Robert Morris papers, 1775-1829.

By: Material type: Mixed materialsMixed materialsDescription: 3,200 items; 18 containers plus 1 oversize; 4 linear feet; 12 microfilm reelsSubject(s): Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Microfilm edition available, no. 13,219 (8,765-12N).
Action note:
  • One letter (1778) was previously cataloged separately as part of the Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.
Summary: Correspondence, letterbooks, journals and proceedings of the Continental Congress, accounts, and other papers. Most of the public papers relate to the financing of the American government and its forces during the Revolution. Includes the account rendered by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais to Congress in 1782, copies of Morris's official letters, and his private business papers such as correspondence of the Philadelphia shipping firm of Willing, Morris & Company.
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Correspondence, letterbooks, journals and proceedings of the Continental Congress, accounts, and other papers. Most of the public papers relate to the financing of the American government and its forces during the Revolution. Includes the account rendered by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais to Congress in 1782, copies of Morris's official letters, and his private business papers such as correspondence of the Philadelphia shipping firm of Willing, Morris & Company.

Microfilm edition available, no. 13,219 (8,765-12N).

Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1947-1965.

Superintendent of finance for the Continental Congress during the Revolution, merchant, land speculator, and statesman.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011193

One letter (1778) was previously cataloged separately as part of the Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.

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