Link: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gouverneur-Morris
Description: WEBMar 27, 2024 · Gouverneur Morris was an 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 1768, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1771. An extreme conservative in his political views, he.
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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gouverneur_Morris
Description: WEBMorris's great-grandson, also named Gouverneur Morris (1876–1953), was an author of pulp novels and short stories in the early 20th century. Several of his works were adapted into films, including the famous Lon Chaney film The Penalty in 1920 .
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Link: https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/gouverneur-morris/
Description: WEBGouverneur Morris was at the center of the Newburgh Conspiracy, which threatened the nation's stability during the final days of the Revolutionary War. Known as “the Penman of the Constitution,” the eccentric and outspoken Gouverneur Morris contributed in multiple ways to building the core foundation of American government.
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Link: https://www.usconstitution.net/gouverneur-morris-biography/
Description: WEBGouverneur Morris was born on January 31, 1752, in New York City to a wealthy family. ... Political Career and Contributions to the American Revolution. In 1775, Morris was elected as a representative for the family manor in the New York Provincial Congress, marking his formal entry into revolutionary politics. He led efforts to embed ...
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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: WEBHe had a strong sense of civic duty, reflected in the work he did in the Continental Congress and for the war effort, his contributions to the Constitution, his time as minister to France during the Terror, and his service in the Senate.
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Link: https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/historic-document-library/detail/gouverneur-morris-constitutional-convention-speeches-july-5-and-11-and-august-8-1787
Description: WEBGouverneur Morris remains in many ways the least understood and most important of the delegates at the Convention. He was no grandstander, despite a reputation for daring brashness. Nor did he produce the most elaborate theoretical statements of constitutional principles within the debates.
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Link: https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/us-history-biographies/gouverneur-morris
Description: WEBMay 23, 2018 · Pursuing an early interest in currency and credit, he contributed a brilliant series of financial articles to the Pennsylvania Packet from February to April 1780, under the pen name "An American." This brought him an invitation to serve as assistant to Robert Morris (the "financier of the Revolution," no relation to Gouverneur) in 1781.
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Link: https://www.scotusblog.com/2019/08/the-framers-intent-gouverneur-morris-the-committee-of-style-and-the-creation-of-the-federalist-constitution/
Description: WEBAug 5, 2019 · For more than 200 years, questions have been raised as to whether Morris as drafter covertly made changes in the text in order to advance his constitutional vision, but the legal scholars and historians studying the convention have either failed to consider that possibility or concluded that Morris was an honest scrivener.
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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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