c1770 TOBACCO SNUFF BOX OWNED ROBERT MORRIS FINANCIER OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR vafo

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From 1781 to 1784, he served as the powerful Superintendent ofFinance, managing the economy of the fledgling United States. As thecentral civilian in the government, Morris was, next to General George Washington,\"the most powerful man in America.\"[1]His successful administration led to the sobriquet,\"Financier of the Revolution.\" At the same time he was Agentof Marine, a position he took without pay, and from which he controlled theContinental Navy.

He was one of Pennsylvania\'s original pair of US senators, serving from 1789to 1795. He invested a considerable portion of his fortune in land shortly beforethe Panic of 1796â€“1797, which led to his bankruptcyin 1798, and he spent several years in debtors\'prison, until Congress passed a bankruptcy act to release him. After heleft prison in 1801, he lived a quiet, private life in a modest home inPhiladelphia until his death in 1806.

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