"THE REVOLUTION TREASURER"

A Mister Morris was a Liverpool merchant heavily involved in American trade and had a son born in Lankashire in1733.  He named him Robert, the same Robert Morris that became a most distinguished patriot of the Revolution.
When Robert was still a small child Morris, the elder left him in the care of his grandmother and sailed to America and set up his business in Oxford on the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay.
When Robert was thirteen Morris brought his family to America and sent Robert to school in Philadelphia.  The teacher was not up to the job and Robert learned little and when chided by his father for not learning Robert explained "Why sir, I have learned all that he had to teach me."
Robert went to work in the business of Charles Willing, at the age of fifteen years, and quickly became very good as a businessman.  At about the same time his father died from an accident.  When one of his ships arrived with trade goods, the elder Morris invited his friends to a celebration aboard the vessel.  When he left the ship a cannon salute was fired and a piece of the wadding struck him on the arm causing a severe wound.  The wound became infected and a few days later he died.
In 1754 Robert Morris formed a partnership with Thomas Willing and they increased rapidly in wealth and standing.
With the passage of the Stamp Act and Tea Act and non-importation  agreements business took a big hit.  But it was the Lexington tragedy that turned Morris into an active player in the affairs of the country.
Robert was elected to the General Congress.  In the spring of 1776 Morris was chosen to find ways to build a Navy while seeking ways to raise money.
After the disastrous retreat from New Jersey in late 1776 Washington met with Morris saying that his half-famished and half-naked militia must have funds.  Morris asked Washington how much and promptly gave him 10,000 Dollars of his own money.  When Robert Morris signed the Declaration of Independence and pledged, "His life, his fortune and his sacred Honor" he did just that.
Robert Morris was made Treasury Secretary and served throughout the war raising money and support for the "New Nation".  When the country could not get a loan anywhere Robert Morris, on his own signature and reputation raised tens of thousands for the revolution.  He did his job well and was so trusted and honored that no shame or scandal ever followed him.  Robert Morris, Patriot died at the age of seventy three in 1806...Medicineman!