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MORRIS. 23 MORRIS. business, and was in Paris at the outbreak of the French Revolution. He kept a diary dur- ing his stay, and wrote letters which threw much light on the character of the events which he witnessed. In 1790 he went to London as private agent to the British Government to conduct negotiations regarding the unfulfilled stipulations of the treaty of 1783. His mission was not successful, and he again returned to the Continent. In 17',I2, while still in Europe, he was appointed Minister to France, and served in that capacity during the stormy scenes of the two ensuing years. In 1794 the French Govern- ment requested and obtained his recall. He re- mained in Europe until 1798. In 1800 he was elected from New York to the Unit«d States Senate, where he acted with the Federalists. After his retirement from the Senate in 1803 he took great interest in the Erie Canal project, and .served as chairman of the Canal Conunis- sion from 1810 to the time of his death, which occurred November 6. 1816. His biography has been written for the "American Statesmen Series" by Theodore Roosevelt (Boston, 1900). An elaborate biography was prepared by .Tared Sparks (3 vols., Boston, 1832). Morris's diary and letters have been published in two volumes (New York, 1888). MORRIS, Henry W. (180G-63). An Ameri- can naval ollicer. He was born in New York City, entered the United States Navy in I8I9, and became a captain in 1856. For some time after the outbreak of the Civil War he was in ^"ashington superintending the construction of the Pen^acola, which vessel, when completed in January, 1862. he took safely by the Con- federate batteries on the Potomac. He then joined the Federal blockading squadron in the Gulf of Mexico, distinguishing liiniself in the attacks upon Forts .Jackson and Saint Philip, and after the capture of New Orleans was in command for a short time of the squadron sta- tioned there. He was made commander in .Tuly, 1862. His health giving way, he went to New Y'ork, where soon afterwards he died. MORRIS, John Gottlieb (1803-95). An American clergyman, born at Y'ork, Pa. He grad- uated at Dickinson College in 1823. then studied theology at Princeton and at Gettysburg Semi- nary, and in 1827 was licensed as a preacher. In the same year he went to Baltimore, where he founded the Trinity English Lutheran Church, of which he continued to be pastor until 1860, when he became librarian of the Peabody Insti- tute. In 1864 he became pastor of the Third English Lutheran Church, and in 1874 accepted a call to Lutherville. JId.. where he was actively interested in the founding of the College for Women. He held a number of academic posi- tions, founded the Lutheran Historical Society, presided over the General Synod in 1843 and in 1883, contributed frequently to scientific and religious journals, edited the Lutheran Observer (1823-34), and wrote a number of books, among ■which may be mentioned Life of John . Arndt (18.53): Life of Catherine de Bora (1856); Quaint Sayings and Doings Concerning Luther (1859) ; and Fifty Years in the Lutheran Min- istry (1878). MORRIS, John Thom.^.s (1826—). An English Jesuit. He was born at Ootacamund, Madras, India ; entered Trinity College, Cam- bridge, where he became a Roman Catholic; completed his education in the English college at Rome, and was ordained to the priesthood. After passing three years in the diocese of Northampton he returned to Rome and became vice-rector of the English college. At the end of three years he went back to England, where he was appointed canon residentiary of the Lon- don Chapter. He also acted as private secre- tary to Cardinal Wiseman and his successor, Cardinal Manning. In 1867 he became a mem- ber of the Society of .Jesus. He was for a time rector of a .Jesuit college in Malta, professor of canon law and Church history in Saint Bruno's College near Saint Asaph, and from 1879 rector and master of novices at Roehamp- ton. He published a Life of Saint Thomas of Canterbury (1860; 2d ed. 1885); Condition of Catholics Under James I. (1871) ; The Troubles of Our Catholic Forefathers (1875) ; The Letter- books of Sir Amias Paulet (1874) ; and Cardinal ^yiseman's Last Illness (1871). MORRIS, Lewis (1671-1746). An American colonial Governor. He was born on Manhattan Island, the son of Richard Morris, an officer of Cromwell's army, who had emigrated to the West Indies after the Restoration and a few years later purchased a tract of 3000 acres of la»d on the west side of Manhattan Island, in the region later named Morrisania, after his family. Lewis Morris was well educated by private tutors, studied law. and after .several years' practice was appointed a judge of the Superior Court in East Jersej'. After the union of East and West Jersey and the establishment of New Jersey as a royal colony, he continued to take a prominent part in its affairs, serving for many years in both the Colonial Council and the Assembly. He served for a time as Chief Justice of both New Jersey and New York, was appointed Acting Governor of New Jersey in 1731, and from 1738 until his death was Governor of the colony. MORRIS, Lewis (1726-98). An American patriot during the Revolutionary War. and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independ- ence. He was born at Morrisania, N. Y., grad- uated at Yale in 1746, and as early as 1767 became conspicuous as an opponent of the re- strictive measures of the British Ministry. He was elected to the Continental Congress in 1775, and at the close of the session was sent to Pittsburg to secure, if possible, the adherence of the Indians. In 1776 he again sat in Congress, and was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Giving up bis seat in 1776 in favor of his half-brother, Gouverneur Mor- ris he returned to bis estate, and subse- quently served as a member of the New York Legislature and as major-general of the State militia. MORRIS, Sir Lewis (1833—). An English poet, born at Carmarthen, Wales, in June, 1833. After graduating from .Jesus College, Oxford (B.A. 1855. M.A. 18.58). he studied law and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn (1861). He practiced as a conveyancer till 1880. He has taken an active part in higher education in Wales, serving on the governing boards of three Welsh colleges. On several occasions he has stood for Parliament in the Liberal interest, but without success. In 1895 be was knighted. His verse comprises Songs of Two Worlds (3 vols..