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 Willson Peale
Portrait of Robert Morris, c. 1782, by Charles Willson Peale
Roger Sherman
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Roger Sherman was an early American politician, lawyer, and a Founding Father of the United States. Representing Connecticut, he was the only person to sign all four great state papers of the United S
Robert Morris (financier)
…served in the Pennsylvania legislature, the Second Continental Congress, and the United States Senate. He was one of only two individuals (along with Roger Sherman) to sign the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the U.S. Constitution. From 1781 to 1784, he held the post of Superintendent…
Roger Sherman 1721 1793 by Ralph Earl
The Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull (1819) depicts the Committee of Five presenting its work to Congress. Sherman is second from the left.
Foundation of the American Government. Roger Sherman is closest behind Morris, who is signing the Constitution. 1925 painting by John Henry Hintermeister.
The Committee of Five, including Sherman, is depicted on the pediment of the Jefferson Memorial in a sculpture by Adolph Alexander Weinman.