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	Creator:	Title:	Summary:	Subject:

1.	Morris, Robert, 1734-1806.	ALS : Hills, to John Nicholson, 1797 Nov. 7.	Morris replies to Nicholson regarding their legal problems.

2.	Morris, Robert, 1734-1806.	ALS : Philadelphia, to John Nicholson, 1798 Aug. 14.	Morris writes Nicholson concerning the salary of an employee of the North American Land Company, C.W. Byrd.

3.	Morris, Robert, 1734-1806.	ALS : Philadelphia, to Messrs. LeRoy and Bayard, 1793 Aug.3.	Morris makes complex arrangements regarding the payment of numerous bonds.

4.	Morris, Robert, 1734-1806.	ALS : Philadelphia, to Messrs. Robert Gilmore & Co., 1789 Jan. 6.	A brief description of some business transactions.

5.	Morris, Robert, 1734-1806.	ALS : Philadelphia, to Philip Nicklin, 1793 Dec. 19.	Morris requests the return of bills which he paid on behalf of John Warder.

6.	Morris, Robert, 1734-1806.	ALS : to James Greenleaf, 1797 Feb. 1.	Cover letter accompanying a bill (not present) which Mr. Greenleaf had agreed to take up.

7.	Morris, Robert, 1734-1806.	ALS, 1777 June 24, Philadelphia, Pa., to Jonathan Hudson, Baltimore, Md.	Concerns a number of business dealings and Washington's removal of the British threat to Philadelphia.

8.	Morris, Robert, 1734-1806.	ALS, 1778 Aug. 18, Philadelphia, to Jonathan Hudson.	The price of tobacco is rising rapidly, and Morris asks Hudson if they should sell out.	Tobacco -- Prices -- United States.

9.	Morris, Robert, 1734-1806.	ALS, 1787 July 8, Philadelphia, to Matthew Ridley, Baltimore.	Concerns several debts owed to Morris.

10.	Morris, Robert, 1734-1806.	ALS, 1796 July 12, Philadelphia, to Charles Williamson, Steuben County, N.Y.	Morris gives Williamson, who had been defrauded by his business partner, advice on paying his creditors.

11.	Morris, Robert, 1734-1806.	ALS, 1798 Apr. 7, Prune St. Jail, Philadelphia, to John Nicholson.	Morris, in debtor's prison, protests the plundering of his bankrupt North American Land Company by non-stockholders.	North American Land Company.

12.	Morris, Robert, 1734-1806.	ALS, 1798 Feb. 20, Prune St. Jail, Philadelphia, to John Nicholson.	Writing to his business partner just after he was jailed for debt, Morris complains of the discomforts of prison life.	Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 -- Imprisonment.

13.	Morris, Robert, 1734-1806.	ALS, 1798 Feb. 5, Philadelphia, to John Nicholson.	Letter to Morris's business partner concerning Morris's impending imprisonment for debt.	Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 -- Imprisonment. Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 -- Finance, Personal.

14.	Morris, Robert, 1734-1806.	ALS, 1798 Mar. 11, Prune St. Jail, Philadelphia, to Gen. Henry Lee, Virginia.	Morris explains that he cannot fulfill a request from Lee due to his "present disagreeable situation" (which results from the "confidences in men who have once retained my good opinion" that is part of his nature), but that he will try to minimize the inconvenience to his creditors.

15.	Morris, Robert, 1734-1806.	ALS, 1798 Mar. 16, Prune St. Jail, Philadelphia, to John Nicholson.	Morris, in debtor's prison, attempts to carry on his business affairs.	Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 -- Finance, Personal.

16.	Morris, Robert, 1734-1806.	ALS, 1798 Mar. 30, Prune St. Jail, Philadelphia, to John Nicholson.	Morris, in debtor's prison, mentions Aaron Burr and his bankrupt North American Land Company, and advises Nicholson to be careful in his business dealings, lest he also end up in prison. Nicholson joined Morris in prison in 1800.	Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836. Nicholson, John, 1757-1800. North American Land Company.

17.	Morris, Robert, 1734-1806.	LS, 1783 Dec. 17, Philadelphia, to George Clinton.	Morris, as Superintendent of Finance, submits to the governor of New York the name of William Barber to settle accounts between the state and the U.S.	Barber, William, fl. 1783. United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Finance. New York (State) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Finance.