Morris, Robert,  1734-1806. <br/><br/>
Robert Morris papers, 1775-1829. 

 - 3,200  items. 18  1  containers plus  oversize. 4  linear feet. 12  microfilm reels. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><br/>Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. <br/>Washington, D.C.: <br/>Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, <br/>1947-1965. 
<br/><br/><br/>Superintendent of finance for the Continental Congress during the Revolution, merchant, land speculator, and statesman. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011193 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 78033605  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Continental Congress. <br/>Willing, Morris & Company--Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Finance, Public--History--United States--To 1789.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History--Finance.--Revolution, 1775-1783
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Land speculators.<br/>Merchants.<br/>Public officials.<br/>Statesmen.