Robert Morris (financier)
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Robert Morris Jr. was a British-born American merchant, investor, and politician, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Morris served in the Pennsylvania legislature, the Second Contin
Portrait by Robert Edge Pine, c. 1785
An engraving by Ole Erekson, c. 1876, of Robert Morris
Mary Morris, Robert Morris's wife portrait by Charles Wilson Peale
Portrait of Robert Morris, c. 1782, by Charles Willson Peale
Lee Resolution
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The Lee Resolution, also known as "The Resolution for Independence", was the formal assertion passed by the Second Continental Congress on July 2, 1776, resolving that the Thirteen Colonies were "free
Richard Henry Lee proposed the resolution on June 7, 1776.
Independence Hall belltower
Patrick Henry Rothermel