James L. Morris

Events

1

Episodes

1

Years

1840

Every event in Historedia whose sources name James L. Morris, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. First known North American reference to Groundhog Day

   1840

   Role: Diarist (identity unresolved; no staged person candidates supplied)

   1. 1February 2, 1840 (day-level attribution per secondary source) · Pennsylvania Dutch CountryEarliest Diary Mention

      James L. Morris recorded the first known North American reference to Groundhog Day in his diary entry from February 2, 1840.

Sources

1. Groundhog Day Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-02