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MORRIS, Cadwalader
1741–1795
Concise Biography
MORRIS, Cadwalader, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., February 19, 1741; attended the rural school; engaged in commercial pursuits and in the management of his estate; resided for a time in the West Indies; served in the Revolutionary War as a member of the Philadelphia Troop of Light Horse; assisted in the establishment and served as an inspector of the Bank of Pennsylvania in 1780; one of the founders and a director of the Bank of North America in 1781; Delegate to the Confederation Congress, 1783-1784; elected for another term, but declined; after the war operated an iron furnace in Birdsborough, Pa., but subsequently engaged in mercantile pursuits in Philadelphia; member of the Democratic Society of Philadelphia; died in Philadelphia on January 25, 1795.
View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
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Library of Congress
Manuscript Division
Washington, DC
Papers:
In the Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection, 1764, 1 item.
A letter of Cadwalader Morris written in 1764.
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