MORRIS, LEWIS
\mˈɒɹɪs], \mˈɒɹɪs], \m_ˈɒ_ɹ_ɪ_s]\
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(1726-1798), was a delegate from New York to the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1777. He was a commissioner to the Western Indians in 1775 to induce them to join the colonists against the British. He signed the Declaration of Independence. He was major-general of the New York State Militia.
By John Franklin Jameson