Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . URRENCY. Secretary of the Treasury in his Cabinet. But he refused this office, and named Alexander Hamil-ton as one better able to fill it than himself After his term as Senator was over, he went out of public life withless than half the wealth he had when he entered it. Being still in theprime of life, he entered into business again and built up a large BastIndia trade. In the same year that he resigned the office of financier, hesent the Empress of China from New York to Canto
Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . URRENCY. Secretary of the Treasury in his Cabinet. But he refused this office, and named Alexander Hamil-ton as one better able to fill it than himself After his term as Senator was over, he went out of public life withless than half the wealth he had when he entered it. Being still in theprime of life, he entered into business again and built up a large BastIndia trade. In the same year that he resigned the office of financier, hesent the Empress of China from New York to Canton, the first Americanvessel that ever entered that port. He also marked out a course to China,by which the dangerous winds that swept over the Eastern seas at someseasons of the year might be avoided, and, to prove the wisdom of follow-mg this course, he sent out a vessel that made a successful trip over it. After awhile he bought a great deal of land in the western part of New York, then the wild frontier. But the investment proved a failure,and Mr. Morns lost about all that he had. The great man who had saved. WILLIAM PENN. IIT the American armies from mutiny and famine, who liad redeemed tliecredit of his State and his adopted country, had made his wealth the na-tions, and staked his own spotless reputation for her sake, spent his lastyears in poverty and debt. Neither his country nor his State came for-ward to relieve his distress, although for their needs he had given every-thing he had, excepting his honor—there never was a shadow cast on that,either in public or in private life—and they owed him princely fortunesin debts of gratitude. Robert Morris was born in Lancaster, England, June, 1734. Hedied in Philadelphia, May 8, 1806. QUESTIONS. What is the meaning of financier? What two other great Amer-icans is Morris compared with ? What was his first situation in business rWhen war with England broke out what did he do ? Once when ourtreasury was very low how did he hel
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