Gouverneur Morris

1752 - 1816

Titles on this disk:

• author: The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris, vol. 1
• author: The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris, vol. 2

About this person:

Morris was a lawyer and diplomat during the American Revolution and early years of the Republic. He was supporter of a strong, centralised government which would be dominated by those well-born. He served as Minster to France 1792-94 and the diaries he kept of this period are a useful historical record of the time.