Oct 11, 2007 - Sale 2123

Sale 2123 - Lot 26

Price Realized: $ 3,120
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
FINANCIER OF THE REVOLUTION WRITES FROM DEBTOR'S PRISON MORRIS, ROBERT. Autograph Letter Signed, "Robt Morris," to James Nicholson concerning a "negotiation" involving a Mr. Ely and another party. 1 page, folded 4to sheet with integral address leaf; remnants of prior mounting along right edge of address leaf, folds, staining from seal on address leaf. [Philadelphia], 1 August 1799
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"I have answ'd them that the information they have received is not true, that I have not compromised with any person, that my measures when taken will be general, that therefore further hostile measures cannot serve them . . ."
Known for his role in financing Americans in the Revolutionary War, Morris in later life became heavily indebted. In 1798, he was arrested and taken to a debtor's prison in Philadelphia, where he remained until 1801.