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Article: Financier of freedom: when Robert Morris pledged his fortune as he signed the Declaration of Independence, he meant it. His resources and financial skills helped win America's freedom. (History - Greatness of the Founders).
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- The New American
- Article date:
- November 18, 2002
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Wealthy Philadelphia businessman Robert Morris probably didn't expect that so quickly he would have to lay his considerable "fortune" on the line to defend the Declaration of Independence he had signed. But as the Declaration's first winter loomed, the War for American Independence had fallen to its lowest ebb. American forces had failed to win a single battle against the British invaders since the Redcoats had invaded New York several days before the pivotal document was written. The British had inflicted an embarrassing defeat on the Americans at Long Island, and they destroyed American forces that had invaded Canada. Washington's army had also lost most of its supplies ...
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...Robert Morris An American merchant ... speculator, and banker, Robert Morris (1734-1806) performed ... Continental Congress. Robert Morris was born on Jan. 31 ... independence but later signed the Declaration of Independence. He served ...
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