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3. Slaver, tobacco merchant, Of Liverpool Morris Robert-95570 (Andrew , Progenitor 2010 ) was born in 1711 in Liverpool England. He died in 1750 in America.
He began as an iron worker. He is a friend of tradesman Robert Greenway. His son Robert has a half-brother Thomas died Jan 1778 who was given to drink. This man had a reputation as a commercial genius, introduced the inspection law on toboacco against opposition and the idea of keeping accounts in money terms, not in pounds weight of tobacco. But he was haughty, overbearing, vindictive, overly severe on his servants. He is an agent for Liverpool Mayor, Foster Cuncliffe qv, of Foster Cunliffe and Sons, tobacco merchants and slavers. His son Robert may have been illegitimate? Notes for Robert the financier, continued, he from a website personally purchased army and navy supplies, to finance Washington for the Yorktown campaign of 1781 he got a sizeable loan from France, part of which was used, with some of his own money (10,000 l), to organize Bank of North America, a chartered bank, and the first govt-incorporated bank in US, it aided war financing (subscribers such as John Maxwell Nesbitt, later with Insurance Co of North America). (There had been disastrous shortages of lead, for bullets.) One financial friend of Morris was Haym Salomon (Jewish, most prominent Jew of the Am Rev, born Poland, who grew rich by association with Morris, he did not arrive in Philly till 1774, but died in poverty within years, he ran ships (privateers), maybe speculated in curency?). See article, Marko Junkermann (of Univ of Joensuu, Finland), 'Living an American Lifestyule in 18th Century Philadelphia - Robert Morris, Prosperous Merchant and Family Man. EURAmerica, Vol. 35, No 3, (Sept). 2005, pp. 459-499. Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica. a web rumour is that Morris was worth more than Bill Gates would be worth today!
Sources that need reading-
* Morris, Robert. The Confidential Correspondence of Robert Morris. Edited by Stan V. Henkels. Philadelphia: Privately printed, 1917.
----. The Papers of Robert Morris 1781-1784. Edited by E. James Ferguson et al. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1973--.
----. "Letters to Robert Morris, 1775-1782." New-York Historical Society Collections for 1878, pp. 397-488.
----. Ver Steeg, Clarence L. Robert Morris, Revolutionary Financier, with an Analysis of His Earlier Career. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1954.
----. Young, Elanor. Forgotten Patriot: Robert Morris. New York: Macmillan Co., 1950.
* MORRIS, ROBERT.Papers. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia).
Papers. New York Public Library (New York City).
Papers. Henry E. Huntington Library (San Marino,
Calif.).
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Robert married (1) wife1 Murphett Elizabeth-118571 daughter of Murphett Progenitor-323505 and MNotknown Miss-323506. Elizabeth was born in 1712. She died in 1736.
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Robert and Elizabeth had the following children:
+ 6 M i Financier Am Rev, Willing and Morris, US Senator Morris Robert-1659 was born on 31 Jan 1734. He died on 8 May 1806. 7 M ii Morris Richard-522908 was born in 1720 in Wales. He died in 1787 in Wales. 8 M iii Morris Joseph-522909 was born about 1730 in England. He died in 1788 in Pennsylvania. 9 F iv Morris Margaret-522910 was born in 1732 in Liverpool England. She died in 1799 in Lincolnton Nth Carolina. 10 M v Morris Robert Jnr-522911 was born in 1733/1734 in Liverpool England. He died in 1806 in Philadelphia. 11 M vi Morris John-522912. 12 F vii Morris Mary-522913. 13 M viii Morris Thomas-522914 was born about 1720. 14 M ix Morris William-522915.
Robert married (2) wife2 Wise Sarah-522903 daughter of Wise Progenitor-522904 and WNotknown Miss-522905.
She and Morris possibly had a daughter Sarah.
Robert and Sarah had the following children:
15 M x Morris Thomas Wise-522906 was born in 1751. He died in 1778 in Nantes France. 16 F xi Morris Susannah-522907 was born in 1776. She died in 1843.
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