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Robert Morris (1734-1806)
John Wesley Jarvis (1780-1840); after Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828)
Oil on canvas, circa 1810
New-York Historical Society
Gift of Thomas Morris
The richest man in America, Robert Morris struggled, as Superintendent of Finance (1781-84), with the nation's debts, frustrated by the government's impotence. He recommended Hamilton as first Treasury Secretary.
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