The public services of Gouverneur Morris to 1787 . in colonial affairs. His grandfather,Lewis T!orris, had been Governor of Sev; Jersey; had also servedin the Assembly, and bp Chief Justice of New York. His father,Levis Morris, was alsoe member of the New York Assembly^actingas a suT)-nnrter of the -nonuler side in the interest of the rightsand privileges of the peor)le. Gouverneur had three brothers,LBwis, Richard, and Staats Long; the first of these was an ad-vocate of freedom at the begining of the Revolution, hvt the lastof them was a resident of England^ a supporter of tne irov/n,andat on
The public services of Gouverneur Morris to 1787 . in colonial affairs. His grandfather,Lewis T!orris, had been Governor of Sev; Jersey; had also servedin the Assembly, and bp Chief Justice of New York. His father,Levis Morris, was alsoe member of the New York Assembly^actingas a suT)-nnrter of the -nonuler side in the interest of the rightsand privileges of the peor)le. Gouverneur had three brothers,LBwis, Richard, and Staats Long; the first of these was an ad-vocate of freedom at the begining of the Revolution, hvt the lastof them was a resident of England^ a supporter of tne irov/n,andat one time a member of ) The Morris family from its first establishmenl mAmerica belonged to the powerful land holding class who played solarge a part in the history of New York. This aristocracy, be-cause of its independence after its establishment, did not alwayssupport the crown, although, on the other hand, it did opposethat group which events prior to the Revolution developed intothe radicals. fl) Sparks, Gouverneur Morris,!, 1-4. I. The early English governors had been instriiox-ed to givelarge grants of land to the men of influence and ahility in thecolony, in order to gain their support/l). These early land grantshad built up a small band of closely related families of wealthand power, who were known as the aristocracy, and in handswas a large p^rt of the most valuable land of the colony. Richard Morris, the great-grandfather of Grouvernetir,came to America in the middle of the seventeenth century, andacquired an estate from the King in the county of Westchester (2),This estate had been invested with manorial privileges by theoriginal grant, as had practically all the large estates in NewYork. At the time of the Revolution there were six manors inWestchester, of which Morrisania was one of the smallest, but,nevertheless, was large enough to identify the Morris familywith the aristocracy. They were still further connected with thatclass through intermarri
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