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Robert Morris, by Charles Willson Peale, from life, c. 1782.
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Oil on canvas of <i>Robert Morris,</i> by Charles Willson Peale, from life, c. 1782. Seated and wearing a blue suit.

Credit: Independence National Historical Park

After immigrating to Pennsylvania from England at the age of thirteen, Robert Morris (1734-1806) went on to become the most famous financier of the American Revolution. In the 1790s Morris went bankrupt, then spent three and a half years in debtor's prison. He lived his final years in a small house in Philadelphia, according to friend, "a nearly forgotten and much pitied man."

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