Letter, 1793 Oct. 7 [New York, N.Y.] to Robert Morris (Philadelphia, Penn.)

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Letter, 1793 Oct. 7 [New York, N.Y.] to Robert Morris (Philadelphia, Penn.)

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Letter from Timothy Green to Pennsylvania Senator Robert Morris, re availability of real estate for sale in South Carolina, reflecting the land speculation frenzy during the Early National Period. Green informs Morris of receipt of letter from a friend in South Carolina [presumably from his brother, Samuel Green (1767-1837)], stating that he had lands for sale in lots from one to twenty thousand acres "which he is desirous to dispose of on very low terms for cash or a short credit," giving his reason for writing Morris re the land, and requesting information from Morris. During the 1790s, Sen. Robert Morris of Philadelphia, known as the "Financier of the Revolution," participated in various land speculation projects around the country, as did Timothy and Samuel Green. This handwritten letter docketed as a contemporary "true copy."

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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...

Green, Timothy, 1765-1813.

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Timothy Green, lawyer of New York; originally from Worcester, Mass., Green graduated from Brown University in 1786, and practiced law in Worcester briefly before moving permanently to New York City. He engaged in commerce and land speculation with brothers and branches of the Green family in Columbia, S.C., and elsewhere. While returning to New York from Charleston, S.C., in Dec. 1813, Timothy Green was lost at sea on the same ship that claimed the life of family friend, Theodosia Burr Alston. ...

Green family.

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Green, Samuel, 1767-1837.

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Merchant, physician, and postmaster of Columbia, S.C.; brother of Timothy Green, of New York and New England. From the description of Samuel Green papers, 1793-1842. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 42664865 ...