Gouverneur Morris
AN INDEPENDENT LIFE
Contents
Acknowledgments.....................................................ix
Introduction: Redeeming Mr. Morris..................................xi
PART I. BACKGROUND
CHAPTER 1. The Pedigree.............................................3
CHAPTER 2. A Profession.............................................21
PART II. REVOLUTION
CHAPTER 3. Things Fall Apart........................................41
CHAPTER 4. "The Great Question of Independency".....................59
CHAPTER 5. Breaking the Fetters.....................................73
PART III. NATIONAL AFFAIRS
CHAPTER 6. The Continental Congress, 1778-1779......................95
CHAPTER 7. Money Matters............................................123
CHAPTER 8. The Convention...........................................145
PART IV. EUROPE
CHAPTER 9. Paris, 1789..............................................171
CHAPTER 10. Business as Usual.......................................199
CHAPTER 11. A Presidential Mission..................................209
CHAPTER 12. Minister to France......................................222
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