[Eddie01]

A handful of my heroes..

[Slyfox]

Thanks for posting this info.

[uncbob]

Very interesting

Many thanks for posting it

[Sacajaweau]

I noticed that one of these was almost identical to a summary written by Jefferson so my intuition is that much of this was plagerized.

[BatGuano]

Great insight of a man who seemed to be kind as well as honest in his assessments of the men he had the honor of serving with. Robert Morris is a GGGGGGGGrandfather of mine. His granddaughter married a male ancestor of mine and Morris is my middle name. He is buried at Christ Church in Philadelphia and is known as the “Financier of the Revolution”. He was not formerly educated but was apprenticed at a young age to a banking firm. After the Convention he lost a great deal of his wealth in land speculation in Western New York and served 3 years in debtors prison. The fate of many of the signers of the Declaration and the Constitution was similar.

[Texas Fossil]

“Farrand’s Records”

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3032

“The Fathers of the Constitution; a chronicle of the establishment of the Union”

Farrand, Max, 1869-1945

[narses]

Not FRAMERS, FATHERS. Men, every one of them.

[Texas Fossil]

By the way, I place more value in James Madison’s Minutes of the Constitutional Convention than Farrand’s.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Thanks for posting. It is amazing how many of these men I never heard of. The description of William Samuel Johnson caught my eye: "As an Orator in my opinion, there is nothing in him that warrants the high reputation which he has for public speaking. There is something in the tone of his voice not pleasing to the Ear..." Now who does that remind you of? I wonder of Mr. Johnson used Ye Olde Teleprompter?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Thanks for posting. It is amazing how many of these men I never heard of. The description of William Samuel Johnson caught my eye: "As an Orator in my opinion, there is nothing in him that warrants the high reputation which he has for public speaking. There is something in the tone of his voice not pleasing to the Ear..." Now who does that remind you of? I wonder if Mr. Johnson used Ye Olde Teleprompter?