Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gouverneur_Morris
Description: WEBGouverneur Morris (/ ɡ ʌ v ər n ɪər ˈ m ɒr ɪ s / guh-vər-NEER MOR-ris; January 31, 1752 – November 6, 1816) was an American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution.
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Link: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gouverneur-Morris
Description: WEBJan 27, 2024 · Gouverneur Morris (born January 31, 1752, Morrisania house, Manhattan [now in New York City]—died November 6, 1816, Morrisania house, New York, New York, U.S.) American statesman, diplomat, and financial expert who helped plan the U.S. decimal coinage system. Morris graduated from King’s College (later Columbia University) in …
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Link: https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/gouverneur-morris-founding-father-disabled-american
Description: WEBAug 4, 2020 · Gouverneur Morris was a Founder of the United States, best known for writing the “We the People” preamble to the Constitution. He railed against slavery at the Philadelphia convention in 1787. Later working as an envoy in Paris during the French Revolution, he documented his active romantic life there in his diaries. He also was …
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Link: https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/gouverneur-morris/
Description: WEBKnown as “the Penman of the Constitution,” the eccentric and outspoken Gouverneur Morris contributed in multiple ways to building the core foundation of American government. A member of one of New York’s prominent Tory families, Morris abandoned his British allegiances and devoted himself fully to the American revolutionary cause.
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Link: https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/forgotten-founders-gouverneur-morris
Description: WEBJun 8, 2020 · Forgotten Founders: Gouverneur Morris. Today, we launch a new series on Constitution Daily remembering “Forgotten Founders,” from the ratification period through the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement and beyond—featuring profiles of individuals who helped define the text and meaning of the U.S. Constitution.
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Link: https://www.neh.gov/article/confessions-gouverneur-morris
Description: WEBA lawyer from a landowning New York family, Morris (1752–1816) embraced the cause of independence and served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention. As U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary to France from 1792 to 1794, he witnessed some of the bloodiest episodes of the French Revolution.
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Link: https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/us-history-biographies/gouverneur-morris
Description: WEBMay 23, 2018 · Born on 30 January 1752 in the manor house at Morrisania (now the Bronx), Gouverneur Morris was reared as a cultured provincial aristocrat and the son of a judge of the court of vice-admiralty. His mother, Sarah Gouverneur, was the daughter of the speaker of the New York Assembly.
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Link: https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/abstract/document/obo-9780199730414/obo-9780199730414-0368.xml
Description: WEBAug 23, 2022 · Remembered primarily as the author of the American Constitution’s preamble, Gouverneur Morris (b. 1752–d. 1816) was also the author of a few essays, a thousand-page long private diary, and many other documents on the state of politics in the United States and in France.
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Link: https://billofrightsinstitute.org/founders/gouverneur-morris
Description: WEBGouverneur Morris - Bill of Rights Institute. Though James Madison has been given the title “Father of the Constitution,” Gouverneur Morris could be considered second in importance in shaping the final version. Morris spoke more often (173 times) than any other delegate at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
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Link: https://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/founders/GRMS.html
Description: WEBThe Diaries of Gouverneur Morris Digital Edition. Gouverneur Morris played an important role in the American Revolution, made profound contributions to the Constitution (including writing its Preamble), and was the American minister to France during the height of the French Revolution.
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