Morris, Robert (1734-1806)
- Name:
- Morris, Robert (1734-1806)
- Title:
- Delegate to Continental Congress, 1775
Special Commissioner of Finance, 1776
Financial Agent of the United States, 1781
Delegate to Pennsylvania Legislature, 1783
Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1787
U.S. Senator, 1789-95
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1789
Signed Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and United States Constitution.
Submitted the plan to Congress for what would become the Bank of North America. 1781. - Born:
- 01/20/1734
- Birthplace:
- Liverpool, England
- Died:
- 05/09/1806
- Death Location:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Residence:
- Liverpool, England
Philadelphia, PA
Oxford, Maryland - Nationality:
- English
- Occupation:
- Co-founder of Shipping-Banking Company
Slave/Indentured Servant Trade
Banker
Politician - Father:
- Robert Morris, Sr.
- Mother:
- Elizebeth Murphet
- Relations:
- Greenway, Charles-family friend, arranged for Morris to apprentice with shipping and banking firm in Philadelphia.
Willing, Charles-mayor under whom Morris apprenticed.
Willing, Thomas-son of Charles, with whom Morris established a shipping-banking firm called Willing Morris Co., 1757-1779. - Spouse:
- White, Mary, married March 2, 1769.
- Children:
- Morris, Robert Jr. (1769-?)
Morris, Thomas (1771-?)
Morris, William W. (1772-?)
Morris, Hannah Seely (1773-?)
Morris, Hetty (1774-?)
Morris, Maria (1779-?)
Morris, Henry (1784-?).
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