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MORRIS, Gouveneur. Manuscript document signed (“Gouv Morris”), 3 April 1787. Counter-signed by James Morris and Samuel Ogden. 1 page folio, (17 ½ x 15in.) . Paper seal alongside Morris’s signature. In fine condition
MORRIS, Gouveneur. Manuscript document signed (“Gouv Morris”), 3 April 1787. Counter-signed by James Morris and Samuel Ogden. 1 page folio, (17 ½ x 15in.) . Paper seal alongside Morris’s signature. In fine condition RENTING IN THE BRONX . An indenture between Morris and his brother, Staats Long Morris, for a one-year lease of a portion of Morrisania, the vast Morris family estate that encompasses much of what is the southern portion of today’s Bronx County. In the late 17th century the Morris family (brothers Lewis and Richard) acquired this land from Dutch farmer Jonas Bronck (whose name would be modified into the present-day usage, Bronx). Morrisania was damaged by the occupying British troops in the revolutionary War, but it remained in the Morris family until well into the 19th century.