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Gouverneur Morris IV (1876–1953) was an American author of pulp novels and short stories during the early 20th century. Biography. Gouverneur Morris IV was born in 1876 and was a great-grandson of American Founding Father Gouverneur Morris. He graduated from Yale University, where he wrote for campus humor magazine The Yale Record. [1] Publications
Gouverneur Morris ( / ɡʌvərnɪər ˈmɒrɪs / guh-vər-NEER MOR-ris; [1] January 31, 1752 – November 6, 1816) was an American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution.
Mar 1, 2007 · As biographies of the founders continue to pour forth in an unending stream, even secondary figures, such as Gouverneur Morris, are receiving close and repeated
- Andrew S. Trees
- 2007
- 1 min
- He died after a gruesome bit of self-surgery. After suffering from crippling gout throughout the fall of 1816, the Founding Father’s pain grew even worse when he began to experience a urinary tract blockage.
- Morris had a peg leg. Pain was nothing new for Morris. As a 14-year-old, he accidentally dropped a kettle of boiling water that scalded his right arm and side and forced him to miss an entire year of classes at King’s College (present-day Columbia University).
- Morris carried on an affair in the Louvre. Morris traveled to Paris on a business venture in 1789, and three years later President George Washington appointed him minister to France.
- The American Revolution split his family. Although initially fearing “the domination of a riotous mob,” Morris backed the patriot cause after the Battles of Lexington and Concord in April 1775.
Nov 29, 2005 · A fierce, florid nationalist, Gourveneur Morris was the most colorful of America's founding fathers. He financed and fought for American independence, witnessed firsthand the French revolution...
Apr 1, 2002 · G ouverneur Morris, author of the Constitution and the most famous forgotten man in New York, is buried on a remnant of the 1,900-acre estate his family once owned in what is now the South Bronx.
Oct 1, 2003 · A plainspoken, racy patrician who distrusted democracy but opposed slavery and championed freedom for all minorities, an important player in the American Revolution, later an astute critic of the French Revolution, Gouverneur Morris remains an enigma among the founding generation.
