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MORRIS, LEWIS, 1726-1798, Signer of the Declaration of Independence (New York). Partly printed document signed ("Lewis Morris"), 27 April 1787. 1 page, an oblong, 163 x 207mm. (6 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.), edges untrimmed, accomplished in manuscript. A receipt, authorized by Pierre Van Cortlandt, President of the Assembly, for Morris's salary: "...For my Attendance in Senate, as a Member from the Southern District, from the fifth Day of January to the Twentyfifth Day of April -- including two travelling Days, is 82 Days, at 14 per Day, I Do hereby Certify the above Account, amounting to [L 57. 8s.] to be just and true..."
Lewis Morris, a wealthy landowner, vigorously supported the independence movement in Tory-dominated New York. During the British campaigns of 1776, his estate, Morrisania, now in the Bronx, was destroyed. Morris himself served in the Continental Congress and as a Brigadier General of the Westchester County Militia during the war.
All documents by this little-known patriot and Signer are rare.
Lewis Morris, a wealthy landowner, vigorously supported the independence movement in Tory-dominated New York. During the British campaigns of 1776, his estate, Morrisania, now in the Bronx, was destroyed. Morris himself served in the Continental Congress and as a Brigadier General of the Westchester County Militia during the war.
All documents by this little-known patriot and Signer are rare.