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- March 7, 1699, 327 years ago — Birth of Susanna Boylston Adams, mother of John Adams.
- March 7, 1835, 191 years ago — Death of Benjamin Tallmadge.
- March 11, 1731, 295 years ago — Birth of Robert Treat Paine, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Lewis Morris
Lewis Morris was born in Morrisania, New York, in the year 1726. He was educated at Yale College, and entered upon the management of his large estates. He was a man of great influence in his native State, and took an active part in public affairs.
He was elected a member of the Provincial Congress of New York, and took an active part in the measures adopted to resist the encroachments of the British government. He was chosen a delegate to the Continental Congress, and signed the Declaration of Independence.
He rendered important services in securing the adoption of that measure, and continued in Congress until 1777. He was afterward elected a member of the Legislature of New York, and discharged the duties of that office with great ability.
He died in the year 1798.
Source:
McCabe, James D. The Centennial Book of American Biography. Philadelphia and Chicago: P. W. Ziegler & Co., 1876. Patriot Echoes Archive
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