in fol. 2,

in fol. 3,

in fol. 4,

in fol. 5,

in fol. 6, .

in fol. 7,

je4134 . 15

,

£1149

9 10

£844

195 14 38 0

107 18

135 7

98 12

3023 11

472 11

Besides the negroes in fol. 7, more.

Appraised by us underwritten. More 17 doz. scissors at 33. 2 11 0 7 ewt. 1 qr. 9 lb. old lead

at 30s. per cut, 11 0 0

£\3 11 0

S. V. CORTLANDT.

Exhibited the seventeenth day of February, 1691, by Lewis Morris, administrator, &c, for a true and perfect inventory, &c., but under protestation of adding, &c., if &c.

L. Morris.

£4071 16 . 844 0

Step. V. Cortlandt, N. Bayard, John Pell, Wm. Richardson.

Lewis Morris, heir of his uncle Lewis, and third proprietor of Morrisania, appears to have been a man of extraordinary talents. Chief Justice William Smith informs us, that of all the members of the New York assembly in 1710, "Colonel Morris had the greatest influence on our public affairs. He was a man of letters,

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and, though a Hltle whimsical in his temper, was grave in his manners, and of penetrating parts. Being excessively fond of the society of men of sense and reading, he was never wearied at a sitting till the spirits of the whole company were dissipated. From his infancy he has lived in a manner best adapted to teach him the nature of man, and to fortify his mind for the vicissitudes of life. He very early lost both his father and mother, and fell under the patronage of his uncle, formerly an officer of very considerable rank in CromweWs army ; who, after the Restoration, disguised himself under the profession of Gluakerism, and settled on a fine farm within a few miles of the city, called, after his own name, Morrisayiia.