Robert Morris was born in Lancashire, England in 1734. In 1744 he came to Chesapeake Bay and attended school in Philadelphia where he went on to become an apprentice in a counting room at the age of 16. He later became an importer, after already having secured his reputation, and was put out when the Stamp Act was brought fourth. Despite this, he chose to partake in the actions against the British. In 1775, Robert Morris, was elected to become a delegate of the Continental Congress, representing Pennsylvania, during this time he took part in raising money and provisions for the Continental Army. In 1776 he was given the “authority to negotiate bills of exchange for, and to solicit money by other means for the operation of the war.”(Kindig) During the war the Continental Army was in a state of severe deprivation of resources and Robert Morris, out of his own money, loaned $10,000 to the government to cover the armies provisions. He brought needed supplies and capital to the colonies also, by operations of privateering ships that ran the British Blockades. Later on, Robert Morris, went to serve in the Pennsylvania Legislature, and was offered the position of Senator for Secretary of Treasury, but declined. He later died in 1806 at the age of 73.
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Robert Morris was born in Lancashire, England in 1734. In 1744 he came to Chesapeake Bay and attended school in Philadelphia where he went on to become an apprentice in a counting room at the age of 16. He later became an importer, after already having secured his reputation, and was put out when the Stamp Act was brought fourth. Despite this, he chose to partake in the actions against the British.
In 1775, Robert Morris, was elected to become a delegate of the Continental Congress, representing Pennsylvania, during this time he took part in raising money and provisions for the Continental Army. In 1776 he was given the “authority to negotiate bills of exchange for, and to solicit money by other means for the operation of the war.”(Kindig) During the war the Continental Army was in a state of severe deprivation of resources and Robert Morris, out of his own money, loaned $10,000 to the government to cover the armies provisions. He brought needed supplies and capital to the colonies also, by operations of privateering ships that ran the British Blockades.
Later on, Robert Morris, went to serve in the Pennsylvania Legislature, and was offered the position of Senator for Secretary of Treasury, but declined. He later died in 1806 at the age of 73.
Krystle Sichky
-“Robert Morris”, http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/morris_r.htm,
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