Author: Gouverneur MorrisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
A biography of Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816) by his granddaughter, making extensive use of his letters and diary.
The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris
Author: Gouverneur MorrisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
A biography of Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816) by his granddaughter, making extensive use of his letters and diary.
The Diaries of Gouverneur Morris
Author: Gouverneur MorrisPublisher:
ISBN: 9780813929491
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This volume is a collection of diary entries by the New York native who embarked for Europe at the end of 1788, returning ten years later. The statesman witnessed the eruption of the French Revolution and the onset of the French Revolutionary Wars and was the American minister to France from 1792 to 1794.
The Life of Gouverneur Morris
Author: Jared SparksRobert Morris
Author: Charles RappleyePublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416572864
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 613
Book Description
In this biography, the acclaimed author of Sons of Providence, winner of the 2007 George Wash- ington Book Prize, recovers an immensely important part of the founding drama of the country in the story of Robert Morris, the man who financed Washington’s armies and the American Revolution. Morris started life in the colonies as an apprentice in a counting house. By the time of the Revolution he was a rich man, a commercial and social leader in Philadelphia. He organized a clandestine trading network to arm the American rebels, joined the Second Continental Congress, and financed George Washington’s two crucial victories—Valley Forge and the culminating battle at Yorktown that defeated Cornwallis and ended the war. The leader of a faction that included Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and Washington, Morris ran the executive branches of the revolutionary government for years. He was a man of prodigious energy and adroit management skills and was the most successful businessman on the continent. He laid the foundation for public credit and free capital markets that helped make America a global economic leader. But he incurred powerful enemies who considered his wealth and influence a danger to public "virtue" in a democratic society. After public service, he gambled on land speculations that went bad, and landed in debtors prison, where George Washington, his loyal friend, visited him. This once wealthy and powerful man ended his life in modest circumstances, but Rappleye restores his place as a patriot and an immensely important founding father.
To Secure the Blessings of Liberty
Author: Gouverneur MorrisPublisher:
ISBN: 9780865978348
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Liberty Fund is pleased to present this single-volume collection of Gouverneur Morris's writings. This edition will be a welcome addition to scholars of American and French history as the volume contains many writings that have never before been published. Providing his unique perspective, this is a wonderful and accessible single source that illuminates the political and economic thought of Gouverneur Morris.
“The” French Revolution
Author: Hippolyte TainePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787. Edited by Max Farrand
Author: United StatesGentleman Revolutionary
Author: Richard BrookhiserPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780743256025
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
In the final book of his works on the founding fathers, Richard Brookhiser unveils one of American history's most charismatic, delightful and little-known characters: Gouverneur Morris, the charming, one-legged rake and unsung genius of the American Resolution.
The Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay ...: 1781-1782
Author: John JayGouverneur Morris
Author: James J. KirschkePublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312241957
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
"An ever-present figure in the early days of the nation, Gouverneur Morris left an indelible mark on the country's future development. While in the New York State legislature, he was part of the committee that wrote the state's constitution. He went on to write some of the most critical documents of the Second Continental Congress, gaining the enduring admiration of George Washington, who later appointed him minister to France. At the Office of Finance he helped to develop the basic plan for the coinage system that remains in use today, and in private business he was instrumental in the planning and establishment of the Bank of North America.".