GOUVERNEUR MORRIS

1752-1816

Delegate to the Constitutional Convention (Pennsylvania)

Biographical Data
Religious Views
Quotations
References, Links, & Further Reading

Education: King's College (Columbia)

Occupation: lawyer

Political Affiliation: Whig, Federalist

Religious Affiliation: Episcopalian

Summary of Religious Views:

Although he began as an Episcopalian, Morris' views shifted over the years, and ultimately he was probably more of a deist than anything else.

Views on Religion & Politics:

Quotations:

References, Links, & Further Reading: Books, Articles, Links

Books

Works by Gouverneur Morris

ed. by Anne Cary Morris, The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris, 2 vols., C. Scribner's Sons, 1888; reprint, Da Capo Press, 1970; Vol.I Vol. II

Biographies

Richard Brookhiser, Gentleman Revolutionary: Gouverneur Morris - The Rake Who Wrote the Constitution, Free Press, 2003
Mary-Jo Kline, Gouverneur Morris and the New Nation, 1775-1778, Arno Press, 1978
Melanie Randolph Miller, Envoy to the Terror: Gouverneur Morris and the French Revolution, Potomac Books, 2005
Max M. Mintz, Gouverneur Morris and the American Revolution, Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1970
Jared Sparks, The Life of Gouverneur Morris, with Selections from His Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers, 3 vols., Gray & Brown, 1832; Vol. I Vol. II Vol. III

Articles

Henry Cabot Lodge, "Gouverneur Morris," The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 57, Iss. 342, April 1886, pp. 721-744
Max M. Mintz, "Gouverneur Morris, George Washington's War Hawk," The Virginia Quarterly Review, Vol. 79, No. 4, Autumn 2003
Annie Cary Morris, "Glimpses At The Diaries Of Gouverneur Morris; Social Life And Character In The Paris Of The Revolution, Paper 1," Scribner's magazine, Vol. 1, Iss. 1, January, 1887, pp. 93-107
Annie Cary Morris, "Glimpses At The Diaries Of Gouverneur Morris; Social Life And Character In The Paris Of The Revolution, Paper 2," Scribner's magazine, Vol. 1, Iss. 2, February, 1887, pp. 199-211

Links

Works by Gouverneur Morris

Gouverneur Morris letters for the years 1772 thru 1813 (familytales)

Biographical Sites

MORRIS, Gouverneur, 1752-1816 (Biographical Directory of the US Congress)
Gouverneur Morris (National Archives -- The Founding Fathers)
GOUVERNEUR MORRIS (Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution -- Center of Military History, United States Army)
Gouverneur Morris (Colonial Hall)

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