The Papers of Robert Morris, 1781-1784: February 7-July 31, 1781University of Pittsburgh Pre - 504 páginas Although Robert Morris (1734-1806), "the Financier of the American Revolution," was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, a powerful committee chairman in the Continental Congress, an important figure in Pennsylvania politics, and perhaps the most prominent businessman of his day, he is today least known of the great national leaders of the Revolutionary era.This oversight is being rectified by this definitive publication project that transcribes and carefully annotates the Office of Finance diary, correspondence, and other official papers written by Morris during his administration as superintendent of finance from 1781 to 1784. |
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From the President of Pennsylvania Joseph Reed July 3 | 219 |
Diary July 4 | 220 |
To Marquis de BarbeMarbois July 4 | 221 |
To John Jay July 4 | 222 |
To Le Couteulx and Company July 4 | 233 |
From Thomas Rodney July 4 | 235 |
To George Washington July 5 | 236 |
From James Lovell July 5 | 238 |
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Diary May 1 | 60 |
From George Washington May 12 | 61 |
To the President of Congress Samuel Huntington May 14 | 62 |
From John Banister May 15 | 65 |
To the President of Congress Samuel Huntington May 17 | 66 |
From Tench Tilghman May 17 | 74 |
From John de Neufville and Company May 18 | 75 |
To Charles Lee May 20 | 76 |
To the President of Congress Samuel Huntington May 23 | 77 |
Diary May 24 | 78 |
Diary May 26 | 79 |
Report of a Committee of Congress on the Plan for Establishing a National Bank May 26 | 80 |
From the President of Congress Samuel Huntington May 26 | 81 |
From Walter Livingston May 26 | 82 |
To The Public May 28 | 83 |
Diary May 29 | 87 |
To William Duer May 29 | 88 |
To John Langdon May 29 | 90 |
To Philip Schuyler May 29 | 92 |
To Tench Tilghman May 29 | 94 |
To George Washington May 29 | 96 |
From John Jay May 29 | 98 |
From Gouverneur Morris MY 30 | 99 |
From the Board of War May 30 | 101 |
From Thomas Lowrey June 3 | 104 |
To the President of Congress Samuel Huntington June 4 | 105 |
From Gouverneur Morris June 4 | 106 |
June 1781 | 110 |
From the Board of War | 111 |
To John Jay June 5 | 112 |
Diary June 6 | 115 |
To Benjamin Franklin June 6 | 116 |
From Richard Peters June 6 | 117 |
To the Board of War June 6 | 118 |
To Silas Deane June 7th | 119 |
Diary June 8 | 121 |
To Benjamin Franklin June 8 | 123 |
To Chevalier de La Luzerne June 8 | 125 |
To the Board of Treasury June 8 | 126 |
From the Board of Treasury June 8 | 127 |
From Chevalier de La Luzerne June 9 | 128 |
Diary June 11 | 141 |
Circular on the National Bank June 11 | 142 |
To Tench Tilghman June 11 | 143 |
To the Board of War June 11 | 144 |
To Nathanael Greene June 12 | 145 |
From Resolve Smith ca June 12 | 147 |
To the Governor of South Carolina John Rutledge June 13 | 148 |
To Jacques Necker June 15 | 149 |
To George Washington June 15 | 153 |
Diary June 16 | 154 |
Diary June 18 | 159 |
To Le Couteulx and Company June 20 | 160 |
To the President of Congress Samuel Huntington June 21 | 161 |
To George Washington June 21 | 162 |
From the Board of Admiralty June 21 | 163 |
Philadelphia June 22d 1781 | 164 |
To the President of Congress Samuel Huntington June 22 | 165 |
To the President of Congress Samuel Huntington June 22 | 166 |
To Benjamin Franklin June 22 | 167 |
To Le Couteulx and Company June 23 | 168 |
To Le Couteulx and Company June 23 | 170 |
From the Commissary General of Purchases Ephraim Blaine June 23 | 173 |
From Philip Schuyler June 23 | 174 |
From Tench Tilghman June 24 | 175 |
Diary June 25 | 176 |
Diary June 26 | 178 |
From the Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly Frederick A Muhlenberg June 26 | 179 |
To the Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly Frederick A Muhlenberg June 26 | 180 |
To the Board of War June 26 | 183 |
Oath of Allegiance June 27 | 184 |
To John Bradford June 27 | 185 |
To the President of Congress Samuel Huntington June 27 | 186 |
To the Board of Admiralty June 28 | 187 |
To the Quartermaster General Timothy Pickering June 28 | 188 |
Diary June 29 | 189 |
Circular to the Departments June 29 | 190 |
To John Jay June 29 | 191 |
To Le Couteulx and Company June 29 | 192 |
To Robert Smith June 29 | 193 |
Diary June 30 | 203 |
Circular to the Board of Treasury the Commissary General of Purchases Ephraim Blaine and the Quartermaster General Timothy Pickering June 30 | 204 |
To a Committee of Congress John Witherspoon John Sullivan Meriwether Smith and George Clymer June 30 | 205 |
To the Board of War June 30 | 206 |
Advertisement for Philadelphia Contract Proposals June 30 | 207 |
Diary July 2 | 208 |
To the President of Congress Samuel Huntington July 2 | 209 |
To John Langdon July 2 | 211 |
To the Navy Board of the Eastern Department July 2 | 213 |
From the Commissary General of Purchases Ephraim Blaine July 2 enclosing Roster of the Commissariat of Purchases July 1 | 216 |
From Marquis de BarbéMarbois July 3 | 218 |
Diary July 6 | 239 |
Circular to the Governors of the States July 6 | 242 |
To John Paul Jones July 6 | 243 |
To John Morin Scott July 6 | 244 |
Report of a Committee of Congress July 6 | 245 |
From John Langdon July 6 | 246 |
From the VicePresident of Pennsylvania William Moore July 6 | 247 |
Diary July 7 | 249 |
To John Jay July 7 | 250 |
To Robert Smith July 7 | 251 |
To the Board of Treasury July 7 | 252 |
Diary July 9 | 253 |
To John Jay July 9 | 256 |
To the President of Pennsylvania Joseph Reed July 9 | 257 |
To Thomas Rodney July 9 | 259 |
From John Langdon July 9 | 260 |
Circular to John Miller William Scott and Nicholas Lutz July 10 | 263 |
To Mathias Slough July 10 | 264 |
From the Quartermaster General Timothy Pickering July 10 | 266 |
From George Washington July 10 | 267 |
Diary July 11 | 268 |
To the Board of Admiralty July 11 | 269 |
To Francisco Rendón July 11 | 270 |
From William Duer July 11 | 275 |
From the Governor of North Carolina Thomas Burke July 11 | 277 |
Diary July 12 | 278 |
Diary July 13 | 279 |
To Marquis de BarbeMarbois July 13 | 281 |
To Benjamin Franklin July 13 | 282 |
To David S Franks July 13 | 286 |
To John Jay July 13 | 287 |
To John Jay July 13 | 291 |
To Thomas Lowrey July 13 | 292 |
Diary July 14 | 294 |
To Benjamin Franklin July 14 | 295 |
To Udny Hay July 14 | 296 |
Office of Finance July 14th 1781 | 297 |
To James Read July 14 | 298 |
Advertisement for Reading Contract Proposals July 14 | 299 |
Advertisement for Fort Pitt Contract Proposals July 14 | 300 |
To John Jay July 15 | 301 |
To Francisco Rendón ca July 15 | 303 |
Circular to the Governors of the States July 16 | 305 |
To Benjamin Dudley July 16 | 306 |
To the Treasurer of Pennsylvania David Rittenhouse July 16 | 307 |
From the Navy Board of the Eastern Department July 16 | 308 |
From the President of Pennsylvania Joseph Reed July 16 | 309 |
Diary July 17 | 310 |
To John Bradford July 17 | 311 |
To James Nicholson July 17 | 316 |
To James Nicholson July 17 | 317 |
To the President of Pennsylvania Joseph Reed July 17 | 318 |
To the Board of Treasury July 17 | 322 |
Diary July 18 | 337 |
Contract with Henry Dering July 18 | 338 |
To Benjamin Franklin July 19 | 339 |
To George Clymer and John Nixon July 19 | 341 |
To the President of Congress Thomas McKean July 20 | 344 |
To William Gordon July 20 | 346 |
To Francis Hopkinson July 20 | 348 |
To Jacob Morgan Jr July 20 | 349 |
From the Quartermaster General Timothy Pickering July 20 | 350 |
From the Board of War July 20 | 352 |
To Marquis de BarbeMarbois July 21 | 354 |
Queries and Answers on the National Bank July 21 | 357 |
To Benjamin Franklin July 21 | 363 |
To John Holker July 21 | 366 |
To Philip Schuyler July 21 | 367 |
To Robert Smith July 21 | 368 |
From John Sullivan July 21 | 369 |
Diary July 23 | 370 |
To George Washington July 23 | 372 |
Plan of a Lottery July 23 | 375 |
From Francis Hopkinson ca July 23 | 377 |
From Benjamin Rush July 23 | 378 |
Diary July 25 | 379 |
Circular to the Governors of the States July 25 | 380 |
To the President of Congress Thomas McKean July 25 | 384 |
Diary July 26 | 386 |
To the Auditor General James Milligan July 26 | 387 |
From Benjamin Franklin July 26 | 391 |
From Benjamin Franklin July 26 | 392 |
Diary July 27 | 394 |
Circular to the Governors of Massachusetts Rhode Island New York Delaware Maryland and North Carolina July 27 | 395 |
To the Governor of Massachusetts John Hancock July 27 | 402 |
To the Board of Treasury July 27 | 403 |
To the Board of War July 27 | 404 |
From the President of Pennsylvania Joseph Reed July 27 | 405 |
Diary July 28 | 409 |
From John Reynell Owen Jones James Pemberton John Pemberton Samuel Emlen Jr and Nicholas Waln July 28 | 410 |
To John Jay July 29 | 412 |
Diary July 30 | 413 |
To the Commissary General of Purchases Ephraim Blaine July 30 | 414 |
To the Board of War July 30 | 416 |
To Gerardus Clarkson James Hutchinson and John Jones July 30 | 417 |
From Alexander Blaine ca July 30 | 418 |
To Le Couteulx and Company July 31 | 419 |
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