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Gentleman Revolutionary

Author : Richard Brookhiser
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439104085
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Gentleman Revolutionary written by Richard Brookhiser and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-17 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1996, Richard Brookhiser has devoted himself to recovering the Founding for modern Americans. The creators of our democracy had both the temptations and the shortcomings of all men, combined with the talents and idealism of the truly great. Among them, no Founding Father demonstrates the combination of temptations and talents quite so vividly as the least known of the greats, Gouverneur Morris. His story is one that should be known by every American -- after all, he drafted the Constitution, and his hand lies behind many of its most important phrases. Yet he has been lost in the shadows of the Founders who became presidents and faces on our currency. As Brookhiser shows in this sparkling narrative, Morris's story is not only crucial to the Founding, it is also one of the most entertaining and instructive of all. Gouverneur Morris, more than Washington, Jefferson, or even Franklin, is the Founding Father whose story can most readily touch our hearts, and whose character is most sorely needed today. He was a witty, peg-legged ladies' man. He was an eyewitness to two revolutions (American and French) who joked with George Washington, shared a mistress with Talleyrand, and lost friends to the guillotine. In his spare time he gave New York City its street grid and New York State the Erie Canal. His keen mind and his light, sure touch helped make our Constitution the most enduring fundamental set of laws in the world. In his private life, he suited himself; pleased the ladies until, at age fifty-seven, he settled down with one lady (and pleased her); and lived the life of a gentleman, for whom grace and humanity were as important as birth. He kept his good humor through war, mobs, arson, death, and two accidents that burned the flesh from one of his arms and cut off one of his legs below the knee. Above all, he had the gift of a sunny disposition that allowed him to keep his head in any troubles. We have much to learn from him, and much pleasure to take in his company.

Gouverneur Morris

Author :
Publisher : Ardent Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gouverneur Morris written by and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on 1898 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gouverneur Morris

Author : James J. Kirschke
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312241957
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Gouverneur Morris written by James J. Kirschke and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-11-29 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An ever-present figure in the early days of the nation, Gouverneur Morris left an indelible mark on the country's future development. While in the New York State legislature, he was part of the committee that wrote the state's constitution. He went on to write some of the most critical documents of the Second Continental Congress, gaining the enduring admiration of George Washington, who later appointed him minister to France. At the Office of Finance he helped to develop the basic plan for the coinage system that remains in use today, and in private business he was instrumental in the planning and establishment of the Bank of North America.".

The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris

Author : Gouverneur Morris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 690 pages
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Download or read book The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris written by Gouverneur Morris and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816) by his granddaughter, making extensive use of his letters and diary.

Envoy to the Terror

Author : Melanie Randolph Miller
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1612342779
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Envoy to the Terror written by Melanie Randolph Miller and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An American Founding Father's important contributions to the French Revolution.

To Secure the Blessings of Liberty

Author : Gouverneur Morris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780865978348
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (783 download)

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Download or read book To Secure the Blessings of Liberty written by Gouverneur Morris and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liberty Fund is pleased to present this single-volume collection of Gouverneur Morris's writings. This edition will be a welcome addition to scholars of American and French history as the volume contains many writings that have never before been published. Providing his unique perspective, this is a wonderful and accessible single source that illuminates the political and economic thought of Gouverneur Morris.

Gouverneur Morris

Author : William Howard Adams
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300127049
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Gouverneur Morris written by William Howard Adams and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A plainspoken, racy patrician who distrusted democracy but opposed slavery and championed freedom for all minorities, an important player in the American Revolution, later an astute critic of the French Revolution, Gouverneur Morris remains an enigma among the founding generation. This comprehensive, engrossing biography tells his robust story, including his celebrated love affairs during his long stay in Europe. Morris’s public record is astonishing. One of the leading figures of the Constitutional Convention, he put the Constitution in its final version, including its opening Preamble. As Washington’s first minister to Paris, he became America’s most effective representative in France. A successful, international entrepreneur, he understood the dynamics of commerce in the modern world. Frankly cosmopolitan, he embraced city life as a creative center of civilization and had a central role in the building of the Erie Canal and in laying out the urban grid plan of Manhattan. William Howard Adams describes Morris’s many contributions, talents, sophistication, and wit, as well as his romantic liaisons, free habits, and free speech. He brings to life a fascinating man of great stature, a founding father who receives his due at last.

The Life of Gouverneur Morris, with Selections from His Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers. Detailing Events in the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and in the Political History of the United States

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Author : Jared SPARKS
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Life of Gouverneur Morris, with Selections from His Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers. Detailing Events in the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and in the Political History of the United States written by Jared SPARKS and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Robert Morris

Author : Charles Rappleye
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416572864
Total Pages : 613 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Robert Morris written by Charles Rappleye and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this biography, the acclaimed author of Sons of Providence, winner of the 2007 George Wash- ington Book Prize, recovers an immensely important part of the founding drama of the country in the story of Robert Morris, the man who financed Washington’s armies and the American Revolution. Morris started life in the colonies as an apprentice in a counting house. By the time of the Revolution he was a rich man, a commercial and social leader in Philadelphia. He organized a clandestine trading network to arm the American rebels, joined the Second Continental Congress, and financed George Washington’s two crucial victories—Valley Forge and the culminating battle at Yorktown that defeated Cornwallis and ended the war. The leader of a faction that included Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and Washington, Morris ran the executive branches of the revolutionary government for years. He was a man of prodigious energy and adroit management skills and was the most successful businessman on the continent. He laid the foundation for public credit and free capital markets that helped make America a global economic leader. But he incurred powerful enemies who considered his wealth and influence a danger to public "virtue" in a democratic society. After public service, he gambled on land speculations that went bad, and landed in debtors prison, where George Washington, his loyal friend, visited him. This once wealthy and powerful man ended his life in modest circumstances, but Rappleye restores his place as a patriot and an immensely important founding father.

The Life of Gouverneur Morris

Author : Jared Sparks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life of Gouverneur Morris written by Jared Sparks and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gouverneur Morris; the Story of His Life and Work...

Author : Theodore Roosevelt
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781314927351
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book Gouverneur Morris; the Story of His Life and Work... written by Theodore Roosevelt and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Gouverneur Morris

Author : Theodore Roosevelt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Gouverneur Morris written by Theodore Roosevelt and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Diaries of Gouverneur Morris

Author : Gouverneur Morris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813929491
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (294 download)

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Download or read book The Diaries of Gouverneur Morris written by Gouverneur Morris and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of diary entries by the New York native who embarked for Europe at the end of 1788, returning ten years later. The statesman witnessed the eruption of the French Revolution and the onset of the French Revolutionary Wars and was the American minister to France from 1792 to 1794.

The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris

Author : Gouverneur Morris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 646 pages
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Download or read book The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris written by Gouverneur Morris and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816) by his granddaughter, making extensive use of his letters and diary.

Founding Father

Author : Richard Brookhiser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Founding Father written by Richard Brookhiser and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the first President of the United States.

The Quartet

Author : Joseph J. Ellis
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 080417248X
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book The Quartet written by Joseph J. Ellis and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Founding Brothers tells the unexpected story of America’s second great founding and of the men most responsible—Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, John Jay, and James Madison. Ellis explains of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew. These men, with the help of Robert Morris and Gouverneur Morris, shaped the contours of American history by diagnosing the systemic dysfunctions created by the Articles of Confederation, manipulating the political process to force the calling of the Constitutional Convention, conspiring to set the agenda in Philadelphia, orchestrating the debate in the state ratifying conventions, and, finally, drafting the Bill of Rights to assure state compliance with the constitutional settlement, created the new republic. Ellis gives us a dramatic portrait of one of the most crucial and misconstrued periods in American history: the years between the end of the Revolution and the formation of the federal government. The Quartet unmasks a myth, and in its place presents an even more compelling truth—one that lies at the heart of understanding the creation of the United States of America.

Scandal at Bizarre

Author : Cynthia A. Kierner
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813926162
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Scandal at Bizarre written by Cynthia A. Kierner and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1790s Richard Randolph was accused of fathering a child by his sister-in-law, Nancy, and murdering the baby shortly after its birth. Rumors about the incident, which occurred during a visit to the plantation of close family friends, spread like wildfire. Randolph found himself on trial for the crime largely because of the public outrage fueled by these rumors. The rest of the household suffered too, and only Nancy, who later married the esteemed New York statesman Gouverneur Morris, would find any degree of happiness. A tale of family passion, betrayal, and deception, Scandal at Bizarre is a fascinating historical portrait of the social and political realities of a world long vanished.