1794 LEWIS RICHARD MORRIS Signed Legal Document Vermont Constitution Convention

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1794 "Lewis Richard Morris" Signed Vermont Document
LEWIS RICHARD MORRIS (1760-1825). U.S. Representative from Vermont, Member of the Convention to Ratify the United States Constitution, 1791 President George Washington appointed him the first U.S. Marshal for VT, Major General of the VT. First Division from 1795 to 1817.
September 10, 1794-Dated Federal Period, Manuscript Document Signed, "L.R. Morris" Pro Ten - as Clerk," Vermont, 1 page, 7.5" x 6.5", Choice Very Fine. Written to Willard Cotton of Hartford (CT.), Morris informs him that he is to summon Daniel Shoonin Esq. and others to appear before the grand jury and present evidence. This is a Legal Court Document from Vermont, with very small holes forming at folds, well written upon period laid paper in dark brown ink with a nice signature, "L.R. Morris" at its conclusion. Morris was born in Scarsdale, New York to Sarah Ludlow (1730-1791) and Richard Morris (1730-1810), Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1779 to 1790. Morris attended the common schools. While in his teens, Morris served as an aide to General Philip Schuyler and then to General George Clinton (vice president) during the American Revolutionary War. Morris was a nephew of Gouverneur Morris and Lewis Morris.
In 1786, Morris moved to Springfield, Vermont and established himself as a businessman, landowner and politician. Morris was clerk of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1790 and 1791, and was a member of the convention to ratify the United States Constitution. He was secretary of the constitutional convention in Windsor in 1793. Morris attended the Vermont ratifying convention in Bennington, Vermont, where he voted in support of the Constitution. On March 4, 1791 President George Washington appointed him the first U.S. Marshal of the District of Vermont. He served as Marshal until 1794. Morris was a brigadier general in the State militia in 1793 and Major General of the First Division from 1795 to 1817.
Lewis Richard Morris (November 2, 1760-December 29, 1825) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a United States Representative from Vermont.
Morris was born in Scarsdale, New York to Sarah Ludlow (1730-1791) and Richard Morris (1730-1810), Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1779 to 1790. Morris attended the common schools. While in his teens, Morris served as an aide to General Philip Schuyler and then to General George Clinton (vice president) during the American Revolutionary War. Morris was a nephew of Gouverneur Morris and Lewis Morris.
In 1786, Morris moved to Springfield, Vermont and established himself as a businessman, landowner and politician. He served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 1781 to 1783. He was a member of the Springfield meeting-house committee in 1785 and was tax collector in 1786 and 1787. He served as a selectman on the town council in 1788, and as town treasurer from 1790 to 1794. Morris was Windsor County court clerk from 1789 to 1796. He served as judge of the Windsor County court until 1801.
Morris was clerk of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1790 and 1791, and was a member of the convention to Ratify the United States Constitution. He was Secretary of the Constitutional Convention in Windsor in 1793. Morris attended the Vermont ratifying convention in Bennington, Vermont, where he voted in support of the Constitution. On March 4, 1791 President George Washington appointed him the first U.S. Marshal of the District of Vermont. He served as Marshal until 1794.
Morris was a brigadier general in the State militia in 1793 and major general of the First Division from 1795 to 1817. He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1795 to 1797 and 1803 to 1808, and served as speaker. He was elected as a Federalist to the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1797 to March 3, 1803.
In 1798 his portrait engraving was produced by artist Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Mmin.

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