bull (1765-1850) was born in Philadelpia, Pennsylavania. She married Joesph Nourse (1754-1841) in April 1784, and they had several children, including Charles (1786-1851). They moved from Pennslyvania to New York City and finally to Washington D.C. Joesph Nourse was the first Register of the U.S. Tresuary from 1781 to 1829 and Charles served as Acting Adjutant if the U.S. Army. The family enslaved several people, including a cook named Dinah and a servant named Bacchus. The Nourses' home, called Dumbarton House, is now a museum.
External Sources:
"Nourse Artists Legacy Project", NourseArtists.omeka.net, https://nourseartists.omeka.net/exhibits/show/maria-nourse/bio/bio, accessed Jan 30. 2024.
"Charles Josephus Nourse", FindAGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41347493/charles-josephus-nourse, accessed Jan. 30, 2024.
"Joesph Nourse", FindAGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41347496/joseph-nourse, accessed Jan. 30, 2024.
"Maria Louise Bull Nourse", FindAGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41347497/maria-louise-nourse, accessed Jan. 30, 2024.
"The Hidden Figures of Dumbarton House: Slavery and Servitude within the Nourse family Household," Dumbarton House, https://nourseartists.omeka.net/exhibits/show/maria-nourse/bio/bio, accessed Apr. 4, 2024.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
James Eveleth Letter to Maria Louisa Bull Nourse
The James Eveleth Letter to Maria Louisa Bull Nourse was written by James Eveleth in Washington D.C., on April 22, 1842, to Maria Louisa Bull Nourse. The letter is informing Nourse that the Board of Trustees of F Street Church, the church she attended, had resolved that the pew she used be "tendered to her free of rent".