Morris, Robert, 1734-1806
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Morris, Robert, 1734-1806
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Surname :
Morris
Forename :
Robert
Date :
1734-1806
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Biographical History
Robert Morris, (1734-1806), American merchant, known as the "financier of the American Revolution." Native of England, he immigrated to America in 1747. In 1754 he formed a partnership with Thomas Willing, a Philadelphia merchant, and by the early 1780's had been recognized as one of the most successful merchants in the nation. He served as a member of the Continental Congress in 1775-1778, superintendent of finance in 1781-84, a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention (1787) and Senator from Pennsylvania in 1789-1795. His extensive land speculations ultimately ended in bankruptcy. Morris was in debtors' prison from 1798 to 1801 and never recovered his fortune.
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https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n50005673
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10581415
https://viaf.org/viaf/68945505
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q464876
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50005673
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n50005673
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Subjects
Business enterprises
Business enterprises
Capitalists and financiers
Finance
Finance
Finance, Public
Land companies
Land settlement
Manuscripts, American
Merchants
Merchants
Money
Real property
Real property
Shipping
Speculation
Tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco cooperative marketing
Tobacco industry
Tobacco industry
Yazoo Fraud, 1795
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English
Americans
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Landowners
Land speculators
Merchants
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Canandaigua (N.Y.)
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United States
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New York (State)
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Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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France
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New York (State)--Ontario County
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New York (State)
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Philadelphia (Pa.)
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Maryland--Baltimore
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Georgia
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Northumberland County (Pa.)
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Virginia
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