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Robert Morris (merchant) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Robert Morris, Jr. (January 31, 1734 – May 8, 1806) was an American merchant and a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. Morris was known as the Financier of the Revolution, because of his role in securing financial assistance for the American Colonial side in the Revolutionary War. ..." |
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| 31 Jan 1734, in Liverpool, England |
| Died |
| 8 May 1806, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Biography |
A Biography of Robert Morris 1734-1806, by Jeroen Daanen, 3 May 2003
"From Revolution to Reconstruction", Department of Humanities Computing, University of Groningen, The Netherlands |
Robert Morris: 1733-1806, by John Vinci, 31 Jan 2004
Colonial Hall |
| Robert Morris: Signer of the Declaration of Independence |
Robert Morris
ushistory.org, Independence Hall Association |
| Articles |
The Scoundrel Robert Morris, by Douglas E. French, The Free Market, Feb 1995
Related Topic: American Revolutionary War
"America's bankers consider Robert Morris a hero. ... An 'American patriot'? Hardly. Did he finance the Revolutionary War? Just the opposite. ... Morris voted against independence in July 1776 ... Morris sponsored poll taxes, property taxes, commodity taxes, and customs duties. ... Morris did help establish our fraudulent fractional-reserve banking system." |
The man who financed the American Revolution, by Jim Powell
Related Topic: American Revolutionary War
"The Continental Congress was broke, there was runaway inflation, and Morris dealt with anxious creditors. ... Revisionist historians like E. James Ferguson have emphasized how Morris profited from the Revolutionary War. ... He proposed a land tax, a poll tax, an excise tax and a house tax to help generate revenue for paying debts, but the states wouldn’t agree." |
Empire or Liberty: The Antifederalists and Foreign Policy, 1787-1788 [PDF], by Jonathan Marshall, Journal of Libertarian Studies, 1980
Related Topics: Imperialism, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay
"Few Federalists harbored any doubts as to America's future greatness under a centralized, energetic regime. ... Robert Morris
foresaw the establishment of an American empire of 'power, consequence, and grandeur.'" |
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| Writings |
Robert Morris to President of Congress, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, 15 Jan 1782
Related Topic: Money
"Altho most Nations have coined Copper yet that Metal is so impure that it has never been considered as constituting the Money Standard. This is affixed to the two precious Metals because they alone will admit of having their intrinsic Value precisely ascertained. But Nations differ very much in the relation they have established between Gold and Silver." |
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