Posted on 07/02/2015 5:42:55 PM PDT by gwjack
this is from wiki so it might not all be true but i can vouch for most of it.
Morris House
President’s House, Philadelphia at 190 High Street {later 524-30 Market Street}. Morris’s Philadelphia city house served as the Executive Mansion for presidents George Washington and John Adams, 1790–1800. He sold it in 1795,[17] using the proceeds to fund construction of the L’Enfant mansion.
In 1781 Robert Morris purchased a home at 190 High Street in Philadelphia from John Holker. He rebuilt it and lived while he was Superintendent of Finance, and Agent of Marine. When the Federal Government moved from New York, he offered his home to his friend George Washington. Washington was familiar with the place, since he had stayed there with Morris during the Constitutional Convention. John Adams occupied it in turn. Morris initially offered his city home to Washington for free, but to avoid the appearance of improper influence, he rented the house for $1 a year to the city of Philadelphia to be used as the presidential residence. Philadelphia was the temporary US capital from 1790–1800 during the construction of Washington, D.C.. Morris moved next door, into another house he owned on the corner of 6th and High (Market) St.
The last remaining wall of President’s House was taken down for redevelopment when Independence Mall was created. In the late twentieth century, the foundations of the President’s House were rediscovered during archeological work related to construction of the Liberty Center. The site, a few steps away from the Liberty Bell, has been designated a national memorial. It is commemorated with an outline of the house indicated above ground and exhibits about the early federal period. Its interpretation focuses on the first two Presidents, their families, and the nine enslaved Africans who worked in Washington’s presidential household.
The US Congress passed its first bankruptcy legislation, the temporary Bankruptcy Act of 1800, in part, to get Morris out of prison.[25]
After his release, Morris continued to suffer poor health and spent the rest of his life in retirement. He was assisted by his wife who had supported him throughout his misfortune. Morris died on May 9, 1806 in Philadelphia. He is buried in the family vault of Bishop William White, his brother-in-law, at Christ Church.[26] A plaque installed later reads: “ROBERT MORRIS signer of the Constitution of the United States of America. Deputy from Pennsylvania to Federal Constitutional Convention May 25, 1787 – September 17, 1787 Erected by the Pennsylvania Constitution Commemorative Committee”[4]
not sure but there are some old building where his mansion was built. and this is freaky an arial view of the park behind independence hall toward washignton square has the walkways shaping a peace symbol. never noticed that but i walk it and don’t think about what it looks like from the air. old crop circles?
He was born in Liverpool, emigrated to Oxford in Talbot County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore at age 13 in 1747, and was sent to school in Philadelphia by his father. He remained there, had a successful business career, served in the Pennsylvania assembly and was one of Pennsylvania’s original two senators.
So, Maryland and Pennsylvania could both claim him.
FTA: ...it’s easy to skip over the names of the signers....
That’s because some guy named JOHN HANCOCK wrote his name so big!
Today we have billionaires undermining the country just so they can get cheap labor.
bump for later
Well, thank you.
Thanks so much for the post. I remember staying at the Robert Morris Inn in Oxford many years ago with my children on one of our “history” trips. I’m a Marylander by birth and a history nut by choice. Always interested in new information.
Thanks a bunch. I was born on the Eastern Shore and didn’t leave until I married. Wonderful memories.
great fr name
I’m a bit of a history nut, especially the Revolution, WWI and WII. Have always loved Molly Pitcher’s story.
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