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Morris Mesa
N/s Cross Bronx Exwy bet. Morris Av and Grand Concourse
Bronx
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Acres: 0.15
This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park.
Three great-grandchildren of Richard Morris earned fame as statesmen: Staats Long Morris (1728-1806) served as a British officer and later in the English Parliament. He died a resident of England. His brother, Yale-educated Lewis Morris (1726-1798), was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He earned the rank of major general in the Westchester militia, served in the Continental Congress (1775-1777), and. worked on a committee with George Washington (1732-1799) to provide the colonies with military supplies. In 1783, Lewis sent a letter to the Continental Congress recommending that Morrisania be made capital of the United States. The suggestion went unconsidered
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