ALS, 1798 February 5 : "Hills," to [John Nicholson].

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ALS, 1798 February 5 : "Hills," to [John Nicholson].

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Morris and Nicholson were partners who were financially ruined after the War by speculation in western lands. This letter is dated about 11 days before Morris was arrested and sent to prison. He writes: "My money is gone. My Furniture is to be sold. I am to go to Prison & my Family to Starve."

1 p. ; 19 x 16 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

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Robert Morris, Jr. (January 20, 1734 – May 8, 1806) was an English-born merchant and a Founding Father of the United States. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, the Second Continental Congress, and the United States Senate, and he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. From 1781 to 1784, he served as the Superintendent of Finance of the United States, becoming known as the "Financier of the Revolution...

Nicholson, John, 17---1800.

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