. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. ee com-missioners on site were chosen, being PhilipSchuyler, of New York, Philemon Dickinson, andRobert Morris. Upon Mr. Schuylers declining,John Brown was put in his place. None of thesewas a member of Congress. Mr. Dickinson was aninhabitant of Trenton, residing at the Hermit-age, a mile or so west of the town, and Mr. Morrishad an estate on the opposite side of the Dela-ware, now the town of Morrisville, named forhim, the eminent Financier of the Eevolution. liobcrt Morris, signer of the Declaration of Independence;I,,
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. ee com-missioners on site were chosen, being PhilipSchuyler, of New York, Philemon Dickinson, andRobert Morris. Upon Mr. Schuylers declining,John Brown was put in his place. None of thesewas a member of Congress. Mr. Dickinson was aninhabitant of Trenton, residing at the Hermit-age, a mile or so west of the town, and Mr. Morrishad an estate on the opposite side of the Dela-ware, now the town of Morrisville, named forhim, the eminent Financier of the Eevolution. liobcrt Morris, signer of the Declaration of Independence;I,, in Liverpool, Eng., Jan. 20, 1734 ; came with his father toPhiladelphia, Pa., when thirteen ; became a noted financier ;signed the non-importation agreement 1705 ; delegate toCongresB 1VT5, 177-78 ; superintendent-of finance 1781-84 ■member United States constitutional convention 1787 and olthe first United States Senate 1788-95 ; d. May 8, 1806, inPhiladelphia ; his son William was the second Bishop of (vh,, l. ;ri (h*. TiMf-o •^ ^/TU^/^rt^r 358 NEW JERSEY AS A COL With the sitting of Congress in New York,where the body remained until 1788, came thedeath blow to the plan for a capital at South as a unit was opposed to the idea of thelocation of a capital north of the Potomac. Eventhe personal influence of General Washingtonwas brought to bear upon Richard Henry Lee,president of Congress, to whom he wrote fromMount Vernon in February, 1785: By the time your federal buildings on the banks of the Delaware,along the point of a triangle, are fit for the reception of Congress,it will be found that they are very improperly placed for the seatof the empire, and will have to undergo a second erection in a moreconvenient one. But in spite of such interference the citizensof Trenton did not despair, for in May, 1785,Joseph Higbee offered for sale a valuable tractof land, containing three hundred acres, situatewithin three miles of Trenton
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